"Baby It's You" Lyrics

by Mack David, Barney Williams, and Burt Bacharach

As Released by the Shirelles (1961)
It's not the way you smile that touched my heart.
It's not the way you kiss that tears me apart.

Many, many, many nights go by.
I sit alone at home and cry over you.
What can I do?
I can't help myself
'Cause, baby, it's you.
Baby, it's you.

Is it true what they say about you?
They say you'll never, ever, never be true.
It doesn't matter what they say.
I know I'm gonna love you any old way.
What can I do?
What 'bout you?
Don't want nobody, nobody.
Baby, it's you.
Baby, it's you.

Baby.

It doesn't matter what they say.
I know I'm gonna love any old way.
What can I do?
What 'bout you?
Don't want nobody, nobody.
Baby, it's you.
Baby, it's you.

Don't leave me alone.
Come on home.
Baby, it's you.
Baby, it's you.
You know I need your lovin'
You know I love you.
Baby, it's you.
Baby...



As Released by the Beatles (1963)

Sha la la la la la la la
Sha la la la la la la la
Sha la la la la la la la
Sha la la la la

It's not the way you smile that touched my heart. (sha la la la la)
It's not the way you kiss that tears me apart.

Wa-oh, many, many, many nights go by,
I sit alone at home and I cry over you.
What can I do.
Can't help myself, 'cause baby, it's you.
Baby, it's you.

You should hear what they say about you, "cheat," "cheat."
They say, they say you never never never ever been true. (cheat cheat)

Wa-oh,
It doesn't matter what they say,
I know I'm gonna love you any old way.
What can I do, when it's true.
Don't want nobody, nobody, 'cause baby, it's you. (sha la la la la la la)
Baby, it's you. (sha la la la la la la)

Wa-oh,
It doesn't matter what they say,
I know I'm gonna love you any old way.
What can I do, when it's true.
Don't want nobody, nobody, 'cause baby, it's you. (sha la la la la la la)
Baby, it's you. (sha la la la la la la)
Don't leave me all alone...
Come on home...

John Lennon's Record Collection: Fontella Bass - Rescue Me

Beatles Covers: Alison Krauss - I Will

Pattie Boyd Pictures

John Lennon on "The Ballad of John and Yoko"

"How can I be lonely when I'm with Yoko day and night? I'm lonely in the universal sense, but there are no outside desires. We are the best things we can give each other."

Complete List of the Beatles' Lyrics

Lyrics to the Beatles' Songs (sorted alphabetically)

• 12-Bar Original (Lennon/McCartney/Harrison/Starkey)
• A Beginning (Martin)
• A Case of the Blues (Lennon)
  
• A Day in the Life (Lennon/McCartney)
  
• A Hard Day's Night (Lennon/McCartney)
• A Shot of Rhythm and Blues (Thompson)
  
• A Taste of Honey (Scott/Marlow)
  
• A World Without Love (Lennon/McCartney)
• Across the Universe (Lennon/McCartney)
• Act Naturally (Russell/Morrison)
• Ain't She Sweet (Yellen/Ager)
• All I've Got to Do (Lennon/McCartney)
• All My Loving (Lennon/McCartney)
• All Things Must Pass (Harrison)
• All Together Now (Lennon/McCartney)
• All You Need Is Love (Lennon/McCartney)
• And I Love Her (Lennon/McCartney)
• And Your Bird Can Sing (Lennon/McCartney)
• Anna (Go to Him) (Alexander)
• Another Girl (Lennon/McCartney)
• Any Time at All (Lennon/McCartney)
• Ask Me Why (Lennon/McCartney)
• Baby It's You (Bacharach/David/Williams)
• Baby, You're a Rich Man (Lennon/McCartney)
• Baby's in Black (Lennon/McCartney)
• Back in the U.S.S.R. (Lennon/McCartney)
• Bad Boy (Williams)
• Bad to Me (Lennon/McCartney)
• Because (Lennon/McCartney)
• Being for the Benefit of Mr. Kite! (Lennon/McCartney)
• Besame Mucho (Velazquez)
• Birthday (Lennon/McCartney)
• Blackbird (Lennon/McCartney)
• Blue Jay Way (Harrison)
• Blue Suede Shoes (Perkins)
  
