All around the schoolyard playing all the games
C'mon baby, spend the night with me
"The dinner's almost ready, go and wash yourself"
Changing all them diapers, polish all that chrome
The father was a stranger and a stranger was the son
C'mon baby, spend the night with me
The whole town saw Jimmy on the six o'clock news
Publisher: COTILLION MUSIC INC
Sneaking in the closet and through the diary
"God bless this kitchen", said the knick-knack shelf
C'mon baby, spend the night with me
C'mon baby, spend the night with me
His brains were on the sidewalk and blood was on his shoes
Runnin', laughin' back and forth, the kid with two first names
Now, don't you know all he saw was all there was to see?
Songwriter: John Prine
Wanda had a baby in nineteen fifty one
Call that child James Lewis, call these rooms a home
The past is running faster, singing harmony
Jimmy's growing up now and Wanda's growing old
C'mon baby, spend the night with me
The days are growin' shorter, the nights are long and cold
C'mon baby, spend the night with me
A stranger in the closet, lock the diary