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Down With My Baby Lyrics
I´m gonna get down with my baby
And I´m gonna get down whit her soon
She´s on her way and I just can´t wait
She´ll be back by this aftermoon
I´ve been waitin´for this moment, baby
Knowing all along that it was goin´to happen
Even through the moments of doubt, baby
I knew you´d come through
You owed it to yourself, baby
You were with him for way too long
Trapped in you own fears for almost 8 years
And all you had to do was wake up and walk out
Cause I was here waitin´all along
And now you know
That you belong to yourself
Not to him, not to me
And you chose me
Thank you
And I´m gonna get down whit her soon
She´s on her way and I just can´t wait
She´ll be back by this aftermoon
Knowing all along that it was goin´to happen
Even through the moments of doubt, baby
I knew you´d come through
You owed it to yourself, baby
You were with him for way too long
Trapped in you own fears for almost 8 years
And all you had to do was wake up and walk out
Cause I was here waitin´all along
And now you know
That you belong to yourself
Not to him, not to me
And you chose me
Thank you
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I love this song. I love its humility and tenderness, its insight, its sung expression of patience.
It's anthemic quality, I find, is infectious, uplifting. And, in my view, Kevin Johansen has managed to create a real pearl of a song, through the device of fusion, a success that not many artists seem unable to pull off, without appearing to be imitating a style, or another artist.
"Down with my Baby" has, to my ear, a quality like - Nick Cave meets the Mamas & the Papas, while channelling Barry White and Lenny Kravitz. AND, his brilliance in the finished product is that it doesn't sound derivative, nor at all like an imitation.
The gentle wisdom of the lyric, ''Now you know, that you belong to yourself...'' , speaks from the voice of lived, conscious experience.
Again, I love this beautiful pearl of a song.