nobody's baby anymore

once i was cherished

treasured as a prize

guardian angels flew upside my head

peacocks danced behind my eyes

a brass band played a serenade on my parade

my splendour was adored

now i'm nobody's baby anymore

i've stepped out on highways that were studded with jewels

i rode into the city of kings on the back of a mule

i kissed riches

strode tall in my britches

i knew esprit de corps

now i'm nobody's baby anymore

i've had love and i've had love

too much or not enough

both the famine and the feast

have gone to make my beast

i went to the river and i sucked the river dry

i swallowed eden whole

i rolled and smoked the sky

drank my skinful

slaked my thirst

from shore to barren shore

now i'm nobody's baby anymore