Sinead O'connor - The Hand That Rocks The Cradle Lyrics
-------------------------------------------Written by morrissey and marr, last coupletWritten by al jolson. sung by sinead duringSome concerts.-------------------------------------------Please don't cryFor the ghost and the storm outsideWill not invade this sacred shrineNor infiltrate your mindMy life down i shall lieIf the bogey-man should tryTo play tricks on your sacred mindTo tease, torment and tantaliseWavering shadows loomA piano plays in an empty roomThere'll be blood on the cleaver tonightWhen darkness lifts and the room is brightI'll still be by your sideThere never need to be longing in your eyesAs long as the hand that rocks the cradle is mineAs long as the hand that rocks the cradle is mineCeiling shadows shimmy byAnd when the wardrobe towers like a beast of preyThere's a sadness in your beautiful eyesYour untouched, unsoiled, wonderous eyesMy life down i shall lieShould restless spirits tryTo play tricks on you sacred mindI once had a child and he saved my lifeBut i never even asked his nameI just looked into his wonderous eyesAnd said "never never never again"And all too soon i did returnJust like a moth to a flameSo rattle my bones all over the stonesBecause i'm only a beggar-man whom nobody ownsSee how words as old as sinFit me like a gloveI'm here and here i'll stayTogether we lie and together we prayThere never need be longing in your eyesAs long as the hand that rocks the cradle is mineAs long as the hand that rocks the cradle is mineClimb upon my knee, sonny boyAlthough you're only three, sonny boyYour mom she just never knewOh your mom, your mom...
