Jack Nitzsche Story: Hearing Is Believing: 1962-1979

I know that I can't keep her
Now she's in love with you
But I just wanna say
I won't be far away

So don't make my baby blue
Don't make my baby blue
That little girl's an angel
And it hurts to set her free
So you better take good care of her
'Cause she still means the world to me
I'm gonna step aside now
Just like she wants me to
But even tho' I'm gone
I'll still be lookin' on
So don't make my baby cry

I know your reputation
They say you can't be true
But I'll be standin' by
So you just better try and
Don't make my baby blue
Don't make my baby blue
That little girl's an angel
And it hurts to set her free
So you better take good care of her
'Cause she still means the world to me
I'm gonna step aside now
Just like she wants me to
But even tho' I'm gone
I'll still be lookin' on
So don't make my baby cry

Girl you got me to fall in love with you
Though I'm not free to fall in love with you
Oh, baby
Why did I have to get so hung on you
Tell me
Why did I have to get so hung on you

Believe me, baby,
I didn't plan it this way
I thought I'd see you one night and
Forget you the next day

You're not the girl that I belong to
And even though I know it's wrong to
There's a little place where we can go
Where we won't run into a soul we know

Whoa, baby, baby
Well I wish I could get you out of my life
But my heart won't let you out of my life
Oh Baby
Why did I have to get so hung on you?
Tell me
Why did I have to get so hung on you?

Sure I could tell you it's over and then
One day I'd call you and beg you to see me again
This is a fine mess I got myself in
And let me tell you, you ain't helpin'
You know the changes I'm going through
But still you look at me the way you do

Girl you got me to fall in love with you
Though I'm not free to fall in love with you
Baby, baby
Why did I have to get so hung on you
I want to know
Why did I have to get so hung on you

Here I lie in my hospital bed
Tell me, sister morphine, when are you coming round again?
Oh, I don't think I can wait that long
Oh, you see that I'm not that strong

The scream of the ambulance is sounding in my ears
Tell me, sister morphine, how long have I been lying here?
What am I doing in this place?
Why does the doctor have no face?

Oh, I cant crawl across the floor
Ah, cant you see, sister morphine, I'm trying to score

Well it just goes to show
Things are not what they seem
Please, sister morphine, turn my nightmares into dreams
Oh, cant you see I'm fading fast?
And that this shot will be my last

Sweet cousin cocaine, lay your cool cool hand on my head
Ah, come on, sister morphine, you better make up my bed
cause you know and I know in the morning Ill be dead
Yeah, and you can sit around, yeah and you can watch all the
Clean white sheets stained red.