[Intro]
           
Call it love a

               
nd devotion
              
Call it the mo

      
m’s adoration
            
Foundation
             
A special bond

            
 of creation, 

hah
           
For all the si

              
ngle mums out 

             
there going th

           
rough frustrat

ion
             
Clean Bandit, 

            
Sean-da-Paul, 

       
Anne-Marie sin

g mek dem hear


[Verse 1]
              
She works the 

           
night, by the 

      
water
             
She's gone ast

             
ray, so far aw


ay
              
From her fathe

              
r's daughter
              
She just wants

           
 a life for he

       
r baby
            
All on her own

              
, no one will 

 
come
             
She's got to s

              
ave him (daily

 
 struggle)


[Pre-Chorus]
              
She tells him 

           
"ooh, love, no

              
 one's ever go

         
nna 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 no

           
thing like my 

life
            
You're gonna g

              
row and have a

 
 good life
             
I'm gonna do w

             
hat I've got t

  
o do"


[Chorus]
           
So, Rockabye b

           
aby, 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,

 
 rock-a rock-a

 rockabye)
          
Rockabye,    (

           
rockabye, rock

-a rock-a rock

abye)


[Verse 2]
            
Single mom, ho

  
w you doing ou

t there
             
Facing the har

        
d life, withou

t no fear
            
Just see and k

        
now that you r

eally care
             
Cause any obst

          
acle come yu w

ell prepared
            
And no mama, y

   
ou never shed 

tear
             
Cause you have

              
 to set things

 
 year and to y

ear
            
And you give t

              
he youth love 


beyond compare
             
You find the s

          
chool fee and 

the bus fare
            
Mmm all when t

 
he paps' disap

pear
             
In a rum bar c

          
an’t find him 

nowhere
            
Steadily you w

          
ork flow, heav

ily you know
             
So you nah sto

              
p no time, no 

 
time fi a jear

            
Now she gotta 

           
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's safe


[Pre-Chorus]
              
When she says 

           
"ooh, love, no

              
 one's ever go

         
nna hurt you, 

love
            
I'm gonna give

            
 you all of my

 love
             
Nobody matters

            
 like you"


[Chorus]
           
So, Rockabye b

           
aby, 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,

 
 rock-a rock-a

 rockabye)
          
Rockabye,    (

           
rockabye, rock

-a rock-a rock

abye)
        
Rockabye, don'

t bother cry
             
Lift up your h

             
ead, lift it u


p to the sky
        
Rockabye, don'

t bother cry
             
Angels around,

     
 you just dry 

your eyes


[Verse 3]
            
Now she gotta 

           
a six year old
          
Trying to keep

 him warm
            
Trying to keep

         
 out the cold
             
When he looks 

              
her in the eye

   
s

He don't know 

he's safe when

 she says


[Pre-Chorus]
              
She tells him 

           
"ooh, love, no

              
 one's ever go

         
nna 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 no

           
thing like my 

life
            
You're gonna g

              
row and have a

 
 good life
             
I'm gonna do w

             
hat I've got t

  
o do"


[Chorus]
           
So, Rockabye b

           
aby, 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 (rock

             
abye, don't bo

             
ther cry. Lift

              
 up your head,

         
 lift it up to

 the sky)
            
Rockabye (rock

             
abye, don't bo

             
ther cry. Ange

              
ls around, you

  
 just dry your

 eyes)
            
Rockabye (rock

             
abye, don't bo

             
ther cry. Lift

              
 up your head,

         
 lift it up to

 the sky)
            
Rockabye (rock

             
abye, don't bo

             
ther cry. Ange

              
ls around, you

  
 just dry your

 eyes)


[Outro]