Song Description

a song about self-compassion, world-weariness, peaceful escapism - knowing and experiencing too much about the world

Lyrics

Dream Like a Baby Dreams

Words & Music :: Susan Marie Gallion


Another mother's child
Didn't make it through the night
Another fire gone wild
Foreign wars, domestic fights
I wish I didn't know so much
About this big, bad, beautiful world
Wish I could say a bedtime prayer
Like a carefree, innocent girl

CHORUS:

I wanna sleep
Like a baby tonight
Close my eyes
Give my broken heart a break
Wanna fly like a bird
Over wide open seas
And dream like a baby dreams

A river floods a city
A thirsty village gets no drink
Fortune has no pity
Some will swim, some will sink
Wish I could be the one who's there
Helping wounded angels fly
But here I am...a torn-up soul
With a grown-up lullaby

CHORUS:

Go to sleep
Like a baby tonight
Close your eyes
Give your broken heart a break
Fly like a bird
Over wide open seas
And dream like a baby dreams