I give you stars and sunshine
A rainbow at your feet each time you rise
So dry your eyes
The house of yesterday is crumblin' at my feet
But I don't mind, I had my time
I am but yesterday
And you my child, tomorrow
There's nothing I can give you
For you have more than me
You are the truth within your youth
I watch you dance and playing
The little prince of all that you survey
Each night, each day
I am the good old days,
And you my child, tomorrow
If I have any future
It is within your eyes
Each time you smile
My child, my child
The hand of life will rock you
I brought you forth
And then my task was through
I give to you
This wondrous view
I am but yesterday
And you my child, tomorrow
And you my child, tomorrow
And you my child, tomorrow
Sun is red; moon is cracked
Daddy's never coming back
Nothing's ever yours to keep
Close your eyes, go to sleep
If I die before you wake
Don't you cry, don't you weep
Nothing's ever as it seems
Climb the ladder to you dreams
If I die before you wake
Don't you cry, don't you weep
Nothing's ever yours to keep
Close your eyes; go to sleep
I was the boy who said all of my prayers
Laid my clean face on the pillow
Tucked in real tight, so safe and secure
Through the night
I heard a noise, it was probably nothing
It pulled me right out of a dream
If I knew it was you
I'd have jumped out of bed with a scream
I am the one who growls in your closet
I am the one who lives under your bed
Get down - back where you started
Get down - back into hell
Your black soul, you know you're black hearted
I smell your sulfurous smell
All of my things that I play with in daylight
You turn into monsters at night
My toys were my friends
Until you taught them all how to bite
You showed me things little boys shouldn't see
You scared me with visions of fire
You danced on my bed
With the flames on your head dancing higher
I am the one who growls in your closet
I am the one who lives under your bed
Get down - back where you started
Get down - back into hell
Your black soul, you know you're black hearted
I smell your sulfurous smell
I tell you right now
I don't want your reptile embrace
I don't want to follow you down to your place
I don't want to be a child of disgrace
You can take your whiskey soaked, foaming
at the mouth, toilet talking, pea soup
Spewing, sweating blood demon breath out of my face
Get down - back where you started
Get down - back into hell
Your black soul, you know you're black hearted
I smell your sulfurous smell
I was the boy who said all of my prayers
Laid my clean face on the pillow
Tucked in real tight, so safe and secure
Should just hug you goodbye
But I just can't walk away from paradise
So I guess I'll sing you that sweet lullaby
And we can revisit us one more time
Yes, I'll come home with you tonight
Hey boy, what's going on
Thanks, I'm doing okay
Don't believe rumours- hey
How's your family
Please say hello for me
Guess we've both grown up a bit
But I have to admit
It really still feels good
Here by your side
Sitting right next to you
Just like I used to do
You know we can't deny
No one else in our lives
Holds a candle to you and I
Should just hug you goodbye
But I just can't walk away from paradise
So I guess I'll sing you that sweet lullaby
And we can revisit us one more time
Yes, I'll come home with you tonight
I should just hug you goodbye
But I just can't walk away from paradise
So I guess I'll sing you that sweet lullaby
And we can revisit us one more time
Yes, I'll come home with you tonight
So here we are again
All by ourselves
So familiar you know
That it actually almost feels like deja vu
Of that night on the roof
We kissed under the sky amid city lights
A sudden flashback to so long ago
In the dark all alone
With our bodies this close
Guess some things never change
'Cause I still melt away
When you touch me
And say my name
Should just hug you goodbye (baby)
But I just can't walk away from paradise (so I guess)
So I guess I'll sing you that sweet lullaby
(I'll come and love you to sleep)
And we can revisit us one more time
(revisit paradise for a while)
Yes, I'll come home with you tonight (by your side)
(lullaby)
I should just hug you goodbye (see I know I should but boy)
But I just can't walk away from paradise
(you just look so good)
So I guess I'll sing you that sweet lullaby
(so I'll sing that song)
And we can revisit us one more time
(you like to hear me sing as we revisit us)
Yes, I'll come home with you tonight
(It feels, feels good)
I should just hug you goodbye
(I can't walk away
But I just can't walk away from paradise
From paradise so I'll take you home and sing to you baby)
So I guess I'll sing you that sweet lullaby
And we can revisit us one more time
Yes, I'll come home with you tonight
(though I know that I should just)
I should just hug you goodbye
(oh I can't, ...cause you)
But I just can't walk away from paradise
So I guess I'll sing you that sweet lullaby
(you and I both know)
And we can revisit us one more time
(nobody else in our lives holds a candle to you and I)
Yes, I'll come home with you tonight
I should just hug you goodbye shhh!
