Lullabies for Regina

Verse 1

Big soft flakes are pressing gentle on the window pane tonight Streetlamp hums a quiet tune that only you can hear Nothing in the dark outside can touch you where you're lying Sleep is close and creeping nearer, closer than it seems, my dear

Chorus

Regina, hush now, let the snow fall soft and slow You are held here safer than the whole wide world could know Regina, close your eyes and let the quiet grow Deep beneath the blankets warm, that's where you'll always go

Verse 2

Watch it settle on the glass like sugar on a spoon Every flake is drifting down to find a place to rest Just like you are drifting now beneath this rising moon Curled up small and certain that you're loved and you are blessed

Pre-chorus

Feel your breathing slowing now to match the falling snow Nothing needs to hurry here, no reason to be quick Let the hum outside the window carry you along and low

Chorus

Regina, hush now, let the snow fall soft and slow You are held here safer than the whole wide world could know Regina, close your eyes and let the quiet grow Deep beneath the blankets warm, that's where you'll always go

Bridge

Outside the cold keeps falling, soft and slow and white Inside you are the warmest thing in all this quiet night

Chorus

Regina, hush now, let the snow fall soft and slow You are held here safer than the whole wide world could know Regina, close your eyes and let the quiet grow Deep beneath the blankets warm, that's where you'll always go

Outro

Let the flakes keep falling gently on the window glass Sleep now, little one, and let this soft night hold you fast

Verse 1

The garden holds its breath beneath the thin October moon and every leaf out there is wearing one small silver spoon of dew that gathered slow while you were curling into rest I watch you breathe and think the whole wide night's in tune

Pre-chorus

The cold stays outside where the green leaves softly bend your blanket keeps you warmer than the moon could ever send so let your eyes grow heavy as the dark begins to blend

Chorus

Regina, close your eyes now, let the hours drift and pass hush now, little Regina, you are safe within my arms nothing in the dark outside can touch you where you are Regina, sleep is calling soft as moonlight on the grass

Verse 2

Out there the frost is finding every quiet, curling leaf but here inside your blanket there is nowhere cold can reach I'll stay beside you counting all the ways that you are loved while the crescent moon hangs thin and small above the sleeping street

Pre-chorus

The cold stays outside where the green leaves softly bend your blanket keeps you warmer than the moon could ever send so let your eyes grow heavy as the dark begins to blend

Chorus

Regina, close your eyes now, let the hours drift and pass hush now, little Regina, you are safe within my arms nothing in the dark outside can touch you where you are Regina, sleep is calling soft as moonlight on the grass

Bridge

Every drop that gathers finds its own small patch of peace so let the whole night settle till your breathing starts to ease

Chorus

Regina, close your eyes now, let the hours drift and pass hush now, little Regina, you are safe within my arms nothing in the dark outside can touch you where you are Regina, sleep is calling soft as moonlight on the grass

Outro

The moon will keep its watch above the sleeping garden rows and I'll stay here beside you till the gentle morning grows

Verse 1

Foam is washing soft over pebbles laid out flat and still The dark water turns so slowly, taking its own sweet time Nothing in this whole wide night means you any kind of ill Rest inside the hush now, let the quiet be your rhyme

Chorus

Regina, the tide is turning gentle just for you Every wave that reaches you knows just what to do Close your eyes, Regina, let the dark be warm and true Sleep is only love in stillness, wrapping round you

Verse 2

Somewhere past the window the sea forgets to hurry on Small stones are kept and held there, none of them alone You are held the same way, long after the light has gone No harm can find you here, you are so deeply known

Pre-chorus

The tide will keep on turning long after you're asleep Soft as flute and quiet as the breath you're learning to keep Close now, let the warmth come nearer, let it climb and creep

Chorus

Regina, the tide is turning gentle just for you Every wave that reaches you knows just what to do Close your eyes, Regina, let the dark be warm and true Sleep is only love in stillness, wrapping round you

Bridge

However far the water goes it comes home again You are the shore it never once forgets to find

Chorus

Regina, the tide is turning gentle just for you Every wave that reaches you knows just what to do Close your eyes, Regina, let the dark be warm and true Sleep is only love in stillness, wrapping round you

Outro

The pebbles settle deeper as the water pulls away Sleep now, Regina, held here till the edge of day