Lyrics
While away while someone counts the minutes
Expressing the passing of time while someone is keeping track of the minutes.
Happiness, Missouri, I got to get your mind off
Referring to the location "Happiness, Missouri" and the need to distract the mind from something.
By the way, I told you we were in this
Confirmation that the speaker and someone else are involved in a situation together.
Happiness, Missouri, I got to get your mind off it
Reiterating the idea of diverting attention from a matter in Happiness, Missouri.
While away while someone counts the minutes
Repeating the theme of time passing while someone counts minutes.
Happiness, Missouri, I got to get your mind off
Emphasizing the need to shift focus and distract the mind in Happiness, Missouri.
By the way, I told you we were in this
Reaffirming the shared involvement in a situation previously mentioned.
Happiness, Missouri, I got to get your mind off it
Repeating the desire to divert the mind from something in Happiness, Missouri.
While away while someone counts the minutes
Continuing the theme of time passing and someone counting minutes.
Happiness, Missouri, I got to get your mind off
Stressing the urgency of redirecting thoughts away from a matter in Happiness, Missouri.
By the way, I told you we were in this
Restating the shared involvement in a situation that was mentioned earlier.
Happiness, Missouri, I got to get your mind off it
Reiterating the need to shift focus and distract the mind in Happiness, Missouri.
While away while someone counts the minutes
Repeating the passage of time while someone counts minutes.
Happiness, Missouri, I got to get your mind off
Insisting on the necessity of getting the mind off something in Happiness, Missouri.
By the way, I told you we were in this
Affirming the shared involvement in a situation introduced earlier.
Happiness, Missouri, I got to get your mind off it
Reemphasizing the importance of diverting the mind from a matter in Happiness, Missouri.
People are nice
Making a general statement about people being nice.
They go easy on ice, but
Observing that people are lenient or forgiving regarding ice (possibly a metaphor).
I'm on the Sun today
Expressing a personal state of being on the Sun today, which could imply a positive or elevated mood.
I'm out of reach
Stating a feeling of being unreachable or distant.
Try to pinch my cheeks
Describing a physical action of trying to pinch the speaker's cheeks, possibly in a playful manner.
Cause you're making me wanna sob
Attributing feelings of wanting to sob to the influence of someone or something.
While away while someone counts the minutes
Reiterating the passage of time while someone counts minutes.
Happiness, Missouri, I got to get your mind off
Reemphasizing the need to divert the mind in Happiness, Missouri.
By the way, I told you we were in this
Recalling and affirming the shared involvement in a situation previously mentioned.
Happiness, Missouri, I got to get your mind off it
Concluding with the repeated urgency of getting the mind off something in Happiness, Missouri.
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