You're sleeping son, I know, but really this can't wait
I wanted to explain before it gets too late
For your mother and me love has finally died
This is no happy home, but God knows how I've tried.
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Because you're all I have, my boy
You are my life, my pride, my joy
And if I stay, I stay because of you my boy.
I know, it's hard to understand, why did we ever start?
We're more like strangers now, each acting out a part
I have laughed, I have cried, I have lost every game,
taken all I can take, but I'll stay just the same.
Chorus
Sleep on, you haven't heard a word, perhaps it's just as well
Why spoil your little dreams, why put you through the hell?
Life is no fairytale, as one day you will know
But now you're just a child, I'll stay here and watch you grow.
Chorus (bis)