(so hush pretty baby)
But I just can't walk away from paradise
(mmm,it's just me and you yeah, as we relive the splendor of you and I)
So I guess I'll sing you that sweet lullaby
And we can revisit us one more time
Yes, I'll come home with you tonight
fourteenth street and the garbage swirls like a cyclone
three o'clock in the afternoon and I am going home
F train is full of high school students
so much shouting
so much laughter
last night's underwear in my back pocket
sure sign of the morning after
take me home
take me home and leave me there
think I'm going to cry, I don't know why
think I'm going to sing myself a lullaby
feel free to listen
feel free to stare
I live in New York New York the city that never shuts
in the daylight everything is so gory
you can hear snatches of stranger's sorry stories
and I moved there from buffalo but that's nothing
the TRICO plant moved to mexico
left my uncle standing out in the cold
said there's your last paycheck have fun growing old
take me home
take me home and leave me there
think I'm going to cry, I don't know why
think I'm going to sing myself a lullaby
feel free to listen
feel free to stare
rockabye baby
in the treetop
when the wind blows
cradle will rock
when the bough breaks
the cradle will fall
down will come baby
cradle and all
youth is beauty
money is beauty
hell, beauty is beauty sometimes
it's the luck of the draw
it's the natural law
it's a joke
it's a crime
I was bored
you were bored
it was a meeting of the minds
now it's three in the afternoon and I can't leave too
soon
saying thank you, I had a nice time
take me home
take me home and leave me there
think I'm going to cry, I don't know why
think I'm going to sing myself a lullaby
feel free to listen
feel free to stare
maybe I'll live my whole life
just getting by
maybe I'll be discovered
maybe I'll be colonized
you could try to train me like a pet
you could try to teach me to behave
But I'll tell you, if I haven't learned it yet
you know,
I ain't gonna sit, I ain't gonna stay
take me home
take me home and leave me there
think I'm going to cry, I don't know why
think I'm going to sing myself a lullaby
feel free to listen
On candystripe legs the spiderman comes
Softly through the shadow of the evening sun
Stealing past the windows of the blissfully dead
Looking for the victim shivering in bed
Searching out fear in the gathering gloom and
Suddenly!
A movement in the corner of the room!
And there is nothing I can do
When I realise with fright
That the spiderman is having me for dinner tonight!
Quietly he laughs and shaking his head
Creeps closer now
Closer to the foot of the bed
And softer than shadow and quicker than flies
His arms are all around me and his tongue in my eyes
'Be still be calm be quiet now my precious boy
Don't struggle like that or I will only love you more
For it's much too late to get away or turn on the light
The spiderman is having you for dinner tonight'
And I feel like I'm being eaten
By a thousand million shivering furry holes
And I know that in the morning I will wake up
In the shivering cold
And the spiderman is always hungry..
Get up and leave the baby
your going to drive him crazy
and theres a bed just in the other room
he has a casket for him
and for this he means snorin'
shoots all into for ages at a time
its not that he dont love you
you his mommy dearest
but in the night time he only needs himself
go entertain the neighbors
leave him to gajatate
and in the morning you leave a glass of milk
ahhhhh ahhhh ahhhh ahhhh
ahhhh ahhh ahh ahhhhhhhhh ohhhhh
its not that he dont love you
you are his mommy dearest
but in the night time he only needs himeslef
go entertain the neighbors
leave him to gajatate
and in the morning you leave a galss of milk
ahhh ahhhh ahhhhhhhh ahhhh
ahhhh ahhhhh ahhhhhhhh ahhhhhhoh oh
its not that he dont love you
you are his mommy dearest
but in the night time he only needs himeslef
he only needs himself
he only needs himself
ah ah ahhhhh
ah ah ahhhhh
ah ah ahhhhh
ah ah ahhhhh
Hush now little one,
The day has lost its glow
The night falls softly round
The sandman's sleepy saws.
Sleep.
The stars will shine tonight
High up in the sky.
The breeze will sing a song
As he goes hurrying by.
Sleep.
For you the sun will rise,
For you the dawn will break.
Hush now, all is still,
Hush now till you wake.
Sleep.
Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh,
Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh.
Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh,
Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh.
Sleep.
So sleep.
creed- lullaby
Hush my love now dont you cry, everything will be alright
close your eyes and drift in dream
rest in peaceful sleep.
If theres one thing I hoped I showed you,
if theres one thing I hope i showed u
hope I showed you,
just give love to all. (x3)
oh my love in my arms tight
everyday you give me life
as I drift off to your world
rest in peaceful sleep. (x3)
CHORUS
Lets give love to all...
