Jennifer Kimball

Last Monday night in a Jamaica Plain bar
a friend of a friend told me who you are
And would I mind very much giving you a ride
so we crossed the river to the other side
The other side, the other side
I wouldn't mind giving you a ride

Be my, be my baby tonight

So I drove you home and we got to your street
I turned to talk but you were out the door and on your feet
I thought I was after you but you were on my tail
left me with a smile put my heart in jail
My heart's in jail, my heart's in jail
Singing like a caged nightengale

Be my, be my baby
Be my, be my one and only
Be my be my baby tonight

It's midnight in Central but your face shines like dawn
Still at arm's length, we're falling headlong

One night you walked me home and then I saw
that one wool shirt between you and the cold
I know you knew I would have asked you to stay
So you said good night one street away
One street away, one street away
I know honey what you wouldn't say

Be my, be my baby
Be my, be my one and only
Be my be my baby tonight

-Jennifer Kimball