wanda had a baby nineteen fifty one the father was stranger and a stranger was the son call that child james lewis call these rooms a home changing all them diapers polish all the chrome c mon baby spend the night with me all around the school yard playing all the games running laughing back and forth the kid with two first names stranger in the closet lock the diary the past is running faster singing harmony c mon baby spend the night with me god bless this kitchen said the knick knack shelf the dinner s almost ready better go and wash yourself jimmy s growing up now and wanda s growing old time is growin shorter the nights are long and cold c mon baby spend the night with me sneaking in the closet through the diary now don t you know all he saw was all there was to see the whole damn town saw jimmy on the six o clock news his brains were on the sidewalk and blood was on his shoes c mon baby spend the night with me c mon baby spend the night with me