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Song

Just a Baby

Neil Cicierega

2020, English

Lyrics

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When I was just a baby
My mama told me, "Son
Always be a baby
Don't ever be a gun"
But I shot a man in Reno
Just to watch him die
I hang my head and cry
(Baby, baby, baby, oh)
When I was just a baby
(Like, baby, baby, baby, no)
When I was just a boy
(Like, baby, baby, baby, no)
I shot a man in Reno
I was just a baby boy
I hear the train a comin
I hear that railroad train
It's probably a good train
My mama was a train
But I'm stuck in baby prison
I know I can't be free
I hang my head and pee
(Baby, baby, baby, oh)
When I was just a baby
(Like, baby, baby, baby, no)
When I was just a train
(Like baby, baby, baby, no)
I shot a train
But that train was just a car
I'm probably drinkin' coffee
Just a baby drinking coffee
Always drinking coffee
And smoking big cigars
Well if they freed me from this prison
Well if I was a car
I bet I'd be a good car
And that's what tortures me
When I was just a baby
When I was just a boy
My mama shot a man in Reno
I was just a baby boy
(Baby, baby, baby, oh)
When I was just a baby
(Like, baby, baby, baby, no)
When I was just a train
(Like baby, baby, baby, no)
I shit my pants
I was just a baby boy

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