Annabel Lyrics - Don Henley

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 

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