I have four kids and have picked a different goodnight song to sing each of them. First was a Frank Sinatra song as I figured I was having a kid and I should grow up. The second I made up and it is horrible. It pains me every night when they ask me to sing there song and I have to recite it again, the songs stick for years. The last two I wised up and sang or modified Pearl Jam songs. The great thing is that they keep me occupied even when my thoughts stray away from the 15 min. process of getting my baby to sleep, yes I'm sorry but sometimes my mind wanders a bit. They are also amazing songs: Elderly Woman Behind the Counter in a Small Town and Alive. Elderly Woman is a beautiful melody and the words, while not about family or babies, are fully appropriate. Alive on the other hand is almost exactly about poor parenting and needs a big change to not feel like a bit of a deadbeat singing it to your beautiful child as they drift to sleep in your arms. Here is my version of the song. Not sure if I am aloud to steal and post something like this but I am fairly sure no one will ever read it. Anyway, here goes:
Son, she said, have I got a little story for you
what you thought was your Blankie, was nothing but a
while you were sleeping, upstairs in your bedroom
your real blankie was missing
sorry you didn't see it, but I'm glad we talked
Oh time for you to sleep
its late and time to drift to sleep
yea yea time for you to sleep, yea
aahh she walked slowly, across your bedroom
to give your blankie, to you
I cant remember anything to this very day
but the smell, the smell oh you know where
now I cant see, I just smell
you've got a dirty diapy,
yea it smells and now it neads to be cleaned
yea, stinky you've got a dirty diapy well
do I deserve to clean?
Is that the question, whoa
and if so, if so, who answers?
Its mommy
Time for you to sleep
yeah its late and time to drift to sleep
Yeah time for you to sleep
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