oh me oh my sweet baby said goodbye oh no one else could take her place in my life ooh we had something good so tell me why she would go and make me cry oh me oh my sweet baby said goodbye i remember how she d hold me and say she d stay forever true back then the future looked so rosy but tonight it s looking mighty blue don t know what i didn t give her that she gets from someone new i only know how much i miss her and wish my heart was only broke in two oh me oh my sweet baby said goodbye oh no one else could take her place in my life ooh we had something good so tell me why she would go and make me cry oh me oh my why did she go and make me cry oh me oh my sweet baby said goodbye