Like every young man

I had some things that I wanted to say

Ere I could begin

You know the world got in my way Oh Lilah, to sleep like a baby

To open the window and feel the fair wind

Oh Lilah, to sleep like a baby again We spend so much time

Weeping and wailing and shaking our fists

Creating enemies that really don't exist Oh Lilah, to sleep like a baby

To open the window and feel the fair wind

Oh Lilah, to sleep like a baby again All these comings and goings that cut like a knife

These small, simple pleasures that make up a life

A man needs a home and a child and a wife

To always be there, always After I'm gone, there are some things

That I know I will miss

The taste of your mouth

The smell of the perfume on your wrist Oh Lilah, the fields lie fallow

Whatever ye sow, so shall ye reap

Oh Lilah, the river's still shallow

But the river bed is dark and deep Oh Lilah, the fields lie fallow

Whatever ye sow, so shall ye reap

Oh Lilah, this ground we hallow

Is ours to tend but not to keep Too rah, loo rah, loo rah, Lilah

Too rah, loo rah, loo rah, lay

Now, while all the streets are silent

Take my hand and come away Too rah, loo rah, loo rah, Lilah

Too rah, loo rah, loo rah lay

Too rah, loo rah, loo rah, Lilah

Too rah, loo rah, loo rah, lay