Should've Learnt My Lesson
Lessons Learned: Rory Gallagher's Blues Reflection
Lyrics
Should've learnt my lesson
Expressing regret for not learning a valuable lesson
Long long time ago
Emphasizing that the lesson should have been learned a long time ago
Should've learnt my lesson
Reiterating the regret for not learning the lesson earlier
Long long time ago
Emphasizing the long duration of not heeding the lesson
Bored like a mule
Using a simile to convey extreme boredom or monotony
I've always learnt my lesson slow
Acknowledging a pattern of slow learning from mistakes
Should have listened
Expressing regret for not heeding advice from friends
Taken my friends advice
Referring to the importance of listening to friends' counsel
Should have listened
Reiterating the regret for not listening to advice
To my best friends and to my eyes
Highlighting the significance of both friends and personal observation
They said "you must be prepared to lose"
Quoting advice about being prepared for potential losses in risky situations
If you choose to chance the dice
Emphasizing the need for caution when taking chances
Well I'm feeling
Expressing a weary or fatigued state
About as tired as a bad pair of shoes
Using a simile to convey the level of exhaustion
When you don't fit
Suggesting discomfort or dissatisfaction when things don't align
Then you know it's time to move
Implying the need for change when a situation becomes untenable
But if you had my troubles you'd be cryin too
Asserting that others would empathize if they experienced the same troubles
My first mistake
Admitting a mistake made by assuming someone's loyalty
Was when I thought that you'd be true
Reflecting on the initial error of trusting someone to be true
My first mistake
Reiterating the acknowledgment of the first mistake
Was when I thought that you'd be true
Stressing the realization of the foolishness in trusting someone
Now I realise that was a foolish thing to do
Concluding with the recognition of the error in trusting
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