Mockingbird
YeahI know sometimes things may not always make sense to you right nowBut hey, what daddy always tell you?Straighten up little soldierStiffen up that upper lipWhat you crying about?You got me...
Hailie I know you miss your mom and I know you miss your dadWhen I'm gone, but I'm trying to give you the life that I never hadI can see you're sad, even when you smile, even when you laughI can see it in your eyes, deep inside you want to cryCuz you're scared, I ain't there?Daddy's with you in your prayersNo more crying, wipe them tearsDaddy's here, no more nightmaresWe gonna pull together through it, we gonna do itLainnie uncle's crazy, aint he?Yeah but he loves you girl and you better know itWe're all we got in this worldWhen it spins, when it swirlsWhen it whirls, when it twirlsTwo little beautiful girlsLookin' puzzled, in a dazeI know it's confusing youDaddy's always on the move, mamma's always on the newsI try to keep you sheltered from it but somehow it seemsThe harder that I try to do that, the more it backfires on meAll the things growing up as daddy that he had to seeDaddy don't want you to see but you see just as much as he didWe did not plan it to be this way, your mother and meBut things have got so bad between usI don't see us ever being together ever againLike we used to be when we was teenagersBut then of course everything always happens for a reasonI guess it was never meant to beBut it's just something we have no control over and that's what destiny is,But no more worries, rest your head and go to sleepMaybe one day we'll wake up and this will all just be a dream
[Chorus]Now hush little baby, don't you cryEverything's gonna be alrightStiffen that upperlip up little lady, i told yaDaddy's here to hold ya through the nightI know mommy's not here right now and we don't know whyWe feel how we feel insideIt may seem a little crazy, pretty baby,But i promise momma's gon' be alright
It's funnyI remember back when you and daddy had no moneyMommy wrapped the Christmas presents upAnd stuck 'em under the tree and said some of 'em were from meCuz daddy couldn't buy 'emI'll never forget that Christmas I sat up the whole night cryingCuz daddy felt like a bum, see daddy had a jobBut his job was to keep the food on the table for you and momAnd at the time every house that we lived inEither kept getting broken into and robbedOr shot up on the block and your mom was saving money for you in a jarTrying to start a piggy bank for you so you could go to collegeAlmost had a thousand dollars till someone broke in and stole itAnd I know it hurt so bad it broke your momma's heartAnd it seemed like everything was just startin' to fall apartMom and dad was arguin' a lot so momma moved backOnto Chalmers in a flat one bedroom apartmentAnd dad moved back to the other side of 8 Mile on NovaraAnd that's when daddy went to California with his CD and met Dr. DreAnd flew you and momma out to see meBut daddy had to work, you and momma had to leave meThen you started seeing daddy on the T.V. and momma didn't like itAnd you and Lainnie were to young to understand itPapa was a rollin' stone, momma developed a habitAnd it all happened too fast for either one of us to grab itI'm just sorry you were there and had to witness it first handCuz all I ever wanted to do was just make you proudNow I'm sittin in this empty house, just reminiscingLookin' at your baby pictures, it just triks me outTo see how much you both have grown, it's almost like you're sisters nowWow, I guess you pretty much are and daddy's still hereLainnie I'm talkin' to you too, daddy's still hereI like the sound of that, yeah,It's got a ring to it don't it?Shh, momma's only gone for the moment
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And if you ask me tooDaddy's gonna buy you a mockingbirdI'mma give you the worldI'mma buy a diamond ring for youI'mma sing for youI'll do anything for you to see you smileAnd if that mockingbird don't sing and that ring don't shineI'mma break that birdies neckI'll go back to the jeweler who sold it to yaand he'd gimme every carat don't fuck with dad (haha)