[ti:The Hand That Rocks The Cradle]
[ar:The Smiths]
[al:The Smiths]
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[00:00.36]The Hand That Rocks The Cradle - The Smiths
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[00:24.64]Please don't cry
[00:28.61]For the ghost and the storm outside
[00:33.08]Will not invade this sacred shrine
[00:37.60]Nor infiltrate your mind
[00:41.58]My life down I shall lie
[00:45.49]If the bogey-man should try
[00:50.12]To play tricks on your sacred mind
[00:54.40]To tease  torment  and tantalise
[00:58.69]Wavering shadows loom
[01:02.10]A piano plays in an empty room
[01:06.46]There'll be blood on the cleaver tonight
[01:10.36]And when darknesss lifts and the room is bright
[01:14.79]I'll still be by your side
[01:19.25]For you are all that matters
[01:22.33]And I'll love you to till the day I die
[01:27.52]There never need be longing in your eyes
[01:34.82]
[01:35.56]As long as the hand that rocks the cradle is mine
[01:44.41]Ceiling shadows shimmy by
[01:47.75]And when the wardrobe towers like a beast of prey
[01:52.43]There's sadness in your beautiful eyes
[01:56.09]Oh  your untouched  unsoiled  wonderous eyes
[02:00.45]My life down I shall lie
[02:04.23]Should restless spirits try
[02:09.14]To play tricks on your sacred mind
[02:13.10]I once had a child  and it saved my life
[02:16.77]And I never even asked his name
[02:20.81]I just looked into his wondrous eyes
[02:25.30]And said : "never never never again"
[02:29.25]And all too soon I did return
[02:34.38]Just like a moth to a flame
[02:37.06]So rattle my bones all over the stones
[02:42.17]I'm only a beggar-man whom nobody owns
[02:46.32]Oh  see how words as old as sin
[02:50.71]Fit me like a glove
[02:53.88]I'm here and here I'll stay
[02:58.75]Together we lie  together we pray
[03:02.97]There never need be longing in your eyes
[03:09.84]
[03:10.83]As long as the hand that rocks the cradle is mine
[03:18.98]As long as the hand that rocks the cradle is mine
[03:26.06]Mine
[03:28.06]Climb up on my knee  sonny boy
[03:35.81]Although you're only three  sonny boy
[03:42.86]You're - you're mine
[03:46.98]And your mother she just never knew
[03:51.70]Oh  your mother
[03:54.21]As long     as long     as long
[04:00.69]I did my best for her
[04:04.65]I did my best for her
[04:08.80]As long     as long     as long as     as long
[04:16.95]I did my best for her
[04:21.20]I did my best for her
[04:26.14]Oh