Lie Down On Me

I wait for you in the moonlight In the quiet of the night Within this room that holds So many moments of your life The dreams you've dreamed Still linger here Between these flower-papered walls That look beyond the window At the Autumn leaves that fall A quilted robe lies draped across A wicker rocking chair That held you and rocked you When grief Was more than you could bear A bassinet now empty Where once a baby slept Remains enshrined Chained to a time By the million tears you wept A picture of a handsome man With you there by his side A bride and groom so in love With stardust in their eyes Stands behind a pane of glass Within a gilded frame Where your lip prints and finger prints On its surface..still remain And now... I hear your slippers As they slide across the floor And I hear... Your laboured breathing Outside this bedroom door And I know that soon I'll hold you Here in this flower-papered room And soothe your old And frail body In the light of a silver moon I...your old companion An antique Rosewood Bed Let me hold you...Mary Beth I..the best friend you've ever had Let me hold you through the night And bring you back...again Sweet Mary Beth Into the morning light.