. ▁ ▁Re prise ▁execut ives ▁were ▁apparently ▁una ware ▁that ▁they ▁already ▁had ▁Son ny ▁& ▁Cher ▁signed ▁as ▁Ca esar ▁and ▁Cle o . ▁ ▁Com position ▁and ▁recording ▁B ono ▁composed ▁" B aby ▁Don ' t ▁Go " ▁on ▁an ▁$ 8 5 ▁u pr ight ▁piano ▁that ▁he ▁had ▁purchased ▁and ▁kept ▁in ▁the ▁couple ' s ▁gar age ▁or ▁living ▁room . ▁ ▁Working ▁in ▁the ▁middle ▁of ▁the ▁night ▁and ▁lack ing ▁paper , ▁B ono ▁wrote ▁the ▁lyr ics ▁down ▁on ▁a ▁piece ▁of ▁sh irt ▁card board , ▁a ▁practice ▁he ▁would ▁continue ▁with . ▁ ▁The ▁musical ▁arrangement ▁features ▁a ▁rh yth mic , ▁rolling ▁piano - and - cla vi etta ▁foundation ▁with ▁a ▁hyper - st acc ato ▁electric ▁guitar ▁joining ▁late ▁in ▁the ▁vers es . ▁L yr ically , ▁Cher ▁s ings ▁as ▁a ▁poor ▁ 1 8 - year - old ▁girl ▁from ▁a ▁broken ▁family , ▁un lik ed ▁and ▁fr ustr ated ▁in ▁the ▁small ▁town ▁she ' s ▁lived ▁in ▁all ▁her ▁life . ▁ ▁She ▁shares ▁her ▁vis ions ▁of ▁going ▁to ▁a ▁big ▁city ▁and ▁becoming ▁successful : ▁ ▁I ▁never ▁had ▁no ▁money , ▁I ▁bought ▁at ▁the ▁second ▁hand ▁store The ▁way ▁this ▁old ▁town ▁laugh s ▁at ▁me , ▁I ▁just ▁can ' t ▁take ▁it ▁no ▁more ▁– I ▁can ' t ▁stay ▁... ▁I ' m ▁g onna ▁be ▁a ▁lady ▁some ▁day ▁▁▁ ▁The ▁ch or uses