The light is fading It's the end of the day,
she's lying awake.
Wondering if tommorrow's
gonna be her friend.
She's too youn to understand butknowssomething's wrong.
Now mama has gone,
and daddy's doing all tht he can to recompense.
And out of these lonely days,
she's trying to make the most.
This unfamiliar place,
she's trying to make it home.
She's working hard to
get the kind of love her mama gave, oh.
CHORUS:(go to sleep my little baby).
Go to slepp my little baby
(go to sleep my little baby).
Go to sleep my little beby.
Your mama's gone away
and your daddy's gonna stay.
Don't leave nobody but the babe.
She take the pressure
and she hides it away.
Still wakes everyday,
and always sets the table
for an extra place.
this ain't what she chose,
thi it whatshe's got.
Hope that when she grows old,
no one needs to pay the cost.
She's working hard to be the kind of girl her mama was, oh.
Go to sleep...
Your daddy's gonna stay...
Your daddy's gonna stay.