Under the Green Tree
Style: Rocking chair waltz

[Verse 1]
A gentle hood is swaying softly over you tonight
Little green leaves come drifting down so slow
They settle on the fabric, quiet as the fading light
Everything is hushed and warm, the way it ought to go

[Chorus]
Sleep now, Lee, the dark is only kind
Close your eyes, my Lee, and drift with me
Nothing in this quiet night was ever left behind
You are held so gently here, as safe as you can be

[Verse 2]
The wind moves soft around the hood and lets it settle down
Leaves are falling slow like something meant to rest
Nothing out there in the dark can touch this warm and quiet ground
You are wrapped up safer than a bird within its nest

[Pre-chorus]
Every leaf that falls is just the night saying goodnight
Every hush that finds you says that you are loved
The dark is only softness wrapped around you, holding tight

[Chorus]
Sleep now, Lee, the dark is only kind
Close your eyes, my Lee, and drift with me
Nothing in this quiet night was ever left behind
You are held so gently here, as safe as you can be

[Bridge]
Rest inside the hush the falling leaves have made
Let the slow world rock you gently out of reach

[Chorus]
Sleep now, Lee, the dark is only kind
Close your eyes, my Lee, and drift with me
Nothing in this quiet night was ever left behind
You are held so gently here, as safe as you can be

[Outro]
The hood is still, the last leaf settles soft upon your sleeve
Sleep now, gentle Lee, there's nothing here to grieve

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