Rosie, Close Your Eyes
Style: Rocking chair waltz

[Verse 1]
The lace at the window is breathing in slow with the night
Through the cracked little latch where the warm air comes creeping
It drifts on the floorboards like something too gentle to fight
And I sit here beside you and watch while you're sleeping

[Pre-chorus]
The house settles down and the wind starts to hush
Every sound in the dark turns to velvet and grey
So I'll hold you here quiet while the night starts to brush

[Chorus]
Rosie, the whole world is cosy and still
Nothing can find you, no reason to fear
Rosie, I'll keep you as warm as a posy
Long as you're dreaming, I'm right here

[Verse 2]
The floorboards are creaking so softly they sound like a song
Every shadow that moves is just curtain and moonlight
You curl in the blanket where you always belong
And I'll watch you till morning, however slow the night

[Pre-chorus]
The house settles down and the wind starts to hush
Every sound in the dark turns to velvet and grey
So I'll hold you here quiet while the night starts to brush

[Chorus]
Rosie, the whole world is cosy and still
Nothing can find you, no reason to fear
Rosie, I'll keep you as warm as a posy
Long as you're dreaming, I'm right here

[Bridge]
Let the curtain keep drifting, let the latch stay cracked just a bit
There is nothing outside that could ever undo this
No need to be nosy, no need to be quick
Just rest in the hush of this small, quiet bliss

[Chorus]
Rosie, the whole world is cosy and still
Nothing can find you, no reason to fear
Rosie, I'll keep you as warm as a posy
Long as you're dreaming, I'm right here

[Outro]
The lace will keep drifting long after you're dozy
Safe in the dark, held gently, my Rosie

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