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