Lovesick Blues
Lovesick Melody: Yearning for a Love That Slipped Away
Lyrics
I'm in love,
Reiteration of being in love.
I'm in love,
Continued expression of being in love.
I'm in love with a girl,
Specifically in love with a girl.
That's what's the matter with me
The reason for the emotional state is the love for the mentioned girl.
I'm in love,
Reiteration of being in love.
I'm in love, with a beautiful girl,
In love with a girl described as beautiful, but she doesn't reciprocate.
But she don't give a darn about me
Emphasizes the girl's lack of interest in the speaker.
to make her love me I tried,
Efforts to make the girl love the speaker have been made.
How I sighed and I cried
Expressing emotional reactions of sighing and crying.
But she just refused
The girl refused to reciprocate the speaker's love.
And ever since she's gone away,
The girl has left, and the speaker has been experiencing lovesickness since then.
I've got those lovesick blues
Summarizes the impact of the girl leaving in causing lovesickness.
Got the feeling called the "blue hoo's,"
Describes a feeling of sadness and melancholy called "blue hoo's."
since my sweetie said "Good Bye"
Attributed to the sweetie saying goodbye, intensifying the lovesickness.
Seems I don't know what to "Do Hoo"
Expressing confusion and helplessness after the sweetie's departure.
All day long I sit and cry
The speaker spends the day crying, unable to cope with the situation.
That last long day we spent alone
Reflecting on the last day spent with the sweetie, yearning for it again.
I'm yearning for it yet
The memory of the day spent with the sweetie is still vivid.
She thrilled me, filled me,
Describing the sweetie's actions of thrilling and filling with love.
with a kind of lovin',
Emphasizing the unforgettable nature of the sweetie's love.
I never will forget, the way she called me sweet daddy"
Recalling a specific endearing term the sweetie used for the speaker.
Twas just a beautiful dream
The memories with the sweetie are considered a beautiful dream.
I hate to think that it's all over I lost my heart it seems
Expressing sorrow and disbelief at the end of the relationship.
I got so used to her somehow
The speaker became accustomed to the sweetie and now feels lost without her.
But I'm no body's baby
Asserting independence by stating not being anybody's baby.
Now, gee it's awful when you're lonesome
Expressing the difficulty of being lonely and experiencing lovesickness.
and get those lovesick blue-oo-oo-oo-oo's
Reiteration of the intense emotional state of lovesickness.
Got the feeling called the "blue hoo's,"
Repeats the feeling of "blue hoo's" after the sweetie's departure.
since my sweetie said "Good Bye"
Attributed to the sweetie saying goodbye, intensifying the lovesickness.
Seems I don't know what to "Do Hoo"
Expressing confusion and helplessness after the sweetie's departure.
All day long I sit and cry
The speaker spends the day crying, unable to cope with the situation.
That last long day we spent alone
Reflecting on the last day spent with the sweetie, yearning for it again.
I'm yearning for it yet
The memory of the day spent with the sweetie is still vivid.
She thrilled me, filled me,
Describing the sweetie's actions of thrilling and filling with love.
with a kind of lovin',
Emphasizing the unforgettable nature of the sweetie's love.
I never will forget, the way she called me sweet daddy
Recalling a specific endearing term the sweetie used for the speaker.
Twas just a beautiful dream
The memories with the sweetie are considered a beautiful dream.
I hate to think that it's all over I lost my heart it seems
Expressing sorrow and disbelief at the end of the relationship.
i got so used to her somehow
The speaker became accustomed to the sweetie and now feels lost without her.
But I'm no body's baby
Asserting independence by stating not being anybody's baby.
Now, gee it's awful when you're lonesome
Expressing the difficulty of being lonely and experiencing lovesickness.
and get those lovesick blue-oo-oo-oo-oo's
Reiteration of the intense emotional state of lovesickness.
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