[Verse 1]
A cloud of eiderdown
Draws around me
Softening a sound
[Refrain]
Sleepy time, when I lie
With my love by my side
And she's breathing low
[Bridge]
And the candle dies
[Verse 2]
When night comes down
You lock the door
The book falls to the floor
As darkness falls
The waves roll by
The seasons change
The wind is warm
[Verse 3]
Now wakes the owl
Now sleeps the swan
Behold a dream
The dream is gone
Green fields a cold rain
It's falling, in a golden dawn
[Verse 4]
And deep beneath the ground
The early morning sounds
And I go down
[Refrain]
Sleepy time, when I lie
With my love by my side
And she's breathing low
[Outro]
And I rise, like a bird
In the haze, when the first rays
Touch the sky
And the night winds die