For Miss Caulker
Longing Echoes: A Heart's Plea for Love's Return
Lyrics
Well, you've been gone,
Expressing the absence of the person addressed.
For fourteen long days
Highlighting the duration of the person's absence – fourteen days.
Yes, you've been gone
Reiterating the fact that the person has been away for a significant time.
For fourteen long, lonely days
Emphasizing the extended and lonely nature of the separation.
And I'm prayin' to the Lord
Praying to God to prevent the loss of love during the absence.
Please don't take my love away...
Expressing a plea to keep the love intact despite the physical distance.
Come back home,
Inviting the person to return home.
All I want is you
Stating a desire for the person's presence.
Hey, hey, hey, hey
Repetition for emphasis and emotional appeal.
Hey, Come back home, baby
Encouraging the person to come back home.
You know all I want is you
Reiterating the sole desire for the person's return.
You know you'll never find another boy
Asserting the uniqueness of the speaker's treatment, implying irreplaceability.
To treat you like I used to treat you
Expressing the special way the speaker treated the person in the past.
Oh baby,
Addressing the person affectionately, emphasizing a desire for their return.
Baby, why don't you come back home to me
Pleading for the person to come back home.
Hey, baby baby,
Repeating the plea and expressing a strong desire for the person's return.
Why don't you come back home to me
Reiterating the plea and emphasizing the yearning for the person's return.
I want you to come back home baby
Expressing the speaker's strong wish for the person to return home.
Baby, please set me free...
Pleading for freedom, possibly from the emotional distress caused by the separation.
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