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

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
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

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, yeah

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 stay
You're gonna grow and have a good life
I'm gonna do what I've got to do

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, yeah

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
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
She tells him your life ain't gonna be nothing like my life stay
You're gonna grow and have a good life
I'm gonna do what I've got to do

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, yeah yeah
Rockabye, yeah yeah
Rockabye, yeah yeah yeah
Rockabye