Story Behind The Song
This song articulates the writer's gradual realisation that he is being "strung along" by a superficially engaging yet ultimately phoney feminine object of desire.
Song Description
Pop /rock track driven by a prominent power chord riff, in the style of David Bowie or Lou Reed, accompanied by a hooky vocal melody, harmonies and chiming rhythm guitar, echoing artists like Cheap Trick, XTC or Tom Petty.
| Song Length |
3:56 |
Genre |
Pop - Rock, Rock - Classic |
| Tempo |
Medium (111 - 130) |
Lead Vocal |
Male Vocal |
| Mood |
Tense, Annoyed |
Subject |
Long, Unrequited Love |
| Similar Artists |
Cheap Trick, David Bowie |
Language |
English |
| Era |
2000 and later |
| |
Lyrics
My sweet baby now
I think I?m finally working out
You want me running and searching
Searching for you baby now
You?ve got me hooked good, baby now
More the reason to let me down
Feel like I?m on a lead jerking
Like your puppy now
Because my heart says
Maybe I?m still hung up about you?
Couldn?t care less if that guy?s still around you
You send my love in to space
It stays in orbit around you
My sweet baby now
My sweet baby now
Saccharine baby now
Don?t think Jesus can save me now
I think I?m finally selling out
I'll get ambitious and sort this out
Sweet sweet baby now
Wondering how I got airborne now
I?m gonna hit the ground hurting
Because my heart says
Maybe I?m still hung up about you?
Couldn?t care less if that guy?s still around you
You send my love in to space
It stays in orbit around you
And I?ve been giving it up
For the choices I?m bound to
My sweet baby now?
You?re making it hard to love you.