I've searched the Holy Books

I tried to unravel the mystery of Jesus Christ, the Saviour


I've read the poets and the !@#^ysts


Searched through the books on human behavior




I traveled this world around


For an answer that refused to be found

I don't know why and I don't know how


But she's nobody's baby now




I loved her then and I guess I love her still


Hers is the face I see when a certain mood moves in


She lives in my blood and skin, her wild feral stare, her dark hair

Her winter lips as cold as stone, yeah, I was her man





But there are some things love won't allow

I held her hand but I don't hold it now


I don't know why and I don't know how


But she's nobody's baby now




Now, this is her dress that I loved best


With the blue quilted violets across the breast

And these are my many letters torn to pieces


By her long-fingered hand, I was her cruel-hearted man




And though I've tried to lay her ghost down


For she's moving through me, even now


I don't know why and I don't know how

But she's nobody's baby now





She's nobody's baby now

Nobody's baby now


She's nobody's baby now