The Things I Used to Do
Rediscovering Love's Boundaries: Chuck Berry's Musical Reflections
Lyrics
Things that I used to do
Reflecting on past actions and behaviors
Some I won't do no more
Decision to stop certain actions
Things that I used to do
Recalling previous behaviors or habits
Some I won't do no more
Firm commitment to avoid certain behaviors
Used to sit and hold your hand, baby
Describing a past intimate gesture with a partner
Begging you, not today
Expressing a plea or request to avoid a specific action today
Used to search all night for you baby
Describing a past intense search for the partner
And I search always anything
Emphasizing the exhaustive nature of the search
Used to search all night for you baby
Reiterating the intensity and duration of the search
And I search always anything
Continuing to emphasize the exhaustive search
Yeah, and I'm new alone again, darlin'
Expressing a sense of newfound loneliness
You was out somewhere with your other man
Realizing the partner's infidelity with another man
I'm gonna send you back to your mother, baby
Threatening to end the relationship by sending the partner back to her mother
Or I'm gonna back to my family too
Considering the option of returning to the speaker's own family
I'm gonna send you back to your mother, baby
Reiterating the threat to send the partner back to her mother
Or I'm gonna back to my family too
Reconsidering the possibility of returning to the speaker's family
Nothing I ever do pleases you, darlin'
Expressing frustration with an inability to please the partner
Or I just can't get along with you
Suggesting difficulty in getting along with the partner
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