Lyrics to
Blues For Baby And Me

This version of Blues For Baby And Me was released by Elton John in 1973.

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Your old man got mad when I told him we were leaving
He cursed and he raged and he swore at the ceiling
He called you his child, said honey get wise to his game
He’ll get you in trouble I know it, those bums are all the same
There’s a greyhound outside in the lane, it’s waiting for us
So tell him goodbye, we gotta go west on that bus

And it’s all over now
Don’t you worry no more
Gonna go west to the sea
The greyhound is swaying
And the radio is playing
Some blues for baby and me

And the highway looks like it never did
Lord it looks so sweet and so free
And I can’t forget that trip to the west
Singing blues for baby and me

Saw your hands trembling, your eyes opened in surprise
It’s ninety in the shade babe, and there ain’t a cloud in the sky
I called you my child, said honey now this is our game
There’s two of us to play it and I’m happy to be home again
There’s a greyhound outside in the lane, it’s waiting for us
So tell him goodbye, we gotta go west on that bus

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About Lyrics and Blues For Baby And Me by Elton John

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You can understand the lyrics to Blues For Baby And Me if you take apart the structure of the words. 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 Blues For Baby And Me" means the words set to the music of Blues For Baby And Me, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by Elton John. 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 Blues For Baby And Me and the lyrics to Blues For Baby And Me are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of Elton John who came here looking just for the lyrics to Blues For Baby And Me, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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