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Baby Won’t You Come Back

From the Album  Special Days

Baby won’t you come back won’t you come back to me
I’ll be here waiting, but I won’t be on my knees
I hope time is going to tell you the way things that should be
Baby won’t you come back, come back to me

I know I got my faults maybe more than most
But my heart is in the right place and I ain’t one to boast
you know if you got problems you know where I’ll will be
So baby won’t you come back, come back to me

You say this ain’t enough for you
That I understand
But nothing is worth everything
So baby won’t you take my hand

Your shoes are in the wardrobe, your coat is on the stand
Your voice is in the air your photo’s in my hand
There’s nothing that I want to do, nothing I wanna be
so baby won’t you come back, come back to me.

THE STORY BEHIND THE SONG

I take a lot of trouble with lyrics for my song which is why I have always refused to use the word baby in any of them. I remember being at a folk concert when a female duo was singing quite a pleasant original folk song when suddenly they broke into the chorus “I love you baby” which was like flicking a switch in me and I couldn’t take them seriously after that.

I take a lot of trouble with lyrics for my song which is why I have always refused to use the word baby in any of them. I remember being at a folk concert when a female duo was singing quite a pleasant original folk song when suddenly they broke into the chorus “I love you baby” which was like flicking a switch in me and I couldn’t take them seriously after that.

What is it about this word baby that can be found in nearly every song ever written? Take the often-used line “I want you to be my baby.”  What does that even mean?  “I want you to shit your pants and wake me up at 3 am crying every morning?”

Unfortunately, the first line for this song had to be “Baby won’t you come back” and try as I could, I just couldn’t find an alternative. So please excuse this lapse in lyrical quality control, although I have to say, it was good fun to record and features the excellent John Sanders on piano.