She works at 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

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

Somebody's got you

Rockabye baby, rockabye

I'm gonna rock you

Rockabye baby, don't you cry

Rockabye, no

Rockabye yeahh oh ooh

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 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 ooh

Rockabye no oh no

Rockabye yeah oh ooh

Songbook by Kongo Adler