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 be longing 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 be longing 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
Oh




» A Rush And A Push And The Land Is Ours
» Accept Yourself
» Accept Yourself (BBC)
» Ask
» Ask (Rank)
» Asleep
» Back To The Old House
» Back To The Old House (BBC)
» Barbarism Begins At Home
» Big Mouth Strikes Again
» Bigmouth Strikes Again
» BIGMOUTH STRIKES AGAIN (RANK)
» Cemetery Gates
» Cemetry Gates
» CEMETRY GATES (RANK)
» Death At One's
» Death At One's Elbow
» Death Of A Disco Dancer
» Death Of A Discodancer
» Frankly, Mr. Shankly
» Girl Afraid
» Girlfriend In A Coma
» Golden Lights
» Half A Person
» HALF A PERSON (BBC)
» Hand In Glove
» Hand In Glove (haven't got)
» HAND IN GLOVE (SHAW)
» HAND IN GLOVE (TATE)
» Handsome Devil
» Handsome Devil (BBC)
» HANDSOME DEVIL (TATE)
» Heaven Knows I'm Miserable Now
» How Soon Is Now
» I Am Human
» I Don't Owe You Anything
» I DON'T OWE YOU ANYTHING (TATE)
» I Keep Mine Hidden
» I Know It's Over
» I KNOW IT'S OVER (RANK)
» I Know ItS Over
» I Started Something I Couldn't Finish
» I Want A Boy For My Birthday
» I Want The One I Can't Have
» I Won't Share You
» I'm So Sorry
» IS IT REALLY SO STRANGE ? (BBC)
» Is It Really So Strange?
» Jeane
» JEANE (SHAW)
» Last Night I Dreamt That Somebody Loved Me
» London
» LONDON (RANK)
» Marie's The Name (His Latest Flame)
» MARIE'S THE NAME (HIS LATEST FLAME) / RUSHOLME RUFFIANS
» Meat Is Murder
» Miserable Lie
» MISERABLE LIE (BBC)
» MISERABLE LIE (TATE)
» Never Had No One Ever
» Nowhere Fast
» Paint A Vulgar Picture
» Panic
» PANIC (RANK)
» Please Please Please Let Me Get What I Want
» Pretty Girls Make Graves
» PRETTY GIRLS MAKE GRAVES (BBC)
» PRETTY GIRLS MAKE GRAVES (TATE)
» Reel Around The Fountain
» REEL AROUND THE FOUNTAIN (BBC)
» REEL AROUND THE FOUNTAIN (TATE)
» Rubber Ring
» RUBBER RING WHAT SHE SAID (RANK)
» Rusholme Ruffians
» RUSHOLME RUFFIANS (BBC)
» Shakespeare's Sister
» Sheila Take A Bow
» Shoplifters Of The World Unite
» Some Girls Are Bigger Than Others
» Some Girls Are Bigger Then Other
» Still Ill
» STILL ILL (BBC)
» STILL ILL (RANK)
» Stop Me If You Think You've Heard This One Before
» Stretch Out And Wait
» Stretch Out And Wait (Version 2)
» Suffer Little Children
» SUFFER LITTLE CHILDREN (TATE)
» Summer Nights
» Supermodels
» Sweet And Tender Hooligan
» That Joke Isn't Funny Anymore
» The Boy With a Thorn in His Side
» The Boy With The Thorn In His Side
» THE BOY WITH THE THORN IN HIS SIDE (RANK)
» The Hand That Rocks The Cradle
» The Headmaster Ritual
» The Queen Is Dead
» THE QUEEN IS DEAD (RANK)
» The Sha La La Song
» There Is A Light That Never Goes Out
» There's A Light That Never Goes Out
» Theres a Light That Never Goes Out
» These Things Take Time
» THESE THINGS TAKE TIME (BBC)
» THESE THINGS TAKE TIME (TATE)
» This Charming Man
» THIS CHARMING MAN (BBC)
» THIS CHARMING MAN (INSTRUMENTAL)
» THIS CHARMING MAN (LONDON)
» This Night Has Opened My Eyes
» This Night Has Opened My Eyes (BBC)
» Unhappy Birthday
» Unloveable
» Vicar In A Tutu
» VICAR IN A TUTU (RANK)
» Well I Wonder
» What Difference Does It Make
» WHAT DIFFERENCE DOES IT MAKE ? (BBC)
» WHAT DIFFERENCE DOES IT MAKE ? (TATE)
» What Do You See In Him?
» What She Said
» What's The World?
» William It Was Really Nothing
» Wonderful Woman
» WONDERFUL WOMAN (BBC)
» Work Is A Four Letter Word
» Work Is A Four-Letter Word
» You Just Haven't Earned It Yet, Baby
» You Just Haven't Earnt It Yet, Baby
» You've Got Everything Now
» YOU'VE GOT EVERYTHING NOW (TATE)

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