And your hands are really shakin' somethin' awful
As you light your twenty seventh cigarette
Oh how long have you been sittin' in the darkness
You forget

Oh you know you're gettin' really hard to be with
And you're cryin' every time you turn around
And you wonder why you cannot pick your head up
Off the ground

Oh my crazy baby
Try to hold on tight
Oh my crazy baby
Don't put out the light

The light, the light, the light
And they look at you like they don't speak your language
And you're living at the bottom of a well
And you've swallowed all the awful bloody secrets

But you can't tell
Oh, you know you ought to get yourself together
But you cannot bear to walk outside your door
No, you cannot bear to look into the mirror

Anymore
Oh, my crazy baby
Try to hold on tight
Oh, my crazy baby

Don't put out the light
The light, the light, the light
And your hands are really shakin' somethin' awful
As your worries climb around inside your clothes

Oh, how long will you be sittin' in the darkness
Heaven knows
Oh, my crazy baby
Try to hold on tight

Oh, my crazy baby
Don't put out the light
The light, the light, the light
The light


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Crazy Baby Lyrics as written by Joan Osborne

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    this is an amazing song. but the lyrics arent finished here. before the last chorus it goes: oh, you know you ought to get yourself together but you cannot to bear to walk outside your door no, you cannot bear to look into the mirror anymore... chorus.

    idk how to get the lyrics changed on the site but if anyone does know how, you can do so.

    not_good_enoughon January 03, 2005   Link

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