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Call it love and devotion 00:01
Call it a mom's adoration (foundation) 00:04
A special bond of creation, hah 00:07
For all the single moms out there, going through frustration 00:10
Clean Bandit, Sean-da-Paul, Anne-Marie 00:14
Sing, make them hear 00:17
She works at nights, by the water 00:18
She's gone astray, so far away 00:22
From her father's daughter 00:25
She just wants a life for her baby 00:27
All on her own, no one will come 00:32
She's got to save him (daily struggle) 00:35
She tells him, "Ooh, love, no one's ever gonna hurt you, love" 00:37
"I'm gonna give you all of my love" 00:41
"Nobody matters like you" (stay up there, stay up there) 00:44
She tells him, "Your life ain't gon' be nothing like my life" (straight!) 00:47
"You're gonna grow and have a good life" 00:51
"I'm gonna do what I've got to do" (stay up there, stay up there) 00:53
So, rockabye, baby, rockabye 00:56
I'm gonna rock you 01:00
Rockabye, baby, don't you cry 01:02
Somebody's got you 01:04
Rockabye, baby, rockabye 01:06
I'm gonna rock you 01:09
Rockabye, baby, don't you cry 01:11
Ah, rockabye, no 01:14
Rockabye, rocka-rocka-rocka-bye (oh) 01:18
Rockabye (yeah, yeah) 01:20
Rockabye, rocka-rocka-rocka-bye 01:23
Single mum, how're you doing out there? 01:25
Facing the hard life, without no fear (yeah) 01:27
Just so you know that you really care 01:30
'Cause any obstacle come, you're well-prepared (oh, no) 01:32
And no, mama, you never shed tear 01:34
'Cause you have to shed things year after year (na, na, na, na) 01:37
And you give the yout love beyond compare (yeah) 01:39
You find his school fee and the bus fare (yeah) 01:41
Mmh, all when di pops disappear 01:44
Inna rum bar, can't find him nowhere 01:46
Steadily your workflow, heavily you know 01:49
So your non-stop, no time, no time for ya dear 01:51
Now she got a six-year-old 01:53
Trying to keep him warm 01:55
Trying to keep out the cold 01:57
When he looks in her eyes 01:59
He don't know he is safe 02:00
When she says, "Ooh, love no one's ever gonna hurt you, love" 02:02
"I'm gonna give you all of my love" 02:06
"Nobody matters like you" 02:08
So, rockabye, baby, rockabye 02:11
I'm gonna rock you 02:15
Rockabye, baby, don't you cry 02:17
Somebody's got you 02:20
Rockabye, baby, rockabye 02:21
I'm gonna rock you 02:25
Rockabye, baby, don't you cry (badda-bang-bang-bang, alright then) 02:26
Ah, rockabye, no 02:31
Rockabye, rocka-rocka-rocka-bye (oh-oh) 02:33
Rockabye (yeah, yeah) 02:36
Rockabye, rocka-rocka-rocka-bye 02:38
Rockabye, don't bother cry 02:40
Lift up your head, lift it up to the sky, yo 02:43
Rockabye, don't bother cry 02:45
Angels surround you, just dry your eye 02:47
Now she got a six-year-old 02:50
Trying to keep him warm 02:52
Trying to keep out the cold 02:53
When he looks in her eyes 02:56
He don't know he is safe when she says 02:57
She tells him, "Ooh, love, no one's ever gonna hurt you, love" 03:01
"I'm gonna give you all of my love" 03:06
"Nobody matters like you" (stay up there, stay up there) 03:08
She tells him, "Your life ain't gon' be nothing like my life" (straight!) 03:11
"You're gonna grow and have a good" 03:15
"I'm gonna do what I got to do" (yeah) 03:17
So, rockabye, baby, rockabye (rockabye, rocka-rocka-rocka-bye) 03:21
I'm gonna rock you 03:25
Rockabye, baby, don't you cry (rockabye, rocka-rocka-rocka-bye) 03:26
Somebody's got you 03:29
Rockabye, baby, rockabye (rockabye-rocka-rocka-rocka-bye) 03:31
I'm gonna rock you 03:34
Rockabye, baby, don't you cry (badda-bang-bang-bang, alright then) 03:35
Ah, rockabye 03:39
Rockabye, don't bother cry 03:40
Lift up your head, lift it up to the sky (ah, rockabye) 03:42
Rockabye, don't bother cry (yeah) 03:44
Angels surround you, just dry your eye (yeah, ah, rockabye) 03:47
Rockabye, don't bother cry (no) 03:49
Lift up your head, lift it up to the sky (oh, rockabye) 03:51
Rockabye, don't bother cry 03:54
Angels surround you, just dry your eye 03:56
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Rockabye – English Lyrics

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Lyrics & Translation

[English]

Call it love and devotion

Call it a mom's adoration (foundation)

A special bond of creation, hah

For all the single moms out there, going through frustration

Clean Bandit, Sean-da-Paul, Anne-Marie

Sing, make them hear

She works at nights, by the water

She's gone astray, so far away

From her father's daughter

She just wants a life for her baby

All on her own, no one will come

She's got to save him (daily struggle)

She tells him, "Ooh, love, no one's ever gonna hurt you, love"

"I'm gonna give you all of my love"

"Nobody matters like you" (stay up there, stay up there)

She tells him, "Your life ain't gon' be nothing like my life" (straight!)

"You're gonna grow and have a good life"

"I'm gonna do what I've got to do" (stay up there, stay up there)

So, rockabye, baby, rockabye

I'm gonna rock you

Rockabye, baby, don't you cry

Somebody's got you

Rockabye, baby, rockabye

I'm gonna rock you

Rockabye, baby, don't you cry

Ah, rockabye, no

Rockabye, rocka-rocka-rocka-bye (oh)

Rockabye (yeah, yeah)

Rockabye, rocka-rocka-rocka-bye

Single mum, how're you doing out there?

