Lyrics

Oh, baby, baby
Oh, baby, baby

Oh, baby, baby
How was I   to know
That something wasn't   here?
Oh, baby, baby
I shouldn't have   you go
And now you're out of   , yeah

Show me how you want it to be
Tell me, baby
'Cause I need to know now, oh, because

My  
Is   me and I
I must  
I still believe, still believe
When I'm not with you I lose my mind
Give me a sign
Hit me, baby, one more time

Oh, baby, baby
The reason I   is you
Boy, you got me  
Oh, pretty baby
There's nothing that I wouldn't do
It's not the way I   it

Show me how you want it to be
Tell me, baby
'Cause I need to know now, oh, because

My loneliness
Is killing me and I
I must confess
I still believe, still believe
When I'm not with you I lose my mind
Give me a sign
Hit me, baby, one more time

Oh, baby, baby
Oh, baby, baby
Ah, yeah, yeah

Oh, baby, baby
How was I supposed to know?
Oh, pretty baby
I shouldn't have let you go

I must confess
That my loneliness
Is killing me now
Don't you know I still believe
That you will be here
And give me a sign?
Hit me, baby, one more time

My loneliness
Is killing me and I
I must confess
I still believe, still believe
When I'm not with you I lose my mind
Give me a sign
Hit me, baby, one more time

I must confess
That my loneliness
Is killing me now
Don't you know I still believe
That you will be here
And give me a sign?
Hit me, baby, one more time
Legend

Meaning

The song was written by Swedish songwriters Max Martin and Rami Yacoub. Their inspiration for the song was a girl going through a breakup who is begging for her ex-boyfriend to call her back. But the Swedish duo mistakenly thought that "hit" was American slang for "call"—leading to the title line "Hit Me Baby, One More Time."

Vocabulary