You Shouldn't Have Left

Heartbreak Echoes: B.B. King's Tale of Love's Regret
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Lyrics

You shouldn't have left me, baby

You regret leaving me, baby.

Baby, you shouldn't have gone away

You shouldn't have gone away, baby.

Oh, you shouldn't have left me, baby

Expressing the pain of being left, baby.

Baby, you shouldn't have gone away

Reiterating the regret of your departure, baby.

Oh, you left the one that love you, woman

You left the one who loved you, causing emotional distress.

Cryin' every night and every day

Describing the emotional turmoil of crying every night and day.


Someone that you love more, baby

Suggesting that someone else you love more caused heartbreak.

Made you break my heart in two

Indicating the pain of heartbreak caused by someone else.

Someone that you love more, baby

Reiterating the role of another person in breaking the heart.

Made you break my heart in two

Emphasizing the impact of someone else on breaking the heart in two.

I want you to remember, baby

Requesting the listener to remember the pain caused.

The same thing could happen to you

Warning that a similar fate could befall the listener.


When the pain's in your heart, woman

Describing the intense emotional pain in the heart, woman.

Make you feel like you could die

Expressing the feeling of being on the brink of death due to the pain.

Oh, when the pain's, the pain's in your heart, baby

Reiterating the severe emotional pain in the heart, baby.

Make you feel like you could die

Stressing the overwhelming feeling that makes you feel like you could die.

Oh, you'll know then that you shouldn't have left me, woman

Conveying that the woman will realize the mistake of leaving.

Baby, and how it feels to say goodbye

Expressing the emotional impact of saying goodbye, baby.

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