The night we met I knew I needed you so
and if I had the chance I'd never let you go.
So won't you say you love me,
I'll make you so proud of me.
We'll make 'em turn their heads every place we go.
So won't you, please, BE MY BE MY
be my little baby
Say you'll be my darlin',
be my baby now.Wha-oh-oh-oh.
I'll make you happy, baby, just wait and see.
For every kiss you give me I'll give you three.
Oh, since the day I saw you
I have been waiting for you.
You know I will adore you 'til eternity.
So won't you, please, BE MY BE MY
be my little baby
Say you'll be my darlin',
be my baby now.
Wha-oh-oh-oh.
So come on and, please, BE MY BE MY
be my little baby
Say you'll be my darlin',
be my baby now.
Wha-oh-oh-oh.
BE MY BE MY Be my little baby.
Say you'll be my darlin',
be my baby now.
wha-oh-oh-oh-oh.
(repeat & fade)
Spector rehearsed this song with Ronnie Bennett (the only Ronette to sing on it) for weeks , but that didn't stop him from doing forty-two takes before he was satisfied. Aided by a full orchestra, he created a lush, echo-laden sound that was the Rosetta stone for studio pioneers such as the Beatles and Brian Wilson, who calls this his favorite song. "The things Phil was doing were crazy and exhausting," said Larry Levine, Spector's engineer. "But that's not the sign of a nut. That's genius."