"Bye Bye Baby" — the blues farewell. Departure as a blues occasion.
I got a fine looking woman
I call her "that gal of mine"
Yes, she's a fine looking woman
I call her "that gal of mine"
Yes, the reason I love her
Because she's dressed so fine
Well, she's a fine looking woman
And she lives across the town
Well, she's a fine looking woman
And she lives across the town
Yeah, my baby's trying to leave me
She's trying to put me down
Hey, it's bye bye baby
Bye bye and fare you well
Hey, it's bye bye baby
Bye bye and fare you well
Well, what I'm gonna do now
Baby, it's hard to tell
Yeah, it's bye bye
Bye bye baby bye
Well, bye bye baby
Bye bye bye baby bye bye
Yes, since you're gonna leave me
I have no need to cry
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- A B.B. King recording. Departure — goodbye, leaving, the end of the affair — is one of the blues tradition's most loaded narrative moments, freighted with everything that can't be unsaid.