40 Winks

Goodbye to dark
I go to sleep
Night’s black sky-mark
(goodbye to dark)
is as day’s spark
and will not keep
Goodbye to dark
I go to sleep

Hear the clock tick
as day runs down
On stone shoes click
(hear the clock tick)
go down steps quick
descend and drown
Hear the clock tick
as day runs down

Fling deep in night
a precious stone
Sun, life and sight
fling deep in night
all alight
by its shine alone
Fling deep in night
a precious stone

And now let free
the human range
Day tethered me
and now let free
I cannot see
and night is strange
And now let free
the human range

Dream, dream and die
go to the moon
Sail to the sky
dream, dream and die
descend, drift high
in sleep’s balloon
Dream, dream and die
go to the moon

Goodbye to dark
I go to sleep
Night’s black sky-mark
(goodbye to dark)
is as day’s spark
and will not keep
Goodbye to dark
I go to sleep