[Verse 1]
Close your eyes
Little Sweetheart
Pull the quilt up to your chin
There’s a boy out by the doorway
With a crooked
Careful grin
[Chorus]
Dream of blood red roses
Petals falling slow
Count them as you’re drifting
You don’t have to know
Every shadow’s story
Every secret in this room
Dream of blood red roses
Love
They’ll bloom and bloom and bloom (mmm)
[Verse 2]
In the hall the Laughing A boy
Traces circles on the wall
Keeps his watch till morning pale
So you never hear him call
[Chorus]
Dream of blood red roses
Petals falling slow
Count them as you’re drifting
You don’t have to know
Why his eyes are shining
Like a storm behind the moon
Dream of blood red roses
Love
They’ll bloom and bloom and bloom (hush now)
[Bridge]
If the floorboard creaks
If the window sighs
He will stand between
You and all their lies
Little Sweetheart
Sleep
Let the dark slide through
Every crimson flower
Is a promise made to you
[Chorus]
Dream of blood red roses
Petals on your bed
Tiny velvet whispers
By your resting head
He is at the doorway
Humming just for you
Dream of blood red roses
Love
They’ll bloom and bloom and bloom (sleep…)