Please don't cry For the ghost and the storm outside Will not invade this sacred shrine Nor infiltrate your mind My life down I shall lie If the bogey-man should try To play tricks on your sacred mind To tease, torment, and tantalize Wavering shadows loom A piano plays in an empty room There'll be blood on the cleaver tonight And when darkness lifts and the room is bright I'll still be by your side, for you are all that matters And I'll love you to till the day I die There never need belonging in your eyes As long as the hand that rocks the cradle is mine Ceiling shadows shimmy by And when the wardrobe towers like a beast of prey There's sadness in your beautiful eyes Oh, your untouched, unsoiled, wondrous eyes My life down I shall lie Should restless spirits try To play tricks on your sacred mind I once had a child, and it saved my life And I never even asked his name I just looked into his wondrous eyes And said, "Never, never, never again" And all too soon I did return Just like a moth to a flame So rattle my bones all over the stones I'm only a beggar-man whom nobody owns Oh, see how words as old as sin Fit me like a glove I'm here and here I'll stay Together we lie, together we pray There never need belonging in your eyes As long as the hand that rocks the cradle is mine As long as the hand that rocks the cradle is mine, mine Climb up on my knee, sonny boy Although you're only three, sonny boy You're, you're mine And your mother, she just never knew Oh, your mother As long, as long, as long I did my best for her I did my best for her As long, as long, as long as, as long I did my best for her I did my best for her Mother, mother Mo-mo-mo-mo

He got here and wrinkled scared and cryin' Then she took him up and held him to her breast And he sure was glad to get what mama offered Then he went to sleep and put his fears to rest It didn't seem to matter what he needed He could always count on mama to supply And regardless of the sleep she might be losin' He always found a twinkle in her eye There ought to be a hall of fame for mamas Creation's most unique and precious pearl And heaven help us always to remember That the hand that rocks the cradle rules the world She taught him all the attributes of greatness That she knew he couldn't learn away from home And by the time she wore the cover off her Bible Her hair was gray and her little man was gone There ought to be a hall of fame for mamas Creation's most unique and precious pearl And heaven help us always to remember That the hand that rocks the cradle rules the world Yes, the hand that rocks the cradle rules the world

I told her that I loved her She would always be my little girl The hardest thing I ever did Was to let her go out in this big, ol', crazy world Fought her way through high school 'Cause them mean girls always put her down Guess she just wasn't cool enough For the kids here in this one-horse, beat-up town I always knew she would fly so far And she would find a place to help her heal her scars It's good to be a daddy's girl He calls you 'little squirrel', tries to kiss it all away But sometimes a daddy's love It just ain't enough to take away the pain She has to do it on her own And now that she is grown, there's bill she's got to pay But you can bet she ain't done yet Chasing out the dreams she hopes come true one day She always prays she can fly that far Far enough away to help her heal her scars We all have paid in our lives that makes us who we are I always knew she would fly so far She would find a place to help her heal her scars She always prays she can fly that far Far enough away to help her heal her scars

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