Leave Me Alone
Heartache Harmony: Mud Morganfield's Blues Tale of Love and Loss
Lyrics
Don't write me no letters
Refusal or request to not receive written communication.
Don't you call me on the phone
Refusal or request to not receive phone calls.
Don't write me no letters
Reiteration of refusal to receive written communication.
Don't call me on the phone
Reiteration of refusal to receive phone calls.
Well, I was in love with you
Expressing past romantic feelings for the person being addressed.
And you left me all alone
Feeling abandoned or left by the person previously loved.
I cried every day, I cried every night
Expressing intense emotional pain, crying consistently.
I cried every day, I cried every night
Continuing to emphasize the emotional distress and continuous crying.
Well, now that you're gone
Reflecting on the departure of the loved one.
Why don't you just leave me alone
Asking or telling the departed person to leave the speaker alone.
I keep your picture on my wall
Keeping a photograph of the departed person as a reminder.
I keep your picture hangin' on my wall
Reiterating the act of keeping the photograph.
Well, I'm playin' the blues,
Playing blues music and reminiscing about happy times with the departed person.
remembering how we had a ball
Recalling past joyful moments shared together.
don't write me no letters
Repetition of refusal to receive written communication.
don't you call me on the phone
Repetition of refusal to receive phone calls.
ah, don't write me no letters
Reiteration of refusal to receive written communication.
don't you call me on the phone
Reiteration of refusal to receive phone calls.
when I was in love with you
Recalling being in love and feeling abandoned by the departed person.
you left me all alone
Feeling left alone by the departed person despite love.
you and your man laughed at me
Being ridiculed and laughed at by the departed person and their partner.
and y'all called me a fool
Being called foolish by the departed person and their partner.
you and your man laughed at me
Reiteration of being ridiculed and laughed at.
y'all called me the fool
Reiteration of being called foolish.
well, if I'm a fool
Acceptance of being called a fool by the departed person and feeling relieved about potentially losing them.
then it's you I'm glad I'm gonna lose
Expressing a sense of relief at the idea of losing the departed person.
don't write me no letters
Repetition of refusal to receive written communication.
don't call me on the phone
Repetition of refusal to receive phone calls.
don't you write me no letters
Reiteration of refusal to receive written communication.
don't you call me on the phone
Reiteration of refusal to receive phone calls.
well, now that you're gone
Encouraging the departed person to leave the speaker alone, now that they're gone.
go ahead on and leave me alone
Reinforcing the request for the departed person to leave the speaker alone.
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