{"id":54295,"date":"2026-06-26T16:28:58","date_gmt":"2026-06-26T16:28:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/?p=54295"},"modified":"2026-06-26T16:28:58","modified_gmt":"2026-06-26T16:28:58","slug":"sorry-baby","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/2026\/06\/26\/sorry-baby\/","title":{"rendered":"Sorry, Baby"},"content":{"rendered":"

[Silence]<\/p>\n

[Arrangement: Upbeat shuffle, guitar riff, organ, walking bassline, percussion, saxophone, drums]<\/p>\n

[Intro]
\nI wish I had
\n(A better line)
\nSomething softer
\n(To leave behind)<\/p>\n

I wish I had
\n(A better way)
\nThan what I\u2019m saying
\n(Today)<\/p>\n

Ya know…
\n(We gotta go)<\/p>\n

[Verse 1]
\nYou gave me shelter
\n(When nights got cold)
\nHeld together
\n(What I couldn\u2019t hold)<\/p>\n

Stayed beside me
\n(Through the strain)
\nEven when
\n(It looked insane)<\/p>\n

But time kept moving
\n(Underneath)
\nPulling loose
\n(What we believed)<\/p>\n

And now the road
\n(Has split in two)
\nAnd I can\u2019t fake
\n(What I can\u2019t do)<\/p>\n

[Refrain]
\nSo, sorry
\n(Baby)
\nBut, what can I say?<\/p>\n

So sorry
\n(Baby)
\nThere’s no way to stay<\/p>\n

So sorry
\n(Baby)
\nI wish it wasn\u2019t true<\/p>\n

So sorry
\n(Baby)
\nI can\u2019t stay…
\n… it’s true…
\n(… and neither can you)<\/p>\n

Ya know…
\n(We gotta go)<\/p>\n

[Verse 2]
\nIt isn\u2019t anger
\n(It isn\u2019t blame)
\nIt\u2019s just the fire
\n(Has changed its name)<\/p>\n

Something faded
\n(Without a sound)
\nAnd now there\u2019s no
\n(Safe middle ground)<\/p>\n

I tried to find
\n(Some words that heal)
\nBut broken things
\n(Don\u2019t always seal)<\/p>\n

And every hour
\n(We linger here)
\nOnly makes
\n(The leaving clear)<\/p>\n

[Chorus]
\nI know it hurts
\n(Maybe me too)
\nTo hear the truth
\n(Instead of \u201csoon\u201d)<\/p>\n

I know this room
\n(Still feels like home)
\nBut staying now
\n(Would be alone)<\/p>\n

Ya know…
\n(We gotta go)<\/p>\n

[Bridge]
\nYeah, ya know…
\n(We gotta go)
\n[Instrumental]
\n[Saxophone interlude]
\n[Guitar solo]<\/p>\n

[Final Refrain]
\nSo, sorry
\n(Baby)
\nBut, what can I say?<\/p>\n

So sorry
\n(Baby)
\nThere’s no way to stay<\/p>\n

So sorry
\n(Baby)
\nThe night has had its say<\/p>\n

So sorry
\n(Baby)
\nI can\u2019t stay…
\n… it’s true…
\n(… and neither can you)<\/p>\n

Ya know…
\n(We gotta go)<\/p>\n

[Outro]
\nI wish I had
\n(A better line)
\nSomething softer
\n(To leave behind)<\/p>\n

Ya know…
\n(We gotta go)<\/p>\n

From the album “Displacement<\/a>“<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

[Silence] [Arrangement: Upbeat shuffle, guitar riff, organ, walking bassline, percussion, saxophone, drums] [Intro] I wish I had (A better line) Something softer (To leave behind) I wish I had (A better way) Than what I\u2019m saying (Today) Ya know… (We gotta go) [Verse 1] You gave me shelter (When nights got cold) Held together (What […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-54295","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54295","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=54295"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"http:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54295\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":54298,"href":"http:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54295\/revisions\/54298"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=54295"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=54295"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=54295"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}