I've searched the holy books

I tried to unravel the mystery of jesus christ, the saviour

I've read the poets and the analysts

Searched through the books on human behaviour

I travelled this world around

For an answer that refused to be found

I don't know why and i don't know how

But she's nobody's baby now





I loved her then and i guess i love her still

Hers is the face i see when a certain mood moves in

She lives in my blood and skin

Her wild feral stare, her dark hair

Her winter lips as cold as stone

Yeah, i was her man

But there are some things love won't allow

I held her hand but i don't hold it now

I don't know why and i don't know how

But she's nobody's baby now





This is her dress that i loved best

With the blue quilted violets across the breast

And these are my many letters

Torn to pieces by her long-fingered hand

I was her cruel-hearted man

And though i've tried to lay her ghost down

She's moving through me, even now

I don't know why and i don't know how

But she's nobody's baby now

She's nobody's baby now

Nobody's baby now

She's nobody's baby now




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