The Smiths – The Hand That Rocks The Cradle (Guitar)

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Please don't cry

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For the ghost and the storm outside

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Will not invade this sacred shrine

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Nor infiltrate your mind

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My life down I shall lie

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If the bogey-man should try

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To play tricks on your sacred mind

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To tease, torment, and tantalize

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Wavering shadows loom

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A piano plays in an empty room

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There'll be blood on the cleaver tonight

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And when darkness lifts and the room is bright

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I'll still be by your side

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For you are all that matters, and

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I'll love you to till the day I die

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There never need be longing in your eyes

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As long as the hand that rocks the cradle is mi-ine

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Ceiling shadows shimmy by

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And when the wardrobe towers like a beast of prey

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There's sadness in your beautiful eyes

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Oh, your untouched, unsoiled, wondrous eyes

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My life down I shall lie

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Should restless spirits try

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To play tricks on your sacred mind

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I once had a child, and it saved my life

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And I never even asked his name

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I just looked into his wondrous eyes

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And said: "Never never never again"

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And all too soon I did return

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 Just like a moth to a flame

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So rattle my bones all over the stones

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I'm only a beggar-man whom nobody owns

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Oh, see how words as old as sin

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Fit me like a glove

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I'm here and here I'll stay

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Together we lie, together we pray

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There never need be longing in your eyes

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As long as the hand that rocks the cradle is mi-ine

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As long as the hand that rocks the cradle is mi-ine

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Climb up on my knee, sonny bo-oy

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Although you're only three, sonny bo-oy  oo-oo

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You're mi-ine

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And your mother she just never knew

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Oh, your mother... as long... as long... as long...

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I did my best for her

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I did my best for her

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As long... as long... as long...

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I did my best for her

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I did my best for her