Lyrics to
Cherry Oh Baby

This version of Cherry Oh Baby was released by The Rolling Stones in 1976.

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Oh, cherry, oh cherry, oh baby
doncha know i in need of thee
you don’t believe it true
why don’t you love me, too
its so long i been waiting
for you to come right in
now that we are together
is make my joy run over

whoa, eeyo, eeyo, eeyo, eeyo
whoa, eeyo, eeyo, eeyo, eeyo
yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah,
yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah,…

oh cherry, oh cherry, oh baby
doncha know i in love with you
you don’t believe i know
so why don’t you try me
i’m never gonna let you down
never make you wear no frown
you say you love me madly
then why do you treat me badly

whoa, eeyo, eeyo, eeyo, eeyo
whoa, eeyo, eeyo, eeyo, eeyo
yeeeaah, yeah, yeah, yeah
yeeeaah, yeah, yeah, yeah

oh cherry, oh cherry, oh baby
doncha know i in love with you
you don’t believe i know
so why don’t you try me (try me)
i’m never gonna let you down no
never make you wear no frown
you say you love me madly
then why do you treat me badly

whoa, eeyo, eeyo, eeyo, eeyo
whoa, eeyo, eeyo, eeyo, eeyo
yeeeaah, yeah, yeah, yeah
yeeeaah, yeah, yeah, yeah

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About Lyrics and Cherry Oh Baby by The Rolling Stones

The lyrics for Cherry Oh Baby are made up of the words, verses and background chorus for the popular 1976 song by The Rolling Stones. Like a lot of songs, the lyrics to Cherry Oh Baby have both direct meanings and metaphorical context hidden within the song's words. All of the meanings are only truly known by the creators of the lyrics for Cherry Oh Baby - The Rolling Stones and any of the writers who worked with them on the song.

If you have an interest in the structure of words and phrases, you can dissect the lyrics to Cherry Oh Baby by The Rolling Stones in multiple 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 Cherry Oh Baby" means the words set to the music of Cherry Oh Baby, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by The Rolling Stones. 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 Cherry Oh Baby and the lyrics to Cherry Oh Baby are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of The Rolling Stones who came here looking just for the lyrics to Cherry Oh Baby, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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