She works the nights by the water She's gone astray so far away From my 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: Ooh, 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 gon' 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, oh, oh Single mama, what are you doing out there Facing the hard life without no fear Just so you know that you really care 'Cause any obstacle come you're well prepared and No, mama, you never shed tear 'Cause you have to shed things year after year And you give the youth love beyond compare You find his school fee and the bus fare 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: Ooh, love, no one's ever gonna hurt you, love I'm gonna give you all of my love Nobody matters like you So, rockabye baby, rockabye I'm gonna rock you Rockabye baby, don't you cry Rockabye yeahhh oooo rockabye yeaahh ooo 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: Ooh, 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