I watch you sleeping
  My weary heart rises up on wings
  I hear your laughter
  Something deep down inside me sings
  
  Way down here in the land of cotton
  You were born on a rainy day
  Since then, sweet things long forgotten
  They just keep flooding back my way
  
  Oh child, I cannot tell you how the time just flies
  But I have had my days of glory under sunny skies
  These days, your bright dreams are all I want to see
  Sleep tight, Annabel
  You can always count on me
  
  In this cold world, folks will judge you
  Though they don't know you at all
  And I may not be there to catch you
  Anytime that you might fall
  
  But, you got my hard head
  And your mother's grace
  All the likeness of the loved ones right there in your face
  And I know in the end you'll be who you will be
  
  So sleep tight, Annabel
  You can always count on me