Personally I've always thought this song was about a girl whose boyfriend leaves her after she has his child. She's breaking under the stress as he's completely uninvolved in either of their lives (you'd know this too if you ever had been there). Therefore, the boy is completely free of these responsibilities (while you sleep away your trouble and forget). The chorus, I believe, is a lullaby to the baby... she's basically telling the child never to abandon her like the boy did.
Anyways, that's just my interpretation. It might be super off, but that's just how I've always felt about the song. :D
Personally I've always thought this song was about a girl whose boyfriend leaves her after she has his child. She's breaking under the stress as he's completely uninvolved in either of their lives (you'd know this too if you ever had been there). Therefore, the boy is completely free of these responsibilities (while you sleep away your trouble and forget). The chorus, I believe, is a lullaby to the baby... she's basically telling the child never to abandon her like the boy did.
Anyways, that's just my interpretation. It might be super off, but that's just how I've always felt about the song. :D