C G/B F C G/B F [Verse]C G/B Am F Backward, turn backward, Time in your flightC G/B Dm G Make me a child again, just for tonightC G/B Dm Am Mother, come back from the echoless shoreC G/B Am F Take me again to your heart like before [Verse]C G/B Am F Kiss from my forehead the furrows of careC G/B Dm G Smooth the few silver threads out of my hairC G/B Dm Am Over my slumber your loving watch keepC G/B Am F Rock me to sleep, mother, rock me to sleep [Verse]C G/B Am F Backward, flow backward, tide of the yearsC G/B Dm G I am so weary of toil and of tearsC G/B Dm Am Toil without recompense, tears all in vainC G/B Am F Take them and give me my childhood again [Verse]C G/B Am F For I have grown weary of dust and decayC G/B Dm G Weary of flinging my soul wealth awayC G/B Dm Am Weary of sowing for others to reapC G/B Am F Rock me to sleep, mother, rock me to sleep [Bridge]C G Dm7 Am Mother, oh mother, my heart calls for youC G/B C F Tired of the hollow, the base, the untrueC Am Dm7 G Many's a summer the grass has grown greenC G/B Dm7 G Blossomed and faded, our faces - between [Verse]C G/B Am F Backward, oh backward, Time in your flightC G/B Dm G Make me a child again, just for tonightC G/B Dm Am Come from the silence so long and so deepC G/B Am F Rock me to sleep, mother, rock me to sleepC G/B C Am Rock me to sleep, mother, rock me to sleep [Outro]Am F C G/B FC G/B F Rock me to sleepC Rock me to sleep
Rock Me To Sleep Mother
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