Lullabies for Emerson

• Orange Light, Little Emerson

  Folk cradle song · Folk · Dulcimer · Rocking

  A slow folk cradle song for winding down after a journey home, watching the streetlamps drift by while the little one settles toward sleep.

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  Verse 1

  The lamps slide soft across the buckle where your small hand rests Everything outside is blurring into amber and calm You are held so close beneath the strap against your chest There is nothing in this world that means to bring you harm

  Pre-chorus

  Your eyes are growing heavy as the lights begin to blur Every mile is folding you in closer than before So let the hush of travelling be all you have to hear

  Chorus

  Sleep now, sleep now, little Emerson, the night is soft and slow You are cradled safe in orange light that drifts as we go Nothing here will wake you, nothing here will ask you more Rest easy, rest easy, Emerson, there's nowhere else to go

  Verse 2

  The buckle glows a moment then it fades to dark again Just like that the whole wide world is dimming into rest You don't need to understand the rhythm or explain Only close your eyes and know you're safest on this chest

  Chorus

  Sleep now, sleep now, little Emerson, the night is soft and slow You are cradled safe in orange light that drifts as we go Nothing here will wake you, nothing here will ask you more Rest easy, rest easy, Emerson, there's nowhere else to go

  Bridge

  Every light that passes over you is bowing as it goes Watching you sleep is the gentlest thing I know

  Chorus

  Sleep now, sleep now, little Emerson, the night is soft and slow You are cradled safe in orange light that drifts as we go Nothing here will wake you, nothing here will ask you more Rest easy, rest easy, Emerson, there's nowhere else to go

  Outro

  The lamps keep sliding gently though your eyes have long since closed Sleep on, little Emerson, safe in the light and held in the glow

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• Down Where the Water Turns Slow

  Accordion cradle · Accordion · Old world · Gentle

  A slow, rocking bedtime lullaby that turns the quiet dark of a tide against old iron into a picture of safety, sung to settle a small child into sleep.

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  Verse 1

  The water is folding in slow against the ladder's rusted rail Somewhere a gate has swung shut and the harbour breathes out its sail Nothing tonight is asking anything of you at all You're wrapped where the dark can never find a way to pull you pale

  Chorus

  Emerson, the night has laid its whole weight down so gentle Close as a hand that never once has let you go Rest now, there is nothing here that means you any trouble Emerson, the dark tonight is only here to hold you slow

  Verse 2

  Far off a bell is swinging soft on ropes too tired to ring it loud Every small sound out there has wrapped itself in a low grey cloud You are the warmest thing in all this hush and cooling air Nothing that moves tonight would ever want to break this shroud

  Pre-chorus

  Hear how the water settles, giving up its restless reaching Even the old iron rail has stopped its creaking and its teaching Something is leaning close now, ready to start its gentle preaching

  Chorus

  Emerson, the night has laid its whole weight down so gentle Close as a hand that never once has let you go Rest now, there is nothing here that means you any trouble Emerson, the dark tonight is only here to hold you slow

  Bridge

  Let every small worry drift down and out with the turning tide Nothing needs you awake to keep it steady at your side

  Chorus

  Emerson, the night has laid its whole weight down so gentle Close as a hand that never once has let you go Rest now, there is nothing here that means you any trouble Emerson, the dark tonight is only here to hold you slow

  Outro

  The water still folds soft against the ladder, patient, slow and true Sleep now, none of this old dark was ever anything but you

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• One Small Light on the Ridge

  Vibraphone drift · Vibraphone · Drifting · Soft

  A slow, quiet lullaby for settling a baby or young child to sleep, built around a single warm window glowing far off in the dark pines.

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  Verse 1

  Far on the ridge one small window is glowing for you Steady and gold while the pine trees are darkening too Nothing tonight is as far as it seems from your bed Sleep now, the whole quiet valley is holding your head

  Pre-chorus

  Close now your eyes, let the branches sway soft overhead Every small sound settles down into hush as you're fed Warm as that light, you are carried on into

  Chorus

  Emerson, rest where the soft dark begins Nothing can reach you past pine trees and wind Sleep is a blanket that nobody's taking Emerson, dream till the slow light is breaking

  Verse 2

  Somewhere out there is a lamp keeping watch on its own Small as it looks, it was never once left there alone You are that light held so gently against the whole night Nothing that's dark in the world gets to dim down your light

  Bridge

  Let the wind lean through the pines and pass you by Nothing it carries will wake you or ask you why

  Chorus

  Emerson, rest where the soft dark begins Nothing can reach you past pine trees and wind Sleep is a blanket that nobody's taking Emerson, dream till the slow light is breaking

  Outro

  Somewhere that window still glows on the ridge, soft and slow Just like that light, you are watched over wherever you go

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