Manticores Lullabye

C C/B F2 C/B C C/B F2 C May your dreams be all of sun Am7 G/B C and heated sand, and sky C/A C/B F2 C when you wake may all your singing C/B C F2 help your heart to fly C/A C/B F2 C May you never be closed in an amber cage Am7 G F2 with an amber lock and key C/A C/B F2 C may you roar and sing beneath the sun C/B C F2 Am and the shade of the Upas tree C C/B F2 C Bear your tiny teeth, my child Am7 G/B F2 the sun will fall in love with you C/A C/B F2 C and teach you how to sing and roar C/B C F2 Am and sting and k**l, as fathers do. C C/B F2 C turn your prayer to sky and sand Am7 G C no matter where you fall C/A C/B F2 C may the desert echoes teach you C/B C F2 all their secret songs C/A C/B C My amber cage had an amber lock Am7 G F2 and the girl had an amber key C/A C/B F2 C and a manticore was bound and sore C/B C F2 in the city in the trees. C C/B F2 C My amber cage had an amber lock Am7 G F2 and the good girl a key of her own C/A C/B F2 C she set me free with a shining smile C/B C F2 and far from all cages we roam C C/B F2 C May the desert echoes hold you Am7 G/B C in their ruddy paws C/A C/B F2 C may your prayer be heard by sky and sand C/B C F2 Am no matter where you fall C/A C/B F2 C may you never be closed in an amber cage Am7 G F2 with an amber lock and key C/A C/B F2 C may you roar and sing beneath the sun C/B C F2 Am and the shade of the Upas tree