"You Can Close Your Eyes" 
Single by James Taylor 
from the album Mud Slide Slim and the Blue Horizon 
A-side "You've Got a Friend" 
Released 1971 
Recorded 1971 
Genre  
Folk rock soft rock 
Length 2:31 
Label Warner Bros. 
Songwriter(s) James Taylor 
Producer(s) Peter Asher 
"You Can Close Your Eyes" is a song written by James Taylor which was released on his 1971 album Mud Slide Slim and the Blue Horizon. It was also released as the B-side to his #1 single "You've Got a Friend". It has often been described as a lullaby. It was initially recorded by his sister Kate Taylor for her 1971 album Sister Kate.