things may not always make sense to you right now.
Straighten up, little soldier.
♪ Hailie I know you miss your mom ♪
♪ And I know you miss your dad ♪
♪ But I'm tryin' to give you ♪
♪ I can see you sad even when you smile ♪
♪ Even when you laugh I can see it in your eyes ♪
♪ '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 gonna pull together through it ♪
♪ We gonna do it Laney Uncle's crazy ain't he ♪
♪ Ya but he loves you girl and you better know it ♪
♪ We're all we got in this world ♪
♪ When it spins when it swirls ♪
♪ When it whirls when it twirls ♪
♪ Two little beautiful girls ♪
♪ Daddy's always on the move ♪
♪ I try to keep you sheltered from it ♪
♪ The harder that I try to do that ♪
♪ The more it backfires on me ♪
♪ 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 ♪
♪ But things have got so bad between us ♪
♪ Like we used to be ♪
♪ But then of course everything always happens for a reason ♪
♪ I guess it was never meant to be ♪
♪ But it's just something we have no control over ♪
♪ And that's what destiny is ♪
♪ 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 all right ♪
♪ Stiffen that upper lip up little lady ♪
♪ I told ya Daddy's here to hold ya ♪
♪ I know Mommy's not here right now ♪
♪ We feel how we feel inside ♪
♪ It may seem a little crazy pretty baby ♪
♪ But I promise Mama's gonna be all right ♪
♪ 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 ♪
♪ But his job was to keep the food on the table ♪
♪ Every house that we lived in ♪
♪ Either kept gettin' broken into and robbed ♪
♪ 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 ♪
♪ Till someone broke in and stole it ♪
♪ It broke your Mama's heart ♪
♪ And it seemed like everything ♪
♪ Was just startin' to fall apart ♪
♪ Mom and Dad was arguing a lot ♪
♪ So Mama moved back on to Chalmers in a flat ♪
♪ And Dad moved back to the other side ♪
♪ And that's when Daddy went to California with his CD ♪
♪ And flew you and Mama out to see me ♪
♪ You and Mama had to leave me ♪
♪ Then you started seein' Daddy on the TV ♪
♪ And you and Laney were too young to understand ♪
♪ That Papa was a rollin' stone ♪
♪ 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 firsthand ♪
♪ 'Cause I ever wanted to do was just make you proud ♪
♪ Now I'm sittin' in this empty house ♪
♪ Just reminiscing looking at your baby pictures ♪
♪ To see how much you both have grown ♪
♪ It's almost like you're sisters now ♪
♪ Wow guess you pretty much are ♪
♪ Laney I'm talkin' to you too ♪
♪ I like the sound of that yeah ♪
♪ It's got a ring to it don't it ♪
♪ Shh Mama's only gone for the moment ♪
♪ Now hush little baby don't you cry ♪
♪ Everything's gonna be all right ♪
♪ Stiffen that upper lip up little lady ♪
♪ I told ya Daddy'd here to hold ya ♪
♪ I know Mommy's not here right now ♪
♪ We feel how we feel inside ♪
♪ It may seem a little crazy pretty baby ♪
♪ But I promise Mama's gonna be all right ♪
♪ And if you ask me to ♪
♪ Daddy's gonna buy you a mockingbird ♪
♪ I'ma buy a diamond ring for you ♪
♪ I'll do anything for you to see you smile ♪
♪ And if that mockingbird don't sing ♪
♪ I'ma break that birdie's neck ♪
♪ I'll go back to the jeweler who sold it to ya ♪