In A Small Child's Room

Awake I have been so aloneAfraid to close my eyesI'm waiting for the dawnAlone in my shadowed roomSitting here all by myselfMorning will be here soon - morningwill be here soon*In a small child's room, here I amagain & In a small child's roomhere I am aloneThe night I know what it hidesThings that come and get me nowThings that crawl and slideOh no - I think I hear one nowScratching at my closet door -Begging me to let it out - begging me tolet it out -(repeat chorus*)The time I watch it crawl slowWhen will the sun rise againMaking the bad things goThe sheets are up over my headNow I realize there's somethingUnder the bed - There's somethingUnder my bed(repeat *)They came once again to take meAway - but this time I wasNot theirs to takeThey tried without fail to pullMe through their voidI try to tell but no one believesThis boy