Where Were You Baby? Lyrics - 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 âE" to put my body out 

You left me baby, in all___ this darkness and doubt 

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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? 

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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 âE" don't ever say that we're through 

Cos this time, pretty baby. I'd like to walk right out on you!