Live 30 Oct 1971 version
She's cool, she's the only girl that played me for a fool
And she's tough, and when she love me, don't you know she loves me rough
She comes on fast, she plays the game hard
She once told me nothing ever lasts
I said, "But look at you, baby
Can't you see that you're battle scarred?"
(Well she's a demon), I find it so hard to please her
(She's a victor), she's making eyes at each and every mister
Oh and she got style
I can tell you when she's mad because she's mine
She's cold, sometimes I think that her heart's made out of stone
But when she's hot she loves me super warm and gives me everything that she got
She comes and cries to me, she says, "Honey, I got to be free"
I tell her ???
Because that's the only way, the only way that I can be
(She's a lover), don't you know she's a mother
(She's a lover), she's another kind of lover
Oh she got class, I know she's for me
(She's mine), that's how I know you're my girl
[2-minute instrumental]
She's scared, I ain't never seen a woman who was so scared
And don't you know that she's an outlaw
Just ask her, she'll tell you what for
She comes on fast, she plays the game hard
She tells me baby, "Can't you see, nothing ever lasts"
I said, "But babe, without you, I'm no good"
(Can't you hear me, can't you hear me talking about my) baby
(I'm talking about my baby), she's on my mind
(I'm talking about my baby)
(Can't you hear me, can't you hear me, can't you hear me talking about my)
(Can't you hear me, can't you hear me, can't you hear me talking about my)
I'm talking about my baby
I'm talking about my baby
I'm talking about my baby
I'm talking about my baby
TALKING ABOUT MY BABY is an unreleased song written by Bruce Springsteen. He performed it live with The Bruce Springsteen Band in 1971.
About a year later, Bruce Springsteen used the same melody when he wrote JANEY NEEDS A SHOOTER.
The above lyrics are for a live 30 Oct 1971 performance of TALKING ABOUT MY BABY at Virginia Commonwealth University in Richmond, VA, with The Bruce Springsteen Band.
The show was held at the VCU New Gym. It was headlined by Cactus with The Bruce Springsteen Band second on the bill. Though not mentioned on the show's promotional poster (see below), local band Morning Son were the opening act. An audience recording of the show is in circulation among collectors. The audio quality is only fair at best.
TALKING ABOUT MY BABY is known to have been performed at least once in Bruce Springsteen's early years (pre-October 1972), on 30 Oct 1971 in Richmond, VA, with The Bruce Springsteen Band. Very little is known about shows from this early period, and therefore, the song may have been played on some more dates in 1971 and possibly in 1972.
As far as it's known, no artist has recorded and released Bruce Springsteen's TALKING ABOUT MY BABY.
Much of the above information about the song's live history is taken from Brucebase.
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List of available versions of TALKING ABOUT MY BABY on this website:
TALKING ABOUT MY BABY [Live 30 Oct 1971 version]