It'll Be Me
Love's Pursuit: A Search Across Land and Sea
Lyrics
Well, if you hear somebody knocking on your door
Someone is knocking on the door.
If you see something crawling across the floor
There's something moving on the floor.
Baby, it'll be me and I'll be looking for you
The singer (Jerry Lee Lewis) is indicating that he will be looking for someone.
If you see a head a-peeping from a crawdad hole
A head is visible from a crawdad hole (burrow).
If you see somebody climbing up a telephone pole
Someone is climbing a telephone pole.
Baby, it'll be me and I'll be looking for you
The singer emphasizes that it will be him looking for the person.
I'm gonna look on the mountain and in the deep blue sea
Expressing the extent of the search, including mountains and the deep blue sea.
Gonna search all the forests and look and look in every tree
The search will cover forests and every tree.
Well, if you feel something heavy on your fishing hook
Feeling something heavy on a fishing hook.
If you see a funny face in your comic book
Finding a funny face in a comic book.
Baby, it'll be me and I'll be looking for you
Reiterating that the singer will be searching for the person.
If you hear a thought calling out in the night
Hearing a thought calling out in the night.
If you see somebody hanging from a lamp post bright
Seeing someone hanging from a bright lamp post.
Baby, it'll be me and I'll be looking for you
Repeating the singer's commitment to finding the person.
Well if you see somebody looking in all the cars
Seeing someone looking inside cars.
If you see a rocket ship on its way to Mars
Spotting a rocket ship on its way to Mars.
Baby, it'll be me and I'll be looking for you
The singer will be looking for the person in these scenarios.
Gonna look in the city where the lights are blue
Searching in the city with blue lights.
Gonna search the countryside, and all the haystacks, too
Extending the search to the countryside and haystacks.
We'll, if you see a new face on a totem pole
Seeing a new face on a totem pole.
If you find a lump in your sugar bowl
Finding a lump in a sugar bowl.
Baby, it'll be me and I'll be looking for you
Reiterating that it will be the singer searching for the person.
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