If sleepless nights reign over you
You can do a simple trick,
It’ll help you get to sleep
It’ll only take a few
It isn’t counting sheep
Nor is it drinking milk
It’s something brand new,
A trick to ensure deep sleep
Find any window,
Yes any window will do –
Push back the drape
I promise a good view
Before you are thousands of stars
Glistening in the night
Burning in that blackness,
Oh, so very bright
Now start counting them aloud,
Yes, with your whole chest,
One, two, three, four,
Loud and proud is best
Soon your eyes will be heavy,
So heavy with sleep
That you’ll start to mumble –
On your feet you’ll no longer keep
So back to bed you’ll go;
That invisible pull
Back under the covers
With the moon oh so full.