You're Gonna Need A Man Like Me
Yearning for a Love Lost: 'You're Gonna Need A Man Like Me' Insights
Lyrics
Say you're gonna leave me,
Saying that the speaker is aware of the intention to leave.
gonna put me down,
Expressing the act of rejecting or abandoning the speaker.
found you another man way cross town.
Noticing that the partner has found someone else in a distant location.
One of these days baby.
Anticipating a future moment when the partner will regret leaving.
You gonna wish you had a man like me?
Stating that there will come a time when the partner will long for the speaker.
I can't make you love me.
Acknowledging the inability to force love.
Can't make you stay
Recognizing the inability to compel the partner to stay.
If the mind made up to leave me,
Accepting the partner's decision to leave if their mind is made up.
you gonna leave me anyway.
Understanding that the partner will leave regardless of efforts to keep them.
But one of these days, baby.
Reiterating the idea that there will be regret for not staying with the speaker.
You gonna wish you had a man like me.
Repeating the expectation that the partner will wish for the speaker in the future.
I work two jobs, bring my money home,
Describing the speaker's hard work with multiple jobs and bringing income home.
get back in the evening
Pointing out the partner's absence in the evenings despite the speaker's efforts.
You always gone
Highlighting the partner's consistent absence.
But one of these old days, pretty mama,
Emphasizing the future regret of not having the speaker as a partner.
you gone wish you had a man like me
Continuing the theme of the partner regretting leaving in the future.
leave if you wanna
Indicating the speaker's indifference to the partner's decision to leave.
don't care how long you stay.
Expressing that the duration of the partner's stay is inconsequential to the speaker.
One of these mornings,
Suggesting a future time when the partner will return to the speaker.
Gonna come back my way
Reiterating the idea that the partner will regret leaving.
one of these old days, baby you gone wish you had a man like me?
Reaffirming the expectation that the partner will wish for the speaker.
Give you all my money,
Expressing the speaker's willingness to provide everything, including love and money.
All my love and everything still you leaving me for some other man?
Questioning the partner's choice to leave for someone else despite the speaker's efforts.
But one of these days, baby,
Reiterating the future regret of not being with the speaker.
you gone, wish you had a man like me
Emphasizing the partner's eventual desire for the speaker.
You see one of these old days, baby, you gone
Stressing the inevitability of the partner wishing for the speaker.
wish you had a man like me.
Repeating the anticipation of the partner regretting leaving.
You gonna wish.
Reiterating the idea that the partner will wish for the speaker.
Oh lord
Expressing a sense of appeal or plea to a higher power (Lord).
you had a man like me
Concluding with the repetition of the partner regretting not having the speaker.
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