Watching Over You

- \'Watching Over You\' by Emerson, Lake & Palmer, 1977

 

If only I could watch over you again

But that course has been run,

As the moonlight through the window pane

Has disappeared with the sun;

 

And when your eyes closed

Your deams through the night would stroll,

Life and hopes were recomposed

I loved my guardian angel role;

 

But now you are all grown up

The moon is covered with cloud,

No cup of youth from which to sup

No bedtime stories to read out loud;

 

Now only memories crowd my mind

I suppose I set you on your way,

On the way to being loving and kind

The dreams are over, but it\'s a new day.