Emerald Dreams

© 1992 Stephen Savitzky. CC-by-nc-sa.

Lyrics [pdf]

refrain:

D Dsus2 D G

Emerald dreams in her mother's arms...

D5 D A

Tell me what are her dreams made of?

G A D A

Warmth and rest at her mother's breast;

D G

Sunlight and songs and love...

	A	Asus4	D	Dsus2	D
	Fishes dream	in the	deep	green	sea;

	G	D	A
Birds	rock in the	treetops	tall;

	G	A	D	Dsus2	A
	Diamonds	hide in the	cold	dark	mines

	D	G	A
And	dream no	dreams at	all.

	D	Dsus2	D	Dsus2	D
But	Emerald	sleeps in her	mo	ther's	arms

	G	D	A
	Cradled	close and	warm;

	G	A	Asus2	A	Dsus2 D
Her	father	sings	her th	is lulla	bye

	D	G	A
And	keeps her	safe from	harm.

refrain

I held my daughter in my arms

On the morning of her birth.

All afternoon I watched her sleep

On her first day on the Earth,

And as she slept her tight-closed eyes

Were moving to and fro,

But what she saw in her life's first dream

No one will ever know.

refrain

D G D

Sunlight and songs and love...

Written two days after the birth of my daughter Emerald Lee, and it's all true. I wrote it as her own private lullabye, but it turned out she prefers ``The Mary Ellen Carter''.