Is there a reason behind lullabies?
With their easy rhymes
And a rhythm that is a catalyze
With the sounds that are hymns

Is there a reason behind lullabies?
Singing mothers sooth there young.
Yet there heart fills with dread
For the day when the rhythms will no longer be sung
And the rhymes will go unread

Is there a reason behind lullabies?
One day the child will grow
And fear will go away
Though the mother will not get the memo
And the memory will fray

Is there a reason behind lullabies?
No longer will there be a rhyme
Or a rhythm
In our hearts at bedtime
And no longer will there be a central fusion

Is there a reason behind lullabies?
But if tears start to flow
The simple sounds return
Our mothers hearts in tow
And we have no concern

Is there a reason behind lullabies?