Released: October 24, 2000
Songwriter: Brian West Nelly Furtado Gerald Eaton
Producer: Track & Field
[Intro]
Come here
Baby girl
[Verse 1]
I've seen a man cry, I've seen a man die inside
I've seen him say to me that he is only mine
That he gotta do what is best for him
Never let me in, not even begin
To tell me I'm the one under his moon and sun
That I am the thing that revolves around him
But while on top of him, I know what's best for him
I'll show him how to win, and let me in 'cause
[Chorus]
I don't wanna be your baby girl (I, I, I, I, I)
I don't wanna be your little pearl
I just wanna be what's best for me (I, I, I, I, I)
To be winding down with my own star under my own sun
Badapapa ching ching, badapapa ching ching, badapa dadadado dididay
[Verse 2]
We're all sorry now, I didn't mean to wow
Make you cry like that, it's just a little spat
Still, I want you to know, though I love you so
It's mostly me dreaming, forcing, believing
That you're an ideal, hell, I never steal
But I stole you from, from another one
So take yourself and wrap around my little finger
'Cause that's how it should swing
[Chorus]
I don't wanna be your baby girl (I, I, I, I, I)
I don't wanna be your little pearl (I don't want to)
I just wanna be what's best for me (I, I, I, I, I)
To be winding down with my own star under my own sun (Why? Why? Why?)
Badapapa ching ching, badapapa ching ching, badapa dadadado dididay
[Bridge]
Why can't he see, why can't he see what's inside of me? Yeah
Don't you, don't you call me coochie-coo a little girl, now
Don't you gaga goo no coochie-coo girl
Now I'm so much more, can't you see? Can't you see?
[Verse 3]
Look who's writing now a token of their love
Can't you see love that it's just because
I wanted a cheap way to get inside your head
And not a cheap way to get inside your bed
Oh, you're running now, with that silly one
It's all over now, this woman's just begun
Maybe we'll see about the will and the way
Butterflies return some day
[Chorus]
I don't wanna be your baby girl (I am what's right)
I don't wanna be your little pearl (Don't even lie, lie, lie, lie, lie)
I just wanna be what's best for me (Best for me, myself, myself)
(I, I, I, I, I)
To be winding down with my own star under my own sun (I, I, I, I, I)
To be winding down with my own star under my own sun (Badapapa ching ching, badapapa ching ching, badapa dadadado dididay)
Badapapa ching ching, badapapa ching ching, badapa dadadado dididay
Come here
Baby girl
[Verse 1]
I've seen a man cry, I've seen a man die inside
I've seen him say to me that he is only mine
That he gotta do what is best for him
Never let me in, not even begin
To tell me I'm the one under his moon and sun
That I am the thing that revolves around him
But while on top of him, I know what's best for him
I'll show him how to win, and let me in 'cause
[Chorus]
I don't wanna be your baby girl (I, I, I, I, I)
I don't wanna be your little pearl
I just wanna be what's best for me (I, I, I, I, I)
To be winding down with my own star under my own sun
Badapapa ching ching, badapapa ching ching, badapa dadadado dididay
[Verse 2]
We're all sorry now, I didn't mean to wow
Make you cry like that, it's just a little spat
Still, I want you to know, though I love you so
It's mostly me dreaming, forcing, believing
That you're an ideal, hell, I never steal
But I stole you from, from another one
So take yourself and wrap around my little finger
'Cause that's how it should swing
[Chorus]
I don't wanna be your baby girl (I, I, I, I, I)
I don't wanna be your little pearl (I don't want to)
I just wanna be what's best for me (I, I, I, I, I)
To be winding down with my own star under my own sun (Why? Why? Why?)
Badapapa ching ching, badapapa ching ching, badapa dadadado dididay
[Bridge]
Why can't he see, why can't he see what's inside of me? Yeah
Don't you, don't you call me coochie-coo a little girl, now
Don't you gaga goo no coochie-coo girl
Now I'm so much more, can't you see? Can't you see?
[Verse 3]
Look who's writing now a token of their love
Can't you see love that it's just because
I wanted a cheap way to get inside your head
And not a cheap way to get inside your bed
Oh, you're running now, with that silly one
It's all over now, this woman's just begun
Maybe we'll see about the will and the way
Butterflies return some day
[Chorus]
I don't wanna be your baby girl (I am what's right)
I don't wanna be your little pearl (Don't even lie, lie, lie, lie, lie)
I just wanna be what's best for me (Best for me, myself, myself)
(I, I, I, I, I)
To be winding down with my own star under my own sun (I, I, I, I, I)
To be winding down with my own star under my own sun (Badapapa ching ching, badapapa ching ching, badapa dadadado dididay)
Badapapa ching ching, badapapa ching ching, badapa dadadado dididay
more tracks from the album
From the albums
- Whoa, Nelly! (2000)
- Whoa, Nelly! (Special Edition) (2000)
- Whoa, Nelly! (Special Asian Edition) (2002)
- Whoa, Nelly! (Expanded Edition) (2020)
Nelly Furtado popular songs
- Promiscuous
- Maneater
- Say It Right
- I’m Like a Bird
- All Good Things (Come to an End)
- Turn Off the Light
- Big Hoops (Bigger the Better)
- Try
- Do It
- Powerless (Say What You Want)
- Pipe Dreams
- Shit on the Radio (Remember the Days)
- Afraid
- Party’s Just Begun (Again) (Choroni mix)
- Party’s Just Begun (Again) (Gavo’s Deep Fried mix)
- All Good Things (Come to an End) [Italian Version]
- What I Wanted
- Party
- All Good Things (Come To An End) [Spanish Version]
- Onde Estás
- Childhood Dreams
- Party’s Just Begun (Again) (Decibel mix)
- Manos al Aire
- Te Busqué