Mockingbird

Em   C  YeaDh  Em​
I Know SometimesEm Things May 
NCot Always Make Sense To 
You Right NoDw  Em​
But HeyEm, What Daddy 
Always Tell You?C​
Straighten DUp Little SoldieEmr, Stiffen 
Up That EmUpper LiCp
What You Crying AboutD? You 
Got MeEm​

Hailie I KnEmow You Miss Your 
Mom And I KnoCw You Miss Your Dad
Well I'm GDone But I'm Trying To 
Give You The LiEmfe That I Never Had
I Can SEmee You're Sad, Even When 
You SmiCle, Even When You Laugh
DI Can See It In Your Eyes, 
DeEmep Inside You Want To Cry
CEmause You're Scared, I Ain't 
There? DaCddy's With You In Your Prayers
NDo More Crying, Wipe Them Tears, 
DaEmddy's Here, No More Nightmares
WEme Gon' Pull Together Through It, 
WeC Gon' Do It'
Laney Uncles CrDazy, Ain't He? Yeah But 
He LoEmves You Girl And You Better Know It
WEme're All We Got In This World 
WheCn It Spins, When It Swirls
WhDen It Whirls, When It TEmwirls, 
Two Little Beautiful Girls
LEmookin' Puzzled, In A Daze, 
I KnoCw It's Confusing You
DDaddy's Always On The Move, 
MaEmma's Always On The News
I TrEmy To Keep You Sheltered From 
It BuCt Somehow It Seems
The Harder ThDat I Try To Do That, 
The MoEmre It Backfires On Me
All The ThEmings Growing Up His 
Daddy ThaCt He Had To See
Daddy DDon't Want You To See But 
You SeEme Just As Much As He Did
We Did NEmot Plan It To Be This Way, 
Your MoCther And Me
But Things Have GDotten So Bad Between Us 
I Don't SeEme Us Ever Being 
TogetherEm Ever Again
Like We CUsed To Be When 
We Were TeenagDers
But Then Of CEmourse Everything Always 
Happens For A ReasoEmn, I Guess 
It Was Never MeaCnt To Be
But It's Just Something WDe Have 
No Control Over And ThaEmt's What Destiny Is
Em But No More Worries, Rest 
 Your HeCad And Go To Sleep
Maybe DOne Day We'll Wake Up 
And This Will AEmll Just Be A Dream

Now HEmush Little Baby, CDon't You Cry
EverythDing's Gonna Be AlEmright
Stiffen That Upper Lip EmUp Little 
Lady, I ToCld Ya
Daddy's Here To HDold Ya Through 
The NiEmght
I Know Mommy's Not HEmere Right Now 
And We DoCn't Know Why
We FDear How We Feel InEmside
It May Seem A Little CrEmazy, Pretty CBaby
But I Promise MDomma's Gon' Be AlEmright


It's Funny
EmI Remember Back One Year 
When DaCddy Had No Money
Mommy WrDapped The Christmas Presents 
Up And StuEmck 'Em Under The Tree 
And Said SEmome Of 'Em Were From Me, 
Cause DaCddy Couldn't Buy 'Em
I'll NDever Forget That Christmas 
I SaEmt Up The Whole Night Crying
Cause Daddy FEmelt Like A Bum, 
See DaCddy Had A Job
But His JDob Was To Keep The 
FoEmod On The Table For You And Mom
And At The TEmime Every CHouse That We Lived In
Either Kept Getting BrDoken Into 
And RoEmbbed Or Shot Up On The Block 
And Your MEmom Was Saving CMoney For You In A Jar
Tryna StDart A Piggy Bank For 
You So YoEmu Could Go To College
Almost HEmad A Thousand Dollars 
TiCll Someone Broke In And Stole It
And I KnDow It Hurt So Bad 
It BroEmke Your Momma's Heart
And It SEmeemed Like Everything 
Was Just StaCrtin' To Fall Apart
MDom And Dad Was Arguin' 
A LoEmt So Momma Moved Back
On The ChEmalmers In The 
FlaCt One Bedroom Apartment
And DDad Moved Back To The 
Other SiEmde Of 8 Mile On Novara
And ThEmat's When Daddy Went 
To CalifoCrnia With His Cd 
And Met DDr  Dre And Flew 
YoEmu And Momma Out To See Me
But DEmaddy Had To Work, CYou And Momma Had To Leave Me
Then You StDarted Seeing 
Daddy OEmn The T V   
And Momma Didn't LEmike It And 
You And LaCney Were To Young To Understand It
PDapa Was A Rollin' Stone, 
MoEmmma Developed A Habit
And It EmAll Happened Too 
FaCst For Either One Of Us To Grab It
DI'm Just Sorry You Were 
TheEmre And Had To Witness It First Hand
Cause EmAll I Ever Wanted 
To DoC Was Just Make You Proud
NDow I'm Sitting In This 
EmEmpty House, Just Reminiscing
LEmookin' At Your Baby 
PictuCres, It Just Trips Me Out
To See How MDuch You Both Have Grown, 
It's AEmlmost Like You're Sisters Now
Em Wow, Guess You PCretty Much 
 Are And Daddy's Still Here D​
Laney I'm Talkin' TEmo You Too, Daddy's Still Here
EmI Like The Sound Of That, CYeah, 
It's Got A Ring To It DoDn't It?
Shh, Momma's Only GEmone For The Moment

Now HEmush Little Baby, CDon't You Cry
EverythDing's Gonna Be AlEmright
Stiffen That Upper Lip EmUp Little 
Lady, I ToCld Ya
Daddy's Here To HDold Ya 
Through The NEmight
I Know Mommy's Not HEmere Right 
Now And We DoCn't Know Why
We FDear How We Feel InEmside
It May Seem A Little CrEmazy, 
Pretty BaCby
But I Promise MDomma's 
Gon' Be AlriEmght

And If You Ask Me Too DEmaddy's 
Gonna Buy You A MCockingbird
DI'mma Give You The EmWorld
I'mma Buy A Diamond REming For You, 
I'mma SiCng For You
I'll Do Anything FDor You 
To See You SmiEmle
And If That MockingbEmird Don't 
Sing And That RiCng Don't Shine
I'mma BrDeak That Birdies EmNeck
I'll Go Back To The JEmeweler 
Who Sold It ToC Ya
And Make Him Eat Every CDarat Don't 
Fck  With DEmad Ha Ha