I Look for Love
In Search of Affection: Unveiling Rosanne Cash's Yearning Melody
Lyrics
Why did she wear that dress tonight?
Questioning the choice of attire for the night
Why did she bring that stranger
Curious about why she brought a stranger
She looks put out in party lights
Observing her discomfort in the party lights
Which leaves us all in danger
Suggesting potential danger arising from her presence
When she drops her perfumed hanky
Noticing a symbolic action, dropping a perfumed hanky
I look for love (repeat 4 times)
Expressing the act of searching for love
I hate the way they carry on
Disliking the superficiality of fashion consultations
These fashion consultations
Questioning the necessity of elaborate preparations
Do all the wires we sing along
Wondering if the songs sung require emotional detachment
Require such insulation
Speculating on the need for insulation from emotions
Fused with fear or charged with anger
Describing emotions as fused with fear or charged with anger
I look for love (repeat 4 times)
Reiterating the search for love as a central theme
No innocence I can claim
Acknowledging a lack of innocence and stolen treasures
No treasure of stolen hearts
Reflecting on a self-image as a broken toy soldier
In the mirror I look the same
Not finding any significant change in self-reflection
A toy soldiers with missing parts
Metaphorically describing oneself as incomplete
She's adding up those second looks
Observing someone attracting attention with second looks
While he collects advances
Noting someone receiving advances and attention
Like thumbing through those dirty books
Comparing collecting advances to perusing dirty books
They estimate their chances
Considering the estimation of romantic chances
When the parking lot is empty
Referring to a moment of emptiness in the parking lot
I look for love (repeat 4 times)
Repeating the theme of searching for love
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