Ginger Is Gentle and Waiting for Me
Ginger's Patient Love: A Song of Choices and Tennessee Dreams
Lyrics
Woman stop wasting your time
Addressing a woman, advising her to stop wasting her time.
Woman can't you see I'm not gonna bent for you not gonna sin for you
Expressing a refusal to compromise or engage in sinful behavior for the woman.
When I go oh no
Indicating an imminent departure with "When I go, oh no."
Ginger is gentle and waiting for me in Tennessee
Highlighting the character "Ginger" as gentle and waiting in Tennessee, suggesting loyalty or a destination.
Woman stop wasting your teardrops
Advising the woman to stop crying.
Woman don't you know that all of your reasons won't stop me from leavin'
Ignoring the woman's reasons and asserting the determination to leave.
Somehow no not now
Emphasizing the departure with "Somehow, no not now."
Cause Ginger is gentle and waiting for me in Tennessee
Reiterating the loyalty to Ginger in Tennessee as a reason for leaving.
I saved up my money got a job down there cotton trees
Describing efforts made, including saving money and getting a job in cotton trees, possibly indicating progress or maturity.
Now I can tear up her letters don't have to live off my dreams
Expressing freedom from dependence on dreams and letters, suggesting a self-sufficient state.
Woman stop wasting your world
Advising the woman to stop wasting her world, possibly referring to emotional investment or efforts.
Woman can't you see that pity along would break up our home
Noting that pity alone would not sustain the relationship and might lead to a breakup.
In the end won't pretend any longer
Committing to honesty in the end, refusing pretense any longer.
Ginger is gentle and waiting for me in Tennessee
Reiterating Ginger's gentleness and waiting in Tennessee, reaffirming the loyalty and destination.
Go on wish me all kinds of pain I know you've got a right to complain
Acknowledging the woman's right to complain and wishing pain, possibly recognizing the consequences of the departure.
But now as I walk out the door I know like I never did before
Expressing a newfound realization as the person walks out the door.
Ginger is gentle and waiting for me in Tennessee
Repeating the loyalty to Ginger in Tennessee as a final acknowledgment.
Ginger is gentle and waiting for me in Tennessee
Emphasizing Ginger's gentleness and waiting as a constant theme.
Ginger is gentle and waiting for me in Tennessee
Reiterating the loyalty and destination, emphasizing it once again.
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