Lullabies for Paisley

Verse 1

Far off a train hums low along its silver line somewhere the wheels are clicking soft on joints of steel your breath is slower than that far and steady sound close your eyes now, Paisley, let the night be kind

Pre-chorus

The moon lays down a track of light across your bed hush now, the whole wide dark is turning gentle sleep is the station waiting just beyond your sigh

Chorus

Paisley, Paisley, the night has room for you every silver mile tonight is leading home to you you are held here, safe and easy nothing in the dark can touch you, Paisley

Verse 2

Somewhere far a whistle fades to nothing but the hush the tracks keep gleaming though no one walks them now you are the warm and living heart of this small room rest here, little one, there is nowhere you must rush

Pre-chorus

The moon lays down a track of light across your bed hush now, the whole wide dark is turning gentle sleep is the station waiting just beyond your sigh

Chorus

Paisley, Paisley, the night has room for you every silver mile tonight is leading home to you you are held here, safe and easy nothing in the dark can touch you, Paisley

Bridge

Let the far off engine hum you low and slow you were always worth this much quiet, this much care

Chorus

Paisley, Paisley, the night has room for you every silver mile tonight is leading home to you you are held here, safe and easy nothing in the dark can touch you, Paisley

Outro

The tracks still gleam but the train has gone quiet now sleep, Paisley, you are already home

Verse 1

Outside the lamp is blinking soft and slow across the glass and somewhere past the curtain all the tired world goes still wrapped up in wool and warmth you don't need to worry now rest easy, little one, and let the quiet have its fill

Pre-chorus

Every blink outside is dimmer than the last one was the blanket's folded thick to keep you safe from all that cold and sleep is coming closer now, so soft you'll hardly know it

Chorus

Paisley, close your eyes and let the orange light go dim you are held here tighter than the blanket's gentle hem nothing in this whole wide night could ever trouble you sleep now, Paisley, sleep and drift, there's no place safer than this room

Verse 2

Streetlamps hum their quiet colour through the side window pane painting shapes across the ceiling as they slowly fade you don't need to understand them, only feel them go dreaming's just another kind of gentle, wandering parade

Chorus

Paisley, close your eyes and let the orange light go dim you are held here tighter than the blanket's gentle hem nothing in this whole wide night could ever trouble you sleep now, Paisley, sleep and drift, there's no place safer than this room

Bridge

Let the whole house breathe around you, slow and deep and low every worry folds up smaller than the wool below

Chorus

Paisley, close your eyes and let the orange light go dim you are held here tighter than the blanket's gentle hem nothing in this whole wide night could ever trouble you sleep now, Paisley, sleep and drift, there's no place safer than this room

Outro

The lamp outside will keep on blinking gently while you dream and you'll stay wrapped in warmth till morning finds you, soft and clean

Verse 1

Big white flakes are landing soft against the darkened pane And the radiator hums a low and steady, sleepy strain You are wrapped and you are warm beneath the blanket's fold Nothing in this whole wide night can touch you with the cold

Pre-chorus

Let the hush of falling snow become the tune you keep While the small warm click of comfort settles into sleep Close your eyes now, let the quiet carry you down deep

Chorus

Paisley, the snow is falling slow and you are held so near Every flake outside the window turns to nothing you need fear Paisley, the warmth is with you, gentle, steady, staying true There is nowhere in this night that isn't watching over you

Verse 2

Outside the glass the world goes soft and quiet, wrapped in white While the little clicking radiator hums away the night You don't need to know the cold, you only need to rest Curled up safe and certain that you're loved and you are blessed

Chorus

Paisley, the snow is falling slow and you are held so near Every flake outside the window turns to nothing you need fear Paisley, the warmth is with you, gentle, steady, staying true There is nowhere in this night that isn't watching over you

Bridge

Rest now while the whole world turns to feathers in the dark Nothing needs to wake you, nothing needs to leave its mark

Chorus

Paisley, the snow is falling slow and you are held so near Every flake outside the window turns to nothing you need fear Paisley, the warmth is with you, gentle, steady, staying true There is nowhere in this night that isn't watching over you

Outro

Let the flakes keep falling soft against the darkened glass Sleep, and know that you are cherished as the quiet hours pass