Let Me Go My Merry Way
Farewell Frustration: Charlie Rich's Melodic Escape from Love's Strife
Lyrics
I don't want you
Expressing a lack of desire for the person
I don't need you
Emphasizing not requiring the person
Why don't we just call it a day
Suggesting ending the relationship
Hmm-mmm
An indication of contemplation or hesitation
Were always fussing
Consistently arguing or quarreling
Lord, its disgusting
Describing the arguing as repulsive
(Disgusting yeah! yeah! yeah! Yeah!)
Reinforcing the repulsion felt due to the arguments
Leave me, baby, and let me go my merry way
Requesting freedom to pursue one's own path happily
Cause every evening
Referring to recurring discussions about separation
You talk about leaving
Pointing out constant threats or discussions of leaving
Don't come home
Asking the partner not to return till morning
Till the dawn
Encouraging absence till daybreak
That's alright now
Accepting the situation without issue
It was useless anyhow
Conveying the relationship's futility
Well, baby, when you get back here Ill be gone
Stating intention to leave when the partner returns
I say when you met me
Recalling being content before the relationship
I was a happy, happy man
Expressing prior happiness in life
(Ooooh-ooohbut you messed up)
Highlighting the disruption caused by the partner
My every plan
Noting the partner's interference with plans
So I don't want you
Reiterating lack of desire for the partner
I don't need you
Reinforcing not needing the partner's love
You didn't love me anyway
Claiming the partner didn't truly love
(Anyway)
Reinforcing the partner's lack of love
What are we living for
Questioning the purpose of the relationship
Always trying to start a war
Describing constant attempts to create conflict
Leave me, baby, and let me go my merry way
Asking for freedom to pursue happiness independently
Let me go my merry way
Reiterating the desire for independence and departure
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