Close your eyes, sweet baby, now don't you cry Everybody gets their heart broke, sweet baby, sometime So he left you for another fool, yes, a fool For lovin' him from the start Ask yourself, what's more important Him or the broken pieces of your heart, sweet baby
Stand tall, sweet baby, don't you fall (Tall, baby) You ain't the only one gettin' beat down Happens to us all The road you chose to walk in this life (The road you choose to walk in this life)
Is one that leads into the next So sweet baby, stand tall (Sweet baby, stand tall) Stand tall (Sweet baby)
Sweet baby, hold your tears back now Better days gonna come your way soon Oh yeah, sweet baby, someway, somehow Oh, sweet, sweet, sweet, sweet, baby
Sweet baby
Walk faster, sweet baby Don't let those bad boys catch you now Those things that they will have you do You been done known better, oh, and how
How can you sleep knowing that you and a fool Sing in the same key? Walk faster, sweet baby (Walk faster, sweet baby) Strive to be the very best that you can be (Strive to be, strive to be ) Sweet baby, oh, sweet baby
Sweet baby, hold your tears back now Better days gonna come your way soon Oh yeah, sweet baby, someway, somehow, oh
(Sweet baby) Sweet baby Better days gonna come your way, yeah Sweet baby