TAKE GOOD CARE OF MY BABY (Pete Ham)
[Iveys demo from "Without You, The Tragic Story of Badfinger (2nd edition book)" CD - recorded 1967 - released U.S. 2000]
[Iveys demo from "How Much Is The Sky (The Iveys Anthology Vol. 4)" CD - recorded 1967 - released 2024]

As I look out through my window
I can see the morning dew
And the people seem so happy
I wish that I could, too
But my life's become so blue, so blue, so blue

If you get a real good woman
Be sure to treat her right
Or someone else will take her
Away from you one night
From arms that held her tight, held her tight, held her tight

Take good care of my baby
That's all I ask of you
Take good care of my baby
And then I won't feel blue
No matter what you do, what you do, what you do

guitar solo (Pete Ham):
Ahhhhhhhhhhhh-ahhhhh
Ahhhhhhhhhhhh-ahhhhh
Ahhhhhhhhhhhh-ahhhhh
Ahhhhhhhhhhhh-ahhhhh

I think I've learned my lesson
But now, the time's too late
Someone else has got my baby
Someone else is feeling great
I sit all day and wait, sit and wait, sit and wait

As I think about the good times
Feel tears come to my eyes
Times when I could make her happy
Just to be right by my side
Gotta make you realise, realise, realise

Take good care of my baby
That's all I ask of you
Take good care of my baby
And then, I won't feel blue

Take good care of my baby
That's all I ask of you
Take good care of my baby

Ahhhhhhhhhhhh-ahhhhhhhhhhhh
Ahhhhhhhhhhhh-ahhhhhhhhhhhh

lyrics transcribed by Tom Brennan
corrections thanks to Dan Matovina

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