Broke Like Me
Guard Your Heart: Lessons from 'Broke Like Me' by Madelyn Paquette
Lyrics
He pulls up, knocks on your door and says hello
Describes a person arriving, greeting, and complimenting.
Tells you you're beautiful and you hide a smile
Acknowledges a compliment and hides a smile.
He buys you coffee, lets you control the radio
Describes a shared moment of buying coffee and controlling the radio.
He sings along, knows every line
Highlights shared enjoyment, singing along to familiar songs.
I recognize that look you've got there on your face
Recognizes a familiar expression on the listener's face.
I'd know it anywhere, ‘cause I've had it too
Claims personal experience with a similar expression.
But what nobody told me is that the smile will fade away
Reveals that the initial happiness fades when a partner kisses someone else.
When he spends his kisses on somebody new… so
Implies emotional pain when a partner is unfaithful.
Don't give him all your time
Advises not to invest all time in the relationship.
Don't stay awake all night
Warns against losing sleep over the relationship.
I know you're gonna wanna give it all but
Anticipates the listener's desire to give everything.
Listen here before you name your price
Urges caution before committing to a relationship.
Do you know where your heart is at
Questions the listener's awareness of their own emotions.
‘Cause once you give it you won't get it back
Warns about irreversible consequences once love is given.
Don't give away your love for free
Advises against freely giving love without caution.
Unless you wanna be broke like me
Links giving love freely to potential emotional and financial hardship.
Unless you wanna be broke like me
Reiterates the potential for financial struggle if love is freely given.
You start to wonder if anything he says is true
Expresses doubt about the honesty of the partner.
But you don't wanna face the fact that you were wrong
Describes reluctance to accept the reality of being wrong.
And when he pulls you close you catch a whiff of her perfume
Notices a scent associated with someone else on the partner.
And that's when you know that he ain't worth
States that the partner is not worth the risk.
Risking it all
Emphasizes the seriousness of not risking everything.
Don't give him all your time
Repeats advice not to invest all time in the relationship.
Don't stay awake all night
Reiterates the warning against losing sleep over the relationship.
I know you're gonna wanna give it all but
Anticipates the listener's desire to give everything.
Listen here before you name your price
Urges caution before committing to a relationship.
Do you know where your heart is at
Questions the listener's awareness of their own emotions.
‘Cause once you give it you won't get it back
Warns about irreversible consequences once love is given.
Don't give away your love for free
Advises against freely giving love without caution.
Unless you wanna be broke like me
Links giving love freely to potential emotional and financial hardship.
Unless you wanna be broke like me
Reiterates the potential for financial struggle if love is freely given.
Sometimes you gotta learn the hard way
Suggests the necessity of learning from difficult experiences.
‘Cause you can't always escape the heartbreak, no
Acknowledges the inevitability of heartbreak at times.
So don't give him all your time
Repeats advice not to invest all time in the relationship.
Don't stay awake all night
Reiterates the warning against losing sleep over the relationship.
I know you're gonna wanna give it all but
Anticipates the listener's desire to give everything.
Listen here before you name your price
Urges caution before committing to a relationship.
Do you know where your heart is at
Questions the listener's awareness of their own emotions.
‘Cause once you give it you won't get it back
Warns about irreversible consequences once love is given.
Don't give away your love for free
Advises against freely giving love without caution.
Unless you wanna be broke like me
Links giving love freely to potential emotional and financial hardship.
Unless you wanna be broke like me
Reiterates the potential for financial struggle if love is freely given.
No, you don't wanna be
Affirms the undesirable state of being emotionally and financially broke.
You don't wanna be broke like me
Reaffirms the undesirability of being emotionally and financially broke.
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