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For My Baby Song Lyrics and Chords by Cal Smith
For My Baby
Recorded by Cal Smith
Written by Clyde Otis and Brook Benton
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When you see me smile I'm smiling for my baby
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sigh I'm sighing for my
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When I step out as sharp as a tack
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Girls whistle at me but I don't look back
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thing I do
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I do it for my
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Every time I dream I dream about my baby
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scheme I'm scheming for my
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I know my baby she's never hard to find
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Cause she's always on my mind
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I do it for my
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My baby she's something else
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let me tell you she's fine
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glad that I belong to her and
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she's mine all mine
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make I
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make it for my
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take I take it for my
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Now when you see us strolling down the avenue
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keep your eyes off you know who
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thing I do
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I do it for my
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Yes I'm doin' for my
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well I'm sighin' for my
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FAQ
Who sang the the song For My Baby?
- The song For My Baby was sang by Cal Smith.
Who is Cal Smith?
- Calvin Grant Shofner (April 7, 1932 - October 10, 2013), known professionally as Cal Smith, was an American country musician, most famous for his 1974 hits "Country Bumpkin" and "It's Time to Pay the Fiddler".