Where Were You Baby?

Where Were You Baby? - (Josh White)
As recorded by Donmclean

I looked through every barroom
And I searched from coast to coast
You were scarce as low-cost housing
Baby when I needed you most

And where were you baby
When my heart went out? You left me baby
In all this darkness and doubt

Now I peeked through fancy boudoirs
And I peeked through window grates
I only saw Republicans
Romancing Southern states

And where were you baby
When my heart went out? You left me baby
In all this darkness and doubt

Now I tried to replace you
With a streetwalker named Desire
But prices up so high
Hell I couldn't afford to try her
It takes you my baby, baby
Baby - to put my body out you left me baby
In all this darkness and doubt

But tonight I think I'm gonna
Take some good advice
I'm gonna look around and find
Somebody that's a really nice
Well perhaps a banker's daughter and
If her Papa's a cuss
Well I hope to do to her
What her Papa does to us

And we'll have fancy shack
And a fancy Cadillac
And she'll be studying to be, a nymphomaniac
And we'll have a little rye and
We'll play a little gin
We'll have another rye and
We'll play another gin

And then we'll have another rye just
To get a little glow
Have another rye just to
Make the conversation flow
And then we'll have another rye and
We'll play a little gin
We'll have another rye and we'll
Tune some music in

And then we'll have another gin and
We'll play a little rye
And we'll suddenly realize that we're
Getting kind of high
And so we'll turn the lights down low
To keep the bulbs from getting hot

And we'll play a little
Game called "Yes?" "No!" why not?

But tonight I think I'm gonna
Find me something swell so I can wake up in
The morning miserable as hell

Now when butter costs a dollar
Bread costs more than cake
Come back soon cause, babe
Think of what a gal like you could make
Yes come back baby, baby
Baby - don't ever say that we're through
Cos this time, pretty baby i'd like to walk
Right out on you!