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This was the first song I wrote after first becoming a parent. Echo was just a few months old and I was so tired–CONSTANTLY–that I couldn’t think about anything else except sleep. The rhymes in this piece are simple and predictable because they’re the product of a sleep-deprived brain that couldn’t think beyond that. I’m sure all parents can relate to this one! Sleep is truly the one thing that deserts us after becoming parents; sadly, once we get it back, we can’t remember how to use it fully. Our babies train us to be sleep-deprived and that takes years to unlearn…

SLEEP

we used to spend every night together
I thought it would last forever
but then it did end
you were my best friend
how could you let me go?

sleep, I took you for granted
you are among the precious things on this planet
but now the world has got another
and she is cryin’ for her mother
sleep, come back to get me
sleep, please don’t forget me
sleep, how could you let me go?

I used to share all my dreams with you
and now it seems what they say is true
look to the future
and let the past blur
how could you let me go?

sleep, I took you for granted…

I thought you’d be there for me every day
I never thought you’d go away

sleep, I know you can’t hear a word I’m saying
sleep, I know it’s not clear that’s ‘cuz I’m praying
for reprieve, and I’m grieving rest

sleep, I took you for granted…
you are among the precious things on this planet
but now the world has got another
and he is cryin’ for his mother
sleep, come back to get me
sleep, please don’t forget me
sleep, how could you let me go?

I thought you’d be there for me every day
I never thought you’d go away

oh sleep, sleep, sleep, I took you for granted