Let's go
And I ain't gotta tell y'all who I be
Because these 100 dollar bills are like baller ID
And I get under nigga's skin, they should call me IV
But if you try me nigger I will be your caller ID
And that means I got your number
Please don't make me dial it
That could land your fly ass on the ground just like a pilot
So just do me a solid
Y'all stay in pocket like wallets
'Cause you can't see me, close eyelids
Huh, nitey nite , I'm with a model chick
Tyrah thick, Heidi's height, body suits, body tight
Yeah, I clean up nice, catch me on a tidy night
Might be Gucci down to the tidy whites
Okay, it's Loso, everybody knows so
My son is the heir to the thrown, Prince Joso
So daddy need money, mummy need new true-ies
Baby needs new shoes, preferably the new Lueys
The swaggers in his jeans, he was born fly
Them Phily bitches say the ball keep his jaunt fly
That Reggie Kush outta Southern California
Sing them a lullaby
Sing them a lullaby
Sing them a lullaby
Sing them a lullaby
Rock-a-bye, baby
Rock-a-bye, baby
Rock-a-bye, baby
Rock-a-bye, baby
Hush little lame niggas, don't say a word
Y'all don't know the half, not even a third
Put a dick in your ear and fuck what you heard
She tried to pull my fly south, I ain't want the bird
'Cause I been killin' these hoes, these niggas just drop dead
In the drop head, all we do is bop heads
To the side like Busta in the Pepsi ad
With my Columbiana mamma, yep she bad
She in the latest shoe that Giuseppe had
Blow game like the late Dizzy Gillespie had
That's some good jaw, pop quiz, good score
She call her pussy Mediene, that good raw
For you little cheap fucks, hood whores
You niggas soft in the middle, call them hood smalls
Everybody on the block going cuckoo
Phantom doors open like the clock that goes cuckoo
Birds poppin' out, sittin' on the hood
Check my bird droppings out, I'm shittin' on the hood
Sleepin' time, niggas
The hand that rocks the cradle for you nursery rhyme, niggas
It's bed time, nice
Sing them a lullaby
Sing them a lullaby
Sing them a lullaby
Sing them a lullaby
Sing them a lullaby
Rock-a-bye, baby
Rock-a-bye, baby
Even when the jokes were bad
think of all the fun we had
I just got back from church
yee I really like that place
love to see the children run and play
watch the ladies gather round in circles
domestic life
love to see the children run and play
There was a storm outside as we drove home
the night sky was pure blue
I thought about all the different things
that happened to all the different people I knew
Even when the jokes were bad
think of all the fun we had
I worked in an oil refinery
I didn't really like it
there was this girl there
who acted like she hated me
but only because she loved me
even though that wasn't healthy
it was kinda nice
Even when the jokes were bad
think of all the fun we had
She said I was a real looser
but at least I'm real
and being real
sometimes is a loosing game
Even when the jokes were bad
think of all the fun we had
floating like a ghost man
floating like a baby
swaying in a mother's arm
sleeping like a baby
fans stay all in light,
and friends day all in hide
for they talk him up, together
together there's life flowing
Sending for the season
flowers for the rapture
shield her from the fire
flowers for the sleeping
fans stay all in light
and friends stay all in hide
for they don't get up, together
together, there's life flowing
soldier, child of honor
sleeping like a baby
swaying in his mother's arm
floating like a ghost man
fans stay all in light
and friends stay all in hide
fallen talk it out, together
Shall I stay or go through the door
Will the pen [unverified]
Watch the stars
Sleep's a chore
The moon is growing cold
It hangs like a sliver of tin
How do our dreams unfold
And why are my bones feeling thin?
I watch my pen as though
My fingers could shatter like icicles
And before my eyes
We come to pay homage to the golden one
We share and bear the message of your newborn son
We follow paths of falling stars
In and out of mangers, other bars
Opportunity knocked you up I guess
Gave you your little baby's success
You've got potential, you have the gift
You have the chance to heal a million rifts
We've been sent to sing a lullaby for you
We've been sent to sing a lullabyWe've brought oils, gold and wine and bread
A dreaming pillow for his divine head
Asttrologers all we plot the charts
And wise men we can look into people's hearts
A doom is on the child that I can see
He don't belong in this time with you and me
His life will not be very long
Before you know it he will be gone
We've been sent to sing a lullaby for you
Sleep, baby, sleep
The day's on the run
The wind in the trees
Is talking in tongues
If you're heart is torn
I don't wonder why
If the night is long
Here's my lullaby
Here's my lullaby
Well, the mouse ate the crumb
Then the cat ate the crust
Now they've fallen in love
And they're talking in tongues
If your heart is torn
I don't wonder why
If the night is long
Here's my lullaby
Here's my lullaby
Sleep, baby, sleep
There's a morning to come
The wind and the trees
They're talking in tongues
If your heart is torn
I don't wonder why
If the night is long
Here's my lullaby
Good night close your eyes
Sleep tight grow up wise
Dream of all the fun we had.
Don't cry dry your eyes
Mummy wouldn't like it
If she knew that you were sad.
An' I'll take you out tomorrow
'N' buy you something new
And the sun will shine tomorrow
If you ask it to.
Good night close your eyes
Sleep tight grow up wise
Leave the worryin' to me.
INSTRUMENTAL
An' I'll take you out tomorrow
'N' buy you something new
And the sun will shine tomorrow
If you ask it to.
