Leave My Love
Leaving Love Across the Map: Race Ricketts' Heartfelt JourneyLyrics
Before you leave for San Antone
Expressing a request or consideration before departing for San Antone.
Can I leave my love with you
Asking if the singer can entrust their love to the listener during the departure.
The hill country stars shine bright and hard
Highlighting the brightness and intensity of the stars in the hill country.
But they’ll never outshine you
Asserting that the listener's radiance surpasses even the bright stars.
I give my heart with full intentions of someday joining you
Pledging the singer's heart with the hope of joining the listener in the future.
Cuz where you are ain’t too far
Emphasizing the closeness between the singer and the listener's location.
When I leave my love with you
Reiterating the desire to leave love with the listener before departure.
Before you leave for OKC
Asking to leave love with the listener before departing for OKC (Oklahoma City).
Can I leave my love with you
Repeating the request to entrust love to the listener.
The plains and the city sure are pretty
Describing the beauty of the plains and city but asserting the listener as the favorite view.
But you’re my favorite view
Committing to being there for the listener during challenging times.
When the the wind kicks up and the rain gets rough
Referring to potential challenges like wind and rain in the plains.
I’ll be there right on cue
Committing to being there when the weather gets tough.
Cuz where you are ain’t too far
Reiterating the proximity of the singer to the listener's location.
When I leave my love with you
Expressing the desire to leave love with the listener before leaving.
Before you leave for New Orleans
Asking to leave love with the listener before departing for New Orleans.
Can I leave my love with you
Offering the listener the role of being the singer's Cajun Queen in New Orleans.
You can be my Cajun Queen
Positioning the singer as the listener's Big Easy in return.
And I’m your Big Easy
Acknowledging discomfort with humid air but expressing willingness to endure it for the listener.
The humid air doesn’t suit me well
Stating that the listener's location won't bother the singer.
But that won't bother me
Reaffirming the closeness between the singer and the listener's location.
Cuz where you are ain’t too far
Expressing the desire to leave love with the listener before departing for LA (Los Angeles).
When I leave my love with you
Complimenting the listener's angelic qualities with a cute halo.
Before you leave for LA
Acknowledging a lack of wings but highlighting the singer's determination with dusty boots.
Can I leave my love with you
Reiterating the proximity of the singer to the listener's location.
The City of Angels just gained another
Noting that the City of Angels gained another resident, implying the singer's arrival.
And I think your halo's cute
Complimenting the listener's halo and expressing a lack of traditional means to reach them.
I don’t have wings to fly me there
Using the metaphor of dusty boots to convey determination and effort to be with the listener.
But I have these dusty boots
Reaffirming the proximity of the singer to the listener's location.
Cuz where you are ain’t too far
Expressing the desire to leave love with the listener before leaving.
When I leave my love with you
Asking to leave love with the listener before they leave forever.
Before you leave forever
Requesting honesty and clarity before potential heartbreak.
Can I leave my love with you
Expressing the singer's acceptance of potential separation and understanding of the listener's perspective.
Shoot me straight and quick
Using the metaphor of dropping old dead weight, suggesting a desire for a clean break.
Before my heart breaks right in two
Acknowledging the possibility of heartbreak and expressing vulnerability.
Just drop this freight of old dead weight
Metaphorically asking the listener to release the emotional burden or baggage.
I wouldn’t blame you if you do
Conveying understanding if the listener chooses to end the relationship.
A truer man never felt more blue
Expressing deep sadness if separation occurs, emphasizing the sincerity of the singer.
Then when he left his love with you
Reflecting on the emotional state of a genuinely sorrowful man when leaving love with the listener.
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