Somebody's Baby Lyrics

Lyric discussion by slamking 

Cover art for Somebody's Baby lyrics by Jackson Browne

This is the perfect song for when you're in the supermarket and you see the girl you have a hopeless crush on...and she's with her boyfriend.

And then you start to think, what about all the times I was out with some other beautiful girl? Was there some lonely guy looking at us and hearing this song?

Really makes you think.

I really listened to this song for the first time while it played on the radio this evening. I was moved by the very moral tone.

Some may not think of it as moral, because it's about prospective casual sex -- or at least something that would start out as such. But the theme isn't, "I'm going to use this woman for my selfish pleasure." Rather, it's about a woman who's missing out on romance because her looks intimidate men. She can't be expected to make the first move (although, presumably, the narrator wouldn't mind if she did). If something...