Same Old Loverman
Rediscovering Lost Love: Same Old Loverman by Gordon Lightfoot
Lyrics
I'm not some long lost someone
I am not a person from your distant past
Just dropped in to say hello
I just came by to greet you
It's that same old lover man
Referring to himself as the same old lover man
Baby you lost so long ago
Describing the partner as someone he lost a long time ago
'Cause I was born to believe
Expressing a belief in his inherent nature
I never could deceive, believe me
Asserting his inability to deceive, asking for trust
I hear no children's voices
Noticing the absence of children's voices
Have they gone back to school
Wondering if the children have returned to school
And the same old lover man
Reiterating the presence of the same old lover man
Is still acting like a fool, baby
Describing the lover man as still behaving foolishly
I guess I was born to believe
Repeating the belief in his inherent nature
I never could deceive, believe me
Reiterating his inability to deceive, emphasizing trust
It's cold outside your window
Describing the cold weather outside the partner's window
Please let me in, the night is wild
Pleading to be let in due to the wild night
It's the same old lover man, baby
Reiterating the presence of the same old lover man
Not some lonesome winsome child
Clarifying that he is not a lonely and winsome child
An' I was born to believe
Repeating the belief in his inherent nature
I never could deceive
Reiterating his inability to deceive, seeking trust
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