Mamma Don't Worry
Wild Gypsy Soul: Embracing the Darkness of Love
Lyrics
Don't waste your time on me
Advising not to invest time in the speaker.
Don't try and walk that line honey bee
Discouraging attempts to conform or follow a specific path.
I've fallen to far and it seems never ending
Expressing a deep fall and the perception of it being endless.
And I know the kind of darkness that love can bring
Acknowledging the darkness that love can bring into one's life.
Those late nights well they've been a callin on me
Late nights are tempting or influential on the speaker.
And the cigarette smoke gets so thick that I can't see
Describing a dense atmosphere created by cigarette smoke.
The other side seems so far out of reach
Expressing a distant and challenging alternative.
For the only way to cross it is if I had wings
Reflecting on the impossibility of crossing a metaphorical distance without wings.
And I know that my mamma worries about me
Acknowledging the mother's concern for the speaker's well-being.
About my reckless ways and the songs that I sing
Referring to the worry about the speaker's risky behavior and music choices.
But my wild gypsy soul needs set free
Expressing a need for the speaker's adventurous and free-spirited nature.
Oh mamma don't worry about me
Reassuring the mother not to worry about the speaker.
A broken man I remain
Acknowledging personal brokenness without intense emotional pain.
It don't hurt that bad when I hear your name
Minimizing the emotional impact of hearing a particular name.
And I scream at the sky and the wind takes my complaints
Expressing frustration to the sky, using it as a release for grievances.
It frees me from all of loves restraints
Describing liberation from the constraints of love.
And I know that my mamma worries about me
Reiteration of the mother's concern for the speaker.
About my reckless ways and the songs that I sing
Repeating worries about the speaker's behavior and musical choices.
But my wild gypsy soul needs set free
Reemphasizing the need for the speaker's free-spirited soul.
Oh mamma don't worry about me
Reassuring the mother not to worry about the speaker.
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