When You Let Your Baby Down

When You Let Your Baby Down
by Tom Chapin
© The Last Music Co. (ASCAP)

When you let your baby down
When you let your baby down
Lights go out all over town
When you let your baby down

When she turns and walks away
You watch her turn and walk away
And you think of things you did not say
When she walks away

Ain’t it a sad song
A song about days gone by
And how things go wrong
And you don’t know the reason why

And all the dreams you carry ‘round
To keep you safe on the battleground
You watch them die without a sound
When you let your baby down
Oh, ain’t it a sad song
A song about you and me
And how things go wrong
And nothing’s like it’s supposed to be

And all the dreams I carry ‘round
To keep me safe on the battleground
I watch them die without a sound
As the lights go out all over town
And my whole world is upside down
Since I let you down.

This song appears on Tom Chapin's At The Turning Point CD.

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