Jimmie Rodgers' Last Blue Yodel
Jimmie Rodgers' Last Blue Yodel: The Cost of Loving
Lyrics
Well, I love the women
Expresses a fondness for women
And I love them all the same
Emphasizes loving all women equally
I love the women
Reiterates love for women
And I love them all the same
Reiterates loving all women equally
I love the women
Reaffirms affection for women
But not enough to give them my name
Not willing to commit to marriage despite affection
These women make a fool
Women make him appear foolish
Out of me, Lord out of me
Expresses frustration or exasperation
I take a girl to dinner
Takes a woman out for a meal
She hangs around my neck
She becomes clingy or dependent
When I take a girl to dinner, Lord
Repeats taking a woman out for dinner
She hangs around my neck she pays the taxi
She pays for transportation and the meal
Also pays my check
She covers expenses
These women make a fool
Reiterates women causing him to feel foolish
Out of me, Lord out of me
Expresses frustration or exasperation
Well, she rubs my back with alcohol
A woman applies alcohol on his back for a remedy
Just to cure my cough
Describes using alcohol to treat a cough
Well, she rubs my back with alcohol
Repeats application of alcohol on his back
Just to cure my cough
Reiterates using alcohol to treat a cough
Well, I almost broke my back
Struggles to remove alcohol from his back
Trying to lick the alcohol off
Difficulty in removing alcohol
These women make a fool
Reiterates feeling foolish due to women
Out of me, Lord out of me
Expresses frustration or exasperation
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