Vanessa Carlton
Pretty Baby
"Be Not Nobody"
A&M Records
Director: Fred Durst
Concept by: Kevin (blackvulture)

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Lyric: You light me up and then I fall for you.
Scene: Late 1800's. Middle of the night. Dark country roadside. The man finds a flower that reminds him of a long-lost love.
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Lyric: You lay me down and then I call for you.
Scene: Memory of the woman steps out of the shadows, calling for him.
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Lyric: Stumbling on reasons that are far and few, I let it all come down and then some for you.
Scene: He tries to comprehend what he is seeing
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Lyric: Pretty baby, don't you leave me
Scene: Performance shot of Vanessa
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Lyric: I have been saving smiles for you.
Scene: A pained look when he understands what he sees
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Lyric: Pretty baby, why can't you see? You're the one that I belong to.
Scene: Her responding to his reaction after seeing her
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Lyric: I'll be the embrace that keeps you warm, you're the sun that breaks the storm, I'll be all right and I'll sleep sound
Scene: He wants to hold her
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Lyric: As long as you keep coming 'round. Oh pretty baby.
Scene: Performance from Vanessa
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Lyric: And I know things can't last forever
Scene: The memory fades
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Lyric: But there are lessons that you'll never learn.
Scene: After the memory he finds the flower again that began the memory
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Lyric: Oh just the scent of you, it makes me hurt.
Scene: The scent of the flower makes him collapse.
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Lyric: So how's it you that makes me better?
Scene: One last moment before he must be on his way.
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Lyric: Pretty baby, don't you leave me
Scene: Shot of the stage coach riding off
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Lyric: I have been saving smiles for you.
Scene: Riding along he is broken-hearted.
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Lyric: (remainder of chorus)
Scene: Performance from Vanessa inter-cut with shots of the stage coach
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Lyric: Why can't you, hold me and never let go? When you touch me, it is me that you own.
Scene: flashback to them being together
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Lyric: oh the place that you hold in my heart. Would you break it apart? Again
Scene: continued flashback, a broken man.
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Lyric: Pretty baby, don't you leave me (remainder of song...)
Scene: Performance from Vanessa
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Lyric: My pretty baby, don't you leave me. (last line of song)
Scene: Stage coach leaving
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