YEAH
I KNOW SOMETIMES
THINGS MAY NOT
ALWAYS MAKE SENSE
TO YOU RIGHT NOW
BUT HEY
WHAT DADDY ALWAYS TELL YOU
STRAIGHTEN UP LITTLE SOLDIER
STIFFEN UP THAT UPPER LIP
WHAT YOU CRYIN' ABOUT
YOU GOT ME
HAILIE
I KNOW YOU MISS YOUR MOM
AND I KNOW YOU MISS YOUR DAD
WELL, I'M GONE
BUT I'M TRY'NA GIVE YOU
THE LIFE THAT I NEVER HAD
I CAN SEE YOU'RE SAD
EVEN WHEN YOU SMILE
EVEN WHEN YOU LAUGH
I CAN SEE IT IN YOUR EYES
DEEP INSIDE
YOU WANNA CRY
'CAUSE YOU'RE SCARED
I AIN'T THERE
DADDY'S WITH YOU
IN YOUR PRAYERS
NO MORE CRYIN'
WIPE THEM TEARS
DADDY'S HERE
NO MORE NIGHTMARES
WE GON' PULL TOGETHER
THROUGH IT, WE GON' DO IT
LANEY, UNCLE'S CRAZY, AIN'T HE
YEAH, BUT HE LOVES YOU, GIRL
AND YOU BETTER KNOW IT
WE'RE ALL WE
GOT IN THIS WORLD
WHEN IT SPINS
WHEN IT SWIRLS
WHEN IT WHIRLS
WHEN IT TWIRLS
TWO LITTLE BEAUTIFUL GIRLS
LOOKIN' PUZZLED, IN A DAZE
I KNOW IT'S CONFUSIN' YOU
DADDY'S ALWAYS ON THE MOVE
MAMMA'S ALWAYS ON THE NEWS
I TRY TO KEEP YOU
SHELTERED FROM IT
BUT SOMEHOW IT SEEMS
THE HARDER THAT
I TRY TO DO THAT
THE MORE IT BACKFIRES ON ME
ALL THE THINGS GROWIN' UP
HIS DADDY
THAT HE HAD TO SEE
DADDY DON'T WANT YOU TO SEE
BUT YOU SEE
JUST AS MUCH AS HE DID
WE DID NOT PLAN IT
TO BE THIS WAY
YOUR MOTHER AND ME
BUT THINGS HAVE GOT
SO BAD BETWEEN US
I DON'T SEE US
EVER BEIN' TOGETHER
EVER AGAIN
LIKE WE USED TO BE
WHEN WE WAS TEENAGERS
BUT THEN OF COURSE
EVERYTHIN' ALWAYS
HAPPENS FOR A REASON
I GUESS IT WAS
NEVER MEANT TO BE
BUT IT'S JUST SOMETHIN'
WE HAVE NO CONTROL OVER
AND THAT'S WHAT DESTINY IS
BUT NO MORE WORRIES
REST YOUR HEAD
AND GO TO SLEEP
MAYBE ONE DAY
WE'LL WAKE UP AND
THIS'LL ALL JUST BE A DREAM
NOW HUSH, LITTLE BABY
DON'T YOU CRY
EVERYTHIN'S
GONNA BE ALRIGHT
STIFFEN THAT UPPER LIP UP
LITTLE LADY, I TOLD YA
DADDY'S HERE TO HOLD YA
THROUGH THE NIGHT
I KNOW MOMMY'S
NOT HERE RIGHT NOW
AND WE DON'T KNOW WHY
WE FEAR HOW WE FEEL INSIDE
IT MAY SEEM A LITTLE CRAZY
PRETTY BABY
BUT I PROMISE
MOMMA'S GON' BE ALRIGHT
HUH, IT'S FUNNY
I REMEMBER BACK ONE YEAR
WHEN DADDY HAD NO MONEY
MOMMY WRAPPED THE
CHRISTMAS PRESENTS UP
AND STUCK 'EM UNDER THE TREE
AND SAID SOME OF 'EM
WERE FROM ME
'CAUSE DADDY
COULDN'T BUY 'EM
I'LL NEVER FORGET
THAT CHRISTMAS I SAT UP
THE WHOLE NIGHT CRYIN'
'CAUSE DADDY FELT LIKE A BUM
