Lyrics
[verse]
Daddy's clock is ticking on the wall
Mama's got her own rules, breaking them all
Kids downstairs turning up the sound
Shaking the pictures, shaking the ground
[verse]
They say be quiet, they say behave
Every generation digs a different grave
But we got the wires, we got the amps
We're lighting up the dark like a hundred lamps
[chorus]
And the cradle's gonna rock, gonna rock tonight
Rattle every window, shake it out of sight
Old world crumbles when the new one calls
And the cradle's gonna rock till the ceiling falls
[verse]
Grandpa's records spinning on the floor
We're writing something nobody's heard before
Same old fight in a brand new skin
Turn it up loud and let the thunder in
[chorus]
And the cradle's gonna rock, gonna rock tonight
Rattle every window, shake it out of sight
Old world crumbles when the new one calls
And the cradle's gonna rock till the ceiling falls
[bridge]
Every kingdom's gotta learn to bend
Every quiet house has got a live wire in it
So light the fuse and let it end
The way it always does, with noise, not silence
[chorus]
And the cradle's gonna rock, gonna rock tonight
Rattle every window, shake it out of sight
Old world crumbles when the new one calls
And the cradle's gonna rock till the ceiling falls
