young and in love we thought we were invincible if you 're lonely or sad need to feel someone 's there precious baby , let me sing you our lullaby let me sing you this lullaby you may be five or six next year you may be fifteen in a second growing up in a record lipstick , girlfriends , boyfriends , first times it hurts we will never be a part of that we could n't give you what you needed could n't keep you by our sides but , baby girl , we can give you all our love , right in this one lullaby your mom and i thought you 'd have a better life we were broken , young , and wild our sweet girl , you will never know why but for this moment here 's a lullaby we 'd turn back the clock i 'd man up and stop make sure you knew who you were you were hers and mine but time , that 's something we never recover mistakes we make , promises we break things we can never get over so here i stand hoping you can understand it was n't you ; it was us nothing wrong with you our little baby girl you were perfect ; you still are so here 's your lullaby `` ? 'lullaby , ' ? ''