Good night close your eyes
Sleep tight grow up wise
Dream of all the fun we had.
Don't cry dry your eyes
Mummy wouldn't like it
=======
Let the bells ring out
Let the bells ring out
The hero is dead and the children are in bed
Let the bells ring out
All around, people in the town, they be dancing in the streets
Young and old, the lame and the whole, they be dancing in the streets
Everybody be moving, everybody get high
Since your mother cast her spell
Every kiss has left a bruise
You've been raiding too much meaning from existence
Now your head is used and sore
And the forecast is for more
Memories falling, like falling rain
Falling rain
Every view they hold on you's
A piano, out of tune
You're an angel
You're a demon
You're just human
Now your world has turned to trash
Broken windows on the past
Take that child and teach him senseless
Damage the dream, damage the dream
I feel nothing, I feel nothing at all
I feel nothing at all
In this gloomy, haunted place
All the feelings are of shame
All the windows have been broken by the children
So the wind screams up the stairs
Slams the doors and rattles chairs
I wish we weren't conceived in violence
Damage the dream, damage the dream
The magic is broken
The house is in ruins
Your memory's one-sided
The side that you're choosing feels nothing
Feels nothing at all
We feel nothing at all
The end of the world is a windy place
Where the eagle builds her nest of lace
I rock you asleep in the cradle of end
Listen, baby, to the wind
The end of the world is a broken glass
Where the goldfish swim in the rosy grass
I rock you asleep in the cradle of slow
Listen, baby, to the snow
The end of the world is the shadowed cowl
of one whose eyes are like the owl's
I rock you asleep in the cradle of flight
Listen, baby, to the night
Waging war on the arms race of sound
Turn it down
Pull the plug
Imminent surrender
Ringing in the new Dark Age
Shut down the noise-aholics
Put down the quiet-ophobics
In a daydream of peace
In a calmness too brief
My lullaby is killing
My lullaby be stilling
It could be such sweet silence
From static from violence from...
Volume is the modern currency
Everyone competing for air space
Everybody's dumb
Shouting muddled words as though they're deaf
Big brother isn't watching anymore
He knows we are distracted and absorbed
Broadcasting our grief
Our imagination's atrophied
We can't think
If I could sing them all to sleep
If I could sing myself deaf
Wouldn't it be lovely?
Doesn't it sound perfect?
Every generation hates the next
I will save the millions from a slow insufferable death
I'll put them to sleep
Save them from progressive misery
I'm counting
If I could sing myself to sleep
If I could sing myself deaf
Wouldn't it be lovely?
Doesn't it sound perfect?
My lullaby is killing
My lullaby be stilling
Memorized.
Involuntary
When you're so lonely lying in bed
Night's closed it's eyes but you can't rest your head
Everyone's sleeping all through the house
You wish you could dream but forgot to somehow
Sing this lullaby to yourself
Sing this lullaby to yourself
And if you are waiting, waiting for me
Know I'll be home soon darling I guarantee
I'll be home Sunday just in one week
Dry up your tears if you start to weep
And sing this lullaby to yourself
Sing this lullaby to yourself
Lullaby, I'm not nearby
Sing this lullaby to yourself
Don't you cry, no don't you cry
Sing this lullaby to yourself
Cause when I arrive dear it won't be that long
No it won't seem like anytime that I've been gone
It ain't the first time it won't be the last
Won't you remember these words to help the time pass?
So when you're so lonely lying in bed
Night's closed it's eyes but you can't rest your head
Everyone's sleeping all through the house
You wish you could dream but forgot to somehow
Sing this lullaby to yourself
Sing this lullaby to yourself
Sing this lullaby, sing this lullaby
We come to pay homage to the Golden one
We share and bear the message of your newborn son
We follow paths, falling stars
In and out of mangers other barns
Opportunity knocked you up I guess
Gave you your little baby success
You've got potential, you have the gift
You have the chance to heal a million rifts
We've been sent to sing a lullaby for you
We've been sent to sing a lullaby
We've brought oils, gold and wine and bread
Dreaming pillows for his divine head
Astrologers all, we plot the charts
And wise men, we can look into people's hearts
A doom is on this child, that I can see
He don't belong in this time of you and me
His life will not be very long
Before you know it, he will be gone
We've been sent to sing a lullaby for you
You don't look so good
You don't look so fine
Do you think that you've
Gone too far this time
O' I'll sing you a lullaby
Is your head aching
Is your body weak
Is the floor moving
Can't you speak
How do you feel
How do you know
Do you wish you were at home
But it's a long way to go
Find a corner
Go right down
Go to sleep
The lunacy will leave the day
Luminous in flight
As the moon spits out
In jagged beams another night
Wrap around this brilliant veil
Tranquil and unbroken
As you spiral down
A world of clay and taut convulsion
The dream swan spins
And cartwheel turns
Down deep within your violet side
The sun begins to rise
Skaing down its morining swords to thaw your frozen eyes
The dream swan spins
And so conceal the heart that aches and yearns
Hush awhile
Sleepless child
I'll be watching over you
Goodnight my angel, time to close your eyes
and save these questions for another day.
