Leila's Lullaby

Bow your head
Drift away
Let your eyelids grow heavy
In my arms
You are safe
Let your mind be at ease
Bow your head, close your eyes
and go to sleep

Visualize
In your mind
A beautiful dream world
Populated with friends
And fanciful things
Bow your head, close your eyes
And go to sleep

All the world rests its head
All holy men and sinners
City lights in the night
Fade to a faint glimmer

May your dreams
Bring you things
That fill you with wonder
Honey bees
Lemon trees
Floating paths through the clouds
Fireflies
velvet skies
And shimmering starlight
Porcupines
Sip moonshine
While flying their kites
Close your eyes, rest your head
Say goodnight

No matter what the day may bring
At night the whole world slumbers
Breathing in and out with you
Lost in worlds of wonder
You may think they're not like you
They live different lives than ours
But we all sleep beneath the moon
Beneath the same stars

Octopi
Wave goodbye
From a hot air balloon
A brontosaurus
Sings a chorus
To a well read baboon
Mountain snow
reflects the glow
of the warm playful sunlight
valley streams
moonbeams
All the beautiful things
Must close their eyes, rest their heads
And go to sleep

What can you get in your dreams
That you could not in daylight
All the world wants to be loved
and in their dreams they might
All the world rests its head
All holy men and sinners
City lights in the night
Fade to a faint glimmer

This is true
Leila, you
like all beautiful things
must close your eyes, rest your head
and go to sleep