Careless Love
Careless Love's Bittersweet Tale: Dinah Washington's Soulful Odyssey
Lyrics
Love, oh love, oh careless love
Expressing the theme of love, describing it as careless and potentially harmful.
You've fly through my head like wine
Comparing the impact of love to the intoxicating and overwhelming nature of wine.
You've wrecked the life of a many poor girl
Highlighting the destructive influence of love on the lives of many unfortunate girls.
And you nearly spoiled this life of mine
Personalizing the negative effects of love, suggesting it has almost ruined the singer's life.
Love, oh love, oh careless love
Reiterating the theme of love as careless and now characterized by desire.
In your clutches of desire
Describing love as having a strong hold on the singer through intense desire.
You've made me break a many true vow
Indicating that love has caused the breaking of promises and vows.
Then you set my very soul on fire
Expressing the profound impact of love by setting the soul on fire, possibly referring to intense passion.
Love, oh love, oh careless love
Continuing the lamentation about the negative consequences of love, leading to the loss of happiness.
All my happiness bereft
Describing the singer's emotional state as happiness being taken away by love.
You've filled my heart with weary old blues
Depicting the emotional burden of love by filling the heart with weariness and blues.
Now I'm walkin', talkin' to myself
Conveying the isolation and distress caused by love, resulting in self-talk and introspection.
Love, oh love, oh careless love
Repeating the theme of love being careless, expressing regret for trusting it.
Trusted you now, it's too late
Acknowledging the realization that it's too late to trust love, indicating a sense of betrayal.
You've made me throw my old friend down
Blaming love for causing the singer to abandon or harm an old friend.
That's why I sing this song of hate
Declaring the reason for singing the song as a manifestation of hatred towards love.
Love, oh love, oh careless love
Repeating the refrain and emphasizing the continuous suffering caused by love.
Night and day, I weep and moan
Describing the ongoing emotional pain and distress, alternating between night and day.
You brought the wrong man into this life of mine
Blaming love for bringing the wrong person into the singer's life, possibly causing regret.
For my sins, till judgment I'll atone
Expressing a sense of responsibility for sins, anticipating judgment as a consequence of love's impact.
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