I think I know what you've been asking me
I think you know what I've been tryin' to say.
I promised I would never leave you,
and you should always know,
wherever you may go, no matter where you are,
I never will be far away.
Goodnight my angel, now it's time to sleep,
and still so many things I want to say.
Remember all the songs you sang for me,
when we went sailing on an emerald bay.
And like a boat out on the ocean,
I'm rocking you to sleep,
the water's dark and deep,
inside this ancient heart,
you'll always be a part of me.
Goodnight my angel, now it's time to dream,
and dream how wonderful your life will be,
some day your child may cry, and if you sing this lullaby,
then in your heart there will always be a part of me.
Some day we'll all be gone, but lullabies go on and on,
they never die, that's how you and I will be.
Cross over and turn
Feel the spot don't let it burn
We all want we all yearn
Be soft don't be stern
Lullaby
Was not supposed to make you cry
I sang the words I meant
I sang
Now you'll lay me down to sleep
Pray the Lord your soul to keep
That your heart if safe with me
If I die before I wake
I'm sorry darlin' for every mistake I've ever made
I could sing you the most beautiful song you've ever heard
You could sing alone my hummingbird
But you don't need to sing
I don't need to play it'll be alright
I just want you to fall asleep tonight
This is a lullaby... lullaby, lullaby, lullaby
It's just the way I say goodnight
It'll be ok, it'll be alright
This is your lullaby
[KIZ]
This is your lullaby, yeah
Lullaby, lullaby this is my hopes and dreams combined
Spoken to you hoping you sleep well tonight
So rest your precious head on your pillow
And let your thoughts run free
Now close your tired eyes and just dream
You couldn't imagine all of life's beautiful things
As your vision slowly fades and your thoughts kick in
So just imagine, imagine floating to a place that's far away
And we could catch up another day, ay
I could sing you the most beautiful song you've ever heard
You could sing alone my hummingbird
But you don't need to sing
I don't need to play it'll be alright
I just want you to fall asleep tonight
This is a lullaby... lullaby, lullaby, lullaby
It's just the way I say goodnight
It'll be ok, it'll be alright
This is your lullaby
[KIZ]
Yeah, yeah
And when you told me you were scared
I was well aware that your heart was unprepared
So I said that I'd be there if I said maybe you'll sleep
And you'll lust in all your dreams
And never have to worry cause your heart is safe with me
I could sing you the most beautiful song you've ever heard
You could sing alone my hummingbird
But you don't need to sing
I don't need to play it'll be alright
I just want you to fall
I just want you to fall
I just want you to fall asleep tonight
It'll be ok, it'll be alright
All I want is a lullaby.
Oh Baby bring it to me now.
All I want is a lullaby.Oh Baby.
Oh Baby. Close the door behind you.
Come right in. Come closer. Closer
Can you feel the passion inside.
Dim the lights. And take another step to me
City lights are movin' lights.
All I want is a lullaby.
City lights are movin' lights
All I wanna be is by your side.
city lights are movin' lights. All I want is alullaby
City lights.
I can feel your passion inside.
I wanna take a step to you
And give you all the love you need.
When the nights get longer.
I wanna get with you
Adn only you.
You oughtta know by now.
What you do to me.
I'm touchin' you so sweet
Really puts me in the mood.
when the door's behind ou.
Take me in. Come closer
I need you closer.
Then you'll feel my hearbeat inside.
