Slow Gold Beam
Style: Fingerpicked night

[Verse 1]
There's a light that turns so slowly out where the dark waves roll
Round and round it goes above the water, warm and low
It was built to keep the ships from ever losing hold
And you are held that closely, more than you could ever know

[Chorus]
Linda, Linda, close your eyes now, let the night turn round
Somewhere out beyond the harbour, that same beam sweeps the sound
Nothing in the dark can find you, nothing gets you, Linda
You're the safest thing this whole wide sleeping world has found

[Verse 2]
The brass is old and heavy, but it never once grows tired
Turning through the salt and quiet long after lamps retire
Somewhere far off a boat is steering only by that fire
And you can rest inside the warmth that you and I require

[Pre-chorus]
Hush now, let your breathing slow to match the rolling tide
Every wave that reaches shore was somewhere far and wide
There's nothing in the whole night sky you need to run and hide

[Chorus]
Linda, Linda, close your eyes now, let the night turn round
Somewhere out beyond the harbour, that same beam sweeps the sound
Nothing in the dark can find you, nothing gets you, Linda
You're the safest thing this whole wide sleeping world has found

[Bridge]
Sleep can be an ocean, wide and gentle, dark and deep
And you're the one small light that I will always want to keep

[Chorus]
Linda, Linda, close your eyes now, let the night turn round
Somewhere out beyond the harbour, that same beam sweeps the sound
Nothing in the dark can find you, nothing gets you, Linda
You're the safest thing this whole wide sleeping world has found

[Outro]
The beam still turns out there tonight, slow gold across the waves
And I'll stay turning too, right here, however long it takes

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