at night when i ought to be sleepin that s when you start creepin into my memory and tears they keep my eyes from closin kept my heart locked and frozen until you melted me so say won t you be my lullaby won t you be my man and say tell me that i shouldn t cry tell me you will understand out in the thick of the hot night under these city street lights i m unraveling i long for the dawn to start breakin she knows my heart is achin and she ll deliver me so say won t you be my lullaby won t you be my man and say tell me that i shouldn t cry tell me you will understand