Released: November 27, 1971
Songwriter: Neal Smith Dennis Dunaway Michael Bruce Glen Buxton Alice Cooper
Producer: Bob Ezrin
[Verse 1]
Little Betty ate a pound of aspirin
She got them from the shelf up on the wall
Betty's mommy wasn't there to save her
She didn't even hear her baby call
[Chorus]
Dead babies, can't take care of themselves
Dead babies, can't take things off the shelf
Well, we didn't want you anyway
Lalala-la, lalala-la, la la la
[Verse 2]
Daddy is an agrophile in Texas
Mommy's on the bar most every night
Little Betty's sleeping in the graveyard
Living there in burgundy and white
[Chorus]
Dead babies, can't take care of themselves
Dead babies, can't take things off the shelf
Well, we didn't love you anyway
Lalala-la, lalala-la, la la la
[Bridge]
Goodbye, Little Betty
Goodbye, Little Betty
So long, Little Betty
So long, Little Betty
Betty, so long
[Instrumental break 4:03-4:54]
[Chorus]
Dead babies, can't take care of themselves
Dead babies, can't take things off the shelf
Well, we didn't need you anyway
Lalala-la, lalala-la, la la la
[Outro]
Goodbye, Little Betty
Little Betty ate a pound of aspirin
She got them from the shelf up on the wall
Betty's mommy wasn't there to save her
She didn't even hear her baby call
[Chorus]
Dead babies, can't take care of themselves
Dead babies, can't take things off the shelf
Well, we didn't want you anyway
Lalala-la, lalala-la, la la la
[Verse 2]
Daddy is an agrophile in Texas
Mommy's on the bar most every night
Little Betty's sleeping in the graveyard
Living there in burgundy and white
[Chorus]
Dead babies, can't take care of themselves
Dead babies, can't take things off the shelf
Well, we didn't love you anyway
Lalala-la, lalala-la, la la la
[Bridge]
Goodbye, Little Betty
Goodbye, Little Betty
So long, Little Betty
So long, Little Betty
Betty, so long
[Instrumental break 4:03-4:54]
[Chorus]
Dead babies, can't take care of themselves
Dead babies, can't take things off the shelf
Well, we didn't need you anyway
Lalala-la, lalala-la, la la la
[Outro]
Goodbye, Little Betty
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- The Life and Crimes of Alice Cooper (1999)
- Poison
- School’s Out
- No More Mr. Nice Guy
- I’m Eighteen
- Billion Dollar Babies
- Ballad of Dwight Fry
- Only Women Bleed
- Steven
- Feed My Frankenstein
- Go to Hell
- Welcome to My Nightmare
- I Love the Dead
- Hey Stoopid
- Dead Babies
- Make That Money (Scrooge’s Song)
- B.B. on Mars
- It Rained All Night
- Simple Disobedience
- Years Ago
- Luney Tune
- Might as Well Be on Mars
- Respect for the Sleepers (demo)
- I Just Wanna Be God
- Damned If You Do