The Milky Way upon the heavens   Is twinkling just for you   And Mr. Moon, he came by   To say goodnight to you      I'll sing for you, I'll sing for mother   We're praying for the world   And for the people everywhere   Gonna show them all we care      Oh, my sleeping child the world's so wild   But you've built your own paradise   That's one reason why   I'll cover you, sleeping child      If all the people around the world   They had a mind like yours   We'd have no fighting and no wars   There would be lasting peace on Earth      If all the kings and all the leaders   Could see you here this way   They would hold the Earth in their arms   They would learn to watch you play      Oh, my sleeping child the world's so wild   But you've built your own paradise   That's one reason why   I'll cover you, sleeping child      I'm gonna cover my sleeping child   Keep you away from the world so wild   Keep you away from the world   Away from the world so wild      Oh, my sleeping child the world's so wild   But you've built your own paradise   That's one reason why   I'll cover you, sleeping child      Oh, my sleeping child the world's so wild   But you've built your own paradise   That's one reason why   I'll cover you, sleeping child