Sinead Oconnor - The Hand That Rocks The Cradle Lyrics

please don't cry for the ghost in the storm outside they'll not invade this sacred shrine nor infiltrate your mind my life down I will lie if the bogeyman should try to play tricks on your sacred mind to tease, torment and tantilize waring shadows loom a piano plays in an empty room there'll be blood on the (cleaver) tonight and when darkness lifts and the room is bright I'll still be by your side you'll never be alone again as long as the hand that rocks the cradle is mine as long as the hand that rocks the cradle is mine seeing shadows shimmy, die and when the wardrobe (.....) the sadness in your beautiful eyes your untouched, unspoiled, wondrous eyes my life down I will lie should restless spirits try to play tricks on your sacred mind I once had a child and it saved my life and I never even asked his name I just looked into his wondrous eyes and said never never never again and all too soon I did return just like a moth to a flame so rattle my bones all over the stones because I'm only a beggar and nobody alms see how words recind I'm here and here I'll stay together together we'll pray yuo'll never need be alone again your eyes as long as the hand that rocks the cradle is mine as long as the hand that rocks the cradle is mine climb upon my sunny bones .... Sinead Oconnor Lyrics The Hand That Rocks The Cradle Lyrics