You Can Come Over
Unrequited Yearning: Craig Campbell's 'You Can Come Over' Tale
Lyrics
You can come over,
Inviting someone to come over
We can sit on my front porch
Suggesting sitting on the front porch
We can take a walk.
Suggesting taking a walk
When it gets colder,
Anticipating colder weather
We can climb in my truck,
Suggesting climbing into the speaker's truck
Yeah, we can talk.
Expressing a willingness to talk
Sit up all night if you like,
Suggesting staying up all night for conversation
I just can't let your restless feet
Refusing to let the person with "restless feet" enter
Find my front steps.
Setting a boundary about the front steps
It'd be too easy,
Highlighting the ease of rekindling the relationship
To throw open that door
Warning against opening the door to past experiences
And go where we've gone
Reflecting on previous mistakes
Too many times before.
Emphasizing the familiarity of the situation
You'd stay just long enough,
Expecting the person to leave again
To leave me again,
Anticipating a short stay
So you can come over,
Reiterating the invitation to come over
But you can't come in.
Reiterating the refusal to let the person in
I'd put on that record,
Imagining a scenario of putting on a record
You'd give me that look,
Describing a particular look given by the person
Oh, you know the one.
Highlighting familiarity with the person's expressions
Girl, I can betcha
Expressing confidence about predicting the outcome
By the end of that first verse,
Anticipating emotional damage after the first verse
The damage would be done.
Expecting consequences of emotional impact
One glass of wine always leads to two,
Noting the tendency for one glass of wine to lead to more
When it comes to me and you.
Connecting wine consumption to a pattern in the relationship
It'd be too easy,
Repeating the warning against opening the door
To throw open that door
Reiterating the caution about past mistakes
And go where we've gone
Reflecting on the history of repeating errors
Too many times before.
Stressing the familiarity with the negative cycle
You'd stay just long enough,
Anticipating a brief stay from the person
To leave me again,
Expecting the person to leave again
So you can come over,
Reiterating the invitation to come over
But you can't come in.
Reiterating the refusal to let the person in
And pretend like we're just a couple old friends
Pretending to be just friends while acknowledging the history
Like you don't know how our story ends.
Addressing the person's awareness of the inevitable end
You'd stay just long enough,
Expecting a short stay from the person
To leave me again,
Anticipating the person leaving again
So you can come over,
Reiterating the invitation to come over
Until I get over you,
Expressing the need for time to get over the person
You can't come in.
Reiterating the refusal to let the person in
You can't come in.
Emphasizing the boundary of not allowing entry
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