The Hand That Rocks the Cradle (2011 Remaster)-The Smiths

[ti:The Hand That Rocks The Cradle] [ar:The Smiths] [al:Complete] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]The Hand That Rocks the Cradle (2011 Remaster) - The Smiths [00:24.08]Please don't cry [00:28.22]For the ghost and the storm outside [00:32.58]Will not invade this sacred shrine [00:37.20]Nor infiltrate your mind [00:41.15]My life down I shall lie [00:45.24]If the bogey-man should try [00:49.75]To play tricks on your sacred mind [00:53.99]To tease torment and tantalise [00:58.31]Wavering shadows loom [01:01.69]A piano plays in an empty room [01:06.15]There'll be blood on the cleaver tonight [01:10.06]And when darknesss lifts and the room is bright [01:14.36]I'll still be by your side [01:18.71]For you are all that matters [01:22.00]And I'll love you to the day I die [01:27.13]There never need be longing in your eyes [01:35.03]As long as the hand that rocks the cradle is mine [01:43.94]Ceiling shadows shimmy by [01:47.26]And when the wardrobe towers like a beast of prey [01:52.06]There's sadness in your beautiful eyes [01:55.56]Oh your untouched unsoiled wonderous eyes [02:00.02]My life down I shall lie [02:03.83]Should restless spirits try [02:08.58]To play tricks on your sacred mind [02:12.82]I once had a child and it saved my life [02:16.52]I never even asked his name [02:20.48]I just looked into his wondrous eyes [02:24.74]And said:"never never never again" [02:28.89]And all too soon I did return [02:34.04]Just like a moth to a flame [02:36.77]So rattle my bones all over the stones [02:41.82]I'm only a beggar-man whom nobody owns [02:45.98]Oh see how words as old as sin [02:50.36]Fit me like a glove [02:53.51]I'm here and here I'll stay [02:58.46]Together we lie together we pray [03:02.52]There never need be longing in your eyes [03:10.24]As long as the hand that rocks the cradle is mine [03:18.72]As long as the hand that rocks the cradle is mine [03:25.68]Mine [03:27.70]Climb up on my knee sonny boy [03:35.27]Although you're only three sonny boy [03:42.18]You're you're mine [03:46.40]And your mother she just never knew [03:51.52]Oh your mother [03:54.47]As long as long as long [04:00.05]I did my best for her [04:04.36]I did my best for her [04:08.50]As long as long as long as long [04:16.68]I did my best for her [04:21.03]I did my best for her [04:25.25]