There Goes My Baby
Lost Love Chronicles: There Goes My Baby by The Drifters
Lyrics
(Bo-bo, doo-doot-doo-doo-doo-doo)
The sound of background vocals, not conveying specific lyrics.
(There she goes) (doo-doot-doo-doo-doo-doo)
Expressing the departure of a significant person.
(There she goes) (doo-doot-doo-doo-doo-doo)
Reiterating the departure of the same person.
(Bo-bo) (doo-doot-doo-doo)
Continuation of background vocal sounds.
(Bo-bo) (doo-doo-doo-doo)
Continued background vocal sounds.
There goes my baby, movin' on down the line
The narrator observes their beloved moving away.
Wonder where, wonder where, wonder where she is bound?
Expressing curiosity about the destination of the person leaving.
I broke her heart and made her cry
The narrator reflects on causing pain to their beloved.
Now I'm alone, so all alone
Feeling the weight of loneliness after the departure.
What can I do, what can I do?
Expressing a sense of helplessness about the situation.
(There goes my baby) whoa-oh-oh-oh-oh
Reiterating the departure of the beloved.
(There goes my baby) yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
Emphasizing the departure and the emotional impact.
(There goes my baby) whoa-oh-oh-oh
Reiterating the departure with heightened emotion.
(There she goes)
Observing the departure of the person.
I want to know if she loved me (there she goes)
Expressing a desire to understand the depth of the departed person's feelings.
Did she really love me?
Questioning the sincerity of the departed person's love.
Was she just playing me for a fool?
Wondering if the departed person was deceptive or insincere.
I wonder why she left me
Pondering the reason for the departure.
Why did she leave me so all alone
Expressing the deep sense of loneliness after being left.
So all alone
Reiterating the profound sense of solitude after the departure.
I just wanna tell her that I loved her
Expressing the desire to communicate love to the departed person.
And that I need her
Expressing the need for the departed person.
Beside my side to be my guide
Desiring the departed person's presence and guidance.
I want to know where is my (doo-doot-doo-doo-doo-doo)
Asking about the whereabouts of the departed person.
Where is my baby (doo-doot-doo-doo-doo-doo)
Expressing a strong desire to find the departed person.
I want my baby
Expressing a need for the return of the departed person.
I need my baby
Stating the emotional necessity of having the departed person back.
Yeah, whoa-oh-oh (there goes my baby)
Reiterating the departure with emotional emphasis.
(There goes my baby)
Reiteration of the departure of the beloved.
(There goes my baby) whoa-oh-oh-oh-oh
Emphasizing the departure with heightened emotion.
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