With the pillows wide I lay thee down
Gaze into your face so round
Aha, sweet boy of mine
If I could I'd take the weight of the world
Bundle it off on the back of a bird
I'd do it, sweet boy of mine
All the grunts and groans
Ringing through the ground
Ring like silence's golden sound
Aha, my boy let it ring
If rest won't come on this arm of mine
I'll walk through halflight down the line
Aha, way past midnight
I'll tap the bow off slumber's shores
Through the engine's moaning rumbling roar
Way past, way past midnight
My eyes, my eyes full of paper and sand
They shine anew doncha understand
Way past, way past midnight
Oh to prop you up at the edge of my wing
Is to take this page and make it sing
Aha, my boy make it sing
Oh it's so hard to make it through
But I'll shine a light for this girl and you
Aha, sweet boy of mine