Mockingbird

Am   F  YeaGh  Am​
I Know SometimesAm Things May 
NFot Always Make Sense To 
You Right NoGw  Am​
But HeyAm, What Daddy 
Always Tell You?F​
Straighten GUp Little SoldieAmr, Stiffen 
Up That AmUpper LiFp
What You Crying AboutG? You 
Got MeAm​

Hailie I KnAmow You Miss Your 
Mom And I KnoFw You Miss Your Dad
Well I'm GGone But I'm Trying To 
Give You The LiAmfe That I Never Had
I Can SAmee You're Sad, Even When 
You SmiFle, Even When You Laugh
GI Can See It In Your Eyes, 
DeAmep Inside You Want To Cry
CAmause You're Scared, I Ain't 
There? DaFddy's With You In Your Prayers
NGo More Crying, Wipe Them Tears, 
DaAmddy's Here, No More Nightmares
WAme Gon' Pull Together Through It, 
WeF Gon' Do It'
Laney Uncles CrGazy, Ain't He? Yeah But 
He LoAmves You Girl And You Better Know It
WAme're All We Got In This World 
WheFn It Spins, When It Swirls
WhGen It Whirls, When It TAmwirls, 
Two Little Beautiful Girls
LAmookin' Puzzled, In A Daze, 
I KnoFw It's Confusing You
DGaddy's Always On The Move, 
MaAmma's Always On The News
I TrAmy To Keep You Sheltered From 
It BuFt Somehow It Seems
The Harder ThGat I Try To Do That, 
The MoAmre It Backfires On Me
All The ThAmings Growing Up His 
Daddy ThaFt He Had To See
Daddy DGon't Want You To See But 
You SeAme Just As Much As He Did
We Did NAmot Plan It To Be This Way, 
Your MoFther And Me
But Things Have GGotten So Bad Between Us 
I Don't SeAme Us Ever Being 
TogetherAm Ever Again
Like We FUsed To Be When 
We Were TeenagGers
But Then Of CAmourse Everything Always 
Happens For A ReasoAmn, I Guess 
It Was Never MeaFnt To Be
But It's Just Something WGe Have 
No Control Over And ThaAmt's What Destiny Is
Am But No More Worries, Rest 
 Your HeFad And Go To Sleep
Maybe GOne Day We'll Wake Up 
And This Will AAmll Just Be A Dream

Now HAmush Little Baby, FDon't You Cry
EverythGing's Gonna Be AlAmright
Stiffen That Upper Lip AmUp Little 
Lady, I ToFld Ya
Daddy's Here To HGold Ya Through 
The NiAmght
I Know Mommy's Not HAmere Right Now 
And We DoFn't Know Why
We FGear How We Feel InAmside
It May Seem A Little CrAmazy, Pretty FBaby
But I Promise MGomma's Gon' Be AlAmright


It's Funny
AmI Remember Back One Year 
When DaFddy Had No Money
Mommy WrGapped The Christmas Presents 
Up And StuAmck 'Em Under The Tree 
And Said SAmome Of 'Em Were From Me, 
Cause DaFddy Couldn't Buy 'Em
I'll NGever Forget That Christmas 
I SaAmt Up The Whole Night Crying
Cause Daddy FAmelt Like A Bum, 
See DaFddy Had A Job
But His JGob Was To Keep The 
FoAmod On The Table For You And Mom
And At The TAmime Every FHouse That We Lived In
Either Kept Getting BrGoken Into 
And RoAmbbed Or Shot Up On The Block 
And Your MAmom Was Saving FMoney For You In A Jar
Tryna StGart A Piggy Bank For 
You So YoAmu Could Go To College
Almost HAmad A Thousand Dollars 
TiFll Someone Broke In And Stole It
And I KnGow It Hurt So Bad 
It BroAmke Your Momma's Heart
And It SAmeemed Like Everything 
Was Just StaFrtin' To Fall Apart
MGom And Dad Was Arguin' 
A LoAmt So Momma Moved Back
On The ChAmalmers In The 
FlaFt One Bedroom Apartment
And DGad Moved Back To The 
Other SiAmde Of 8 Mile On Novara
And ThAmat's When Daddy Went 
To CalifoFrnia With His Cd 
And Met DGr  Dre And Flew 
YoAmu And Momma Out To See Me
But DAmaddy Had To Work, FYou And Momma Had To Leave Me
Then You StGarted Seeing 
Daddy OAmn The T V   
And Momma Didn't LAmike It And 
You And LaFney Were To Young To Understand It
PGapa Was A Rollin' Stone, 
MoAmmma Developed A Habit
And It AmAll Happened Too 
FaFst For Either One Of Us To Grab It
GI'm Just Sorry You Were 
TheAmre And Had To Witness It First Hand
Cause AmAll I Ever Wanted 
To DoF Was Just Make You Proud
NGow I'm Sitting In This 
AmEmpty House, Just Reminiscing
LAmookin' At Your Baby 
PictuFres, It Just Trips Me Out
To See How MGuch You Both Have Grown, 
It's AAmlmost Like You're Sisters Now
Am Wow, Guess You PFretty Much 
 Are And Daddy's Still Here G​
Laney I'm Talkin' TAmo You Too, Daddy's Still Here
AmI Like The Sound Of That, FYeah, 
It's Got A Ring To It DoGn't It?
Shh, Momma's Only GAmone For The Moment

Now HAmush Little Baby, FDon't You Cry
EverythGing's Gonna Be AlAmright
Stiffen That Upper Lip AmUp Little 
Lady, I ToFld Ya
Daddy's Here To HGold Ya 
Through The NAmight
I Know Mommy's Not HAmere Right 
Now And We DoFn't Know Why
We FGear How We Feel InAmside
It May Seem A Little CrAmazy, 
Pretty BaFby
But I Promise MGomma's 
Gon' Be AlriAmght

And If You Ask Me Too DAmaddy's 
Gonna Buy You A MFockingbird
GI'mma Give You The AmWorld
I'mma Buy A Diamond RAming For You, 
I'mma SiFng For You
I'll Do Anything FGor You 
To See You SmiAmle
And If That MockingbAmird Don't 
Sing And That RiFng Don't Shine
I'mma BrGeak That Birdies AmNeck
I'll Go Back To The JAmeweler 
Who Sold It ToF Ya
And Make Him Eat Every CGarat Don't 
Fck  With DAmad Ha Ha