Leave my kitchen

Leave my bedroom

Leave my fire



Take out all the gaming sets

That no one hired

Break up all the boats

Still tied up on the key



And the year is over now

And all the children kissed



When the bough breaks

And the cradle is down

I will wake and sing



Cover me with finest linen

Every morning

Bring me perfumes and tobacco

Every morning

Bathe my feet in Texan oils

And hold me down



And the year is over now

And all the children kissed



Strap the anchors to my neck

And bathe with me



When the bough breaks

And the cradle is down

I will wake and sing



Jump from wall to wall

On photographs of home

In the wheatfield feeding beasts


Have lost their barn

Place them shaking on the table

Show them steel



And the year is over now

And all the children kissed



Store the relics

Mend the cracks

And hide the wheel



When the bough breaks

And the cradle is down

I will wake and sing



Dance on every wire here

Find little doll

As you danced in other beds

Before the fall

Take the wings from airplanes

And set them loose

The carpenter has shown his skill

And proved his use



And the year is over now

And all the children kissed



Strap the anchors to my neck

And bathe with me



When the bough breaks

And the cradle is down

I will wake and sing