• Boys (Dixon/Farrell)
• Can't Buy Me Love (Lennon/McCartney)
• Carnival of Light (Lennon/McCartney/Harrison/Starkey)
• Carol (Berry)
• Carry That Weight (Lennon/McCartney)
• Cayenne (McCartney)
• Chains (Goffin/King)
• Christmas Time (Is Here Again) (Lennon/McCartney/Harrison/Starkey)
• Clarabella (Pingatore)
• Come and Get It (McCartney)
• Come Together (Lennon/McCartney)
• Cry Baby Cry (Lennon/McCartney)
• Cry for a Shadow (Lennon/Harrison)
• Crying, Waiting, Hoping (Holly)
• Day Tripper (Lennon/McCartney)
• Dear Prudence (Lennon/McCartney)
• Devil in Her Heart (Drapkin)
• Dig a Pony (Lennon/McCartney)
• Dig It (Lennon/McCartney/Harrison/Starkey)
• Dizzy Miss Lizzy (Williams)
• Do You Want to Know a Secret (Lennon/McCartney)
• Doctor Robert (Lennon/McCartney)
• Don't Bother Me (Harrison)
• Don't Ever Change (Goffin/King)
• Don't Let Me Down (Lennon/McCartney)
• Don't Pass Me By (Starkey)
• Drive My Car (Lennon/McCartney)
• Eight Days a Week (Lennon/McCartney)
• Eleanor Rigby (Lennon/McCartney)
• Etcetera (McCartney)
• Every Little Thing (Lennon/McCartney)
• Everybody's Got Something to Hide Except Me and My Monkey (Lennon/McCartney)
• Everybody's Trying to Be My Baby (Perkins)
• Fixing a Hole (Lennon/McCartney)
• Flying (Lennon/McCartney/Harrison/Starkey)
• For No One (Lennon/McCartney)
• For You Blue (Harrison)
• Free as a Bird (Lennon/McCartney/Harrison/Starkey)
• From Me to You (Lennon/McCartney)
• Get Back (Lennon/McCartney)
• Getting Better (Lennon/McCartney)
• Girl (Lennon/McCartney)
• Glad All Over (Bennett/Tepper/Schroeder)
• Glass Onion (Lennon/McCartney)
• Golden Slumbers (Lennon/McCartney)
• Good Day Sunshine (Lennon/McCartney)
• Good Morning Good Morning (Lennon/McCartney)
• Good Night (Lennon/McCartney)
• Goodbye (McCartney)
  
• Got to Get You Into My Life (Lennon/McCartney)
• Hallelujah, I Love Her So (Charles)
• Happiness Is a Warm Gun (Lennon/McCartney)
• Hello Goodbye (Lennon/McCartney)
• Hello Little Girl (Lennon/McCartney)
• Help! (Lennon/McCartney)
• Helter Skelter (Lennon/McCartney)
• Her Majesty (Lennon/McCartney)
• Here Comes the Sun (Harrison)
• Here, There and Everywhere (Lennon/McCartney)
• Hey Bulldog (Lennon/McCartney)
• Hey Jude (Lennon/McCartney)
• Hold Me Tight (Lennon/McCartney)
• Honey Don't (Perkins)
• Honey Pie (Lennon/McCartney)
• How Do You Do It? (Murray)
• I Am the Walrus (Lennon/McCartney)
• I Call Your Name (Lennon/McCartney)
• I Don't Want to Spoil the Party (Lennon/McCartney)
• I Feel Fine (Lennon/McCartney)
• I Forgot to Remember to Forget (Kesler/Feathers)
• I Got a Woman (Charles)
• I Got to Find My Baby (Berry)
• I Just Don't Understand (Wilkin/Westberry)
• I Lost My Little Girl (McCartney)
• I Me Mine (Harrison)
• I Need You (Harrison)
• I Saw Her Standing There (Lennon/McCartney)
• I Should Have Known Better (Lennon/McCartney)
• I Wanna Be Your Man (Lennon/McCartney)
• I Want to Hold Your Hand (Lennon/McCartney)
• I Want to Tell You (Harrison)
• I Want You (She's So Heavy) (Lennon/McCartney)
• I Will (Lennon/McCartney)
• If I Fell (Lennon/McCartney)
• If I Needed Someone (Harrison)
• If You've Got Trouble (Lennon/McCartney)
• I'll Be Back (Lennon/McCartney)
• I'll Be on My Way (Lennon/McCartney)
• I'll Cry Instead (Lennon/McCartney)
• I'll Follow the Sun (Lennon/McCartney)
• I'll Get You (Lennon/McCartney)
• I'm a Loser (Lennon/McCartney)
• I'm Down (Lennon/McCartney)
• I'm Gonna Sit Right Down and Cry (Over You) (Thomas/Biggs)
• I'm Happy Just to Dance with You (Lennon/McCartney)
• I'm in Love (Lennon/McCartney)
• I'm Just a Child of Nature (Lennon)
  
