Oh, Lady Be Good
Lonesome Yearning: Oh, Lady Be Good - Artie Shaw's Melancholic Plea
Lyrics
Listen to my tale of woe,
Expressing the singer's intention to share a sad story.
It's terribly sad but true,
Asserting the genuine sadness and truthfulness of the story.
All dressed up, no place to go
Describing a situation of being dressed up but having nowhere to go, highlighting a sense of emptiness.
Each evening I'm awfully blue.
Expressing the singer's consistent state of unhappiness every evening.
I must win some handsome guy
Desiring to attract a handsome man into the singer's life.
Can't go on like this,
Expressing a need for change or improvement in the current situation.
I could blossom out I know,
Believing that the singer could flourish with the right person, possibly the addressee.
With somebody just like you. So
Continuation of the desire for companionship with someone like the addressee.
Oh, sweet and lovely lady, be good
Addressing the addressee as a sweet and lovely lady, requesting her to be good.
Oh, lady, be good to me
Repetition of the request for the lady to be good to the singer.
I am so awfully misunderstood
Expressing a feeling of being greatly misunderstood.
So lady, be good to me
Reiteration of the plea for the lady to be good to the singer.
Oh, please have some pity
Requesting the lady to have pity on the singer's loneliness.
I'm all-alone in this big city
Highlighting the singer's isolation in a large city.
I tell you I'm just a lonesome babe in the wood,
Describing the singer as a lonesome babe in the wood, emphasizing vulnerability.
So lady be good to me.
Repetition of the plea for the lady to be good to the singer.
Oh, please have some pity
Repetition of the request for the lady to have pity on the singer's loneliness.
I'm all alone in this big city
Reiteration of the singer's isolation in a big city.
I tell you I'm just a lonesome babe in the wood,
Repetition of the description of the singer as a lonesome babe in the wood.
So lady be good to me.
Repetition of the plea for the lady to be good to the singer.
Oh lady be good to me.
Final plea for the lady to be good to the singer.
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