| And when she tucked the baby in at night, she sang her this lullaby
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| You got your daddy’s smile, you got his eyes
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| I feel my heart breaking everytime you cry
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| I’m gonna burn in hell, but it’s no sacrifice
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| Your stability is worth a million lies
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| I see your daddy, in everything you do And if you could talk, I’ll bet you’ll talk like him too
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| But he can’t be your daddy, I hope you understand
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| The man who thinks he’s your father
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| Is a much better man
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| Maybe one day, you’ll end up crying on Rikki Lake
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| But baby it’s a chance your momma’s willing to take
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| 'Cause I love you! |
| even if my heart is gonna break
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| Aint no reason you should suffer for my mistake
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| Chorus: And so I lie, baby I try, and it kills me inside
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| But I’m gonna live with this until the day I die
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| And I hurt, baby, oh how I hurt
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| But I know what you’re worth, yeah
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| So I’m gonna live with this
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| Until I hit the dirt, someday
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| (Narrating)
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| And everyday by herself the momma cried and cried
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| But at night she smiled when the daddy was by her side
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| There were times she almost told him, and it really broke her heart
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| But she forced herself to keep the secret that was tearing her apart
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| Now I can’t sleep at night
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| I’ve lost my appetite
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| Everybody keeps saying
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| «The baby looks kind of light»
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| And I tell them that every newborn baby looks the same
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| While I’m praying to God, «Please make your color change»
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| The emotions on his face when he’s looking at you
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| I couldn’t tell he aint your papa even if I wanted to He’s got your picture tattooed on his arm
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| Now he’s bragging to his friends about his firstborn
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| Oh God, and I love him, really I do, if he ever found out it Would kill me too, now I’m caught between a rock and a Really hard place I’d give anything to keep that smile on his face
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| (Narrating)
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| Mommy kept the family together the best way she could
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| Cause she knew in this case the truth would do more harm than good
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| What the daddy didn’t know, didn’t hurt him
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| He had no cause to fret, and that’s as close to happily ever after as anyone
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| can get
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| Chorus out |