Babies
WOODWARD LUCY Lyrics

Singing lullabies to a doll in my arms
As a child, I used to sing sweet songs to my doll

I was only five but I knew
Even though I was just five years old, I had an inkling of what I wanted in life

I'd rock her to sleep, say goodnight to the stars
I would gently put her to sleep and wish her goodnight under the stars

Someday our dreams will come true
I hoped that one day, my childhood dreams would come true

Big old world in front of me that asks me what I want to be
As I grew up, the world and everyone around me kept asking what I wanted to be when I grew up

Every time all I would say is
But every time, I knew exactly what I wanted and I said it out loud

Babies, I want babies
I wanted babies - to experience the joys of motherhood and to have little ones to take care of

I'd be the luckiest lady
For me, being a mother would mean being the luckiest woman in the world

Pudgy and sweet I knew they would complete me somehow
To me, babies were chubby, adorable little beings that would somehow make me complete

I want babies right now
I wanted babies as soon as possible - I couldn't wait to have them

I'm finally looking seventeen
Now that I was seventeen, I felt like I was growing up and becoming an adult

But something's different about me
But even though I was growing up, there was something different about me that set me apart from my peers

With the boys on the couch making out
While my friends were busy making out with boys on the couch

Everybody's getting high and drank too much of daddy's wine
And drinking too much of their parents' alcohol

But all I am thinking about is
All I could think about was

To have and to hold and to save me
I wanted babies to hold close and to help me find a sense of purpose and meaning in life

Cute little feet, I knew they would complete me somehow
I felt like having babies would complete me in a way that nothing else could

Someone to spend all my days with
I wanted to have someone to spend all my days with - someone I could take care of and love unconditionally

Something to fill all the spaces
In some ways, I felt like my life was full of empty spaces that having a baby would fill

I got myself a full time job
As an adult, I got a full time job to try and find some purpose and meaning in my life

Been hardly in and out of love
But I hadn't had much luck with love - I had been in and out of relationships

Still I can't fill the space
But even though I stayed busy, I still felt like there was something missing in my life

Other things can lead to happiness
I knew that there were other things that could make me happy, but none seemed to compare to having a baby

Lots of money and success
I knew that having a lot of money and success could be fulfilling, but to me it wasn't enough

Babies, precious little babies
Babies - to me - were precious little beings that could bring so much joy and love into my life

Babies, screaming drooling babies
Even though babies could be fussy and demanding, to me it would all be worth it in the end

Babies, goo goo ga ga babies
I loved the idea of babies, and everything that came along with them - including their adorable little baby talk

Will someone knock me up now
I was so eager to have a baby that I jokingly asked if someone would 'knock me up' - I was ready for motherhood