Peaked at # 2 in 1959
their second-biggest hit, featuring lead singer ben e. king. co-songwriter jerry
leiber later commented it was his least favorite of all the hits written with partner
mike stoller; perhaps for this reason, the song is sometimes credited only to
nelson, patterson, and treadwell. considered by some historians to be the first
r&b hit to use strings, paving the way for the mass acceptance of r&b music by
white audiences, and the transition of r&b to soul music in the early 1960s. more
than two decades later, it was covered by donna summer as a top 25 dance hit in
1984. the drifters' original also inspired the title of a 1992 film starring dermot
mulroney and rick schroeder.
(bo-bo, doo-doot-doo-doo-doo-doo)
(there she goes) (doo-doot-doo-doo-doo-doo)
(there she goes) (doo-doot-doo-doo-doo-doo)
(bo-bo) (doo-doot-doo-doo)
(bo-bo) (doo-doo-doo-doo)
there goes my baby, movin' on down the line
wonder where, wonder where, wonder where she is bound?
i broke her heart and made her cry
now i'm alone, so all alone
what can i do, what can i do?
(there goes my baby) whoa-oh-oh-oh-oh
(there goes my baby) yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
(there goes my baby) whoa-oh-oh-oh
(there she goes) yeah! (there she goes)
I wanna know if she loved me
did she really love me?
was she just playing me for a fool?
I wonder why she left me
why did she leave me so all alone
so all alone
I was gonna tell her that i loved her
and that i need her
beside my side to be my guide
I wanna know where is my (doo-doot-doo-doo-doo-doo)
where is my baby (doo-doot-doo-doo-doo-doo) ?
i want my baby
i need my baby
Yeah, whoa-oh-oh
Fade
(there goes my baby)
whoa-oh-oh-oh-oh