Baby I Owe You Something Good
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Title of song: Baby I Owe You Something Good
Artist: Funkadelic
Title of album: Let's Take It to the Stage
Year of first release: 1975
Trivia:
Description of music:
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Songwriter: George Clinton
Memorable Lyrics:
- "You came along just in time my love/Self pity had got me down/You saved me from me, and from the bottom of my heart/Baby I owe you something good"
- "And then you came and rectified/All the love this old heart had been denied/Then you saved me like you said you would/For this, I owe you something good"
Complete lyrics at the Motherpage (http://www.duke.edu/~tmc/motherpage/lyrics_funkadelic/lyr-2stage.html#lyr-s-babyiowe)
The singer of this song thanks his lover for having rescued him from despair, and declares that she deserves his love for doing so (alluding to the idiom "to the victor goes the spoils").
Personnel:
- Lead Vocals: Calvin Simon
Critical response: