Lyrics
Oh, where, oh, where can my baby be?
Expressing the search for a lost loved one.
The Lord took her away from me
Believing that a higher power has taken the loved one away.
She's gone to Heaven so I got to be good
Acknowledging the need to be virtuous to reunite in the afterlife.
So I can see my baby when I leave this world
Expressing a hope to see the departed loved one in the afterlife.
We were out on a date in my daddy's car
Recalling a date with the loved one in a car.
We hadn't driven very far
Not having traveled far when encountering an obstacle.
There in the road, straight ahead
Describing an obstruction in the road ahead.
A car was stalled, the engine was dead
Noticing a stalled car with a dead engine.
I couldn't stop, so I swerved to the right
Unable to stop, swerving to avoid a collision.
I'll never forget the sound that night
Remembering the impactful sound from that night.
The screamin' tires, the bustin' glass
Describing the chaotic scene - screeching tires, breaking glass.
The painful scream that I heard last
Recalling the painful scream heard during the accident.
Oh, where, oh, where can my baby be?
Repeating the search for the lost loved one.
The Lord took her away from me
Reiterating the belief in the loved one's ascent to Heaven.
She's gone to Heaven, so I got to be good
Reaffirming the importance of virtuous living for a reunion.
So I can see my baby when I leave this world
Reiterating the hope to meet the departed in the afterlife.
When I woke up, the rain was pourin' down
Awakening to rain, setting the somber atmosphere.
There were people standing all around
Noticing a crowd around, suggesting a tragic event.
Something warm falling through my eyes
Describing tears falling as a reaction to the situation.
But somehow I found my baby that night
Surprisingly finding the loved one in the aftermath.
I lifted her head, she looked at me and said
Her last words, a request for comfort in the final moments.
"Hold me, darling, just a little while"
Expressing the intimacy of holding the loved one.
I held her close, I kissed her our last kiss
Describing the last kiss shared with the departing loved one.
I found the love that I knew I'd miss
Finding solace in the love discovered in that moment.
Well, now she's gone, even though I hold her tight
Despite holding tight, acknowledging the irreversible loss.
I lost my love, my life that night
Expressing the profound grief and loss experienced that night.
Oh, where, oh, where can my baby be?
Repeating the longing and search for the lost loved one.
The Lord took her away from me
Reiterating the belief in the loved one's ascent to Heaven.
She's gone to Heaven, so I got to be good
Reaffirming the importance of virtuous living for a reunion.
So I can see my baby when I leave this world
Reiterating the hope to meet the departed in the afterlife.
Ooh ooh
Expressing emotional pain or sorrow with vocalizations.
Ooh ooh
Continuation of emotional vocalizations.
Ooh ooh (hey)
Further emotional vocalizations with an added "hey."
Ooh ooh
Continuation of emotional vocalizations.
Oh ooh
-Oh ooh
-Oh ooh, yeah
Intensifying emotional vocalizations with a "yeah."
Oh
Final vocalization, potentially representing the culmination of emotion.
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