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Wouldn't Be My Baby Anymore

from Bel Esprit by The Idle Persuaders

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A song about pride and knowing your part in things and how to fix them but still cutting off you nose to spite your face.

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I still recall the last time I saw her
Standing alone in the rain
That mean train comin', takin' my someone
Right then I knew life would change

Blue eyes teary, the setting quite dreary
Tried to be a man, all the same
Opened my big mouth, couldn't manage a word
She climbed the steps and vanished through the door
Her last gaze told me through rain spattered glass
That she wouldn't be my baby anymore

I'm still his baby, why can't he see inside me
It's killing me to close this train's door
If only he'd call me or say please don't leave me
I'd jump from this train to his love
I can't help but wonder if he'd chose me over whiskey
If our love could have blossomed into more
But he stood there in the rain as my train rolled down the track
With tears welled in his blue eyes like before
No words from his mouth and the wind against his back
He wouldn't be my baby anymore

Walkin' home lonely, pullin' on my whiskey
Soaked through my bones to my soul
Got feelin' tipsy, wonder does she miss me
How could I ever let her go
Stumblin' and drinkin', bad thoughts I am thinkin'
If I had a gun I can't say what I'd do
The voices in my head scream out, what do I do now
Please give me just a clue, I do implore
My timing's piss poor and the notion cuts me deep
That she wouldn't be my baby anymore

My clearer thought are coming to me now
Should I deserve a respite or reprieve
Where was my level head when I needed it most
If I'd a broken down, would she still leave
Combative and drinkin', just barely thinkin'
I guess I got just what was in store
I'll carry it forever, that last solemn look
That said she wouldn't be my baby anymore

Regret consumes me, hindsight's twenty twenty
When did love become such a chore
An empty heart and house is all that it took
No, she wouldn't be my baby anymore
I screwed the pooch and I did it by the book
No, she wouldn't be my baby anymore

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from Bel Esprit, released May 27, 2017
Words and Music by The Idle Persuaders

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The Idle Persuaders Los Angeles, California

In 2015 Matt Bauder and Cole Fraley met in Los Angeles and The Idle Persuaders were born.
Both from Pennsylvania, their musical styles meshed to create their "Pennsyl-tucky-fornia" hillbilly country sound.

Loss, love, heartbreak and redemption fuel their album, Bel Esprit and reflect the people and places that form their lives, souls and musical ambitions. ... more

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