My Baby's Gone
Wanda Jackson Lyrics


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Hold back the rushing minutes make the wind lie still
Don't let the moonlight shine across the lonely hill
Dry all the raindrops and hold back the sun my world has ended my baby's gone

Sometimes I wake up in the night and realize you're gone
And then I toss upon my bed and wait for day to come
I try to tell my lonely heart it must go on alone
But it cries the world has ended my baby's gone





Dry all the raindrops and hold back the sun my world has ended my baby's gone

Overall Meaning

The lyrics to Wanda Jackson's My Baby are about a woman who has lost her lover and is struggling to come to terms with it. The first two lines of the song 'Hold back the rushing minutes make the wind lie still, Don't let the moonlight shine across the lonely hill' could be interpreted as the singer's plea for time to stop so that she doesn't have to face the reality of her loss. She asks for the wind to be still and the moonlight not to shine as a way of creating a moment of stasis in which she can hold on to her memories with her lover.


Despite her attempts to hold onto the past, the singer is unable to escape the present. She describes waking up in the night and realizing that her lover is gone. In the second verse, she tries to tell herself that life must go on without her lover, but her heart won't let her forget the pain of her loss: 'But it cries the world has ended my baby's gone.' The final line of each verse, 'my baby's gone,' is repeated throughout the song, emphasizing the singer's sense of grief and loss.


Overall, My Baby is a poignant song about the pain of losing someone you love. The singer's plea for time to stop and her inability to move on are relatable to anyone who has experienced heartbreak.


Line by Line Meaning

Hold back the rushing minutes make the wind lie still
Slow down time and calm the breezes, so that everything stays the way it was when my baby was still here with me.


Don't let the moonlight shine across the lonely hill
Keep the darkness around me, so that I don't have to see the empty spaces that my baby used to fill.


Dry all the raindrops and hold back the sun my world has ended my baby's gone
Remove all signs of life and happiness from the world, because my baby leaving me feels like the end of everything that ever mattered to me.


Sometimes I wake up in the night and realize you're gone
Every now and then, I come back to reality and remember that my baby is no longer with me.


And then I toss upon my bed and wait for day to come
I spend sleepless nights in agony, just waiting for the next day to arrive so that maybe something can change and bring my baby back.


I try to tell my lonely heart it must go on alone
I try to convince myself that life will go on even without my baby, but it's difficult and painful to accept.


But it cries the world has ended my baby's gone
No matter how hard I try to move on, my heart still feels like the world has come to a stop since my baby left me.




Lyrics © BMG Rights Management, Universal Music Publishing Group, Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
Written by: HAZEL MARIE HOUSER

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