Lyrics

Babbs

Where are you going, my little one, for the first time on your own?
Down to Babb?s for some penny candy, don?t worry I?ll be right home.
Back so soon, didn?t take too long, any trouble crossing the street.
You don?t look too happy, I bet I know, Mr. Babb didn?t treat you sweet.

How?d you know, he makes me mad, he doesn?t like me the stern man.
He said too much candy would spoil my lunch.
Now, I?ll never go there again.
He doesn?t mean it he pretends to be gruff.
He loves all the little kids.
It?s just his way, doesn?t mean to hurt you,
Don?t be so sensitive.

Where have you been, young lady of mine, off to town on your bike.
No, just down to Babbs to get some stuff to take on our girl scout hike.
Well, I thought you weren?t going to Babbs again,
Oh, that was years ago.
Sometimes when he looks at me he frowns, but
It?s just his way, you know.
He puts extra candy into my bag,
When he thinks I?m not looking at him.
And if I look very closely sometimes,
Through his frown bursts a sudden grin.

Instrumental interlude.

Why so quiet, my youngest daughter, are those tears in your eyes?
You?re a young woman now you know, what reason have you to cry?
Is it because today your old friend left you and your childhood behind?
Or it that your friends don?t seem to hear you
When you tell them he was kind.
You both mark the end of a matchless era,
He waited for you long as he could.
Together your ended something precious and good,
He, life, and you, childhood.