Somebody's Baby Lyrics

Lyric discussion by stripey7 

Cover art for Somebody's Baby lyrics by Jackson Browne

16 hr 35 min ago

Rated 0 rate down rate up I really listened to this song for the first time while it played on the radio yesterday 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 good is to happen for the both of them, he has to take the initiative. And it's about a man who overcomes his fear to acknowledge this fact, and develop the resolve to act on it. To fulfill his mission as a man.

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