Lyrics to
Since My Baby Left Me

This version of Since My Baby Left Me was released by John Lennon in 1975.

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Okay! Okay! This is it, children!

Hey, hey, hey, hey – hey!

That’s nice!

The story ’bout all of us,
not one missing.
She leaves you,
ain’t got no sweet, no, no, no.

Yeah!

Since my baby left me, (since my baby left me)
never said a word. (never said a word)
was it something i done, (was it something i done)
something that she heard? (something that she heard?)
You know, she left me, (yes, she left me)
yes, she left me, (yes, she left me)
my baby even left me, never said a word.

Tra la la, (tra la la)
tra la la. (tra la la)

now i stand at my window, (now i stand at my window)
wring my hand and cry. (wring my hand and cry)
i hate to lose that woman, (i hate to lose that woman)
hate to say goodbye. (hate to say goodbye)
you know, she left me, (yes, she left me)
yes, she left me, (yes, she left me)
my baby even left me, never said goodbye.
Never said goodbye!

Da da da, (da da da)
da da da, (da da da)
da da da, (da da da)
da da da, (da da da)

one of these mornings, (one of these mornings)
lord, it won’t be long, (lord, it won’t belong)
you look for me and, baby, (you look for me, baby)
and daddy will be gone. (daddy will be gone)
you know, she left me, (yes, she left me)
yes, she left me, (yes, she left me)
my baby even left me, never said a word.
Not a word!

Da da da, (da da da)
da da da, (da da da)
da da da, (da da da)
da da da, (da da da)

oh, so sad,
so sad,
so, so sad,
so, so, so sad

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About Lyrics and Since My Baby Left Me by John Lennon

The lyrics to Since My Baby Left Me are just the words, phrases, verses and chorus that John Lennon used when the song was created in 1975. The lyrics to Since My Baby Left Me have both easy-to-spot meanings and hidden metaphors that have been discussed by the music press and fans, but only John Lennon and any collaborators know all of the inspirations for the song.

If you like etymology or breaking apart phrases and words, it is easy to understand the lyrics to Since My Baby Left Me by John Lennon. 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 Since My Baby Left Me" means the words set to the music of Since My Baby Left Me, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by John Lennon. 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 Since My Baby Left Me and the lyrics to Since My Baby Left Me are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of John Lennon who came here looking just for the lyrics to Since My Baby Left Me, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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