• I'm Looking Through You (Lennon/McCartney)
• I'm Only Sleeping (Lennon/McCartney)
• I'm So Tired (Lennon/McCartney)
• In My Life (Lennon/McCartney)
• In Spite of All the Danger (McCartney/Harrison)
• It Won't Be Long (Lennon/McCartney)
• It's All Too Much (Harrison)
• It's Only Love (Lennon/McCartney)
• It's Only a Dream (Harrison)
  
• I've Got a Feeling (Lennon/McCartney)
• I've Just Seen a Face (Lennon/McCartney)
• Johnny B. Goode (Berry)
• Julia (Lennon/McCartney)
• Junk (McCartney)
• Kansas City/Hey, Hey, Hey, Hey (Leiber/Stoller/Penniman)
• Keep Your Hands Off My Baby (Goffin/King)
• Komm Gib Mir Deine Hand (Lennon/McCartney)
• Lady Madonna (Lennon/McCartney)
• Leave My Kitten Alone (Turner/McDougall)
• Lend Me Your Comb (Twomey/Wise/Weisman)
• Let It Be (Lennon/McCartney)
• Like Dreamers Do (Lennon/McCartney)
• Little Child (Lennon/McCartney)
• Lonesome Tears in My Eyes (Burnette/Burnette/Burlison/Mortimer)
• Long, Long, Long (Harrison)
• Long Tall Sally (Blackwell/Johnson/Penniman)
• Looking Glass (McCartney)
• Los Paranoias (Lennon/McCartney/Harrison/Starkey)
  
• Love Me Do (Lennon/McCartney)
• Love Me Tender (Fosdick/Poulton)
• Love of the Loved (Lennon/McCartney)
• Love You To (Harrison)
• Lovely Rita (Lennon/McCartney)
• Loving You (Leiber/Stoller)
• Lucille (Penniman/Collins)
• Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds (Lennon/McCartney)
• Maggie Mae (Traditional arr. Lennon/McCartney/Harrison/Starkey)
• Magical Mystery Tour (Lennon/McCartney)
• Mailman, Bring Me No More Blues (Katz/Roberts/Clayton)
• Martha My Dear (Lennon/McCartney)
• Matchbox (Perkins/Jefferson)
• Maxwell's Silver Hammer (Lennon/McCartney)
• Mean Mr. Mustard (Lennon/McCartney)
• Memphis, Tennessee (Berry)
• Michelle (Lennon/McCartney)
• Misery (Lennon/McCartney)
• Money (That's What I Want) (Gordy/Bradford)
• Mother Nature's Son (Lennon/McCartney)
• Mr. Moonlight (Johnson)
• No Reply (Lennon/McCartney)
• Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown) (Lennon/McCartney)
• Not a Second Time (Lennon/McCartney)
• Not Guilty (Harrison)
• Nothin' Shakin' (Fontaine)
• Nowhere Man (Lennon/McCartney)
• Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da (Lennon/McCartney)
• Octopus's Garden (Starkey)
• Oh! Darling (Lennon/McCartney)
• Old Brown Shoe (Harrison)
• One After 909 (Lennon/McCartney)
• One and One Is Two (Lennon/McCartney)
• Only a Northern Song (Harrison)
• Ooh! My Soul (Penniman)
• Paperback Writer (Lennon/McCartney)
• Penny Lane (Lennon/McCartney)
• Pensioners Waltz (McCartney)
  
