Mockingbird
X Factor (UK)

Yeah, I know sometimes

Things may not always make sense to you right now

But hey, what daddy always tell you? Straighten up, little soldier

Stiffen up that upper lip, what you cryin' about? You got me

Hailie I know you miss your mom and I know you miss your dad

When I'm gone but I'm tryin' to give you the life that I never had

I can see you're sad, even when you smile, even when you laugh

I can see it in your eyes, deep inside you wanna cry

'Cause you're scared, I ain't there, daddy's with you in your prayers

No more cryin', wipe them tears, daddy's here no more nightmares

We gon' pull together through it, we gon' do it Laney

Uncle's crazy ain't he yeah but he loves you girl and you better know it

We're all we got it this world, when it spins, when it swirls

When it whirls, when it twirls, two little beautiful girls

Lookin' puzzled, in a daze, I know it's confusin' you

Daddy's always on the move, mama's always on the news

I try to keep up sheltered from it but somehow it seems

The harder that I try to do that, the more it backfires on me

All the things growin' up as Daddy that he had to see

Daddy don't want you to see but you see just as much as he did

We did not plan it to be this way, your mother and me

But things have got so bad between us, I don't see us ever

Bein' together ever again, like we used to be when we was teenagers

But then of course everything always happens for a reason

I guess it was never meant to be but it's just somethin'

That we have no control over and that's what destiny is

But no more worries, rest your head and go to sleep

Maybe one day we'll wake up and this'll all just be a dream

Now hush little baby, don't you cry

Everything's gonna be alright

Stiffen that upper lip up, little lady, I told ya

Daddy's here to hold you through the night

I know mommy's not here right now

And we don't know why, we feel how we feel inside

It may seem a little crazy, pretty baby

But I promise, momma's gon' be alright

Heh, it's funny, I remember back one year

When daddy had no money

Mommy wrapped the Christmas presents up

And stuck 'em under the tree

And said some of 'em were from me

'Cause daddy couldn't buy 'em

I'll never forget that Christmas

I sat up the whole night cryin'

'Cause daddy felt like a bum, see daddy had a job

But his job was to keep the food on the table for you and mom

And at the time, every house that we lived in

Either kept gettin' broken into and robbed or shot up on the block

And your mom, was savin' money for you in a jar

Tryin' to start a piggy bank for you so you could go to college

Almost had a thousand dollars, 'til someone broke in and stole it

And I know it hurt so bad, it broke your momma's heart

And it seemed like everything was just startin' to fall apart

Mom and dad was arguin' a lot, so momma moved back

On the Chalmers in the flat, one bedroom apartment

And dad moved back to the other side of 8 Mile on Novara

And that's when daddy went to California with his CD

And met Dr. Dre and flew you and momma out to see me

But daddy had to work, you and momma had to leave me

Then you started seein' daddy on the TV

And momma didn't like it and you and Laney were too young

To understand that papa was a rollin' stone, momma developed a habit

And it all happened too fast for either one of us to grab it

I'm just sorry, you were there and had to witness it first hand

'Cause all I ever wanted to do was just make you proud

Now I'm sittin' in this empty house, just reminiscin', lookin'

At your baby pictures, it just trips me out to see how much

You both have grown, it's almost like you're sisters now

Wow, guess you pretty much are and daddy's still here

Laney, I'm talkin' to you too, daddy's still here

I like the sound of that, yeah, it's got a ring to it don't it?

Shh, momma's only gone for the moment

Now hush little baby, don't you cry

Everything's gonna be alright

Stiffen that upper lip up little lady, I told ya

Daddy's here to hold you through the night

I know mommy's not here right now

And we don't know why, we feel how we feel inside

It may seem a little crazy, pretty baby

But I promise, momma's gon' be alright

And if you ask me to

Daddy's gonna buy you a mockingbird, I'ma give you the world

I'ma buy a diamond ring for you, I'ma sing for you

I'll do anything for you to see you smile

And if that mockingbird don't sing

And that ring don't shine, I'ma break that birdie's neck

I'd go back to the jeweler who sold it to ya

And make him eat every carat, don't fuck with dad, ha ha


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