Lay me down with the children   Lay me down for I'm tired and I'm weary   And it's been so long since last I slept - weak   The Japanese carpet and my feather bed's too big   The shower's too wide and the hands of your memory leave me cold      Now you say you're leaving me   That's fine if you do   It's not the leaving that hurts   It's remembering all the kisses, the sweet smiles, the sunsets   All the times we made love   If only you were dead then I'd know you were gone   You were the good one who said time meant nothing   Now you're gone - time's all I have left      His cold hands on my thigh   And I wake up the next morning and I'm hurting and I know that you're gone   'Cause that said he would teach you how to cry ????       Lay me down with the children   Lay me down for I'm tired and weary   But it's been so long since I slept weak   And it has been so long