Let Me Sleep Beside You

Baby, baby, brush the dust of youth from off your shoulder

Because the years of fretting days is right behind you

Don't return to the fields of green where rainbow secrets were told

Place your ragged doll with all the toys and things and deeds

[Pre-Chorus]

I will show you a game where the winner never wins

[Chorus]

Let your hair hang down

Wear the dress your mother wore

Let me sleep beside you

[Verse 2]

Lock away your childhood and throw away the key

For now the streets and city sounds will burn your eyes as coals

We shall drink the oldest wine, velvet skies will linger

Child, you're a woman, your heart and soul are free

[Pre-Chorus]

I will hold a lighted lamp and we shall walk together

[Chorus]

Let your hair hang down

Wear the dress your mother wore

Let me sleep beside you

[Bridge]

Your darkened eyes throw mystery

But your lips are void of history

You could not imagine that it could happen this way, could you

[Pre-Chorus]

I will give you dreams and I'll tell you things you'd like to hear

[Chorus]

Let your hair hang down

Wear the dress your mother wore

Let me sleep beside you

I said let your hair hang down

Wear the dress your mother wore

Let me sleep beside you