Baby
"Baby" | ||||
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![]() Alone VI cover art | ||||
Demo by Rivers Cuomo | ||||
from the album Alone VI: The Black Room | ||||
Songwriter(s) | Rivers Cuomo | |||
RC# | 228 | |||
Status | officially released | |||
Live debut | October 8, 1997 in Cambridge, MA | |||
Last played | January 14, 1998 in Cambridge, MA | |||
Rivers Cuomo song chronology | ||||
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"Baby" is a song written by Rivers Cuomo in 1997.
Appearances
- Alone VI: The Black Room (2020)
Overview
"This song's called "Baby" and it's about a guy, say, in his mid-twenties, trying to seduce a younger girl." |
"Baby" was written by Rivers Cuomo while living in Boston, Massachusetts in September of 1997, though not demoed.[1] Cuomo wrote it for his "drone-rock" side project Lovely[1] and performed it at multiple solo shows in fall 1997 and January 1998. The song was later demoed in February of 1998 by the then-remaining members of Weezer (the band had no bassist at the time, following the departure of Matt Sharp).[2] It was briefly in consideration for The Green Album in November of 2000, but ultimately never got recorded for any release.[3]
Bootleg audience recordings of the Lovely performances circulate with fans, and a sketch recording from March 1998 was released as part of the compilation Alone VI: The Black Room on November 20, 2020.
Lyrics
Darlin' Caroline
Stay with me for a while
Your mama don’t expect you for a while
Let me give you a kiss
I kiss you just like this
Your mama never kissed you like this
Baby, baby
Haven’t you seen the day?
Let your flower out and in the sun
Baby, baby
You don't have to be afraid
Ain’t nobody gonna hurt you anymore
Take off all of your clothes
We don't have to be shy
No one else can see you, only I
Stand up in front of me
And let me see
No one else will love you like me
Girl, love is real
You dream away
Known recordings
Performer(s) | Title | Filename | Date of recording | Recording location | Length | Appeared on | Notes |
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Lovely | Baby | 04. Baby.flac | September 26, 1997 | T.T. The Bear's Place, Cambridge, MA | 6:25 | Audience bootleg | |
Lovely | Baby | October 8, 1997 | The Paradise, Boston, MA | DAT recording | |||
Lovely | Baby | 08 Baby.mp3 | January 14, 1998 | T.T. the Bear's Place, Cambridge, MA | 5:47 | Audience bootleg | |
Weezer | Baby | February 1998 | Fox Force Five Recorders, Hollywood, CA | ||||
Rivers Cuomo | Baby | 06 baby.mp3 | March 11, 1998 | 0:24 | Alone VI: The Black Room |