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This song was written and recorded by Wayne Cochran & The C.C. Riders. Cochran wrote the song in tribute to a Georgia girl who lived nearby and was killed in a car accident while on a date. The song was made popular by J. Frank Wilson & The Cavaliers. It was most recently recorded by Pearl Jam.



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 the last kiss I have got on my very loveliest woman in my life are still fresh on my mind even though those where the days 7 year ago... now she have his own family too and I have got too... but even though she still remain in my heart no matter what even though the destiny plays on its own by not allowing us to be... sad to say.. how funny life is... this songs reminds me on how sweet love is, we were playing and sing this song on my guitar that she gave while her head on my shoulder and smiling at me

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Oh where, oh where can my baby be?
The Lord took her away from me.
She's gone to heaven, so I've got to be good,
So I can see my baby when I leave this world.

We were out on a date in my daddy's car,
we hadn't driven very far.
There in the road, straight ahead,
a car was stalled, the engine was dead.
I couldn't stop, so I swerved to the right.
I'll never forget, the sound that night--
the screamin tires, the bustin glass,
the painful scream that I-- heard last.

Oh where, oh where can my baby be?
The Lord took her away from me.
She's gone to heaven, so I've got to be good,
So I can see my baby when I leave this world.

When I woke up, the rain was pourin down.
There were people standin all around.
Somethin warm flowin through my eyes,
but somehow I found my baby that night.
I lifted her head, she looked at me and said,
"Hold me darlin just a little while."
I held her close, I kissed her--our last kiss.
I'd found the love that I knew I had missed.
Well now she's gone, even though I hold her tight.
I lost my love, my life-- that night.

Oh where, oh where can my baby be?
The Lord took her away from me.
She's gone to heaven so I've got to be good,
So I can see my baby when I leave this world.

 J Frank Wilson and the Cavaliers




Pearl Jam