in my family, we have a song for everything. when my mom was giving birth, instead of having someone coach her breathing, she listened to classical music to focus her breathing. so each one of us has a birth song. we each have a favorite christmas song that my mom sings to us every year. we have a car song for whoever got to sit shot gun while my mom was driving. and we each have a lullaby. this is mine.

"well the sun is surely sinking down,
but the moon is slowly rising.
so this old world must still be spinning round
and i still love you.

so close your eyes,
you can close your eyes, it's all right.
i don't know no love songs
and i can't sing the blues anymore.
but i can sing this song
and you can sing this song when i'm gone.

it won't be long before another day,
we're gonna have a good time.
and no one's gonna take that time away.
you can stay as long as you like.

so close your eyes,
you can close your eyes, it's all right.
i don't know no love songs
and i can't sing the blues anymore.
but i can sing this song
and you can sing this song when i'm gone."

you can close your eyes, james taylor