<Li> Shel Silverstein parodied the prayer in his 1981 book A Light in the Attic with a poem titled Prayer of the Selfish Child . </Li> <Li> Aerosmith paraphrases the prayer as "Now I lay me down to sleep, goodnight / Pray the Lord my soul to keep tonight" in their song "Darkness". </Li> <Li> Frankie Knuckles and Jamie Principle open their classic Chicago House track "Baby Wants to Ride" with the first part of this prayer . </Li> <Li> Sky Ferreira paraphrases the lyric as "and laid awake, / Pray the Lord my soul to take" in her song "Sad Dream" </Li>

Who sings now i lay me down to sleep