[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