Ain't No Use
Breaking Free: Big Maybelle's Heartfelt Farewell in 'Ain't No Use'
Lyrics
There ain't no use
Expressing futility or lack of purpose.
In hanging round
Advising against staying or lingering.
No there ain't no use
Reiterating the point that staying is pointless.
I'm gonna put you down
Declaring the intention to end the relationship.
There's no room left in my heart
Indicating emotional closure and no space for the person in the speaker's heart.
For you
Stressing the finality of the decision to move on.
Ain't no use
Repeating the idea that there's no use in the relationship.
For you to cry
Telling the person not to cry as it won't change the situation.
Ain't no use
Emphasizing the futility of any further attempts to salvage the relationship.
This is goodbye
Confirming the farewell.
You done me wrong
Accusing the person of repeated wrongdoings.
So many times
Highlighting the history of the person's betrayals.
Now I'm through
Declaring the end of tolerance or forgiveness.
The best years of my life
Reflecting on wasted years due to the relationship.
You just wasted away
Expressing regret over lost time and opportunities.
You caused so many tears
Attributing emotional pain caused by the person.
Now the time has come when you must pay
Declaring a reckoning or consequence for the person's actions.
Ain't no more for you say
Stating that there's nothing more the person can say.
Ain't no more for you to say
Reiterating the lack of words or excuses accepted.
Just take your love and go away
Instructing the person to leave with their love.
And it's time [we can] leave
Indicating the passage of time and the need to move forward.
Don't return
Advising against returning to the relationship.
Baby it ain't no use
Reiterating the futility and lack of purpose in the relationship.
If you leave, don't return
Warning against returning, emphasizing it's pointless.
Cause it just ain't no use
Affirming that there's no use in the person's return.
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