Now the light has gone away; father, listen while I pray,
Asking you to watch and keep and to send me quiet sleep
Jesus, savior, wash away all that I've done wrong today.
Make me ever more like you, good and gentle, kind and true.

Let my near and dear ones be safe with you eternally.
Oh, bring me and all I love to your happy home above
Now my evening praise I give; you once died that I might live.
All your precious gifts are free -- oh, how good you are to me!

Ah, my best and kindest friend, you will love me to the end.
Let me love you more and more, always better than before.