Released: June 8, 1999
Songwriter: Wayne Cochran
Producer: Pearl Jam
[Chorus]
Oh where, oh where can my baby be?
The Lord took her away from me
She's gone to heaven, so I got to be good
So I can see my baby when I leave this world
[Verse 1]
We were out on a date in my daddy's car
We hadn't driven very far
There in the road, straight up ahead
A car was stalled, the engine was dead
I couldn't stop, so I swerved to the right
I'll never forget the sound that night
The screaming tires, the busting glass
The painful scream that I heard last
[Chorus]
Oh where, oh where can my baby be?
The Lord took her away from me
She's gone to heaven, so I got to be good
So I can see my baby when I leave this world
[Verse 2]
When I woke up, the rain was pouring down
There were people standing all around
Something warm running through my eyes
But somehow I found my baby that night
I lifted her head, she looked at me and said
"Hold me, darling, just a little while"
I held her close, I kissed her our last kiss
I found the love that I knew I would miss
But now she's gone, even though I hold her tight
I lost my love, my life that night
[Chorus]
Oh where, oh where can my baby be?
The Lord took her away from me
She's gone to heaven, so I got to be good
So I can see my baby when I leave this world
[Outro]
Ooh, ooh-ooh
Oh where, oh where can my baby be?
The Lord took her away from me
She's gone to heaven, so I got to be good
So I can see my baby when I leave this world
[Verse 1]
We were out on a date in my daddy's car
We hadn't driven very far
There in the road, straight up ahead
A car was stalled, the engine was dead
I couldn't stop, so I swerved to the right
I'll never forget the sound that night
The screaming tires, the busting glass
The painful scream that I heard last
[Chorus]
Oh where, oh where can my baby be?
The Lord took her away from me
She's gone to heaven, so I got to be good
So I can see my baby when I leave this world
[Verse 2]
When I woke up, the rain was pouring down
There were people standing all around
Something warm running through my eyes
But somehow I found my baby that night
I lifted her head, she looked at me and said
"Hold me, darling, just a little while"
I held her close, I kissed her our last kiss
I found the love that I knew I would miss
But now she's gone, even though I hold her tight
I lost my love, my life that night
[Chorus]
Oh where, oh where can my baby be?
The Lord took her away from me
She's gone to heaven, so I got to be good
So I can see my baby when I leave this world
[Outro]
Ooh, ooh-ooh
Pearl Jam Holiday Singles
- No Jeremy
- Don’t Believe In Christmas
- Someday At Christmas
- Gimme Some Truth
- Love, Reign O’er Me
- Santa Cruz
- Santa God
- Happy When I’m Crying
- Rockin’ In The Free World
- Can’t Help Falling In Love
- Better Things
- Olympic Platinum
- Hawai’i ’78
- 99 Problems
- Redemption Song
- Falling Down
- Sonic Reducer
- Wishing Well
- Little Sister
- Turning Mist
- Ramblings
- Live For Today
- In The Moonlight
- All Night
- Soldier of Love
- Crown Of Thorns
- Angel
- Last Kiss
- Better Man
- Smile
- Dead Man
- Strangest Tribe
- Swallow My Pride
- History Never Repeats
- My Way
- I Believe In Miracles
- Last Soldier
- Gone
- Let Me Sleep
- Drifting
- Indifference
- Last Kiss - EP (1999)
- No Boundaries (A Benefit for the Kosovar Refugees) (1999)
- Lost Dogs (2003)
- Rearviewmirror (Greatest Hits 1991–2003) (2004)
- Pearl Jam Holiday Singles (2016)