“Close Your Eyes” lyrics and music by Daniel Glasser

Performed by Marc Gunn
From CD: Kilted For Her Pleasure

Close your eyes and sleep
There are demons in your dreams

Go to sleep my darling
there's a demon underneath your bed

The Demons in your bed
are going to eat you up

Stay in your bed
There are landmines on the floor.
The demons in your bed
are going to eat you up

Sugar and spice and everything nice
Why do you think we say that?
So the demons in your bed
will want to eat you up

You used to have a sister
She wouldn't go to sleep
The demons in her bed
Ate her up

Do not call for your mother;
Who is it you think who let the demons in
to eat you up?

Snakes and Snails and Puppydog tails;
Who can account for the tastes of demons?

Baby don't you cry
or the demons won't wait until you're asleep
before they eat you up

My father sang this song to me
But he slipped and fell on a landmine
And the Demons underneath my bed
Ate him up

That is not a blanket.
Goodnight

Chords: Key C

[C F G]

[C]Close your [F]eyes and [G]sleep
There are [C]demons [F]in your [G]dreams
[C]Go to [F]sleep my [G]darling
there's a [C]demon under-[F]neath your [G]bed
The [C]Demons [F]in your [G]bed
are going to eat you [C]up [F G]

[Am]You used to [Em]have a [F]sister
[Am]She wouldn't [Em]go to [F]sleep
The [C]demons [F]in her [G]bed
Ate her [C]up [F G]

Background

I first heard this song at science fiction convention around 2005. It quickly made the circuit, entered Renaissance festivals. And just blew up. It was a hilarious look at parenting. Little did I know in 2009 when I recorded it for Kilted For Her Pleasure that the following year I would become a dad, or that my daughters would love this song as well.

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