She left town on a 3 o'clock train,
Going god knows where...far away,
And the last words she spoke to me's,
"i'll be all right"

She grew up in a sad dark place,
The kind of path you don't retrace
Been trying to wake from nightmares,
All her days

So i sing goodnight, goodnight, goodnight, goodnight,
Oh goodnight... and this is her lullaby.

The la sun, it warms her face,
And she don't seem so far away
She sends photographs,
To hold me tight

I call her on the phone again,
And ask if she'll come home and then,
I won't hang up
Until she says she might

And i sing goodnight, goodnight, goodnight, goodnight,
Oh goodnight...and this is her lullaby.
I sing goodnight, goodnight, goodnight, goodnight,
Oh goodnight...and this is her lullaby.

I don't know if i believe,
I'm everything this woman needs
But i swear on my soul,
I'd rather die than let her go
She's been searching from the start,
For pieces of her tattered heart
I know, but i'm not sure...

These winter nights, she's in my prayers
I wake to find she isn't there
And every time
I laugh until i cry

And i sing goodnight, goodnight, goodnight, goodnight,
Oh goodnight... and this is her lullaby.
I sing goodnight, goodnight, goodnight, goodnight,
Oh goodnight... and this is her lullaby.
This is her lullaby...