In My Arms

The album "Crooked Lines" of Corrinne May opens with a lullaby, “In My Arms”, the very first song that she wrote for the album. 

She said: “I spent a lot of time in the first few months of Claire’s life (her daughter), just holding her and nursing her till the wee hours of the morning. And in the stillness of the night, the idea for this song came to me. It still brings me back to those moments, where the nights were sweet and long and filled with the scent of milk and the sound of Claire’s breathing while I held her in my arms and soothed her to sleep.”

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You are all I dreamed of

Everything I longed for

Little babe, so beautiful

Cradled in my arms

My heart was made to love you

My voice, a song to soothe you

I will be your warm cocoon

You're safe within my arms

Sleepy stars are blinking

So close your eyes, my darling

We'll play again in the morning 

till then, rest in my arms

(Instrumental)

You close your eyes in slumber

My world slows down to a whisper

Nothing else could matter

When you are in my arms

For now just let me linger

Your hand wrapped round my finger

My heart is filled with wonder

Your world within my arms

Every passing hour

You blossom like a flower

to hold you tight 

every moment God provides 

Someday you'll be a mother 

And cradle your own daughter 

Perhaps then you'll remember

When you were in my arms 

I loved you in my arms.