You Are My Sunshine
Love's Melancholy Serenade: You Are My Sunshine by Ike & Tina Turner
Lyrics
The other night dear, as I lay sleeping
Reflecting on a dream where the speaker held someone close while asleep.
I dreamed I held you in my arms
Continuation of the dream, describing the physical embrace of the person in the dream.
When I awoke, dear, I was mistaken
Upon waking up, realizing that the dream was not real, leading to disappointment.
So I hung my head and I cried.
Expressing sadness and emotional pain, symbolized by hanging the head and crying.
You are my sunshine, my only sunshine
Declaring the person addressed as the speaker's sunshine, a source of joy and happiness.
You make me happy when skies are grey
Highlighting the positive impact the person has, bringing happiness during difficult times.
You'll never know dear, how much I love you
Expressing deep, unspoken love for the addressed person.
Please don't take my sunshine away
Pleading with the person not to leave or end the relationship, emphasizing their importance.
I'll always love you and make you happy,
Committing to constant love and efforts to bring happiness to the addressed person.
If you will only say the same.
Requesting reciprocal love and commitment from the addressed person.
But if you leave me to love another,
Warning of potential regret if the addressed person chooses to love someone else.
You'll regret it all some day:
Anticipating the consequences of leaving and loving another, implying future sorrow.
You are my sunshine, my only sunshine
Reiterating the importance of the addressed person as the speaker's sunshine.
You make me happy when skies are grey
Repeating the impact of the person on the speaker's happiness during challenging times.
You'll never know dear, how much I love you
Reiterating the depth of love for the addressed person and the plea not to leave.
Please don't take my sunshine away
Restating the plea not to take away the sunshine, emphasizing the fear of losing happiness.
You told me once, dear, you really loved me
Recalling a past declaration of love from the addressed person.
and no one else could come between.
Asserting that no one else could interfere with the love between the speaker and the addressed person.
But now you've left me and love another;
Expressing the painful reality of being left by the person for someone else.
you have shattered all my dreams:
Conveying the shattered dreams and emotional impact of the person's departure.
You are my sunshine, my only sunshine
Reiterating the importance of the addressed person as the source of happiness.
You make me happy when skies are grey
Highlighting the role of the person in bringing joy, especially in difficult circumstances.
You'll never know dear, how much I love you
Expressing the depth of love for the addressed person, pleading not to take away the happiness.
Please don't take my sunshine away
Repeating the plea not to take away the sunshine, underscoring the fear of losing joy.
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