Lullabye (Goodnight, My Angel)
(Joel wrote this as a lullaby for his 7-year-old daughter Alexa Ray, in response to her question, “Where do we go when we die?” He told Alexa when she first asked him about life after death: “What I told her was, ‘After you die, you go into other people’s hearts and they take you with them through their lives, and then you pass that along to your children.’”)Goodnight my angel, time to close your eyes And save these questions for another day I think I know what you’ve been asking me I think you know what I’ve been trying to say I promised I would never leave you Then you should always know Wherever you may go, no matter where you are I never will be far away.Goodnight my angel, now it’s time to sleep And still so many things I want to say Remember all the songs you sang for me When we went sailing on an emerald bay And like a boat out on the ocean I’m rocking you to sleep The water’s dark and deep, inside this ancient heart You’ll always be a part of meGoodnight my angel, now it’s time to dream And dream how wonderful your life will be Someday your child may cry, and if you sing this lullaby Then in your heart there will always be a part of me Someday we’ll all be gone But lullabies go on and on They never die That’s how you and I will be