There Goes My Baby
Lost Love's Departure: Joe Cocker's Melancholic Reflections
Lyrics
There goes my baby
Expressing the realization that the speaker's romantic partner is leaving.
Movin' on down the line
Describing the partner's movement away from the speaker.
Wonderin' where
Expressing curiosity about the partner's destination or future.
Wonderin' where
-Wonderin' where she is bound.
-I broke her heart and made her cry.
Admitting to causing emotional pain and tears to the partner.
Now I'm alone
Reflecting on being left alone after causing heartbreak.
Oh
Emphasizing the loneliness and sense of isolation.
So all alone. What can I do? What can I do?
Expressing a sense of helplessness and a desire for a solution.
There goes my baby
Repeating the departure of the partner, reinforcing the impact of the loss.
There goes my baby.
-Movin' on down the line
-Movin' on down the line.
-Wonderin' where
Reiterating the uncertainty about the partner's destination or future.
Wonderin' where
-Wonderin' where she is bound.
-I want to know
Expressing a desire for understanding regarding the partner's feelings.
I want to know:
Reiterating the need for knowledge about the sincerity of the partner's love.
Did she love me
Questioning whether the partner genuinely loved the speaker or played with emotions.
Did she really love me?
-Was she just playing me for a fool?
-I wonder why she left me. -
Expressing confusion and seeking reasons for the partner's departure.
Why did she leave me so all alone
Reflecting on the loneliness caused by the partner's departure.
So all alone?
-There goes my baby
Repeating the acknowledgment of the partner's departure.
There goes my baby...
-I'm gonna tell her that I need her
Expressing the intention to communicate the speaker's need for the partner.
Oh
-How I need her right by my side to be my guide.
-I will know: Where is my baby
Seeking information about the current location or status of the partner.
Where is my baby-love?
-I've been wonderin'
Expressing ongoing curiosity about the partner's whereabouts.
Wonderin' where she's bound and gone.
-There goes my baby
Repeating the emotional impact of the partner's departure.
There goes my baby...
-She took my heart
Describing the partner taking the speaker's heart, leading to tears.
Left me crying
Expressing the intense emotional suffering caused by the partner's departure.
Oh
-So hard suffering.
-There goes my baby
Repeating the acknowledgment of the partner's departure and expressing the lingering impact.
There's she gone? Where's she gone?
-There goes my baby
-There goes my baby...
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