Howe Gelb Now I Lay Me Down Lyrics

Now I lay me down to sleep
I pray to God for my soul to keep
If I die before I awake
I pray to God for my soul to take

God bless your mommy and your daddy
Your sister and the sister and brother too
God bless the boompa's and all the grandma's
The chickens, the turtles, the dog, all in the house of blue

And God bless me with you

I heard a rumor about another
Little baby that changed her mind
From inside the belly she heard her mother
And her daddy fight all the time

A belly full of baby
And a belly full of live
So she thinks that maybe She'll stay in to live [ ] life
No, no, no

She will stay in
No, no, no
In
No, no, no

Can't stay in

Twenty years on, baby's carrying on
All grown up and feeling fine
But there on the campus, still in the belly
Silhouette's such a strange outline

Just a prayer I sing to my baby
Upon a guitar all weathered and worn
There's never and [iffing] or maybe
[got] good and glad you are born

Now I lay me down to sleep
Now I lay me down
No, no, no
No, no, no
No, no, no