“There Goes My Baby”, released in 1959 by The Drifters was the first single after the groups reformation following band manager George Treadwell fired a majority of the band’s lineup.
The song was written by the collective of Ben E. King (Benjamin Nelson), Lover Patterson, George Treadwell, Jerry L...
[Intro]
(Bo-bo) (doo-doot-doo-doo-doo-doo)
(There she goes) (doo-doot-doo-doo-doo-doo)
(There she goes) (doo-doot-doo-doo-doo-doo)
(Bo-bo) (doo-doot-doo-doo)
(Bo-bo) (doo-doo-doo-doo)
There goes my baby
Movin' on down the line
Wonder where, wonder where
Wonder where she is bound?
I broke her heart
And made her cry
Now I'm alone, so all alone
What can I do? What can I do?
(There goes my baby) Whoa
(There goes my baby) Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
(There goes my baby) Whoa
(There she goes) Yeah (There she goes)
I wanna know if she loved me
Did she really love me?
Was she just playing
Me for a fool?
I wonder why she left me
Why did she leave me
So all alone
So all alone?
I was gonna tell her that I loved her
And that I need her
Beside my side
To be my guide
I wanna know where is my (doo-doot-doo-doo-doo-doo)
Where is my baby? (doo-doot-doo-doo-doo-doo)
I want my baby (doo-doot-doo-doo-doo-doo)
I need my baby
Yeah, whoa (There goes my baby)
Whoa (There goes my baby)
Whoa (There goes my baby)
Whoa (There goes my baby)
Whoa
There Goes My Baby was written by Ben E. King & George Treadwell & Lover Patterson & Leiber-Stoller & Jerry Leiber & Mike Stoller.
There Goes My Baby was produced by Jerry Leiber & Mike Stoller & Leiber-Stoller.
The Drifters released There Goes My Baby on Fri Apr 24 1959.