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Pretty Baby Lyrics
[Verse 1]
Stars live in the evening
But the very young need the sun, uh-huh
Pretty baby, you look so heavenly
A neo-nebular from under the sun
I was forming, some say I had my chance
The boys were falling like an avalanche
[Verse 2]
Ya ya baby
La Dolce Vita is a magic dance
No-one was listening
Pretty baby, un petite ingenue
A teenage starlet, I fell in love with you
[Verse 3]
You, you with the comb
You look OK in every way every way
Ah, I should have known
You'd look at me and look away and look away - oh
[verse 4]
Pretty baby, you look so heavenly
A neo-nebular from under the sun
Eyes that tell me incense and peppermints
Your looks are larger than life, long live innocence
Petite ingenue, I fell in love with you
Pretty baby, I fell in love with you, whoah oh
Pretty baby, oh oh
Pretty baby, whoah oh, I fell in love with you
Stars live in the evening
But the very young need the sun, uh-huh
Pretty baby, you look so heavenly
A neo-nebular from under the sun
I was forming, some say I had my chance
The boys were falling like an avalanche
[Verse 2]
Ya ya baby
La Dolce Vita is a magic dance
No-one was listening
Pretty baby, un petite ingenue
A teenage starlet, I fell in love with you
[Verse 3]
You, you with the comb
You look OK in every way every way
Ah, I should have known
You'd look at me and look away and look away - oh
[verse 4]
Pretty baby, you look so heavenly
A neo-nebular from under the sun
Eyes that tell me incense and peppermints
Your looks are larger than life, long live innocence
Petite ingenue, I fell in love with you
Pretty baby, I fell in love with you, whoah oh
Pretty baby, oh oh
Pretty baby, whoah oh, I fell in love with you
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Genius Annotation
Written in 1978 by Debbie Harry and Chris Stein, “Pretty Baby” is written for and about teenage actress and model of the era, Brooke Shields. The same year, the 12-year-old Shields played the role of a child prostitute in a controversial Louis Malle film (also titled “Pretty Baby”).
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Guitar
Keyboards
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Bass
Drums
Recorded At
Record Plant (New York City, New York)
Release Date
September 1978
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