Ain't That Peculiar
Love's Resilience: Bettye Swann's Peculiar Journey
Lyrics
Honey you do me wrong but still I'm crazy about you
Honey, despite your wrongs, I am deeply infatuated with you.
Stay away too long and I can't do without you
If you stay away for too long, I find it challenging to live without you.
Every chance you get you seem to hurt me more and more
You consistently hurt me, seemingly increasing the pain each time.
But each hurt makes my love stronger than before
Despite the hurts, my love for you becomes stronger with each one.
I know flowers go through rain
Comparing love to flowers enduring rain, acknowledging challenges.
But how can love go through pain
Raising a question about whether love can withstand pain.
Ain't that peculiar
Expressing surprise or disbelief at the peculiar nature of the situation.
A peculiar-arity
Highlighting the peculiarity as a distinctive quality.
Ain't that peculiar baby
Reiterating the peculiarity, emphasizing its uniqueness in the context of love.
Peculiar as can be
Emphasizing the peculiarity as something extraordinary or unusual.
You tell me lies that should be obvious to me
Noting that obvious lies are told, possibly expressing disappointment.
I've been so much in love with you baby til I don't want to see
Despite the lies, deep love exists, leading to a reluctance to acknowledge the truth.
That things you do and say are designed to make me blue
Actions and words intentionally causing sadness, creating a doggone shame.
It's a doggone shame my love for you makes all
Expressing that intense love makes deceptive lies appear true.
Your lies seem true
Acknowledging the effectiveness of lies in the face of strong love.
But if the truth makes love last longer
Pondering why truth, which should sustain love, doesn't have the same effect.
Why do lies make my love stronger
Raising a paradoxical question about the strengthening effect of lies on love.
Ain't that peculiar
Repeating the surprise or disbelief at the peculiar situation in love.
Peculiar as can be
Restating the peculiar nature, emphasizing its distinctiveness.
Ain't that peculiar baby
Reiterating the surprise at the peculiarity within the context of love.
A peculiar-arity
Emphasizing the peculiar nature as a defining characteristic.
I cried so much just like a child that's lost its home
Comparing personal emotional distress to a child losing its home.
Maybe baby you think these tears I cry are tears of joy
Suggesting that tears may be misunderstood as tears of joy.
A child can cry so much until you do everything they say
Noting the ineffectiveness of tears in getting one's way, unlike a child.
But unlike a child my tears don't help me to get my way
Highlighting the unique nature of adult tears compared to a child's.
I know love can last through years
Recognizing the endurance of love over time.
But how can love last through tears
Raising a question about the ability of love to withstand tears.
Now ain't that peculiar baby
Repeating the surprise or disbelief at the peculiar situation in love.
A peculiar-arity
Restating the peculiar nature, emphasizing its distinctiveness.
Ain't it peculiar baby
Reiterating the surprise at the peculiarity within the context of love.
Peculiar as can be
Emphasizing the peculiar nature as a defining characteristic.
Said I don't understand it baby
Expressing a lack of understanding and finding the situation strange.
It's so strange sometimes
Acknowledging the inherent strangeness or peculiarity in the dynamics of love.
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