Tar Baby   





Granma came to see 

Something she could not believe 

How could her girl be 

So naive  

Tar baby, tar baby told 

The secret she conceived  

 

That big old smile of yours 

Could turn the wind into a song 

How could I have doubted 

Honey it's with me you belong  

 

Tar baby, tar baby 

I love you so  

 

Like a brand new blade 

You cut into my life 

Cut through two decades 

Like a hot coal on ice  

 

Tar baby, my tar baby 

It maybe was meant to be 

When I look at you 

I can't believe my eyes  

 

And with your magic 

I think you just might charm the birds out of the sky  

 

Tar baby, tar baby, tar baby 

Came good out of grief  

 

A golden thread inside of the web 

That I got caught in 

Oh, it's a lover's revenge, but out of the pain 

Come the best things you see  

 

You cut into my life  

You cut into my life  

(baby baby baby baby don't you know that) 

You cut into my life  

(I love you)  

You cut into my life  

 

La la la la la ooh 

You can turn the wind into a song 

La la la la la baby baby baby 

It's with me you belong