Soot and Slumber
Style: Vibraphone drift

[Verse 1]
Wind is rattling soft against the chimney stack tonight
Somewhere soot is drifting down through darkness to the floor
Nothing outside can touch you, nothing dims your light
Sleep is waiting gently now beyond the door

[Pre-chorus]
Hush now, let the gales go tumbling far away
Close your eyes and let the small world fall still
Sleep is coming closer with the fading of the day

[Chorus]
Valerie, the night is only holding you with care
Every gust outside just rocks you deeper in your rest
Nothing in the dark can find you, nothing lingers there
Valerie, you're safest here, of all the world's the best

[Verse 2]
Down the flue the soot falls softly, quiet as a sigh
Warmth still gathers round you though the storm is wide
You are held by hands that love you, tucked in safe and dry
Nothing that is wild outside can reach your side

[Pre-chorus]
Hush now, let the gales go tumbling far away
Close your eyes and let the small world fall still
Sleep is coming closer with the fading of the day

[Chorus]
Valerie, the night is only holding you with care
Every gust outside just rocks you deeper in your rest
Nothing in the dark can find you, nothing lingers there
Valerie, you're safest here, of all the world's the best

[Bridge]
Let the autumn empty all its noise upon the roof
Sleep will keep you far beyond its reach

[Chorus]
Valerie, the night is only holding you with care
Every gust outside just rocks you deeper in your rest
Nothing in the dark can find you, nothing lingers there
Valerie, you're safest here, of all the world's the best

[Outro]
Let the soot keep falling soft while you are dreaming deep
Valerie, you're held all through your sleep

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