While You Sleep - Tom Paxton, Bob Gibson, Anne Hills

While you sleep

While you sleep

Lend me your love

While you sleep

You don’t need it then

I’ll give it back again

While you sleep

Lend me your love

While you sleep

In the morning when you lie

With the covers pulled up tight

Or as the sun is setting

And you’re tucking in for night

It’s at these quiet moments

With my worries to myself

I wonder where your heart is

And if you’re doing well

While you sleep

While you sleep

Lend me your love

While you sleep

You don’t need it then

I’ll give it back again

While you sleep

Lend me your love

While you sleep

Like a child when he is changing

How he hates his family ties

And he needs the understanding

Of the ones that he denies

I watch you when you’re dreaming

In the light before the day

I look for your affection

When you cannot turn away

While you sleep

While you sleep

Lend me your love

While you sleep

You don’t need it then

I’ll give it back again

While you sleep

Lend me your love

While you sleep

And when you’re in another city

If you’re off and on your own

And the distance fades the faces

Of your friends and of of your home

You may need someone beside you

Just to chase the ghosts away

To lie there by your side

Till the morning breaks the day

While you sleep

While you sleep

Lend me your love

While you sleep

You don’t need it then

I’ll give it back again

While you sleep

Lend me your love

While you sleep

Lend me your love

While you sleep