per Ian Anderson on Heavy Horses 40th Anniversary: New Shoes Edition "I wrote this song for my son James when he was a tiny baby. I would put him to sleep and read him a story to send him to sleep. I\'d be going through all this BS that everything was fine, but in fact it\'s scary stuff. So I wrote this anti-lullaby which invites the child to stand up and face up to the demons and bogeymen and the other scary things of the night (come out charging with rattle in hand). "
per Ian Anderson on Heavy Horses 40th Anniversary: New Shoes Edition "I wrote this song for my son James when he was a tiny baby. I would put him to sleep and read him a story to send him to sleep. I\'d be going through all this BS that everything was fine, but in fact it\'s scary stuff. So I wrote this anti-lullaby which invites the child to stand up and face up to the demons and bogeymen and the other scary things of the night (come out charging with rattle in hand). "