Where Were You Baby? - (Josh White)

As recorded by DonMclean



Now I've peeked through fancy boudoirs

Searched through window grates

But I only saw Republicans, romance and Southern states



And where were you baby, when my heart went out?

You left me ba___by, in all this darkness and doubt



Now I've tried to replace you with a streetwalker named desire

But price is up so high, hell I couldn't afford to try her

It takes you my baby to put my fire out

You left me baby, in all___ this darkness and doubt



But tonight I think I'm gonna take some good advice

I'm gonna look around and find somebody that's a really nice

Well perhaps a banker's daughter and if her Papa's a cuss

Well I hope to do to her what her Papa does to us



And we'll have fancy shack and a fancy Cadillac

And she'll be studying to be, a nymphomaniac

And we'll have a little rye and we'll play a little gin

We'll have another rye and we'll play another gin



And then we'll have another rye just to get a little blow

Have another rye just to make the conversations flow

And then we'll have another rye and we'll play a little gin

We'll have another rye and we'll tune some music in



And then we'll have another gin.... and we'll play a little rye...

And we'll suddenly realize that we're getting kind of high

And so we'll turn the lights down low...... to keep the bulbs from getting hot



And we'll play a little game called .. "Yes?"...."No!" ...

Why not?



But tonight I think I'm gonna find me something swell

So I can wake up in the morning... miserable as hell



Now when butter costs a dollar, bread costs more than cake

Come back soon cause think of what a gal like you could make

Yes come back baby don't ever say that we're through

Cos this time woman... I'd like to walk right out on you!












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