Long Time Man
Regret's Echo: Johnny Rivers' Long Time Man Unveils a Dark Journey
Lyrics
Yeah, they came to take me away
Expressing being taken away by someone.
Said I'd be sitting here for
Indication that the speaker will be confined for a significant duration.
The rest of my life
Acceptance of a long-term sentence, possibly imprisonment.
But I don't really care, I shot my wife
Confession of a serious crime, shooting the speaker's wife.
And brother
Reference to a sibling or close friend.
I can't even remember the reason why
Expressing confusion or lack of understanding regarding the motive for the crime.
Oh, it makes a long time man feel bad
Reflecting on the emotional toll of the situation.
Yeah, it makes a long time man feel bad
Reiterating the emotional distress experienced by the speaker.
Well, I ain't had no love
Acknowledging a lack of romantic love in the speaker's life.
Since I don't know when
Describing a prolonged period without love, emphasizing loneliness.
It sure makes a long time man feel bad
Reiterating the impact of the absence of love on the speaker's emotional state.
We was down in Jacksonville
Recalling a specific location, Jacksonville, where an incident occurred.
A cold winter night
Setting the scene of a conflict on a cold winter night.
My baby and I, we began to fight
Describing a fight between the speaker and their partner.
I heated up, and I grabbed my gun
Escalation of the conflict, involving the speaker grabbing a gun.
I get so cold on those nights down south
Expressing discomfort or unease during cold nights in the southern region.
She was laying in a pool
Depicting a tragic scene of the wife lying injured on the kitchen floor.
Right there on the kitchen floor
Highlighting the wife's reaction and communication during a critical moment.
She looked up at me and began to smile
Describing a smile from the wife despite the dire circumstances.
Her gasping words: Baby, I love you
Quoting the wife expressing love before her demise.
Then she closed those baby blue eyes
Depicting the wife closing her eyes, possibly indicating death.
Sometimes I hear you call my name
Referencing a hallucination or imagination of hearing the wife's voice at night.
In the dead of the night
Specifying the time of hearing the imagined voice, in the dead of the night.
I ain't had those arms around me
Expressing the absence of physical intimacy, particularly missing the feeling of arms around the speaker.
I ain't had those lips, those lips, around me
Highlighting the absence of the sensation of lips around the speaker.
It sure makes a long time man feel bad
Summarizing the cumulative emotional distress experienced by the speaker.
So bad
Reiteration of the profound emotional pain felt by the speaker.
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