Lincoln, Close Your Eyes
Style: Clarinet nightlight

[Verse 1]
Under the table your small feet are tucked away warm
wool fringes brushing soft against you, keeping you from harm
The whole loud day has folded down to just this quiet room
and nothing in the shadows now can touch you in the gloom

[Pre-chorus]
The candle of the evening burns down low and slow
your breathing finds the rhythm that the quiet wants to know
and something in you settles as the light begins to go

[Chorus]
Lincoln, Lincoln, let the night come in and hold you tight
you are the calm this house was built around tonight
Close your eyes and drift on further than you think on
there is nowhere safer for you, Lincoln, than to sink on

[Verse 2]
Somewhere past the window the stars are settling to rest
and you are held here closer than you'd ever have to guess
Every worry of the day has quietly unwound
and only soft and steady breathing fills the sleepy sound

[Bridge]
Rest now, little one, the dark is only kind
I will keep the watch so you can leave it all behind

[Chorus]
Lincoln, Lincoln, let the night come in and hold you tight
you are the calm this house was built around tonight
Close your eyes and drift on further than you think on
there is nowhere safer for you, Lincoln, than to sink on

[Outro]
The wool is soft, your ankles warm beneath the table still
sleep on, Lincoln, safe and held, until the morning spills

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