Capo 1 G Baby, see how I been living Am C Velvet curtains on the windows to G Keep the bright and unforgiving Am C Light from shining through G C Baby, I remember all the things we did G C When we slept together and the blue behind your eyelids Am C Baby, sweet baby G Traced your scent through the gloom Am C 'Til I found these purple flowers G I was spent, I was soon Am C Smelling you for hours G C Lavender, lotus blossoms too G C Water the dirt, flowers last for you Am C Baby, sweet baby G Tangerines and persimmons Am C And sugarcane G Grapes and honeydew melon Am C Enough fit for a queen G C Lemon trees don't make a sound G C 'Til branches bend and fruit falls to the ground Am C Baby, sweet baby Harmonica G Come to my world and witness Am C The way things have changed G 'Cause I finally did it, baby Am C I got out of La Grange G C Got in my Mercury and drove out west G C Pedal to the metal and my luck to the test Am C Baby, sweet baby G I been tryin' to enjoy Am C All the fruits of my labor G I been cryin' for you boy Am C But truth is my savior G C Baby, sweet baby if it's all the same G C Take the glory and day over the fame Am C Baby, sweet baby