Early in the Morning
Grown Love Blues: Boz Scaggs' Early Morning Revelations
Lyrics
When a girl reach the age of eighteen
At the age of eighteen, a girl starts to perceive herself as mature.
She begin to think she's grown
She begins to believe she is grown up.
And that's the kind of girl
Referring to a particular type of girl who is hard to find at home.
You can't never find at home
Implies that this type of girl is often away or elusive.
Come see me early in the morning
Invitation to visit the speaker early in the morning.
Baby 'bout the break of day
Suggests the specified time around the dawn.
You oughta saw me hug my pillow
Expresses a past moment of embracing a pillow where the baby used to be.
Where my baby used to lay
Highlights the absence of the baby in the speaker's life.
One drink of wine two drinks of gin
Describes consuming alcoholic drinks, possibly to cope with emotions.
Pretty young girl got me in the state I'm in
Indicates the influence of alcohol on the speaker's emotions due to a young girl.
Come see me early in the morning
Reiterates the invitation to visit early in the morning.
Baby 'bout the break of day
Repeats the suggestion of the specified time for the visit.
Lord you oughta saw me hug my pillow
Recalls a moment of hugging a pillow in the absence of the baby.
Where my baby used to lay
Emphasizes the void left by the baby in the speaker's life.
Passed by the juke joint
Narrates passing by a place playing music.
Peeked through the door
Observing or spying on the scene through a door.
She was doing the boogie woogie
Describes the girl dancing energetically to boogie woogie music.
In the middle of the floor
Specifies the location of the dance in the middle of the floor.
Come see me early in the morning
Reiterates the invitation to visit early in the morning.
Baby 'bout the break of day
Confirms the suggested time for the visit.
Lord you oughta saw me hug my pillow
Recalls another moment of hugging a pillow in the absence of the baby.
Where my baby used to lay
Re-emphasizes the void left by the baby in the speaker's life.
Where my baby used to lay
Repeats the idea of the empty space where the baby used to be.
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