Facing the hard life, without no fear (yeah)

Just so you know that you really care

'Cause any obstacle come, you're well-prepared (oh, no)

And no, mama, you never shed tear

'Cause you have to shed things year after year (na, na, na, na)

And you give the yout love beyond compare (yeah)

You find his school fee and the bus fare (yeah)

Mmh, all when di pops disappear

Inna rum bar, can't find him nowhere

Steadily your workflow, heavily you know

So your non-stop, no time, no time for ya dear

Now she got a six-year-old

Trying to keep him warm

Trying to keep out the cold

When he looks in her eyes

He don't know he is safe

When she says, "Ooh, love no one's ever gonna hurt you, love"

"I'm gonna give you all of my love"

"Nobody matters like you"

So, rockabye, baby, rockabye

I'm gonna rock you

Rockabye, baby, don't you cry

Somebody's got you

Rockabye, baby, rockabye

I'm gonna rock you

Rockabye, baby, don't you cry (badda-bang-bang-bang, alright then)

Ah, rockabye, no

Rockabye, rocka-rocka-rocka-bye (oh-oh)

Rockabye (yeah, yeah)

Rockabye, rocka-rocka-rocka-bye

Rockabye, don't bother cry

Lift up your head, lift it up to the sky, yo

Rockabye, don't bother cry

Angels surround you, just dry your eye

Now she got a six-year-old

Trying to keep him warm

Trying to keep out the cold

When he looks in her eyes

He don't know he is safe when she says

She tells him, "Ooh, love, no one's ever gonna hurt you, love"

"I'm gonna give you all of my love"

"Nobody matters like you" (stay up there, stay up there)

She tells him, "Your life ain't gon' be nothing like my life" (straight!)

"You're gonna grow and have a good"

"I'm gonna do what I got to do" (yeah)

So, rockabye, baby, rockabye (rockabye, rocka-rocka-rocka-bye)

I'm gonna rock you

Rockabye, baby, don't you cry (rockabye, rocka-rocka-rocka-bye)

Somebody's got you

Rockabye, baby, rockabye (rockabye-rocka-rocka-rocka-bye)

I'm gonna rock you

Rockabye, baby, don't you cry (badda-bang-bang-bang, alright then)

Ah, rockabye

Rockabye, don't bother cry

Lift up your head, lift it up to the sky (ah, rockabye)

Rockabye, don't bother cry (yeah)

Angels surround you, just dry your eye (yeah, ah, rockabye)

Rockabye, don't bother cry (no)

Lift up your head, lift it up to the sky (oh, rockabye)

Rockabye, don't bother cry

Angels surround you, just dry your eye

...

Key Vocabulary

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Vocabulary Meanings

love

/lʌv/

A1
  • noun
  • - an intense feeling of deep affection
  • verb
  • - to feel deep affection for someone

baby

/ˈbeɪ.bi/

A1
  • noun
  • - a very young child

life

/laɪf/

A1
  • noun
  • - the condition that distinguishes animals and plants from inorganic matter

cry

/kraɪ/

A1
  • verb
  • - to shed tears, typically as an expression of distress

hurt

/hɜːrt/

B1
  • verb
  • - to cause pain or injury to someone

single

/ˈsɪŋ.ɡəl/

A2
  • adjective
  • - not married or in a romantic relationship

work

/wɜːrk/

A1
  • verb
  • - to engage in physical or mental activity to achieve a result

struggle

/ˈstrʌɡ.əl/

B2
  • noun
  • - a forceful or violent effort to get free of restraint or resist attack

angels

/ˈeɪn.dʒəlz/

B1
  • noun
  • - spiritual beings believed to act as messengers of God

school

/skuːl/

A1
  • noun
  • - an institution for educating children

good

/ɡʊd/

A1
  • adjective
  • - to be desired or approved of

far

/fɑːr/

A1
  • adverb
  • - at a great distance in space or time

water

/ˈwɔː.tər/

A1
  • noun
  • - a clear liquid that has no color, taste, or smell

Key Grammar Structures

  • She's gone astray, so far away From her father's daughter

    ➔ Present Perfect Continuous / Adjective Order

    "She's gone astray" uses the present perfect continuous indicating an action that started in the past and continues to the present. "Far away from her father's daughter" shows the typical adjective order, although flexible. Adjective order usually: opinion-size-age-shape-colour-origin-material-purpose noun. In this case 'father's' is an possessive adjective.

  • She just wants a life for her baby

    ➔ Simple Present / Infinitive of Purpose

    "She wants" is in the simple present tense to express a general truth. "a life for her baby" is expressing her purpose or desire, for her baby.

  • Your life ain't gon' be nothing like my life

    ➔ Future Tense (informal) / Double Negative (non-standard)

    "Ain't gon' be" is a very informal and non-standard way of saying "is not going to be" (future tense). "Nothing like my life" in combination with "ain't" creates a double negative, which, while grammatically incorrect in standard English, is used for emphasis in some dialects.

  • I'm gonna do what I've got to do

    ➔ Future Tense (informal) / Present Perfect / Modal Verb (have to)

    "I'm gonna do" is an informal contraction for "I am going to do" (future tense). "I've got to do" uses present perfect of 'have' combined with the modal verb 'have to' to indicate obligation or necessity.

  • How're you doing out there?

    ➔ Present Continuous / Contraction

    "How're you doing" is a contraction of "How are you doing", using the present continuous tense to ask about someone's current state or situation.