Lyrics to
Daddy’s Baby

This version of Daddy’S Baby was released by James Taylor in 1974.

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Daddy’s baby, what’s got you thinking? What’s got you sinking so low?
Is there something I should know, something new to you?

Daddy’s baby fussing and fretting, keeping on getting it wrong.
She can only last so long , so sing her a lullaby-bye.
Baby don’t like to cry, so sing her a lullaby-bye.
Swaddle and swing her, sing her a lullaby.

She makes her feelings known to me, her every side is shown to me.
And in our time alone, our love has surely grown of its own.
Silent as a stepping stone, silently as the dawn was breaking,
soft and clear and my tears were dry,
and my tears had flown so I called my love my home.

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

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