She works the nights by the water She's gonna stress 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 daily struggle
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 (Stay out there, stay out there) 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 (Stay out there, stay out there)
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 Rockabye-rocka-rocka-rockabye Rockabye yeah oh oh Rockabye-rocka-rocka-rockabye
Single mama you doing out there Facing the hard life without no fear (yeah) Just so you know that you really care Cause any obstacle come you're well prepared oh no And no mama you never shed tear Cause you have to shed things year after year And you give the youth love beyond compare yeah You find his school fee and the bus fare yeah 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 Oh-badda-bang-bang-bang alright then Rockabye
Single mama you doing out there Facing the hard life without no fear yeah Just so you know that you really care Cause any obstacle come you're well prepared oh no And no mama you never shed tear Cause you have to shed things year after year And you give the youth love beyond compare yeah You find his school fee and the bus fare yeah Mmm Marie the paps' disappear In the round back can't find him nowhere Steadily you work flow everything you know You know say you nuh stop the time fi a jear 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 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 (Stay out there stay out there) 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 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 Rockabye don't bother cry Lift up your head lift it up to the sky (rockabye) Rockabye don't bother cry (yeah) Angels surround you just dry your eye cause Rockabye don't bother cry (no) Lift up your head lift it up to the sky yo Rockabye don't bother cry Angels surround you just dry your eye
[00:20.57]She works the nights by the water [00:25.11]She's gonna stress so far away [00:27.18]From her father's daughter [00:29.74]She just wants a life for her baby [00:34.74]All on her own no one will come [00:36.79]She's got to save him daily struggle [00:39.85] [00:40.21]She tells him oh love no one's ever gonna hurt you love [00:43.78]I'm gonna give you all of my love [00:46.13]Nobody matters like you (Stay out there, stay out there) [00:49.12]She tells him your life ain't gonna be nothing like my life [00:53.26]You're gonna grow and have a good life [00:55.61]I'm gonna do what I've got to do (Stay out there, stay out there) [00:59.42] [00:59.57]So rockabye baby rockabye [01:03.06]I'm gonna rock you [01:04.26]Rockabye baby don't you cry [01:07.76]Somebody's got you [01:09.12]Rockabye baby rockabye [01:12.47]I'm gonna rock you [01:13.88]Rockabye baby don't you cry [01:17.87]Rockabye no [01:21.87]Rockabye-rocka-rocka-rockabye [01:23.36]Rockabye yeah oh oh [01:26.81]Rockabye-rocka-rocka-rockabye [01:28.13] [01:28.33]Single mama you doing out there [01:30.74]Facing the hard life without no fear (yeah) [01:33.14]Just so you know that you really care [01:35.25]Cause any obstacle come you're well prepared oh no [01:38.26]And no mama you never shed tear [01:40.26]Cause you have to shed things year after year [01:42.70]And you give the youth love beyond compare yeah [01:45.00]You find his school fee and the bus fare yeah [01:47.46]So rockabye baby rockabye [01:50.94]I'm gonna rock you [01:52.19]Rockabye baby don't you cry [01:55.64]Somebody's got you [01:57.01]Rockabye baby rockabye [02:00.45]I'm gonna rock you [02:01.76]Rockabye baby don't you cry [02:05.20]Oh-badda-bang-bang-bang alright then [02:06.10]Rockabye [02:07.88] [02:08.87]Single mama you doing out there [02:11.47]Facing the hard life without no fear yeah [02:13.88]Just so you know that you really care [02:15.98]Cause any obstacle come you're well prepared oh no [02:18.96]And no mama you never shed tear [02:21.10]Cause you have to shed things year after year [02:23.21]And you give the youth love beyond compare yeah [02:25.81]You find his school fee and the bus fare yeah [02:28.94]Mmm Marie the paps' disappear [02:30.64]In the round back can't find him nowhere [02:32.95]Steadily you work flow everything you know [02:35.30]You know say you nuh stop the time fi a jear [02:37.75]Now she got a six-year-old [02:39.46]Trying to keep him warm [02:41.21]Trying to keep out the cold [02:43.41]When he looks in her eyes [02:45.22]He don't know he is safe [02:46.83]When she says oh love no one's ever gonna hurt you love [02:50.88]I'm gonna give you all of my love [02:53.18]Nobody matters like you [02:56.84]She tells him your life ain't gonna be nothing like my life [03:00.53]You're gonna grow and have a good life [03:02.95]I'm gonna do what I've got to do (Stay out there stay out there) [03:06.64]So rockabye baby rockabye [03:10.19]I'm gonna rock you [03:11.39]Rockabye baby don't you cry [03:15.00]Somebody's got you [03:16.20]Rockabye baby rockabye [03:19.70]I'm gonna rock you [03:21.00]Rockabye baby don't you cry [03:25.06]So rockabye baby rockabye [03:29.40]I'm gonna rock you [03:30.65]Rockabye baby don't you cry [03:33.35]Somebody's got you [03:35.41]Rockabye baby rockabye [03:38.31]I'm gonna rock you [03:40.11]Rockabye baby don't you cry [03:44.25]Rockabye [03:45.56]Rockabye don't bother cry [03:47.50]Lift up your head lift it up to the sky (rockabye) [03:50.01]Rockabye don't bother cry (yeah) [03:52.57]Angels surround you just dry your eye cause [03:54.52]Rockabye don't bother cry (no) [03:57.06]Lift up your head lift it up to the sky yo [03:59.61]Rockabye don't bother cry [04:01.82]Angels surround you just dry your eye