Bye Bye Baby
The Commitments Lyrics

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Well, you know you took my heart
And you broke it apart
Why did our love baby, yeah yeah
Have to ever start

You know you took my love, threw it away
You gonna want, my love someday
Well a bye bye baby

(Bye bye bye)

Well I thought your love
Was oh so true
And you lured me baby, yeah
Started loving you

You know you took my love, threw it away
You gonna want, my love someday
Well a bye bye baby
(Bye bye bye)

Well, your love was
Sweeter than
Any I know
So don't come back
Running
Knockin' on my front door

Well you said that I
Was your only girl
And there was no others, yeah
In this whole wide world

You know you took my love, threw it away
You gonna want, my love someday
Well a bye bye baby
(Bye bye bye)

Well, your love was
Sweeter than
Any I know
So don't come back
Running
Knockin' on my front door

Well you said that I
Was your only girl
And there was no others, yeah
In this whole wide world

You know you took my love, threw it away
You gonna want, my love someday
Well a bye bye baby
(bye bye baby)

Whoah, bye bye baby
(Bye bye baby)
Bye, I don't want you know more
(Bye bye bye)

Bye, bye baby
(Bye bye baby, bye bye)
Whooo, don't need your love, yeah yeah
(Bye bye baby, bye bye)
I don't want you baby, whoooo
(Bye bye baby, bye bye)
Bye bye baby, yeah
(Bye bye baby, bye bye)

Bye bye baby, ohh
(Bye bye baby, bye bye)

Overall Meaning

The Commitments’ song “Bye Bye Baby” is a lively heartbreak anthem about the emotional wreckage left behind after a failed relationship. The lyrics are full of hurt and anger towards a former lover who shattered the singer's heart by taking their love and then throwing it away. The chorus repeats the phrase "bye bye baby" to highlight the finality of the breakup and the singer's determination to move on.

The first verse sets the tone of the song, with the singer lamenting the fact that their love had to start at all since it ended in heartache. The second verse recounts how the singer was deceived by the former lover and thought their love was true, only to have it all fall apart. The bridge emphasizes the sweetness of the former lover's love, but the singer makes it clear that they don't want them back running and knocking at their door. The song closes by repeating the chorus of "bye bye baby" and proclaiming that the singer doesn't need or want the former lover anymore.

Overall, “Bye Bye Baby” captures the raw emotion of a breakup and the desire to move on and leave the heartbreak behind.

Line by Line Meaning

Well, you know you took my heart
You are aware that you won and kept my love

And you broke it apart
You destroyed the love that we shared

Why did our love baby, yeah yeah
What was the purpose of our love?

Have to ever start
It was a mistake to ever begin our relationship

You know you took my love, threw it away
You cast aside the love that I gave you

You gonna want, my love someday
You will regret losing my love one day

Well a bye bye baby
Goodbye, my love

Well I thought your love
I believed that your love

Was oh so true
Was genuine and authentic

And you lured me baby, yeah
You enticed me, my dear