Baby Won't You Please Come Home
Longing Melody: Shirley Horn's Plea for Love in 'Baby Won't You Please Come Home'
Lyrics
I've got the blues, I feel so lonely
Expressing feelings of sadness and isolation
I'd give the world if I could only
Willing to give anything to make the person understand
Make you understand
Desire for the person to comprehend the situation
It truly would be grand
It would be wonderful if the person understood
I'm gonna telephone my baby
Planning to contact the person
Ask him won't you please come home
Pleading for the person to return home
Oh, when you gone
Expressing sadness when the person is away
I'm worried all day long
Constant worry in the absence of the person
Baby, won't you please come home
Persistent plea for the person to return
Baby, won't you please come home
Repetition of the plea for the person's return
I have tried in vain
Unsuccessful attempts to move on
Nevermore to call your name
No longer trying to call out to the person
When you left you broke my heart
Heartbreak caused by the person's departure
That will never make us part
Commitment to not letting the heartbreak separate them
Every hour in the day
Constantly expressing the longing for the person
You will hear me say
Repeatedly asking for the person's return
Baby, won't you please come home
Continued plea for the person to come back
I mean, baby, won't you please come home
Reiteration of the plea for the person's return
Baby, won't you please come home
Another plea for the person to return home
'Cause your mama's all alone
Expressing loneliness in the absence of the person
I have tried in vain
Repeating the unsuccessful attempts to move on
Nevermore to call your name
No longer trying to call out to the person
When you left you broke my heart
Continued pain caused by the person's departure
That will never make us part
Determination to not let the departure separate them
Landlord's gettin' worse
Landlord's situation worsening, indicating personal hardship
I gotta move May the first
Need to relocate due to financial issues
Baby, won't you please come home
Connecting the need for money with the plea for the person's return
I need money
Expressing a need for financial support
Baby, won't you please come home
Final plea for the person to come home
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