Lullabies for Kathy

Verse 1

A small light hums beside the clothes I folded soft and slow It sends a gentle tune across the room to where you lie Every quiet note tonight was chosen just to hold you close The whole wide house goes still beneath this hush we're settling by

Pre-chorus

Your breathing slows to match the song that's playing low and warm Everything I love is wrapped inside this little room And sleep is coming closer now to carry you along

Chorus

Kathy, close your eyes, the dark is only kind tonight Nothing in this house would ever let you come to harm You are the softest thing this whole wide, quiet world has made Kathy, you are held, you are so safe within my arms

Verse 2

The pile of tiny clothes still smells like all our busy day I fold them into shapes as steady as this lullaby You watch the little light until your eyelids start to fall And I could sit right here for hours just to hear you sigh

Bridge

Whatever tune is playing, it was always meant for you It hums the way I feel each time I watch you drifting off

Chorus

Kathy, close your eyes, the dark is only kind tonight Nothing in this house would ever let you come to harm You are the softest thing this whole wide, quiet world has made Kathy, you are held, you are so safe within my arms

Outro

The small light dims to nothing while the folded clothes stay near Sleep well, my Kathy, you are loved and you are always near

Verse 1

Cream curtain drifting soft against the screen tonight Carries a hush that settles low and holds you tight Wire mesh humming quiet with the breeze You rest so easy in the fading light

Pre-chorus

Somewhere a window breathes out slow and long Nothing can reach you while that gentle song Wraps round the dark and calls you home

Chorus

Kathy, the night has folded soft around your bed Little one dreaming with your sleepy head Nothing will wake you, nothing needs to try Kathy, you're held here, safe and warm and led

Verse 2

Moonlight slips through fabric pale and thin as breath Quietly it touches where your small heart rests Every shadow here is kind tonight You are the calm that fills this whole small nest

Bridge

Rest now, let the hours turn to feather Sleep folds you soft as scrappy heather Nothing sharp can find you in this weather

Chorus

Kathy, the night has folded soft around your bed Little one dreaming with your sleepy head Nothing will wake you, nothing needs to try Kathy, you're held here, safe and warm and led

Outro

Cream curtain settles still against the wire screen Sleep on, my Kathy, held in all this quiet green

Verse 1

Snow is drifting soft and slow past the window glass tonight Just outside a lamp is glowing low and gold and bright You are wrapped up warm while winter hums its quiet tune Safe inside while frost is painting pictures on the moon

Pre-chorus

Close your eyes and let the hush come drifting in like snow Every breath you take is telling you it's time to go Down where dreams are waiting soft and warm for you to know

Chorus

Kathy, the light outside is holding steady just for you Nothing in this whole wide night could ever break in through Sleep is calling gentle, Kathy, sleep is calling near Hush now, you are held, there's nothing waiting here to fear

Verse 2

Watch the circle of that lamp lie golden on the ground Underneath the falling snow there isn't any sound You are curled up smaller than the smallest thing in sight Wrapped in every bit of love that's tucked in for the night

Chorus

Kathy, the light outside is holding steady just for you Nothing in this whole wide night could ever break in through Sleep is calling gentle, Kathy, sleep is calling near Hush now, you are held, there's nothing waiting here to fear

Bridge

Let the falling snow keep falling, let the hours turn to rest You are quiet, you are cherished, you are simply at your best

Chorus

Kathy, the light outside is holding steady just for you Nothing in this whole wide night could ever break in through Sleep is calling gentle, Kathy, sleep is calling near Hush now, you are held, there's nothing waiting here to fear

Outro

Somewhere still that lamp is glowing gold on fallen snow You are drifting warm and easy, deeper now, and slow