Bedtime for Toys
Dreams Unveiled: A Lullaby for Unseen Playmates
Lyrics
Close your eyes, beddy-bye, tin soldier
Close your eyes, it's bedtime for the tin soldier
Mommy says that it's time for sleep
Mother indicates it's time for sleep
If my folks were wiser and older
If my parents were more knowledgeable and experienced
They'd know kids and toys don't need sleep
They would understand that children and toys don't need sleep
Don't be bad, little cotton dolly
Advice to a cotton doll to behave
See how nice Mickey Mouse sleeps now?
Using Mickey Mouse's example of sleeping nicely
Even my brass drummer boy has stopped all his noise
Even the noisy brass drummer boy has ceased playing
'Cause he knows it's past bedtime for toys
Because it's now late for toys to stay awake
Ya know, every Christmas, Santa Claus goes all over the world with his reindeer
Discussing Santa Claus's annual global visit with gifts
His sled, and a big bag of toys, and he'll come to your house this year too
Assurance that Santa will also come to your house this year
But sometimes, just sometimes, he doesn't have enough time
Occasionally Santa might not manage to visit everyone due to time constraints
To see every little boy and girl, because the world is so big
The world's vastness might make it difficult for Santa to reach all children
So maybe we should sing a song for all the children that Santa didn't visit
Suggesting a song for kids Santa couldn't visit
Bless the child who has no tin soldier
Blessing a child who lacks a tin soldier
No brass drummer boy to put to bed
A child without a brass drummer boy to put to sleep
He will still grow wiser and older
Despite this, the child will still gain wisdom and maturity over time
Loving one small rag doll, instead
By cherishing a small rag doll instead of fancy toys
He won't have a cotton dolly
Highlighting the absence of a cotton dolly in the child's possession
Mickey Mouse won't come to his house
Mickey Mouse won't be visiting the child's house
Hold that rag doll to your heart, nothing can destroy
Encouragement to hold onto the rag doll as it's precious and indestructible
The beauty one shall find in one small toy
The profound beauty found in a single small toy
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