You just need to give me all
Hush now, baby, don't you cry
Rest your wings, my butterfly
Peace will come to you in time
And I will sing this lullaby
No, though I must leave, my child
But I would stay here by your side
And if you wake before I'm gone
Remember this sweet lullaby
And all love through darkness
Don't you ever stop me believing
With love forlorn
With love you'll find your way, my love
The world has turned the day to dark
I leave this night with heavy heart
When I return to dry your eyes
I will sing this lullaby
Its a sad old world
That's turning tonight
As I slide through the streets
Moonlight and memory burning
And in my hand your broken dream
My watery eyes
I sing for you this lullaby
Let the shadow fall from your window
Let the morning light fill your head
Stand up and let the wild wind blow
Right into your soul till the night is dead
All these useless emotions
Churning round
As I search these bare walls for a clue
And all the time
The truth is flashing in my mind
That when a heart gets broken
There's nothing you can do
My watery eyes
I sing for you this lullaby
Let the shadow fall from your window
Let the morning light fill your head
Stand up and let the wild wind blow
Right into your soul till the night is dead
And I'm packing my belongings
Hey I'll be gone before the noon arrives
Cos I know there's no use pretending
Soon it'll all be alright
But hey
Let the shadow fall from your window
Let the morning light fill your head
Stand up and let the wild wind blow
Right into your soul till the night is dead
See the dawn break gold
When the night is dead
Goodnight, goodnight sweet baby
The world has more for you than it seems
Goodnight, goodnight
Let the moonlight take the lid off your dreams
We took a small flight in the middle of the night
From one tiny place to another
And my parents they remained at the shack
With Lorraine and my aunt, and my grandpa and brother
We walked past the tarmac and boarded the craft
The rain had me chilled to the bones
Just the three of us took flight that night
Uncle Richard, me and James Earl Jones
And the pilot he gave me a blanket
And the tall dark man
Sang to me in deep rich tones
Goodnight, goodnight sweet baby
The world has more for you than it seems
Goodnight, goodnight
Shut up and go to bed
Put the pillow under your head
I'm sick and tired of all your worries
Shut up and say goodnight
Say your prayers and turn off the light
I'm sick and tired of all your sob-stories
Shut up and shut your eyes
No more histrionics no more college tries
Stop pushing stop shoving stop straining
Shut your mouth and button your lip
You're a late night faucet that's got a drip
All you're doing is merely complaining
The excuse that you're crazy is useless
You're not biting you're barking you're toothless
But you're ruthless (you're Rufus)
Shut up and count some sheep
And do me a favour don't bitch in your sleep
No more agony please no more sorrow
Shut up and catch some Z's
Ice cream with a cherry plus big pretty please
Well I know the feeling
Of finding yourself stuck out on the ledge
And there ain't no healing
From cutting yourself with the jagged edge
I'm telling you that
Its never that bad
Take it from someone whose been where you're at
Laid out on the floor
And your not sure
You can take this anymore
So just give it one more try
To a lullaby
And turn this up on the radio
If you can hear me now
I'm reaching out
To let you know that you're not alone
And you can't tell
I'm scared as hell
Cause I can't get you on the telephone
So just close your eyes
Well honey here comes a lullaby
Your very own lullaby
Please let me take you
Out of the darkness and into the light
Cause I have faith in you
That you're gonna make it through another night
Stop thinking about
The easy way out
There's no need to go and blow the candle out
Because you're not done
You're far too young
And the best is yet to come
So just give it one more try
To a lullaby
And turn this up on the radio
If you can hear me now
I'm reaching out
To let you know that you're not alone
And you can't tell
I'm scared as hell
Cause I can't get you on the telephone
So just close your eyes
Well honey here comes a lullaby
Your very own lullaby
Well everybody's hit the bottom
And everybody's been forgotten
When everybody's tired of being alone
Yeah everybody's been abandoned
And left a little empty handed
So if you're out there barely hanging on
Just give it one more try
To a lullaby
And turn this up on the radio
If you can hear me now
I'm reaching out
To let you know that you're not alone
And you can't tell
I'm scared as hell
Cause I can't get you on the telephone
So just close your eyes
Well honey here comes a lullaby
Your very own lullaby
Well honey here comes a lullaby
I know that you cannot be here
I know that you are not mine now
Looking out the window
At another window
I see toenails changing color
Like the leaves of fall
If you often smile
But often don't smile
Which do you do more often
Smile.. or not?
I dreamt a hydrant was covered in snow
A white light glowing below
I know that you cannnot be here
I know that you are not mine now
Looking out the window
At another window
I see toenails changing color
I know that you cannot be here
I know that you are not mine now
Looking out the window
At another window
I see toenails changing colours
Like the leaves of fall
If you often smile but often don't smile
Which do you do more often
Smile or not?
I dreamt hydrant was covered in snow
White light glowing below
I know that you cannot be here
I know that you are not mine now
Looking out the window
At another window
D-Em
D-Em-G-D
Bm-C-G-D
"Only when I laugh, does it hurt."
The doctor says, "Please, son, remove your skirt."
"I'd be glad to comply, but I'm not wearing one."
The doctor says, "That's strange, nor am I."
A Scotsman throws a pole into the air
The alderman all vote in some affair
The mayor, he abstained--and ain't that strange
he's still a bachelor? Perhaps he's gay.
A corpse is laid out neatly on a slab
Professor's working madly in his lab
The assistant files her nails and checks her hair
There's just a hint of danger in the air
There's just a hint of danger in the air
No one is alarmed nor seems to care
Everyone is happy, we're all fine
We all fall in love all the time
Yeah, we all fall in love from a plane
With the stewardess, she serves us in our dreams
When we wake, we find that it has rained
When it rains, it lulls us back to sleep
So rest your weary eyes and go to sleep
Or rest your weary head and come to me
Move your lips and sing this lullabye
The lunacy will leave the day
Luminous in flight
As the moon spits out in jagged
Beams another night
Wrap around this brilliant veil
Tranquil and unbroken
As you spiral down, a world of clay
And taut convulsion
The dream swan spins
And cartwheel turns
Down deep within your violet side
The sun begins to rise
Shaking down its morning swords
To thaw your frozen eyes
The dream swan spins
And so conceal the heart
That aches and yearns
Oh, hush awhile, sleepless child
I'll be watching over you
I'll be watching over you
I'll be watching over you
What are we all living for?
