Did You Ever Know Boy
Navigating Life's Seas: A Journey of Love, Loss, and Longing
Lyrics
Did you ever want to be boy
Expressing a desire to experience boyhood
Out on the sea boy
Desiring a life at sea
All of your possessions
Referring to personal belongings
Below the deck
Storing possessions beneath the deck of a ship
So when they question
Preparing for inquiries about one's goals
What's your direction
Clarifying one's direction
You can say south boy
Stating the direction is south with confidence
And know it's fact
Being sure of the stated direction
Did you ever have a daydream
Reflecting on a daydream that evokes tears
That made you cry
Expressing emotional impact of the daydream
For a lovely lady
Desiring a romantic partner
To call your own
Seeking confirmation of understanding from the lady
Then you ask that lady
Questioning if anyone truly knows the narrator
Does anyone really know me
Expressing familiarity with worries akin to personal struggles
Well I know those worries
Relating to the experience of loneliness
Like my own strife
Emphasizing the solo nature of the narrator's life
'Cause I've slept alone boy
Expressing a desire for connection
Most of my life
Acknowledging a history of solitude
Do you want to know me girl
Inviting the girl to understand the narrator
I can see in your eyes
Observing a compassionate look in the girl's eyes
A look of pity for the way I live
Noting a sense of pity for the narrator's lifestyle
Well I may not be striving
Acknowledging a lack of ambitious pursuits
But I'm surviving
Emphasizing survival despite lack of ambition
And I love the nighttime
Expressing a fondness for nighttime
And I can dig that sunshine
Expressing appreciation for sunshine
Each morn' before I lay down
Reflecting on the routine of appreciating mornings
And go to bed
Preparing for bedtime
But all you know I lie
Admitting to falsehoods and exaggeration
And exaggerate my life
Confessing to embellishing aspects of life
But in the tales I tell
Asserting some truth in the narrator's stories
Are some truths themselves
Highlighting the authenticity within tales
Well don't you know
Stating a universal understanding
Thought everybody knows
Emphasizing assumed common knowledge
Well don't you know
Reiterating the assumed universal knowledge
She said farewell boy
Recalling a farewell due to excessive sleep and cold climate
You sleep too much dear
Commenting on the excessive sleeping habit
And it's too cold up here
Mentioning the cold weather as a factor
You promised me Nashville
Referring to a promise involving Nashville
So I lost my lady
Expressing a consequence of losing the lady
To the state of Tennessee
Detailing the relocation to the state of Tennessee
But I want her back boy
Expressing a desire to reunite with the lady
Yeah I need her here
Reiterating the need for the lady's presence
Well I want her back boy
Expressing a strong desire to reclaim the relationship
Yeah I need her here
Reiterating the importance of the lady's presence
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