The Newbeats were a popular music vocal trio from the Southern US, best kno… Read Full Bio ↴The Newbeats were a popular music vocal trio from the Southern US, best known for their 1964 hit, "Bread and Butter", which was released on the Hickory Records label. According to the Bread and Butter Songfacts they comprised Larry Henley (singer / songwriter), and brothers Dean and Mark Mathis (instrumentals, backing vocals). Larry Henley is much better known for a later song he co-wrote - The Wind Beneath My Wings.

"Bread and Butter" was the group's first hit. Written by Larry Parks and Jay Turnbow, the 12-bar blues reached #2 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart.[1] It sold over one million copies in the U.S.[3][1] Three more singles followed in 1964 and 1965. "Run Baby Run (Back Into My Arms)" reached as high as number 12 that fall, but it was the trio's penultimate chart entry, although they remained with Hickory until 1972.[4] Brief stints at Buddah and Playboy followed before the Newbeats dissolved in 1974

Come See About Me
The Newbeats Lyrics

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I've been crying
'Cause I'm lonely (for you)
Smiles have all turned to tears
But tears won't wash away the fears
That you're never ever gonna return
To ease the fire that within me burns

It keeps me crying baby for you

Keeps me sighin' baby for you
So won't you hurry
Come on boy, see about me
(Come see about me)
See about your baby

I've given up my friends just for you
My friends are gone
And you have too
No peace shall I find
Until you come back
And be mine
No matter what you do or say
I'm gonna love you anyway

Keep on crying baby for you
I'm gonna keep sighin' baby for you
So come on hurry
Come on and see about me
(Come see about me)
See about you baby

Sometime's up
Sometime's down
My life's so uncertain
With you not around
From my arms you maybe out of reach
But my heart says you're here to keep

Keeps me crying baby for you
Keep on, keep on crying baby for you
So won't you hurry
Come on boy, see about me (Come see about me)
See about you baby (Come see about me)
You know I'm so lonely (Come see about me)
I love you only (Come see about me)

See about your baby (Come see about me)
Hurry, hurry

Overall Meaning

The Newbeats's song "Come See About Me" is a heart-wrenching plea of a person who is deeply in love and waiting for the return of their lover who has left them. The lyrics reveal feelings of loneliness, fear, insecurity, and a burning desire to be reconnected with the one they love. The singer's pain is palpable in the first verse, "I've been crying, 'cause I'm lonely (for you). Smiles have all turned to tears, but tears won't wash away the fears that you're never ever gonna return to ease the fire that within me burns." They are expressing their yearning for their loved one not just with their words but also with their tears.

The second verse portrays how much the person has sacrificed for their loved one as they have given up their friends just for them. They are pining for their lover to return and are willing to love them no matter what they do or say. The chorus repeats the plea to come back and see about the person, as their life is so uncertain without the significant other. The bridge paints a picture of how the singer's heart knows that their lover is meant to be with them, even though they might be out of reach. The song ends with a repetition of their pleas for their lover to come back, and that they are lonely and love them only.

Overall, "Come See About Me" by The Newbeats is a poignant ballad of heartbreak and the pursuit of love. It brings to light how much one can be in love and how lonely they can be without their loved one. The lyrics are simple, but the emotion behind them is raw and powerful, and it is a song that anyone who has been in love or heartbroken can relate to.

Come See About MeThe Newbeats Lyrics

Come See About Me
The Newbeats Lyrics