Timmy Boy

The lights have all gone out, but you are still awake

Timmy boy, don't you think it's time for you to go to sleep

"Oh Mommy, oh Daddy. Please let me stay awake a little longer.

My road is not much longer, I'll soon be home."

"Timmy, put up your soldiers

Your dreams will come.

See the clowns laughing at the sun.

But see, the sun's not shining

And the moon is so bright

Timmy it's time to go to sleep tonight."

Though the years have passed you by, you are still playing

Timmy boy, don't you think it's time for you to grow up

"Oh Mommy, oh Daddy. Please let me stay a kid a little longer.

The road is not much longer. I'll soon be home."

"Timmy, put up your soldiers

Your dreams will come.

See the clowns laughing at the sun.

But see, the sun's not shining

And the moon is so bright

Timmy it's time to go to sleep tonight."

In the fields and the trenches, you will be fighting

Timmy boy, you've finally grown up to be a man

"Oh Mommy, oh Daddy. The battles won't be much longer.

The road is not much longer. I'll soon be home."

The lights have all gone out and you are still sleeping

Timmy boy, did you know your time had come

'Oh Mommy, oh Daddy,' cry the echoes in the night.

'The road is not much longer. I'll soon be home.'

"Timmy, put up your soldiers

Your dreams will come.

See the clowns laughing at the sun.

But see, the sun's not shining

And the moon is so bright

Timmy it's time to go to sleep tonight."

©1977