The Trains Go By So Softly
Style: Glockenspiel

[Verse 1]
The curtains shiver softly as a train goes rolling far away
and the iron wheels are humming you a lullaby to stay
the whole wide world is settling into shadows soft and deep
and every little sound tonight is only helping you to sleep

[Pre-chorus]
Close your eyes and let the distant rumble carry you along
nothing in this quiet room can ever come to do you harm
so rest your head and listen to the gentle rolling song

[Chorus]
Laurie, Laurie, you're the calm before the morning glory
every night that passes by is folding into story
you are held here, you are safe here, nothing waits to find you
sleep now, little Laurie, with the whole wide world behind you

[Verse 2]
Far off tracks are singing something low and slow and kind
and the warmth around you now is all you'll ever need to find
let the little tremble in the curtains rock you slow
you are wrapped in something gentle only you could know

[Bridge]
Somewhere trains are travelling through the velvet dark tonight
carrying their quiet hum until the morning light
but you are here, unmoving, safe within these walls so still

[Chorus]
Laurie, Laurie, you're the calm before the morning glory
every night that passes by is folding into story
you are held here, you are safe here, nothing waits to find you
sleep now, little Laurie, with the whole wide world behind you

[Outro]
The curtains rest now, still and quiet, as the tracks fall silent too
and the whole wide world breathes softly, watching over you

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