• Piggies (Harrison)
• Please Mr. Postman (Dobbins/Garrett/Holland/Bateman/Gorman)
• Please Please Me (Lennon/McCartney)
• Polythene Pam (Lennon/McCartney)
• P.S. I Love You (Lennon/McCartney)
• Rain (Lennon/McCartney)
• Real Love (Lennon/McCartney/Harrison/Starkey)
• Revolution (Lennon/McCartney)
• Revolution 1 (Lennon/McCartney)
• Revolution 9 (Lennon/McCartney)
• Rip It Up (Blackwell/Marascalco)
• Rock and Roll Music (Berry)
• Rocky Raccoon (Lennon/McCartney)
• Roll Over Beethoven (Berry)
• Run for Your Life (Lennon/McCartney)
• Savoy Truffle (Harrison)
• Searchin' (Leiber/Stoller)
• September in the Rain (Dubin/Warren)
• Sexy Sadie (Lennon/McCartney)
• Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (Lennon/McCartney)
• Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (Reprise) (Lennon/McCartney)
• Shake, Rattle, and Roll (Calhoun)
• She Came in Through the Bathroom Window (Lennon/McCartney)
• She Loves You (Lennon/McCartney)
• She Said She Said (Lennon/McCartney)
• She's a Woman (Lennon/McCartney)
• She's Leaving Home (Lennon/McCartney)
• Shout (Isley/Isley/Isley)
• Sie Liebt Dich (Lennon/McCartney)
• Slow Down (Williams)
• So How Come (No One Loves Me) (Bryant/Bryant)
• Soldier of Love (Lay Down Your Arms) (Cason/Moon)
• Some Other Guy (Leiber/Stoller/Barrett)
• Something (Harrison)
• Step Inside Love (McCartney)
• Strawberry Fields Forever (Lennon/McCartney)
• Sun King (Lennon/McCartney)
• Sure to Fall (In Love with You) (Perkins/Claunch/Cantrell)
• Sweet Little Sixteen (Berry)
• Take Good Care of My Baby (Goffin/King)
• Taxman (Harrison)
• Teddy Boy (McCartney)
• Tell Me What You See (Lennon/McCartney)
• Tell Me Why (Lennon/McCartney)
• Thank You Girl (Lennon/McCartney)
• That Means a Lot (Lennon/McCartney)
• That'll Be the Day (Allison/Holly/Petty)
• That's All Right (Mama) (Crudup)
• The Ballad of John and Yoko (Lennon/McCartney)
• The Continuing Story of Bungalow Bill (Lennon/McCartney)
• The End (Lennon/McCartney)
• The Fool on the Hill (Lennon/McCartney)
• The Hippy Hippy Shake (Romero)
• The Honeymoon Song (Theodorakis/Sansom)
• The Inner Light (Harrison)
• The Long and Winding Road (Lennon/McCartney)
• The Night Before (Lennon/McCartney)
• The Sheik of Araby (Smith/Wheeler-Snyder)
• The Word (Lennon/McCartney)
• There's a Place (Lennon/McCartney)
• Things We Said Today (Lennon/McCartney)
• Think for Yourself (Harrison)
• This Boy (Lennon/McCartney)
• Three Cool Cats (Leiber/Stoller)
• Ticket to Ride (Lennon/McCartney)
• Till There Was You (Willson)
• Tip of My Tongue (Lennon/McCartney)
• To Know Her Is to Love Her (Spector)
• Tomorrow Never Knows (Lennon/McCartney)
• Too Much Monkey Business (Berry)
• Tuesday (McCartney)
  
• Twist and Shout (Medley/Russell)
• Two of Us (Lennon/McCartney)
• Wait (Lennon/McCartney)
• Watching Rainbows (Lennon/McCartney/Starkey)
  
• We Can Work It Out (Lennon/McCartney)
• What Goes On (Lennon/McCartney/Starkey)
• What You're Doing (Lennon/McCartney)
• What's the New Mary Jane (Lennon)
• When I Get Home (Lennon/McCartney)
• When I'm Sixty-Four (Lennon/McCartney)
• While My Guitar Gently Weeps (Harrison)
• Why Don't We Do It in the Road? (Lennon/McCartney)
• Wild Honey Pie (Lennon/McCartney)
• Winston's Walk (Lennon)
• With a Little Help from My Friends (Lennon/McCartney)
• Within You Without You (Harrison)
• Words of Love (Holly)
• Yellow Submarine (Lennon/McCartney)
• Yer Blues (Lennon/McCartney)
• Yes It Is (Lennon/McCartney)
• Yesterday (Lennon/McCartney)
• You Can't Do That (Lennon/McCartney)
• You Know My Name (Look Up the Number) (Lennon/McCartney)
• You Know What to Do (Harrison)
• You Like Me Too Much (Harrison)
• You Never Give Me Your Money (Lennon/McCartney)
• You Really Got a Hold on Me (Robinson)
• You Won't See Me (Lennon/McCartney)
• You'll Be Mine (Lennon/McCartney)
• Young Blood (Leiber/Stoller)
• Your Mother Should Know (Lennon/McCartney)
• You're Going to Lose That Girl (Lennon/McCartney)
• You've Got to Hide Your Love Away (Lennon/McCartney)