For the Love of You
Soulful Desperation: A Plea for Love in Steve Knox's Melody
Lyrics
You've got me standin' on a corner
You find me standing on a street corner
Full of whiskey and gin
Filled with whiskey and gin
My crippled heart is achin' for ya love
My emotionally wounded heart longs for your love
Or the taste of your love again
Or the experience of your love once more
Baby, I'm beggin' you now
I'm pleading with you
And I would truly sell my soul for your love
I'm willing to sacrifice anything, even my soul, for your love
What babe, what I would for the love of you
Expressing a willingness to do whatever it takes for your love
I'd give you the world if I could
If possible, I would give you the entire world
I'd do the best I could do
I would give my best effort
You caught me drownin' in my tears
Feeling overwhelmed by sadness, as if drowning in tears
All for the love of you
All this emotional turmoil is for the sake of your love
Baby, I'm beggin' you now
Reiterating the plea for love
And I would truly sell my soul for your love
Willing to make a significant sacrifice for your love
What babe, what I would for the love of you
Continuing to express a deep desire for your love
There's no room for, I'm sorry, please
No space for apologies or pleas
I have to break into your heart
Expressing a need to break into the other person's heart
I'm down on my knees
Symbolic gesture of being on one's knees, possibly asking for forgiveness
It's like, readin' a book, love and tragedies
Comparing the situation to reading a book, filled with love and tragedies
And I can't stop cryin' in my misery over you
Unable to stop crying due to the misery caused by the person
Baby, for the love of you
All the emotional turmoil is endured for the love of the person
You were the one to give me kindness
The person was a source of kindness and comfort
Comfort as well
Regret for turning away from that kindness
I was a fool to turn my back
Acknowledging a foolish mistake of flirting with danger
To flirt with fire and Hell
Associating the mistake with flirting with fire and Hell
Baby, I'm beggin' you now
Repeating the plea for love
And I would truly sell my soul for your love
Reiteration of the willingness to sacrifice for love
What babe, what I would for the love of you
Continuing to express a deep desire for the person's love
Baby, I'm beggin' you now
Repeating the plea for love once again
And I would truly sell my soul for your love
Emphasizing the willingness to sacrifice for the person's love
What babe, what I would for the love of you
Continuing to express a deep desire for the person's love
Oh, babe what I would do now
Expressing a longing for the person
Oh, babe what I would do now
Repeating the expression of longing
Oh, babe what I would do baby
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