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   But 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   Thought they don't know you at all   And I may not be there to catch you   Any time 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   I know, in the end, you'll be who you will be   So sleep tight, Annabel   You can always count on me