[Verse 1] She works the nights, by the water She's gone astray, so far away from her father's daughter She just wants a life for her baby All on her own, no one will come, she's got to save him [Pre-Chorus 1] She tells him, "Oh, love No one's ever gonna hurt you, love I'm gonna give you all of my love Nobody matters like you" She tells him, "Your life Ain't gonna be nothing like my life You're gonna grow and have a good life I'm gonna do what I've got to do" [Chorus] So, rockabye baby, rockabye I'm gonna rock you Rockabye baby, don't you cry Somebody's got you Rockabye baby, rockabye I'm gonna rock you Rockabye baby, don't you cry Rockabye, no, oh oh, rockabye [Verse 2] She found her love, way too early He left her there, with more than tears and hurt to carry They said too young, what are you thinking? They told the truth, she chose to use her heart and keep him [Bridge] Now she got a six-year-old Trying to keep him warm Trying to keep out the cold When he looks in her eyes He don't know he is safe
[Pre-Chorus 2] When she says "oh, love No one's ever gonna hurt you, love I'm gonna give you all of my love Nobody matters like you" [Chorus] So, rockabye baby, rockabye I'm gonna rock you Rockabye baby, don't you cry Somebody's got you So, rockabye baby, rockabye I'm gonna rock you Rockabye baby, don't you cry Rockabye, no, oh oh, rockabye [Bridge] Now she got a six-year-old Trying to keep him warm Trying to keep out the cold When he looks in her eyes He don't know he is safe when she says [Pre-Chorus 1] She tells him, "Oh, love No one's ever gonna hurt you, love I'm gonna give you all of my love Nobody matters like you" She tells him, "Your life Ain't gonna be nothing like my life You're gonna grow and have a good life I'm gonna do what I've got to do", yeah [Chorus] So, rockabye baby, rockabye I'm gonna rock you Rockabye baby, don't you cry Somebody's got you Rockabye baby, rockabye I'm gonna rock you Rockabye baby, don't you cry Rockabye, no, oh oh, rockabye