I'm Crazy 'Bout My Baby
Fats Waller Lyrics


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My goodness, I feel so evanescent today,
Oh I gotta tell you about it, oh, mercy,
I'm crazy 'bout my baby, listen a-here:

I'm walking, walking on air
For I've left all my blue days behind me
I've learned how to care (yes, yes!)
And there's love, really love on my mind

I'm the world's most happy creature,
Tell me, what can worry me?
I'm crazy 'bout my baby,
Baby's crazy 'bout me!

Mr. Cupid was the teacher,
And the reason we agree,
I'm crazy 'bout my baby,
Baby's crazy 'bout me!

Parson, get that book
Hold it in your hand,
Keep a steady look-out
You can understand

It's an A-one combination,
A perfect he and she,
I'm crazy 'bout my baby,
Baby's crazy 'bout me!

I'm the world's most happy creature,
Tell me, what can worry me?
I'm crazy 'bout my baby,
Baby's crazy 'bout me!

Cupid was the teacher,
And the reason we agree,
I'm crazy 'bout my baby,
Baby's crazy 'bout me!

Parson, get that book
Hold it in your hand
Keep a steady look-out
You can understand

It's an A-one combination,
A perfect he and she:
I'm exasperated 'bout the offspring
And the offspring's exasperated about me!





Yes, yes, yes
Oh-oh, look-a-here!

Overall Meaning

The lyrics of "I'm Crazy 'Bout My Baby" by Fats Waller express the overwhelming happiness and love that he feels for his significant other. He begins by stating that he feels light and ephemeral, as though he is walking on air. He then goes on to explain that he has overcome his negative feelings and has learned how to care for someone else deeply. Love is the only thing on his mind, and he feels like he is the happiest person in the world. He doesn't worry about anything because he is so in love with his partner. Cupid is the reason that they are together and they have a perfect relationship, with a great combination of love and happiness.


The lyrics then become more humorous as Fats Waller talks directly to a parson, asking him to take notice of their perfect relationship. The parson should keep a lookout for an offspring because he and his baby are crazy about each other to the point where they may have a baby soon. The song ends with him expressing his excitement and looking forward to what's to come.


Overall, "I'm Crazy 'Bout My Baby" is a song that expresses the joys of being in love and feeling as though you're on top of the world. It is a simple and lighthearted tune that shows the happiness that love can bring.


Line by Line Meaning

My goodness, I feel so evanescent today,
I feel so fleeting and ethereal today.


Oh I gotta tell you about it, oh, mercy,
I must share this feeling with you, oh my!


I'm crazy 'bout my baby, listen a-here:
I am passionately in love with my significant other, listen to me now.


I'm walking, walking on air
I feel elated and light-hearted.


For I've left all my blue days behind me
I have left all my melancholy days in the past.


I've learned how to care (yes, yes!)
I have learned how to love and care for my partner deeply.


And there's love, really love on my mind
My mind is fully occupied with love, real love.


I'm the world's most happy creature,
I am the happiest person in the world.


Tell me, what can worry me?
What can cause me to worry when I am so happy?


Baby's crazy 'bout me!
My significant other loves me intensely!


Mr. Cupid was the teacher,
Cupid was the instructor of love.


And the reason we agree,
Cupid is the reason we have come to love each other.


Parson, get that book
Pastor, retrieve that book.


Hold it in your hand,
Hold it tight in your hand.


Keep a steady look-out
Stay alert and watchful.


You can understand
You will comprehend it fully.


It's an A-one combination,
We are the perfect match.


A perfect he and she:
A perfect male and female combination.


I'm exasperated 'bout the offspring
I am frustrated with the children.


And the offspring's exasperated about me!
And the children are also frustrated with me!


Yes, yes, yes
Absolutely!


Oh-oh, look-a-here!
Oh my, look at this!




Lyrics © BMG Rights Management, Universal Music Publishing Group, Royalty Network, Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
Written by: ALEXANDER HILL, THOMAS 'FATS' WALLER

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Comments from YouTube:

@michaeljayklein500

I wonder just how many recordings he made of this? It's among my very favorite Waller songs and I'd swear I've heard at least 5 different recordings of it--but that's the charm about Waller's recordings.  Thanks so very much for sharing it!

@hyperdog67

He'd make a lot of people give up music if he lived longer. By todays standards...he'd mop floors with the lot of em!

@anotherbahamianguitarplayer

@Westrocker 67 not with me I'm an old school guitarists I play this type of music

@ethansavory

I love when Fats monologues between verses

@drfeelgood94

Wow this is sooo beautiful.
Fats you truly were one of a kind!

@IrRrIS1l3nt

What a sweet tune! Thanks a bunch for uploading.

@lindamoramacbeath

July/29/2023
I’m crazy ‘bout my baby and my baby it’s crazy ‘bout me!!

I loved you from the first time we crossed each other on February with that song of yours, you melt my heart with your lovely voice and those “magic fingers” I knew that you’ll become in someone special to me, with that “catchy” song, you make me feel like a fool but at the same time full of joy and happiness and it’s something that I’ve never felt in a long time , thank you for being you and being such an open person with all the disposition that you have of talk to me and… I don’t know but I feel so in love with you, it’s a really magic connection that I feel about you that I never felt before about anybody else… I’m trying to express my feelings but it’s the only thing I can say besides the songs and lyrics that turns me on and makes me feel connected in someway with you and thinking about you all the time!!

From me to you

@moveonupcb

such an amazing pianist as well - perfection

@StrideLatinProgRick

Immenso Fats! La musica fatta persona. :-)

@ilovebobthecat

Thank you! Tis is the same version I used to listen to when I was a teenager. If you have the album ( with the Little Chocolate Dandies!) please post! Hahah! One minute it was Jethro Tull, the next moment was Fats Waller!!

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