A kiss goodnight

A murmured love

A stroke of hair

Turn out the light

And tiptoe out

Then find a chair

Wait to see

if sleep will come

It's something rare

Then all at once

The noises start

Without a care

Shut my eyes

Hold my head

And say a prayer

It starts with hums

Then chanting comes

It's a devil's dare

No sleep again

For her tortured brain

And for me there's just despair

I make my bed

On the chesterfield

The endless sound a nightmare