[Intro - Acoustic Guitar in the foreground, String Quartet in the background [Verse 1] The day wore him out, he had his blanky in hand I picked up my boy and carried him to bed As he looked up at me with sleepy eyes We talked about his day and his scraped-up knees We said a prayer, I gave him a squeeze He said, “Daddy, one more thing!” As I turned out the light [Chorus] He said, “Daddy, please sing over me Won’t you sing me off to sleep The dark is scary if you leave But as long as you are here I know there’s nothing for me to fear So Daddy, please sing over me.” [Verse 2] My boy is now a man, with a family of his own He has a little girl he gives piggyback rides to bed He reads her a story, they both fold their hands She says her prayers, he kisses her on the head And she whispers, soft and sweet, “Daddy, one more thing!” [Chorus] “Daddy, please sing over me Won’t you sing me off to sleep The dark is scary if you leave But as long as you are here I know there’s nothing for me to fear So Daddy, please sing over me.” [Chorus -Instrumental] [Bridge] In the eyes of our children Daddies are strong They don’t know we often feel weak In the eyes of our children Daddies are brave They don’t know we still get afraid But when the room is dark and they close their eyes They know that we keep them safe [Short music transition to verse 3] [Verse 3] I think about those moments like they happened last night It blesses me, and brings tears to my eyes Then I close my Bible, and crawl into bed I pray for my family, but before I say Amen I whisper these words once again [Chorus - sung a cappella like a whisper through line 3] “Daddy, please sing over me Won’t you sing me off to sleep The dark is scary if you leave (Add music back in for a climactic build) But as long as you are here I know there’s nothing for me to fear So Daddy, please sing over me.” [Final Chorus - Add and expand Vocal Ensemble backup vocals to sound more full like surround sound keeping the lead vocal out front and not drowning it out] “Daddy, please sing over me Won’t you sing me off to sleep The dark is scary if you leave But as long as you are here I know there’s nothing for me to fear (Background vocals and String Quartet and Piano drop out leaving last line to be sung sounding like a whispered prayer with Acoustic Guitar only) So Daddy, please sing over me.” [Tag - Sing more slowly in a cappella] “So Daddy, please sing over me.”
