It is not good for man to be alone

Baby Come Back, the song by Player

I thought of this song today, by the 1970’s band, Player. I used to think it was schmaltzy, “I was wrong, and I just can’t live without you”, but realizing that it is not good for man to be alone…

Genesis 2:18 New King James Version

18 And the Lord God said, “It is not good that man should be alone; I will make him a helper comparable to him.”

… and then I realized that this song was telling the truth, if by “I just can’t live without you”, the singer meant more than just physical desire, more than female fellowship, but the whole relationship, and how integral it is for the man.

So then, the Player song takes on new meaning for me. Perhaps in my youth I was just singing words, when I read these lyrics; or maybe back then I felt it too…

So this song is not meant as a valentine, per se, but to recall that the woman is key to the stability of the man… may each of you have your own special valentine

Spending all my nights, all my money going out on the town
Doing anything just to get you off of my mind, yeah
But when the morning comes, I’m right back where I started again
And tryna forget you is just a waste of time

Baby come back, any kind of fool could see
There was something in everything about you
Baby come back, yeah, you can blame it all on me
‘Cause I was wrong, and I just can’t live without you

All day long, wearing a mask of false bravado (false bravado)
Tryna keep up a smile that hides a tear (hides a tear)
But as the sun goes down, I get that empty feeling again
How I wish to God that you were here

Baby come back, yeah, any kind of fool could see
There was something in everything about you
Baby come back, you can blame it all on me
I was wrong, and I just can’t live without you, no

Now that I put it all together, ooh
Give me the chance to make you see (make you see, baby)
Have you used up all the love in your heart? (Oh)
Nothing left for me? Ain’t there nothing left for me?

Baby come back, any kind of fool could see
There was something in everything about you
Baby come back, you can blame it all on me
‘Cause I was wrong, and I just can’t live without you

Baby I was wrong, and I just can’t live

Baby come back

Source: LyricFind Songwriters: John Crowley / Peter BeckettBaby Come Back lyrics © Bluewater Music Corp., Universal Music Publishing Group, Warner Chappell Music, Inc, Wixen Music Publishing