Rufus Wainwright

Baby

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Nothing so bright, nothing so smooth,
Nothing so pure
As my baby

All of my life days into night, all I did dream
Was my baby

Until the days darkness entwined
With silver eyes
Was my baby staring at me

And since then I can't see straight
And since then my smile's been fake
Funny I know the troubles I've seen
But through one eye only that's clean

If you bring along your needles
Then I'll bring my sharpened pencils
And draw one more comic tragedy
My baby

So call up the child players
From madam we'll rent the parlor
And dance to death till I can't see
My baby

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brick On Dec 18, 2001

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by pjkeefer

24y ago

The song has a very sad and somber tone to it. I believe a read somewhere that is about one of Rufus' lovers, who was a drug addict. Hence, "you bring along your needles." You can check it out on Rufus' website. And he should know. I mean, hell, he wrote the song.

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by octogirlpretty

18y ago

I adore this song...and ?Rufus...on two totally different levels ^-^

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by StarkRavenMad

18y ago

I'm thinking this song may contain references to his crystal meth addiction. He temporarily lost his eyesight while he was addicted, so perhaps the lines " And since then I can't see straight And since then my smile's been fake Funny I know the troubles I've seen But through one eye only that's clean" refer to that. His "baby" could be a lover of his, or it's possible he's referring to the drug itself. Either way, this is a beautiful song.

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