Smiths - The Hand That Rocks The Cradle lyrics

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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 ...