The Slow Wheels Home
Style: Rocking chair waltz

[Verse 1]
Far off wheels are clicking soft against the steel tonight
Carrying their low and easy rumble out of sight
Nothing in the dark can reach you here
You are held so close and wrapped in warm and quiet light

[Pre-chorus]
Every sound out there is turning slow and kind for you
The night is drawing all its little noises into one long hum
And it's humming you down, down into sleep

[Chorus]
Orla, Orla, let the whole wide night grow still
Nothing you should carry and nothing you need will
Close your eyes upon my shoulder now
I will hold you here until the morning fills

[Verse 2]
Somewhere far a train is settling into its long low song
Rolling on through fields you'll never have to walk along
You can rest while all that distance drifts away
There is nowhere in this world where you belong but here

[Bridge]
Hush now, let the rumble carry all your worry far from here
Sleep is just the quiet side of everything you love

[Chorus]
Orla, Orla, let the whole wide night grow still
Nothing you should carry and nothing you need will
Close your eyes upon my shoulder now
I will hold you here until the morning fills

[Outro]
The wheels have faded soft into a hush beyond the hill
Sleep now, Orla, the night is warm and still

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