Baby Please Don't Go
Yearning in the Bayou: Cowboy Junkies' Plea for Love
Lyrics
Now, baby, please don't go
Expressing a plea for someone not to leave
Now, baby, please don't go
Reiteration of the plea for the person not to go
Now, baby, please don't go back to New Orleans
Specifically asking the person not to return to New Orleans
You know I love you so, you know I love you so
Emphasizing the depth of love for the person
You got me waiting here
Expressing the speaker's state of waiting
You got me waiting here
Repeating the waiting sentiment
Before a ...
Unclear lyrics, possibly indicating impatience or frustration
Baby, please don't go
Reiterating the plea for the person not to leave
Baby, please don't go
Emphasizing the urgency of the request
Don't you call my name
Instructing the person not to call the speaker's name
Don't you call my name
Reiterating the request for the person not to call the speaker's name
Well you got me way down here
Describing a sense of being emotionally low or constrained
On a ball and chain
Metaphorically expressing being restrained or restricted in a relationship
Oh, baby, please don't go
Repeating the plea for the person not to go
Oh, baby, please don't go
Reiterating the emotional request for the person not to leave
Now, baby, please don't go
Repetition of the plea for the person not to go
Now, baby, please don't go
Continued emphasis on the request for the person not to leave
Now, baby, please don't go back to New Orleans
Repeating the specific plea for the person not to return to New Orleans
You know I love you so, you know I love you so
Reiterating the depth of love for the person
...no, don't go
Ending the plea with a strong request not to go
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