[Intro]
[hushed surf
Distant gulls]
Hush now
Little dreamer
Lay your worries down
Grandma’s chair is creaking
In this quiet
Sleepy town
[Verse 1]
Your head on a cotton pillow
Blanket up to your chin
Night breeze in the curtains
Moonlight slipping in
I rock while the waves keep counting
Slow and soft and deep
Every roll upon the shoreline
Sings you into sleep
[Chorus]
Grandma’s here
Just breathe
My dear
Listen to the breathing sea
Every wave that kisses sand
Takes your troubles far from me
Close your eyes
My lullaby
Washes over
Warm and slow
Grandma by the sea tonight
Won’t ever let you go
[Verse 2]
The kettle’s off in the kitchen
But the room still smells like tea
Lavender on your little wrist
You’re safe here next to me
Clock hands drift in circles
Like shells along the bay
We wander through your wishes
Till the dark melts into day
[Chorus]
Grandma’s here
Just breathe
My dear
Listen to the breathing sea
Every wave that kisses sand
Takes your troubles far from me
Close your eyes
My lullaby
Washes over
Warm and slow
Grandma by the sea tonight
Won’t ever let you go
[Verse 3]
Once there was a sailing boat
Painted sky-blue
Trimmed in white
It bobbed along the gentle swells
Under velvet
Starry light
The captain was a sleepy child
With a teddy at the mast
They drifted off to story-land
Till morning came at last
[Chorus]
Grandma’s here
Just breathe
My dear
Listen to the breathing sea
Every wave that kisses sand
Takes your troubles far from me
Close your eyes
My lullaby
Washes over
Warm and slow
Grandma by the sea tonight
Won’t ever let you go
[Verse 4]
Feel the shore beneath us
Though we’re tucked up in this bed
Sand and quilt together
Cradle both your feet and head
Your breaths are little feather boats
That rise and fall
Then glide
Each one finds a quiet cove
And settles with the tide
[Bridge]
[hums softly under rolling surf]
Mmm-mmm
My little star
Drifting where the soft waves are (mmm)
Mmm-mmm
The dark is kind
Holding up your wandering mind (mmm)
[Chorus]
Grandma’s here
Just breathe
My dear
Listen to the breathing sea
Every wave that kisses sand
Takes your troubles far from me
Close your eyes
My lullaby
Washes over
Warm and slow
Grandma by the sea tonight
Won’t ever let you go
[Verse 5]
If thunder ever reaches you
I’ll count between the sounds
Like counting tiny pebbles
In your pockets we have found
But all I hear is ocean hush
A soft and steady rhyme
It smooths the edges of the night
It stretches out the time
[Verse 6]
Your fingers curl like little shells
Against my wrinkled hand
Old maps and new horizons
Together
Same warm sand
I whisper tiny stories
Of when your mama slept
To this same quiet rolling
And beside her
How I wept
[Chorus]
Grandma’s here
Just breathe
My dear
Listen to the breathing sea
Every wave that kisses sand
Takes your troubles far from me
Close your eyes
My lullaby
Washes over
Warm and slow
Grandma by the sea tonight
Won’t ever let you go
[Verse 7]
Outside
The distant harbor
Has tucked its lanterns in
The fishing boats are dreaming
Of the morning they’ll begin
But here
Your lashes tremble
Like gull wings in the light
Then slowly fold and settle
On the shoreline of the night
[Bridge]
[softer humming
Almost a whisper]
Mmm-mmm
The waves
They sway
Rocking all your fears away (mmm)
Mmm-mmm
Just drift
Just be
Floating on a silver sea (mmm)
[Chorus]
Grandma’s here
Just breathe