Bedtime

I held you I rocked you to sleep It'd take a long time Eventually you'd go And I'd try to get out Of the rocking chair With you in my arms I'd get you to your crib Slowly lower you down And pull my hands away As if from a bomb Then I'd step away One step at a time The floors were full of sounds All the creaks for time Then I'd get to the door Open it carefully Trying back out of the room so quietly When I'd got to the door Closed to within an inch That's when you'd come awake As if you'd been watchin' me Watching me the whole time As if you waited to see If I truly intended Just to let you be Just to leave Just to leave you alone Just to leave you alone How you would cry And I'd come back Yeah, I'd come back And lift you up Sit back down with you Try to start all over again Start slowly rocking again Start all over again We'd start all over again I'd come back Lift you up Start all over again