You called me to tell me goodbye
I told you that I was some other guy
You said that you’d phone when he got home
You told me to tell him that you’d called
Now you don’t have to tell me goodbye
You don’t have to hear me cry
You don’t have to tell me to go
'Cause baby
Baby I know
The phone rang again for some time
I knew it was you on the line
I hurt you before I knew it for sure
Forgive me for being unkind
Now you don’t have to tell me goodbye
When you called much later that night
I said he’d out 'till daylight
But if there’s something I can tell him
Forgive me for asking but is something not right
And than you broke down and cried
Told me you loved him
But your love had been denied
He didn’t want you no more
I told her don’t you be so sure
He’ll never want you to go
'Cause baby
Baby I know
Baby
I know
I know
baby
I know
I know
Love the Rubettes very much, but when they're singing country, they're superb.
After more than 30 years, everytime I hear it, it still touches my heart.
Best thing they ever did ,this was so different from what they had been doing and my all time fav Rubettes song , I think it was their last song to chart to before they succumbed down the road into the nostalgic cabaret route .
The missing ingredient from the current Rubettes incarceration is definately Tony Thorpe. With Tony the band was progressing from the 50's-inspired pop to a Country-Rock hybrid. After his departure the band reverted back to their old sound.
I agree. It is weird. They were the most "popsical" group ever. I loved their songs as they were a bit of a sound track for my youth but I understand the "bubble gum" label but those guys matured and were allowed to. Their later stuff is great, I think, quite musically assured with good lyrics. I had to eat my assumptions.
You called me to tell me goodbye
I told you that I was some other guy
You said that you'd phone
when he got home
You told me to tell him that you'd called
Now you don't have to tell me goodbye
You don't have to hear me cry
You don't have to tell me to go
'Cause baby
baby I know
The phone rang again for some time
I knew it was you on the line
I hurt you before
I knew it for sure
Forgive me for being unkind
Now you don't have to tell me goodbye
You don't have to hear me cry
You don't have to tell me to go
'Cause baby
baby I know
baby I know
When you called much later that night
I said he'd out 'til daylight
But if there's something
I can tell him
Forgive me for asking
but is something not right
And than you broke down and cried
Told me you loved him
But your love
had been denied
He didn't want you no more
I told her don't you be so sure
He'll never want you to go
'Cause baby
baby I know
Baby I know
I know
baby I know
I know