My Baby's Just Like Money
Love's Currency: A Ballad of Betrayal and Broken Bonds
Lyrics
Well my baby's just like money true while you hold her tight
Comparing the speaker's baby to money, suggesting value and importance while in a close relationship.
But if you let her go she'll blow like dough honky tonk day and night
Warning about the consequences if the baby is let go, drawing a parallel to money that can be spent freely in a honky-tonk environment.
For a friend of mine came and wised me up and this is what he said
A friend advises the speaker, implying that there's a lesson to be learned about the nature of the speaker's relationship.
For money goes from hand to hand and your baby goes from man to man
Highlighting a parallel between money changing hands and the baby changing partners, suggesting a lack of fidelity.
Listen now baby and I don't mean maybe
Emphasizing the importance of the message, urging the listener to pay attention.
I'm telling you you're making me blue that's why I know its true
Expressing sadness or dissatisfaction, reinforcing the belief in the truth of the advice.
For it goes to show your just like dough the root of all evil
Suggesting that the listener's behavior is akin to money, labeling it as the root of all evil.
For money goes from hand to hand and my baby goes from man to man
Reiterating the idea that money changes hands easily, paralleling it with the baby's tendency to move from one man to another.
Yeah my baby's just like money she goes everywhere
Reaffirming the comparison between the baby and money, emphasizing her widespread presence.
And I'm a telling you her loves untrue and I know that she done care
Claiming the baby's love is untrue, expressing the speaker's knowledge of her lack of care.
Just as long as she's got a ticket to ride that gals satisfied
Describing the baby's satisfaction with having a means of transportation, possibly implying a willingness to move from one relationship to another.
For money goes from hand to hand and my baby goes from man to man
Linking the idea of money changing hands to the baby changing partners, emphasizing a lack of loyalty.
Listen now baby and I don't mean maybe
Reiterating the importance of the message, urging the listener to take it seriously.
You've got to change your way starting today
Encouraging a change in behavior, hinting that continuing the current path will result in the partner leaving.
Or your daddy's not gonna stay
Warning that the speaker won't stay if the suggested changes are not made.
For I found out honey your just like money the root of all evil
Comparing the listener to money again, reinforcing the idea that their actions are the root of all evil in the relationship.
For money goes from hand to hand and you know you go from man to man
Reiterating the parallel between money changing hands and the partner changing, emphasizing the transient nature of both.
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