If nothing's worth dying for tonight
Your dreams are not enough
What I need is love
That's worth laying down my life
Sing along,
Just like they taught us
It's soothing your mind this lullaby
No heaven above us
Just mile after mile of empty sky
No right or wrong
Can you imagine?
A world where there's no more need to cry
But no joy or passion
Its seems that the price is much to high
But I am holding out for something real
And though you offered peace
What I really need comes to so much more
Your dreams are not enough
What I need is love that's worth dying for
You say that you're a dreamer
Well I'm a dreamer too
But I wont sing your lullaby
However well intentioned
Its neither good nor true
The pallid dream is just a lie
But I am holding out for something real
And though you offered peace
What I really need comes to so much more
Your dreams are not enough
What I need is love that's worth dying for
What are we all living for
[Instrumental]
They didn't have you where I come from
Never knew the best was yet to come
Life began when I saw your face
And I hear your laugh like a serenade
How long do you want to be loved
Is forever enough, is forever enough
How long do you want to be loved
Is forever enough
Cause I'm never, never giving you up
I slip in bed when you're asleep
To hold you close and feel your breath on me
Tomorrow there'll be so much to do
So tonight I'll drift in a dream with you
How long do you want to be loved
Is forever enough, is forever enough
How long do you want to be loved
Is forever enough
Cause I'm never, never giving you up
As you wander through this troubled world
In search of all things beautiful
You can close your eyes when you're miles away
And hear my voice like a serenade
How long do you want to be loved
Is forever enough, is forever enough
How long do you want to be loved
Is forever enough
Cause I'm never, never giving you up
How long do you want to be loved
Is forever enough, is forever enough
How long do you want to be loved
Is forever enough
Cause I'm never, never giving you up
Is forever enough
You are the sun to the earth
You are the light of this world
Won't you see
Why won't you see.
You are the hand I can't reach
You are the words I can't speak
Won't you sing
Why won't you sing.
I will walk till I've no shadow.
I will walk till I've no shadow.
You twist the light in your hands
It moves and sparks
It's all the love you can give.
Reasons fall from every storm that you lift.
We move through the dark
Helpless
You are the quiet in my soul
You are the pieces of gold
Won't you shine
Why won't you shine.
I will walk till I've no shadow.
I will walk till I've no shadow.
May you find solace in the gentle arms of sleep
Despite the wolves outside your door
In time you will see them all as harmless
And their idle threats easy to ignore
And if ever fate should choose to smite you
Stand your ground, never walk away
Please don't ever let the world defeat you
Don't get buried in its decay
As you drift into the gauzy realm of dreams
May you take comfort in the thought that you are safe
For it only takes a fraction of a second
For all of this to change
Return to me
When slumber's fog has lifted
Return to me
Stronger than before
As you sink beneath the soothing streams of time
May you be thankful that you had another day
For there comes a time when each of us will enter
A sleep from which we will never wake
And if ever fate should choose to smite you
Stand your ground, never walk away
Please don't ever let the world defeat you
Don't get buried in its decay
Close your eyes now, if only for a moment
For it's time you get some rest
The wolves are gone and nothing here can harm you
Let go of your fragile consciousness
You've Been looking for god
You've been down on your knees
Will the Angels believe you now?
Wanting more than the bliss of a buetiful kiss
from the lips of the one who fell
well its hard to tell...
Its like an opium dream
through your psyche it streams
it relieves and believes the painthat you fought in vain
oh no....please don't
wave goodbye, wave goodbye
because your sleeping tonight
sleeping tonight
safe in the arms of morpheus
you've escaped through these means these delirious dreams
helped to shelter an sooth your soul
the regrettable roles
the salvation they sold
satisfied your desire to burn
and now you've learned?
oh no....please don't
wave goodbye, wave goodbye
because your sleeping tonight
sleeping tonight
safe in the arms of morpheus
and were waving goodbye
you're sleeping tonight
Shawty you a diamond, a diamond in the rough
But he can't see it, it seems he'd rather bring you down
But I see everything you should be
And girl you should be with me
Ah baby, I know, I know
I can turn your world around
I just wanna see you smile my baby
And make it all worth your while
I wanna make you love me, make you love me now
Fix your heart some how
Feel my love right now
Baby, don't you cry
Just give us a try, baby
Wipe your pretty eyes, lady
Here's my lullaby, baby
I'm singin' to you, I'm singin' to you oh oh oh
I can give you what you need
Shower you with love (with all my love girl)
You can give your heart to me
I hope you hear my lulla, hear my lullaby
Baby, I ain't lyin'
I know it's all that you used to, all that you used to yea
Can't you see I'm tryin'?
