7. Take Good Care of My Baby

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Words & music by Carol King and Gerry Goffin. Arrangement, performances, recording, and mixing by Stephen Solum.

Ⓟ 2020. Stephen Solum. All rights reserved.

Written by Carol King and Gerry Goffin in 1961, this was first recorded by Bobby Vee. I arranged the cover of it in 2016 for guitar and voice for a high school reunion, and “brought in the band” (me) for this recording.

Take Good Care of My Baby - lyrics

My tears are falling

'Cause you've taken her away,

And though it really hurts me so

There's something that I gotta say:

Take good care of my baby,

Please don't ever make her blue;

Just tell her that you love her,

Make sure you're thinking of her

In everything you say and do.

Take good care of my baby,

Now don't you ever make her cry;

Just let your love surround her,

Make rainbows all around her,

Don't let her see the cloudy sky.

Once upon a time

That little girl was mine;

If I’d been true

I know she'd never be with you.

So take good care of my baby,

Be just as kind as you can be;

And if you should discover

That you don't really love her,

Just send my baby back home to me.