If I Can't Have You
Yearning for Unrequited Love: Sara Evans' Emotional Journey
Lyrics
Don't know why
Expressing uncertainty or confusion about a situation.
I'm surviving every lonely day
Enduring each day despite feeling lonely.
When there's got to be
Believing there's no hope or opportunity.
No chance for me
Feeling that there's no possibility for the speaker.
My life would end
Imagining life without a specific person, possibly indicating a deep emotional connection.
And it doesn't matter how I cry
Expressing emotional distress regardless of crying.
My tears of love
Describing tears shed out of love as futile.
Are a waste of time
Recognizing that investing time in crying over lost love is unproductive.
If I turn away
Contemplating the difficulty of turning away from the situation.
Am I strong enough to see it through?
Questioning personal strength to endure the pain.
Go crazy is what I will do
Anticipating a potential emotional breakdown or extreme reaction.
If I can't have you
Expressing a desire for a specific person (you).
I don't want nobody, baby
Stating a preference for the specified person over others.
If I can't have you, oh-oh-oh, oh
Reiterating the desire for the specified person.
If I can't have you
Repeating the desire for the specified person.
I don't want nobody, baby
Emphasizing the exclusive desire for the specified person.
If I can't have you, oh-oh-oh, oh
Reiterating the exclusive desire for the specified person.
Can't let go
Expressing difficulty in moving on from the situation.
And it doesn't matter how I try
Stating continued emotional struggle despite efforts.
I gave it all so easily
Describing the ease with which the speaker gave their love.
To you, my love
Addressing the recipient as the object of the speaker's love.
To dreams that never will come true
Reflecting on dreams that may never be fulfilled.
Am I strong enough to see it through?
Questioning personal strength to endure the situation.
Go crazy is what I will do
Anticipating a potential emotional breakdown or extreme reaction.
If I can't have you
Reiterating the desire for a specific person.
I don't want nobody, baby
Affirming the exclusive desire for the specified person.
If I can't have you, oh-oh-oh, oh
Reiterating the desire for the specified person.
If I can't have you
Repeating the desire for the specified person.
I don't want nobody, baby
Emphasizing the exclusive desire for the specified person.
If I can't have you, oh-oh-oh, oh
Reiterating the exclusive desire for the specified person.
If I can't have you
Reiterating the desire for a specific person.
I don't want nobody, baby
Affirming the exclusive desire for the specified person.
If I can't have you, oh-oh-oh, oh
Reiterating the desire for the specified person.
If I can't have you
Repeating the desire for the specified person.
I don't want nobody, baby
Emphasizing the exclusive desire for the specified person.
If I can't have you, oh-oh-oh, oh
Reiterating the exclusive desire for the specified person.
If I can't have you
Reiterating the desire for a specific person.
I don't want nobody, baby
Affirming the exclusive desire for the specified person.
If I can't have you, oh-oh-oh, oh
Reiterating the desire for the specified person.
If I can't have you
Repeating the desire for the specified person.
I don't want nobody, baby
Emphasizing the exclusive desire for the specified person.
If I can't have you, oh-oh-oh, oh
Reiterating the exclusive desire for the specified person.
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