Lullaby

I'm slipping into silence, brother

My thoughts are losing sense, brother.

The words I cannot push brother

From the back of my throat.

There were men we were to save brother

Who died without a trace brother,

There was love we were to loot brother

From heavens up above.

I heard you calling out brother

I heard your every shout brother

But the king he had me drunk brother

And I couldn't let go.

In the palace of the wise brother

I found the blackest eyes brother

Who would sing me to sleep brother

Every time I tried to leave.

I know where you have been brother

I know what you have seen brother

But I don't know where you've gone brother

Now that I've come home.

Just wait a while, brother

Don't leave without a smile brother

I never meant to go brother

And leave you all alone.

Come rest your tired mind brother

These city streets are blind brother

Come take my hand brother

Let’s dream a dawn side by side.

In the gutters in the streets brother

A heartless drum beats brother

And although the wine is sweet brother

Their hands they never show.

Time has let them go brother

Their eyes they never glow brother

The child will never grow brother

Drawing circles in the muck.

That sky has no moon brother

That song has no tune brother

That story ends too soon brother

Without a drop of tear.

We’ve lost another day brother

To find another way brother

But no one taught us to pray brother

So in gutters we must hide.

But the gutters are for rats brother

And they’ll give us party hats brother

And bagfuls of dreams brother

But none that ever fit.

So lift the veil from your sky brother

The clouds whisper and sigh brother

And the stars they cry brother

And this song they sing for you.