Barroom in '93
Nostalgic Tales of Lost Love in '93's Barroom
Lyrics
Smokestacks on the bluff
Observing industrial smokestacks on a bluff.
Blue sky reflecting clouds in our cups
Describing a scene where the sky is reflected in drinking cups.
You tell me how fast you lived
Discussing the speed of living before maturity.
Before you finally grew up and moved back east
Mentioning a move back east after growing up.
Talking 'bout days that you worked every mill in the land
Recalling working days in various mills.
I tell you I love a man who works with his hands
Expressing admiration for a man who works with his hands.
Then comes home at night and puts them all over me
Describing intimacy with a working partner.
Oh I was so lonesome before you came
Feeling lonely before a significant relationship.
And started telling me stories
Being comforted by the partner's storytelling.
And calling my name out
Enjoying the partner calling their name.
Before our two worlds collided
Reflecting on life before the two individuals met.
We were long lost strangers
Describing a past of being strangers.
Wayfaring aimlessly
Wandering aimlessly before finding each other.
Then we found each other
Discovering each other in a barroom in 1993.
In a barroom in '93
Summarizing the meeting in a barroom in 1993.
As time rolled on, resentment grew strong
Noting the growth of resentment over time.
Emotional cravings but our connection was gone
Expressing emotional distance despite cravings.
Cursing each other cuz neither could admit we were wrong
Describing conflict and an inability to admit fault.
Oh I was so lonesome before you came
Recalling loneliness before the relationship.
But now we're yelling and fighting
Currently experiencing yelling and fighting.
And I'm calling you names
Engaging in name-calling during arguments.
Before our two worlds collided
Reflecting on life before the relationship deteriorated.
We were long lost strangers
Remembering being strangers before the connection.
Wayfaring aimlessly
Wandering aimlessly again, but now without each other.
Now I'm reminiscing
Thinking back about the barroom encounter in 1993.
'Bout a barroom in 93
Reminiscing about the past in a barroom from 1993.
Liquor and lime isn't enough to save me
Alcohol and distraction aren't enough to save from pain.
To save me
Reiterating the inadequacy of liquor and lime.
I've got selfish intentions
Admitting to selfish intentions and a desire for change.
God, I wish that I could change
Expressing a wish for personal transformation.
I bet you feel, I bet you feel the same
Suspecting that the partner might share similar feelings.
Oh I was so lonesome before you came
Recalling loneliness before the relationship, now amplified.
And started telling me stories
Being comforted by the partner's storytelling.
And calling my name out
Enjoying the partner calling their name.
Calling my name
Repeating the pleasure of the partner calling their name.
Before our two worlds collided
Reflecting on life before the two individuals met.
Yeah we were long lost strangers
Describing a past of being strangers.
Wayfaring aimlessly
Wandering aimlessly before finding each other.
Now I'm drowning my sorrows in that
Currently drowning sorrows in the same barroom from 1993.
Same old barroom from 93
Reiterating the specific barroom from 1993.
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