Baby, see how I been livin'.
There'll be curtains on the windows too.
Keep the bright and unforgiving
Light from shining through.
Baby, remember all of the things
That we did when we slept together
In the blue behind your eyelids.
Baby, sweet baby.
Traced the scent through gloom
'Til I found these purple flowers.
I was spent, I was soon
Smelling you for hours.
Lavender, lotus blossoms too,
Why do the dirt
And the flowers last for you,
Baby, sweet baby?
Tangerines and persimmons
And sugar cane,
Grapes of honey dew melons
Enough fit for a queen.
Lemon trees, they don't make a sound
'Til the branches bend and the fruit
Falls to the ground,
Baby, sweet baby.
Instrumental verse.
Come to my world and witness
The way things have changed.
'Cause I finally did it –
Baby, I got out of the grange.
I got in my Mercury
And I drove out West –
Pedal to the metal,
Put my luck to the test
Baby, sweet baby.
I've been trying to enjoy
The fruits of my labor.
I've been crying for you boy,
But the truth is my savior.
Baby, sweet baby,
If it's all the same,
Take the glory
And a deal of the fame.
Baby, sweet baby.