This is a hauntingly beautiful song about introspection, specifically about looking back at a relationship that started bad and ended so poorly, that the narrator wants to go back to the very beginning and tell himself to not even travel down that road. I believe that the relationship started poorly because of the lines:
"Take me back to the night we met:When the night was full of terrors: And your eyes were filled with tears: When you had not touched me yet"
So, the first night was not a great start, but the narrator pursued the relationship and eventually both overcame the rough start to fall in love with each other:
"I had all and then most of you"
Like many relationships that turn sour, it was not a quick decline, but a gradual one where the narrator and their partner fall out of love and gradually grow apart
"Some and now none of you"
Losing someone who was once everything in your world, who you could confide in, tell your secrets to, share all the most intimate parts of your life, to being strangers with that person is probably one of the most painful experiences a person can go through. So Painful, the narrator wants to go back in time and tell himself to not even pursue the relationship.
This was the perfect song for "13 Reasons Why"
Well she went away for the holidays
Said she's goin to LA
But she never got there
She never got there
Never got there
They say yeah, oh oh
Well she went away for the holidays
Said she's goin to LA
But she never got there
She never got there
Never got there
They say yeah, oh oh
The KKK took my baby away
They took her away
Away from me
The KKK took my baby away
They took her away
Away from me
Hey! Ho! Hey! Ho
Wonder where my baby could be
They took her from me
Took her from me
Wonder where my baby could be
They took her from me
Took her from me
Ring me, ring me, ring me
The president
And find out where my baby went
Ring me, ring me, ring me
The FBI
And find out if my baby's alive
Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, yeah yeah yeah
Whoa, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
Well she went away for the holidays
Said she's goin to LA
But she never got there
She never got there
Never got there
They say yeah, oh oh
Well she went away for the holidays
Said she's goin to LA
But she never got there
She never got there
Never got there
They say yeah, oh oh
The KKK took my baby away
They took her away
Away from me
The KKK took my baby away
They took her away
Away from me
The KKK took my baby away
They took her away
Away from me
The KKK took my baby away
Took my baby
They took my baby away
Said she's goin to LA
But she never got there
She never got there
Never got there
They say yeah, oh oh
Well she went away for the holidays
Said she's goin to LA
But she never got there
She never got there
Never got there
They say yeah, oh oh
The KKK took my baby away
They took her away
Away from me
The KKK took my baby away
They took her away
Away from me
Hey! Ho! Hey! Ho
Wonder where my baby could be
They took her from me
Took her from me
Wonder where my baby could be
They took her from me
Took her from me
Ring me, ring me, ring me
The president
And find out where my baby went
Ring me, ring me, ring me
The FBI
And find out if my baby's alive
Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, yeah yeah yeah
Whoa, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
Well she went away for the holidays
Said she's goin to LA
But she never got there
She never got there
Never got there
They say yeah, oh oh
Well she went away for the holidays
Said she's goin to LA
But she never got there
She never got there
Never got there
They say yeah, oh oh
The KKK took my baby away
They took her away
Away from me
The KKK took my baby away
They took her away
Away from me
The KKK took my baby away
They took her away
Away from me
The KKK took my baby away
Took my baby
They took my baby away
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this is most likely a cover...mxpx does alot of covers..but they sing it really well...i highly suggest downloading this version done by them. Its funny as hell.
it is a a cover. it's by the ramones.
this song is fuckin sweet MxPx did a great job and i think its better than the ramones
this song is so sad! where is his baby? where did she go?! sniffle
Dude This song is way hot better than the Ramones
how can you say this is better than the ramones? the ramones played it the way they wanted it, and it rocked! this is nothing compared to the ramones...this band wouldn't be around if it weren't for the ramones and bands like them!
I think this song is better than the Ramones (RIP dee dee) It sounds a lot better. Yeah, I agree you should download it! Anyway, lovethe song, but its kinda sorta sad ya know? Yep, well...
the ramones are awesome, but mxpx does this song soo much better
wow, i'm sorry guys but you can't knock the Ramones...their version is definatly the best. it's just not the same without the crazy accents and that Ramones feel. but i must say this is one of my fav mxpx covers, right up there with "should i stay or should i go?" originally by the clash. now that clash cover is good, but also not better than the orginal...but i think strummer (RIP) would be pleased with it. sadly though, i'm pretty sure mxpx never recorded it...oh well, i saw it live...it was great
i saw them play it live, too. thats actually how i got into the clash. God bless MxPx! They wouldn't be around without the Ramones. Neither would most punk bands.