now i lay me down to sleep and if i sleep perhaps i ll dream and if i dream i ll be with you in the shelter of your arms i pray that god will lengthen night and grant me time before the light for the light of day will take me from the shelter of your arms and though i know it s just a dream a dream that soon must end the arms i feel i know are real and i m happy once again and if i die while i am asleep i pray my dreams he ll let me keep and carry me through eternity in the shelter of your arms and though i know it s just a dream a dream that soon must end the arms i feel i know are real and i m happy once again and if i die while i am asleep i pray my dreams he ll let me keep and carry me through eternity in the shelter of your arms