To be the man you should get used to
Whoa I see everything you should be
And girl you should be with me
Ah baby, I know, I know
I can turn your world around
I just wanna see you smile my baby
And make it all worth your while
I wanna make you love me, make you love me now
Fix your heart some how
Feel my love right now
Baby, don't you cry
Just give us a try, baby
Wipe your pretty eyes, lady
Here's my lullaby, baby
I'm singin' to you, I'm singin' to you oh oh oh
I can give you what you need
Shower you with love (with all my love girl)
You can give your heart to me
I hope you hear my lulla, hear my lullaby
Just give us a try, baby
Wipe your pretty eyes, lady
Here's my lullaby, baby
I'm singin' to you, I'm singin' to you oh oh oh
I can give you what you need
Shower you with love (with all my love girl)
You can give your heart to me
I hope you hear my lulla, hear my lullaby
I'm singin' to you, I'm singin' to you oh oh oh
Love you baby
There's a light in the evening
By the house with a window
As she sleeps I hear the
ticking of the clock
When the cool of the morning
Brings a hush to the shadow
In the hall
There's a skylight to the dark
Hush
Baby don't you cry
And I will sing a lullaby
And I can see
I've been away too long
Dusting out the closet by the stairs
When the door swinging open
Bring her smile to the window
In the sky
I see a hundred angels there
Hush
I watch as you asleep, far away in your wonderland
I pray for the world to be good to your little hint
And I will care for you, always be fair for you
Always remember you fill my heart
This I swear
Lullaby
So what do you dream, do you know you're all that I am
If I'm cool to be kind, sometimes hope you'll understand
And I will dance with you, hold up my hands to you
When you feel empty, I'll fill your heart
This I swear
Lullaby
Lullaby
Lullaby
You're my beautiful, my little miracle
Call and I'll answer, take all that I have
This I swear
I will care for you, always be fair for you
Always remember you fill my heart
This I swear
Lullaby
Lullaby
you've been looking for god
you've been down on your knees
will the angels believe you now?
wanting more than the bliss of a beautiful kiss
from the lips of the one who fell
well it's hard to tell?br>
it's like an opium dream
through your psyche it streams
it relieves and believes the pain
that you fought in vain
oh no... please don't
wave goodbye wave goodbye
because you're sleeping tonight
sleeping tonight
safe in the arms of morpheus
you've escaped through these means
these delirious dreams
helped to shelter and soothe your soul
the regrettable roles
the salvation they sold
satisfied your desire to burn and now you've learned?
oh no... please don't
wave goodbye wave goodbye
because you're sleeping tonight
sleeping tonight
safe in the arms of morpheus
and we're waving goodbye
you're sleeping tonight
safe in the arms of morpheus
goodnight, goodnight sweet baby
the world has more for you
than it seems
goodnight, goodnight
let the moonlight take the lid off your dreams
we took a small flight
in the middle of the night
from one tiny place to another
and my parents they remained
at the shack with lorraine
and my aunt and my grandpa and brother
we walked past the tarmac
and boarded the craft
the rain had me chilled to the bones
just the three of us took flight that night,
uncle richard, me and james earl jones
and the pilot he gave me a blanket
while the tall dark man sang to me in deep rich tones...
goodnight, goodnight sweet baby
the world has more for you
than it seems
goodnight, goodnight
She grew up with the children of the stars
In the Hollywood hills, in the Boulevard
Her parents threw big parties, everyone was there
They hung out with folks like Dennis Hopper
And Bog Seager, and Sunny and Cher
She feels safe now in this bar in Farfax
And from the stage I can tell that
She can't let go and she can't relax
And just before she hangs her head to cry
I sing to her a lullabye
I say, everything's gonna be alright
Rockabye, rockabye
Everything's gonna be alright
Rockabye, rockabye, rockabye
She still lives with her mom outside the city
Down that street about a half a mile
And all her friends tell her she's so pretty
But she'd be whole lot prettier if she smiled once in a while
'Cause even her smile looks like a frown
She's seen her share of devils in this angel town
I say, everything's gonna be alright
Rockabye, rockabye
Everything's gonna be alright
Rockabye, rockabye, rockabye
I told her, "I ain't so sure about this place
It's hard to play a gig in this town and keep a straight face
It seems like everybody with a plan
It's kinda like Nashville, with a tan"
I say, everything's gonna be alright
Rockabye, rockabye
Everything's gonna be alright
Rockabye, rockabye, rockabye
I say, everything's gonna be alright
Rockabye, rockabye
Everything's gonna be alright
Rockabye, rockabye, rockabye
Bye, bye
You don't look so good
You don't look so fine
Do you think that you've
Gone too far this time
O' I'll sing you a lullaby
Is your head aching
Is your body weak
Is the floor moving
Can't you speak
How do you feel
How do you know
Do you wish you were at home
But it's a long way to go
Find a corner
Go right down
Go to sleep
You won't hear a sound