My baby, I know that you want me
Each lonely night and day
Your dear blue eyes, how they haunt me
Though
you're far away Oh,
why did she take you away from my arms
And leave nothing to cherish there?
She left me so blue But when she took you, too
It seems more than I could bear My baby,
I want you tonight,
dear
After my work is through To rock you to sleep in my arms,
dear
And sing lullabies to you
I dream of your baby caresses,
dimples and golden hair
And reach out to clasp you in my
arms To find only emptiness there
Your future has been the chief aim of
my life You'll never know what it means
My plans and my schemes Are all blasted,
it seems
For you are mine only in
dreams My baby, I want you tonight, dear
After my
work is through
To rock you to sleep in my arms,
dear
And sing lullabies to you