Lullaby for a Weary World
Words and music by T. J. Burnside Clapp © 1984


  G             Em                  C                D
I wonder how my world can live with all the hate she harbors.
	G   Em          Am  D
	Sleep, my weary world.
        G                  Em
And I'm scared of how long it may last,
    C                Am
And just how soon it all could end,
      G                 Em                C        D     G
And I wish the power to stop it all could rest within my hands.

I see her people dying for such bold and bloody causes.
	Sleep, my weary world.
And the bodies of the innocent
Are washed up on the lengthening shore,
While the rising tide of history just ebbs and flows again.

Chorus:
	D   G         Em        C             D
	Oh, make me a cradle to rock my weary world.
	Bm        Em              C                   Am  D
	Make me a gentle voice to soothe her when she weeps.
	G            Am               D                 C  D
	Make my arms strong enough to hold her when she wakes,
	    C         D          G         C
	And make me a lullaby so sweet and fine,
	     G             Am    D        G
	That I can sing my weary world to sleep.

I wish that I could smooth away her jagged shards of hatred.
	Sleep, my weary world.
And though my hands may bleed and burn,
I'll hold my broken world to me,
Until her ugly scars have healed and peace may reign again.

	Chorus
 
Bridge:

    Am              D                  G                  Em
And if her fighting will not stop I'll hold her that much closer,
    G                         Am                D
And sing my lullaby above the noise and pain of war.
    Am              D                 Em
And if her bleeding I can't staunch, I'll bleed along beside her,
      C                Am           D
But I will not let her go, no, I'll never let her go.


And when the stars have all burned out, I'll sing to her in darkness,
	Sleep, my weary world.
And pray a tender God may find me
Huddled in the dark and cold,
And grant the precious world I shelter one more chance to love.
G                C                 D              G
May God grant my precious world another chance to love.

Chorus

Am        D          G         C
Make me a lullaby so sweet and fine,
     G             Am    D        G
That I can sing my weary world to sleep.