Story Behind the Song
Throughout my life, I have had instances, as we all have, where we are mistreated very badly, used, abused, and then thrown out like garbage. After our lover leaves, we want to know why; therefore, I always went to them, in a nice way, and asked, "Why Baby, why did you treat me so bad?" I would also let them know what they did, how good I was, and they will get double what they gave me. This song was written in Hallandale, Florida and took about 1 hour to write; it is an offshoot from an old song called Why Baby written while I was in Germany; I simply changed the lyrics, the melody and music, and gave it a blues/dance/pop feel. It took only about one hour to record the vocals with only one take as I recall. I had it pegged in mind the way this song would go. This song will be a hit! Superb song!
Lyrics
Why baby, you took your love from me,
You didn't even understand that, you were my everything;
I'm just an ordinary fella, a sweet lovin man, oh well;
So I will take this time pretty babe, to make you understand;
You didn't let me go, I walked on out that door, but I don't understand why baby, you took all I had, uh huh;
You took everything, that was a part of me;
You've taken all of my life baby, you even took my dreams, oh well;
Sometimes I wonder, did you ever really give a damn, uh huh;
Yeah you're the hardest, meanest, woman that I've, ever had;
While I was down and out, you took me out for the count, but still I don't understand why baby, you took all I had; (oh well)
Why baby, why did you treat me so bad? (well);
Why baby, why did you treat me so bad?
(well, come on, uh huh, oh well, uh huh);
Now there is something sweet baby, that I want you to know, oh well;
I'm not a small hearted, whimpy man, not like I was before, oh no;
Well I have taken, everything yeah that you've thrown at me, well well;
And now I'm ready, for the best, that you've got up your sleeve girl, uh huh;
Oh there is something girl, that I would like you to know, just tell me why, baby, did you kick me, down to the curb, uh huh;
Why baby, why did you treat me so bad; (yeah)
Why baby, why did you treat me so bad; (oh ho, come on now)
Why baby, why did you treat me so bad; (yeah)
Why baby, why did you treat me so bad?
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