Lyrics to
Baby Face

This version of Baby Face was released by Lou Reed in 1974.

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Jim, livin’ with you’d not such fun
You’re not the only one
You don’t have the looks
you’re not the person that you used to be
And there are people on the street that would go for me

And I said, no, no, no, no, no
baby face
And I said, no, no, no, no, no
baby face

I met you in a bar in L.A.
I was not feeling so good
You did the proper moves
you did everything that you should
But now you’re making a mistake
and somebody else will take your place
You’re taking drugs off of me

And I said, no, no, no, no, no
I said now, no, no, no, no, no
I said now, no, no, no, no, no
baby face
I said, now, no, no, no, no, no
baby face

You’re not the kind of person
it’s easy to live with in a house
I cook all your meals
I make sure that you work out
But lately it’s been gettin’ so hard
(man, you don’t split your stash with your blood)
the way you talk, ooohhh, the way you walk
(you can keep it)
And I’m not sure exactly what it’s all about

And I said, no, no, no, no, no
baby face
I said, now, no, no, no, no, no
baby face
I said now, no, no, no, no
I said now, no, no, no, no
ooohhh, baby face, ohh
No, no, baby face
No way, no, baby face
uh, uh
(you can keep it, just keep it)

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Lou Reed has released many songs over the years besides Baby Face. Lou Reed released songs from 1972 to 2000 spanning across albums like Transformer, Lou Reed, Berlin, Sally Can't Dance, Rock 'n' Roll Animal, Coney Island Baby, Rock And Roll Heart, Street Hassle, The Bells, Growing Up In Public, The Blue Mask, Legendary Hearts, New Sensations, Mistrial, New York, Magic And Loss, Set The Twilight Reeling, and Ecstasy. Decade Lyrics has over lyrics & songs by Lou Reed.

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About Lyrics and Baby Face by Lou Reed

The lyrics to Baby Face are the words, verses and chorus for the song released by Lou Reed in 1974. Elements of the lyrics to Baby Face are both direct in meaning and also metaphorical with the real meanings of the song only known by Lou Reed and any collaborating writers working on the lyrics for Baby Face back when it was created.

Some people have an interest in the etymology behind words and phrases. You can take apart the lyrics to Baby Face by Lou Reed in a number of ways. The word "lyric" itself derives from the Latin word lyricus, with the actual English word lyrics applied to the definition "words set to music" listed in Stainer and Barrett's 1876 Dictionary of Musical Terms. Continuing the chain, the Latin word lyricus derives from the Greek word λυρικός or lyrikós. This somewhat means "poetry accompanied by the lyre" or "words set to music." You can easily see that by looking at the background of the word lyric, that the "lyrics to Baby Face" means the words set to the music of Baby Face, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by Lou Reed. The singular form "lyric" is still used to mean the complete words to a song. However, the singular form lyric is also commonly used to refer to a specific line (or phrase) within a song's lyrics. Hence, by this analysis of word structure, you could say that the lyric to Baby Face and the lyrics to Baby Face are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of Lou Reed who came here looking just for the lyrics to Baby Face, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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