Where I Lay My Baby Down

 

It’s cold under the earth   

It’s cold down in the ground

Where I lay my baby down

 

It’s sweet here in the sun 

After the rain has come and gone 

But it’s cold here round my heart

Where I lay my baby down

Where I lay my baby down

 

Young grasses wave in the breeze

Wild violets scent the air

Ain't nothing he’ll ever see      

But earth that's dark and bare

 

It's empty 'neath the sky    

And here your sweet head lies 

Yes it's empty round my heart   

Where I lay my baby down

Where I lay my baby down

My baby down

All words and music by Marybeth D’Amico

© ℗  2008 Marybeth D’Amico/Waiting to Fly Music

The Journey

 

I dreamed of fog and endless night

There was no shadow and no light

Below we moved as in a trance

Afraid that we could miss our chance

But above the mist the sun shone

Upon the mountain snow

And if only we could reach it 

Then our hearts would overflow

But we don't where this journey's going to end

No we don't know where this journey ever ends....

 

I dreamed that I was cut adrift

In a place where sand and water shift

The murky waters knew no bounds

As they strove to bring my vessel down

 

Suddenly I landed upon a wooded shore

And the branches only hinted at the joys they held in store    

And we don't where this journey's going to end

No we don't know where this journey ever ends.

 

I dreamed that I had lost my way   

In a labyrinth of endless gray

I had to circle in the dark

And on the way to shield my heart

And through thousands of false doorways I found my way back home  

I wanted you to join me but I found I was alone  

And I don't where this journey's going to end

No I don't know where my journey ever ends.