Hear the whistle blow, it echoes down my soul
It’s something I have always known
Nothing sounds so sad as a cry to the unknown
The fundamental sigh of all who’ve gone this way before
Lay me down to sleep
Come and comfort me
I will sleep in peace
In a house of broken dreams
I’m old enough to know that dreams are quickly spent
Like a pouring rain on warm cement or
Fingerprints in dust, nectar on the wind
Save them for tomorrow and tomorrow lets you down again
Lay me down to sleep
And come and comfort me
I will sleep in peace
In a house of broken dreams
So give me the reasons to go on
Soften the sorrow that shatters and bends
And mends broken dreams
Sentimental hearts, hungry for the past
Penniless at the wishing well
Memories will last and cover certain scars
Acquired in the daily grind of being what we are
Lay me down to sleep
Come and comfort me
I will sleep in peace
In a house of broken dreams
Lay me down to sleep
Come and comfort me
I will sleep in peace
In a house of broken dreams
