
“You're an idiot, babe. It's a wonder that you still know how to breathe.”
Song lyrics, Blood on the Tracks (1975), Idiot Wind
Source: The Sword of Summer
“You're an idiot, babe. It's a wonder that you still know how to breathe.”
Song lyrics, Blood on the Tracks (1975), Idiot Wind
Howard Stern on Piers Morgan Tonight, CNN (January 18, 2011)
“It ain't no use to sit and wonder why, babe
If you don't know by now”
Compare: "It ain't no use to sit and sigh now, darlin." Paul Clayton, Who's Gonna Buy You Ribbons (When I'm Gone).
Song lyrics, The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan (1963), Don't Think Twice, It's All Right
Speaking to an angry mob of 5,000 which had surrounded the general store on the Grand River reservation, as quoted in Eagle Woman Who All Look At, 2010, South Dakota Hall of Fame – Champions of Excellence, 2019-08-15 http://sdexcellence.org/Eagle_Woman_Who_All_Look_At_2010,
“Begin, sweet Babe, with smiles thy Mother know.”
The Works of Publius Virgilius Maro (2nd ed. 1654), Virgil's Bucolicks
“Good love is hard to find.
You got lucky, babe.
You got lucky, babe, when I found you.”
You Got Lucky, written with Mike Campbell
Lyrics, Long After Dark (1982)