mockingbird - slowed + reverb

Hailie I know you miss your mom

And I know you miss your dad

When I'm gone

But I'm tryin' to 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 wit' 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

Lainie 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

Mama'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 as

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

Everything 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

Everything'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 feel how we feel inside

It may seem a little crazy pretty baby

But I promise mama's gon' be alright

Heh 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 crying

'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

Tryin' to 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 mama's heart

And it seemed like everything

Was just startin' to fall apart

Mom and dad was arguin' a lot

So mama moved back on to 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 CD

And met Doctor Dre

And flew you and Mama out to see me

But daddy had to work

You and mama had to leave me

Then you started seein' daddy on the TV

And mama didn't like it

And you and Lainie were too young

To understand it

Papa was a rolling stone

Mama 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 firsthand

'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

Lainie 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 mama's only gone for the moment

Now hush little baby don't you cry

Everything'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 feel how we feel inside

It may seem a little crazy pretty baby

But I promise mama's gon' be alright

Now hush little baby don't you cry

Everything'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 feel how we feel inside

It may seem a little crazy pretty baby

But I promise mama's gon' be alright