Track 8 of the album Lullabies for Grown-Ups · 2010
Ask Me in the Morning
“The title track in spirit. It's what I'd say to anyone who has been holding the whole day up by themselves.”
singer-songwriter · lullaby folk · hushed ballad · 5:42
Lyrics
The dishes can wait and the lamp can burn low There's nothing that needs to be fixed tonight The worry you carry, you can set it down By the door with your shoes in the light I used to tell the children at the end of the day Everything looks smaller after sleep The sums and the quarrels, the lost mitten too Come morning, they'll be easier to keep So ask me in the morning, ask me when it's light When the kettle's singing and the birds are about Whatever feels heavy will have settled in the night Ask me in the morning, and we'll sort it out The clock in the hallway is ticking along It knows how to wait, and so can you Close your eyes now, the day has been long And the dawn has its own work to do So ask me in the morning, ask me when it's light When the kettle's singing and the birds are about Whatever feels heavy will have settled in the night Ask me in the morning, and we'll sort it out There is no hurry in the dark No answer that can't keep Just the sound of breathing, slow and soft Carrying us to sleep So ask me in the morning, ask me when it's light When the kettle's singing and the birds are about Whatever feels heavy will have settled in the night Ask me in the morning, and we'll sort it out Ask me in the morning