Mad About the Boy
Enchanted Echoes: Exploring Love's Tumult in Dinah Washington's 'Mad About the Boy'
Lyrics
Mad about the boy
Expressing intense emotions or infatuation towards the boy.
I know it's stupid to be mad about the boy
Acknowledging the irrationality of being mad about the boy.
I'm so ashamed of it but must admit the sleepless nights I've had
Admitting feelings of shame due to sleepless nights caused by thoughts of the boy.
About the boy
Reiterating the focus on the emotions and thoughts about the boy.
On the silverscreen
Describing the boy's impact on the speaker when seen on the silver screen (movies).
He melts my foolish heart in every single scene
Expressing the boy's ability to captivate the speaker's heart in every movie scene.
Although I'm quite aware that here and there are traces of the cad
Acknowledging awareness of the boy's flaws ("traces of the cad") despite the captivating effect.
About the boy
Reiterating the emotional impact and fixation on the boy.
Lord knows I'm not a fool girl
Asserting self-awareness, indicating that the speaker knows better than to be infatuated.
I really shouldn't care
Stating that the speaker shouldn't care, despite the emotional attachment.
Lord knows I'm not a school girl
Highlighting maturity by stating the speaker is not a school girl, implying experience in love.
In the flurry of her first affair
Referring to past romantic experiences ("flurry of her first affair") to emphasize maturity.
Will it ever cloy
Raising the question of whether the intense emotions will fade (cloy).
This odd diversity of misery and joy
Describing the emotional rollercoaster of both misery and joy associated with being mad about the boy.
I'm feeling quite insane and young again
Expressing a feeling of insanity and youthful emotions linked to being mad about the boy.
And all because I'm mad about the boy
Summing up the emotions as being mad about the boy.
So if I could employ
Expressing a desire to use magic to end the dream that causes pain and enslavement to emotions.
A little magic that will finally destroy
Highlighting the inability to end the emotional attachment due to being mad about the boy.
This dream that pains me and enchains me
Describing the dream as both painful and enslaving.
But I can't because I'm mad
Reiterating the inability to end the emotional attachment due to being mad about the boy.
I'm mad about the boy
Reaffirming the intense emotions and fixation on the boy.
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