Leavin' This Morning

Seeking Independence: Odetta's Journey for Love
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Lyrics

See me reelin'' and rockin'

Expressing distress or unease, possibly due to personal struggles.

Drunk as I can be

Indicating intoxication or a state of being drunk.

Man I love trying to make a fool out of me

Feeling deceived or taken advantage of by someone the speaker loves.

Well I'm leaving this morning

Announcing the speaker's departure in the morning.

Leaving this morning

Reiterating the decision to leave in the morning.

I'm leaving, trying to find a man of my own

Expressing the intention to find a suitable partner.


When I get through drinking

Anticipating the end of a drinking session.

Gonna - gun

Suggesting a possible connection to firearms, adding intensity to the search for a man.

Find my man

Stating the goal of finding the speaker's man.

He better hitch up and run

Warning that the man should hurry and escape when found.

Well I'm leaving this morning

Repeating the decision to leave in the morning.

I'm leaving this morning

Reiterating the decision to leave in the morning.

I'm going to kansas city bring him jackson home

Specifying the destination as Kansas City and bringing someone named Jackson home.


I give him all of my money

Highlighting the speaker's generosity by giving all of her money to her man.

Treat him nice as I can

Expressing kindness and consideration towards the man.

He got another woman wait till I find my man

Revealing that the man has another woman, causing the speaker to seek him out.

Well I'm leaving this morning

Repeating the decision to leave in the morning.

Leaving this morning

Reiterating the decision to leave in the morning.

I'm leaving, trying to find a man of my own

Expressing the intention to find a suitable partner.


I went up 18th street

Narrating the speaker's journey to 18th street.

Find where the other woman stayed

Searching for the location of another woman associated with the man.

Change my man of his travelling ways

Expressing the desire to change the man's ways of traveling, possibly to settle down.

Well I'm leaving this morning

Repeating the decision to leave in the morning.

Leaving this morning

Reiterating the decision to leave in the morning.

I'm leaving, trying to find a man of my own

Expressing the intention to find a suitable partner.


I walked down the street

Describing the speaker's actions of walking down the street.

-

Indicating a pause or a gap in the narrative.

Asking everybody I meet where my sweet baby's at

Inquiring about the whereabouts of the speaker's sweet baby.

Well I'm leaving this morning

Repeating the decision to leave in the morning.

I'm leaving this morning

Reiterating the decision to leave in the morning.

I'm going to kansas city bring him jackson home

Reiterating the destination as Kansas City and bringing someone named Jackson home.

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