Lady Be Good
Yearning for Love: A Tale of Loneliness in David Hamilton's 'Lady Be Good'
Lyrics
Listen to my tale of woe,
Expressing a sorrowful story
It's terribly sad but true,
Asserting the sadness as a genuine and unfortunate reality
All dressed up, no place to go
Describing a situation of being dressed up with nowhere to go
Each evening I'm awfully blue.
Indicating a recurring feeling of deep sadness every evening
I must win some handsome guy
Expressing a desire to attract a charming man
Can't go on like this,
Stating the current unsustainable situation
I could blossom out I know,
Expressing the potential for personal growth with the right person
With somebody just like you. So
(Continuation of the desire to find a suitable companion)
Oh, sweet and lovely lady, be good
Addressing a lady with affectionate words
Oh, lady, be good to me
Requesting kindness and goodness from the lady
I am so awfully misunderstood
Expressing a feeling of being misunderstood
So lady, be good to me
Reiterating the plea for the lady to be good to the speaker
Oh, please have some pity
Pleading for compassion
I'm all-alone in this big city
Highlighting the loneliness in a large city
I tell you I'm just a lonesome babe in the wood,
Describing oneself as a lonesome individual
So lady be good to me.
Repeating the request for the lady to be good
Oh, please have some pity
(Repetition of the plea for pity)
I'm all alone in this big city
Reiterating the sense of being alone in a large city
I tell you I'm just a lonesome babe in the wood,
Repeating the description of being a lonesome babe in the wood
So lady be good to me.
Reiterating the plea for the lady to be good
Oh lady be good to me.
Final repetition of the request for kindness
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