Play "Melancholy Baby" Sweetheart



Play "Melancholy Baby" Sweetheart is a song off of Good Luck Boy.

Lyrics
As I step in from the sidewalk On a rainy Friday night The bar sure does look crowded It's just aching for a fight Some folks will come to drink for fun But for most, it isn't so They're in here escaping from their lives In the only way they know

And I'm singing cowboy chords to jukebox crowds On a rainy Friday night Looking for a smile or a tear Thinking may the Lord be with you When you're sober once again May you wake one Sunday morning To find a new song to sing

19-year old Nancy Has some bruises to explain She says her old man had been drinking And he beat her up again The time would heal her handcuff marks If a friend would only listen Nancy says she hopes her man Will have her pregnant by the spring

And I'm singing cowboy chords to jukebox crowds On a rainy Friday night Looking for a smile or a tear Thinking may the Lord be with you When you're sober once again May you wake one Sunday morning To find a new song to sing

And I'm singing cowboy chords to jukebox crowds On a rainy Friday night Looking for a smile or a tear Thinking may the Lord be with you When you're sober once again May you wake one Sunday morning To find a new song to sing

And over there I hear some words of love Then they're turned the words of hate And if you think this place is jumping now, friend Just come back when it gets late And Gus the waiter has these visions But they're only in his dreams White-haired Beverly's burdened bladder Is bursting at its seams

And I'm singing cowboy chords to jukebox crowds On a rainy Friday night Looking for a smile or a tear Thinking may the Lord be with you When you're sober once again May you wake one Sunday morning To find a new song to sing

Credits

 * Raffi
 * CAPAC
 * Ben Mink - Fiddle
 * Mary Chapman - Background Vocals
 * Gene Falbo - Electric Bass
 * Pee Wee Charles - Pedal Steel Guitar
 * Raffi - Vocals and Acoustic Guitar
 * Produced by Paul Mills
 * Engineer: Don Geppert
 * Recorded at Thunder Sound; Toronto, 1975.