Oh no not my babymaxine brownwritten by carole king and gerry goffinpeaked at # 24 in 1965maxine's second-biggest pop hit, and also her last top 40 pop hit. covered the same year by manfred mann as a #11 british hit. later covered in 1972 by merry clayton as a top 75 single, by rod stewart in 1973 as a top 60 single, and in 1980 by co-songwriter carole king as an album track [pearls: songs of goffin & king cd]. also covered as an album track by linda ronstadt in 1996.when my friends told me you had someone newi didn't believe a single word was truei told them all i had-a faith in youi-i-i-i just kept on sayin' oh no, not my baby; oh no, not my sweet baby you're not like those other guys who lead you on and tell you lies my mama told me when rumors spreadthere's truth somewhere and i should use my headbut i didn't listen to a-what she saidi-i-i-i kept right on sayin'oh no, not my baby; oh no, not my sweet baby you're not like those other boys who play with hearts like they were toys<instrumental break>well, you might have had a last-minute flingbut i am sure it didn't mean a thing'cause yesterday you gave-a me your ringand now i'm glad that i kept on sayin'oh no, not my baby; oh no, not my sweet baby you're not like those other guys who lead you on and tell you lies oh no, not my baby; oh no, not my sweet baby oh no, not my baby; no, no, no, no, not my sweet baby oh no