lilah





Like every young man, i had some things that i

Wanted to say

Ere i could begin, you know the world got

In my way



Oh lilah, to sleep like a baby

To open the window and feel the fair wind

Oh lilah, to sleep like a baby again

We spend so much time weeping and wailing and

Shaking our fists

Creating enemies that really don't exist



Oh lilah, to sleep like a baby-

To open the window and feel the fair wind

Oh lilah, to sleep like a baby again



All these comings and goings that cut like a knife

These small, simple pleasures that make up a life

A man needs a home, and a child, and a wife

To always be there-always



After i'm gone, there are some things that i know

I will miss

The taste of your mouth; the smell of the perfume

On your wrist

Oh, lilah, the fields lie fallow

Whate'r ye sow, so shall ye reap

The river's still shallow

But the riverbank is dark and deep

Oh lilah, the fields lie fallow

Whate'r ye sow, so shall ye reap

Oh lilah, this ground be hallow

Is ours to tend, but not to keep



Toodle-loo de-loo lilah

Toodle-loo de-loo de-lay

Now, while all the streets are silent

Take my hand and come away

Toodle-loo de-loo lilah

Toodle-loo de-loo de-lay