Oh you said you were my baby now I know that you're my baby
But it seems to me you got rovin' eye
If you gonna be my baby then you gotta be my baby
You can't keep your finger in two different fires
I remember how you pleaded when you told me that you needed
All my lovin' I believe it without a doubt
So if you wanna be my baby then you gotta be my baby
And you gotta leave 'em kissin' cousins out

Oh when you're high steppin' I'm a crawlin' low
I get suspicious and I'm a gonna tell you so
If you wanna be my baby then you gotta be my baby
And be nobody's baby but mine
[ fiddle - piano - steel ]
Now I heard there was another so I went and asked your mother
If anybody hung around besides me
She gave me no satisfaction and now I can't take no action
But I think I'll hang around and see
If you wanna be my baby then you gotta be my baby
You've gotta come to me and tell me so
If you're gonna be my baby then you gotta be my baby
I'm tired of waitin' round so let me know

Oh when you're high steppin' I'm a crawlin' low...
And be nobody's baby but mine