Baby Babe

Chorus baby babe/don’t let me down/baby babe/I won’t be around/I’m crying for you/there’s nothing I can do/It’s out of my hands V1 the lights come to life in my eyes and start firing/I’m all alone in this game is what I’m finding/if life's a stage/I’m about to get my time/in the spotlight/let’s hope it ain’t blinding/breathe deep/let the mic do the legwork/run crowds/ make ‘em bounce/‘til their legs hurt/and you can move in the mix with these actors/big smilers/for the cameras/soul stealers/yeah/these heart breakers/money makes friends/and they all bring shakers/but when the shaking's done/yeah/and the lights out/the alcohol’s all gone/get the f**k outta my house/and when you find yourself alone in this emptiness/in that place of self-loathing resentfulness/and you wonder/”goddamn how'd it get to this?”/there she is/my girl/and I tell her this V2 I’m not a man who makes plans very easily/something about tied down don’t agree with me/I’ve lived my life like a fire in a snow storm/against the odds/baby moving ‘til I broke dawn/’til I saw the sun come/I’m never done/putting a fight/and if something never comes/I can at least well never did I once/sell my soul to the devil/never once/there’s plenty people who love you when you’re up/kick you when you’re down/if they stick around/most are ghosts are ‘til the toasts/yup/and when they reappear/it’s like they’re loving you the most/and in the midst of these plastics and transients/my lady/ever-present like the ambience/a real human who gets me through the day/so darling/all to you/I ever say is V3 there’s a silence that creeps in violently/the solitude of my soul that keeps finding me/it’s the rush of being out on stage/and spitting to the crowd to keep them entertained/that keeps me entertained/keeps me intertwined/I’m delivered to my fate/the fine line that I figure I should take/to deliver on the goals/the dreams for which I’m made/I walk this music/speak with the industry/but ain’t nobody in there that ever interests me/tinsel people with hollowed out affections/every word just shadowed misdirection/and there she is/a ghost vision/one real enough to kiss/I don’t have much/but all that I can give/I give to you/the reason that I live/so