Story Behind The Song

I was reflecting on how much value people place on material goods and status symbols and write a piece that demonstrates that the love of a partner is the most important thing...

Song Description

A man articulates a list of material items or 'signs of success' that he doesn't need, asserting that all he needs is the night with his baby.

Lyrics

The Night, My Baby, and Me

Don?t need another scotch and soda
Don?t need another cigarette
I don?t need a cabin by the ocean
Don?t need a mansion in the sky
Don?t need another dry martini
Don?t need another power lunch
Don?t need my 15 minutes of fame now
Don?t need a record on the charts

I want a peaceful night with the lights down low
And I?ll cuddle up tight with this girl I know
I want an hour or two just my baby and me
We know what to do with the night, my baby, and me

I don?t need a condo in a high-rise
Don?t need a doorman in the hall
Don?t need to have a lot of money
?Cause money can?t buy me what I need at all
Don?t need a limo, don?t need a driver
Don?t need a private airplane
I don?t need to have a bunch of credit cards in my wallet
No thanks all the same

I want a peaceful night with the lights down low
And I?ll cuddle up tight with this girl I know
I want an hour or three just my baby and me
It?s just gonna be the night, my baby, and me

So you can keep your scotch and soda
Keep your mansions in the sky
You can keep your dry martini
Honey I don?t need to fly
You can keep your high-rise condos
Keep that doorman in the hall
And you can keep that new hit single
?Cause I don?t need that stuff at all

I just want a peaceful night with the lights down low
I?m gonna cuddle up tight with this girl I know
I want an hour or four with my baby and me
Listen I don?t need no more than the night, my baby, and me
Oh just the night, my baby, my baby and me
I just need the night, my loving baby and me