Another Lullaby

words/music by Jimmy Webb • arranged/performed by Doug Howell
© Universal – Polygram International Pub Inc.

Favorite version: Art Garfunkel, Angel Clare, 1973

close your eyes
my pretty child
though the night is dark
and the wind is wild
I will stand beside your bed
tonight there is nothing
you need fear or dread

you can sleep now
go to sleep
the rain falls and the windows weep
I’m standing by
to sing a lullaby

close your eyes
my sister fair
though the snow is falling
and the trees are bare
and I will hold you by the hand
tonight there is nothing
you need try to understand

you can sleep now
go to sleep
the daytime’s dying
and the nighttime’s so deep
I’m standing by
to sing a lullaby
another lullaby

close your eyes
my mother wise
when the waves are angry
and the north train cries
I stopped those ghosts outside your door
Mama, don’t worry ’bout
those ghosts no more

you can sleep now
go to sleep
tomorrow comes, but it will keep
I’m standing by
to sing a lullaby
another lullaby
another lullaby

Notes

The original album ended with this gorgeous lullaby. It’s for my grandnieces, my future grandnieces and nephews, my nieces and my nephew; it’s for my sister, my sister-in-law and my brother and brother-in-law; it’s for my wonderful Mom, and for Dad, and for my grandparents and all the rest of my marvelous family. It’s for you and yours, too. It’s for anyone who needs to know there’s someone right there beside them in the dark, in the cold and the snow, and when those waves get angry. “You can sleep now. Go to sleep. Tomorrow comes, but it will keep. I’m standing by to sing a lullaby, another lullaby.”

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