This is the first song I actually wrote and recorded on the day, after taking a late start. I have a young child enrolled in school, and as the winter break progressed, we lapsed on bedtime, letting it slip later and later. As the 2nd was the last day of Winter Break, it was a struggle to enforce the usual school day bedtime. I realize this can be hard on kids, especially with the excitement of a return to school coming. This song is an appreciation of the attempt to get to sleep, even though young ones often feel compelled to move their bodies, fidget, and make up excuses to delay bedtime.

Recorded with a ukulele as accompaniment using my laptop’s mono microphone.

Lyrics

Thanks for trying to go to sleep
Thanks for trying to go to sleep
Thanks for trying, thanks for trying
Thanks for trying to go to sleep

I know it can be hard
To twist the dial to low
So much going on in there
It can be hard to go so slow

Thanks for trying to go to sleep…

So take a moment to be calm
Cuz it’s hard to be so still
Breathe in, then out again
Drowsy comes when it will

Thanks for trying to go to sleep…

Close your eyes soon
Starry sky, cloudy moon

Thanks for trying to go to sleep…