SEE, DADDY HAD A JOB
BUT HIS JOB WAS TO KEEP
THE FOOD ON THE TABLE
FOR YOU AND MOM
AND AT THE TIME
EVERY HOUSE THAT WE LIVED IN
EITHER KEPT GETTIN'
BROKEN INTO AND ROBBED
OR SHOT UP ON THE BLOCK
AND YOUR MOM
WAS SAVIN' MONEY
FOR YOU IN A JAR
TRY'NA START
A PIGGY BANK FOR YOU
SO, YOU COULD
GO TO COLLEGE
ALMOST HAD
A THOUSAND DOLLARS
'TIL SOMEONE BROKE IN
AND STOLE IT
AND I KNOW IT HURT SO BAD
IT BROKE YOUR MOMMA'S HEART
AND IT SEEMED LIKE
EVERYTHIN' WAS JUST
STARTIN' TO FALL APART
MOM AND DAD
WAS ARGUIN' A LOT
SO, MOMMA MOVED BACK
ON THE CHALMERS
IN THE FLAT
ONE BEDROOM APARTMENT
AND DAD MOVED BACK
TO THE OTHER SIDE
OF EIGHT MILE ON NOVARA
AND THAT'S WHEN
DADDY WENT TO CALIFORNIA
WITH HIS C.D.
AND MET DOCTOR DRE
AND FLEW YOU
AND MOMMA OUT TO SEE ME
BUT DADDY HAD TO WORK
YOU AND MOMMA
HAD TO LEAVE ME
THEN YOU STARTED
SEEIN' DADDY ON THE T.V.
AND MOMMA DIDN'T LIKE IT
AND YOU AND LANEY
WERE TOO YOUNG
TO UNDERSTAND IT
PAPA, WAS A ROLLIN' STONE
MOMMA, DEVELOPED A HABIT
AND IT ALL HAPPENED TOO FAST
FOR EITHER ONE
OF US TO GRAB IT
I'M JUST SORRY
YOU WERE THERE AND
HAD TO WITNESS IT FIRST HAND
'CAUSE ALL I
EVER WANTED TO DO
WAS JUST MAKE YOU PROUD
NOW I'M SITTIN'
IN THIS EMPTY HOUSE
JUST REMINISCIN'
LOOKIN' AT YOUR
BABY PICTURES
IT JUST TRIPS ME OUT
TO SEE HOW MUCH YOU
BOTH HAVE GROWN
IT'S ALMOST LIKE
YOU'RE SISTERS NOW
WOW
GUESS YOU PRETTY MUCH ARE
AND DADDY'S STILL HERE
LANEY, I'M TALKIN' TO YOU TOO
DADDY'S STILL HERE
I LIKE THE SOUND OF THAT, YEAH
IT'S GOT A RING TO IT, DON'T IT
SHH, MOMMA'S ONLY
GONE FOR THE MOMENT
NOW HUSH, LITTLE BABY
DON'T YOU CRY
EVERYTHIN'S
GONNA BE ALRIGHT
STIFFEN THAT UPPER LIP UP
LITTLE LADY, I TOLD YA
DADDY'S HERE TO HOLD YA
THROUGH THE NIGHT
I KNOW MOMMY'S
NOT HERE RIGHT NOW
AND WE DON'T KNOW WHY
WE FEAR HOW WE FEEL INSIDE
IT MAY SEEM A LITTLE CRAZY
PRETTY BABY
BUT I PROMISE
MOMMA'S GON' BE ALRIGHT
AND IF YOU ASK ME TOO
DADDY'S GONNA
BUY YOU A MOCKINGBIRD
I'M-A GIVE YOU THE WORLD
I'M-A BUY
A DIAMOND RING FOR YOU
I'M-A SING FOR YOU
I'LL DO ANYTHIN' FOR YOU
TO SEE YOU SMILE
AND IF THAT MOCKINGBIRD
DON'T SING AND
THAT RING DON'T SHINE
I'M-A BREAK THAT BIRDIE'S NECK
I'LL GO BACK TO THE JEWELLER
WHO SOLD IT TO YA
AND MAKE HIM EAT
EVERY CARAT
DON'T F##K WITH DAD
HA, HA