Lyrics to
My Baby Understands

This version of My Baby Understands was released by Donna Summer in 1979.

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Whenever my baby loves me
Whenever my baby needs me
And he often does

Well I’m attracted by desire ooh
Cause he’s the master of the fire
And he teases just to tease me
And he pleases just to please me

My baby understands
My baby understands
My baby understands
My baby understands

Whenever my baby loves me
Love me like he should
Whenever my baby leaves me
Leaves me feeling good
He loves me
Needs me
Wants me
Oh yes my baby does

Whenever my baby leaves me
Whenever my baby goes away for a while
Like he does

No I never need to worry ooh
Cause my baby loves me only

Well I’m capture by desire
Cause he’s the master of the fire
My baby understands
My baby understands
My baby understands
Yes my baby understands, yeah
Baby oh baby
Baby oh baby…

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About Lyrics and My Baby Understands by Donna Summer

The lyrics to My Baby Understands are the words, verses and chorus for the song released by Donna Summer in 1979. Elements of the lyrics to My Baby Understands are both direct in meaning and also metaphorical with the real meanings of the song only known by Donna Summer and any collaborating writers working on the lyrics for My Baby Understands back when it was created.

Some people have an interest in the etymology behind words and phrases. You can take apart the lyrics to My Baby Understands by Donna Summer 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 My Baby Understands" means the words set to the music of My Baby Understands, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by Donna Summer. 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 My Baby Understands and the lyrics to My Baby Understands are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of Donna Summer who came here looking just for the lyrics to My Baby Understands, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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