Cover art for Wonderful Baby by Don McLean

Wonderful Baby

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Wonderful Baby Lyrics

[Chorus]
Wonderful baby
Living on love
The Sandman says maybe he'll take you above
Up where the girls fly on ribbons and bows
Where babies float by just counting their toes

[Verse 1]
Wonderful baby
Nothing but new
The world has gone crazy
I'm glad I'm not you

At the beginning or is it the end?
It goes in and comes out and starts over again


[Chorus]
Wonderful baby
Living on love
The Sandman says maybe he'll take you above
Up where the girls fly on ribbons and bows
Where babies float by just counting their toes

[Verse 2]
Wonderful baby
I'll watch while you grow
If I knew the future
You'd be first to know

But I don't know nothing of what life's about
Just as long as you live
You'll never find out

[Verse 3]
Wonderful baby
Nothing to fear
Love whom you will
But doubt what you hear
They'll whisper sweet things to make untrue
So be good to yourself

That's all you can do

[Chorus]
You're a wonderful baby
Living on love
The Sandman says maybe he'll take you above
Up where the girls fly on ribbons and bows
Where babies float by just counting their toes
Where babies float by just counting their toes

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Don McLean’s ‘Wonderful Baby’ is a soft, heartfelt song acting as a message from a parent and a newborn. The parent sings of the innocence and sweetness of the child while warning them of the unpredictability and uncertainties of life.

The songs focuses around the deeply loving relationship between the parent and the child, all the while encouraging them to stay true to themself as a key part in navigating their new life.

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