Let the evening in now

Let the darkness come

Shadows in your room unfold the night



Time to go to sleep now

for every man and child

Tonight you're still protected by the blackness



One was nearly seven

Her sister almost five

You'll tell us all tomorrow, Mary Bell



About how smoothly things went

and how they didn't fight

You're going back there, Mary Bell



And tell us how you found out

what no child should know

Tell us about the killing, Mary Bell



The night is dark above you

The universe is quiet

Tonight you're still protected by the blackness