I Can't Help You Now
Love's Crossroads: Bonnie Raitt's Unyielding Journey
Lyrics
Where were you when I was fallin' down
Asking where the person was when the singer was going through a difficult time.
Buzzin' round your heart
Describing a period when emotions were intense and focused on the person.
Why'd you wait till I was moving on
Questioning why the person waited until the singer was moving on to reveal themselves.
To come out of the dark
Suggesting that the person emerged from a hidden or secretive state.
To say I'm what you need
Expressing the person's acknowledgment that the singer is what they need.
And you could spend your life with me
Implying a commitment to spending a lifetime together.
Well I can't help you now
Declaring an inability to assist or be there for the person now.
(Sorry baby,no I can't help you)
Reiterating the singer's inability to help the person, expressing regret.
No, I can't help you now
Repeating the inability to provide assistance.
(Keep away, I've fallen in love)
Suggesting that the singer has fallen in love and should be kept away.
Maybe there was a time
Reflecting on a past time when assistance might have been possible.
But sometimes time runs out
Recognizing that sometimes opportunities or possibilities fade away.
And I can't help you know
Reiterating the inability to help the person in the current situation.
Forty days since I stopped countin' the days
Marking a period of forty days without counting, indicating emotional distance.
And countin' the ways that I loved you
Recalling a time when the singer counted the ways they loved the person.
Good long while since I found
Highlighting a substantial duration since finding reasons to believe in the relationship.
Good enough reasons to stop believin'
Expressing a lack of sufficient reasons to continue believing in the person.
That you are what I really want
Stating that the person is not what the singer truly wants.
And now that you do baby, I don't
Indicating a shift in feelings where the singer no longer desires the person.
But I can't help you know, now
Reaffirming the singer's inability to provide assistance in the current situation.
(Sorry baby, no I can't help you)
Repeating the regretful inability to help the person.
No, I can't help you now
Emphasizing once again the inability to offer help.
(Keep away, I've fallen in love)
Reiterating that the singer has fallen in love and should be kept away.
Maybe there was a time
Recalling a past time when assistance might have been possible.
But sometimes time runs out
Acknowledging that opportunities or possibilities sometimes expire.
And I can't help you know
Restating the singer's inability to help the person in the current situation.
Now you're sayin' the one you need
Indicating that the person is now claiming to be the one the singer needs.
And you could spend your life with me
Reiterating the willingness to spend a lifetime together despite the singer's inability to help.
But I can't help you
Asserting once more the singer's inability to offer assistance.
No, I can't help you now
Repeating the inability to help the person and expressing regret.
(Sorry baby, no I can't help you)
Emphasizing again the singer's inability to provide assistance.
I can't help you now
Reiterating the inability to help the person, suggesting the need to stay away due to the singer's love for someone else.
(Keep away, I've fallen in love)
Stressing once more the singer's fallen in love, advising the person to keep away.
Maybe there was a time
Reflecting on a past time when assistance might have been possible.
And I wish I could somehow
Expressing a wish that, somehow, the singer could provide help.
I can't help you, can't help you know
Reiterating the singer's inability to help the person.
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