Hear the whistle blow

It echoes down my soul

It's something I have always known

Nothing sounds so sad

A cry to the unknown

The fundamental sigh of all

Who've gone this way before

Lay me down to sleep

Come and comfort me

I'll sleep in peace

In a house of broken dreams

Old enough to know

That dreams are quickly spent

Like a pouring rain on warm cement

Or fingerprints in dust

Nectar on the wind

Save them for tomorrow and

Tomorrow let's you down again

Lay me down to sleep

Come and comfort me

I'll sleep in peace

In a house of broken dreams

Give me the reasons to go on

Soften the sorrow that shatters and bends

And mend broken dreams

Sentimental hearts

Hungry for the past

Penniless at the wishing-well

Memories will last

And cover certain scars

Acquired in the daily grind

Of being what we are

Lay me down to sleep

Come and comfort me

I'll sleep in peace

In a house of broken dreams

Lay me down to sleep

Come and comfort me

I'll sleep in peace

In a house of broken dreams

Broken dreams

Broken dreams