I turn off the world at night
I'm only a child
But I lock the doors
Close the windows
And turn out the lights
My mother is asleep by the time I do
And my father is out of town
He'll be back tomorrow
But tonight
I braid my own hair
And read to my little sister
I don't mind that he's gone
Or that mother's asleep
I know they love me very much
I'm just careful not to fall down the stairs
In the dark