Where Were You Baby Songtext
von Don McLean

I looked through every barroom
And I searched from coast to coast
You were scarce as low-cost housing
Baby when I needed you most

And where were you baby, when my heart went out?
You left me baby, in all this darkness and doubt

Now I peeked through fancy boudoirs
And I peeked through window grates
I only saw Republicans, romancing 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 tried to replace you with a streetwalker named Desire
But prices up so high, hell I couldn′t afford to try her
It takes you my baby, baby, baby â€" to put my body 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 glow
Have another rye just to make the conversation 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, babe, think of what a gal like you could make
Yes come back baby, baby, baby â€" don't ever say that we′re through
Cos this time, pretty baby. I′d like to walk right out on you!