Call Me Home
Longing for Home: The Poetic Journey of Finding Love
Lyrics
Oh my love, stand by the old oak tree
Expresses a longing for the speaker's love to stand by the old oak tree.
Where you'll find me
Indicates that the speaker can be found by the old oak tree.
Oh my love, she sings soft and sweet for me
Describes the speaker's love singing softly and sweetly, akin to a warm breeze.
Like a warm breeze
Compares the love's singing to a warm breeze, suggesting comfort and pleasantness.
All these things I'd rather do with you by my side.
Expresses a preference for doing various things with the loved one by the speaker's side.
And I'm planning all these ways
States that the speaker is making plans to find their way back home.
Just to find my way back home
Expresses a longing to return home.
To you I wish you'd stay
Expresses a wish for the loved one to stay.
So darling won't you call me
An appeal to the loved one to call the speaker.
Seeing all these signs
Observing various signs, possibly related to the longing or separation.
So darling won't you call me home
Reiterates the plea for the loved one to call the speaker home.
Darling won't you call me home
Repeats the request for the loved one to call the speaker home.
Oh my love, stand by the old oak tree
Repeats the scene of the loved one standing by the old oak tree.
Will you be there?
Questions if the loved one will be there by the old oak tree.
Oh my love, won't you sing again for me, Like sweet honey?
Asks the loved one to sing again, using the metaphor of sweet honey.
All these things I'd rather do with you by my side
Expresses a preference for doing things with the loved one by the speaker's side.
And I'm planning all these ways
Continues the theme of making plans to find the way back home.
Just to find my way back home
Reiterates the desire to return home.
To you I wish you'd stay
Expresses a wish for the loved one to stay.
So darling won't you call me
Repeats the plea for the loved one to call the speaker.
Seeing all these signs
Repeats the observation of various signs, emphasizing a call to the speaker.
So darling won't you call me home
Reiterates the plea for the loved one to call the speaker home.
Darling won't you call me home
Repeats the request for the loved one to call the speaker home.
(Darling won't you call me home)
Repeats the plea for the loved one to call the speaker home, possibly emphasizing it.
All these things I'd rather do with you by my side
Restates the preference for doing things with the loved one by the speaker's side.
(1, 2, 3, hey)
Introduces a playful element with a counting sequence (1, 2, 3, hey).
And I'm planning all these ways
Continues the theme of making plans to find the way back home.
Just to find my way back home
Reiterates the desire to return home.
To you I wish you'd stay
Expresses a wish for the loved one to stay.
So darling won't you call me
Repeats the plea for the loved one to call the speaker.
Seeing all these signs
Repeats the observation of various signs, emphasizing a call to the speaker.
So darling won't you call me home
Reiterates the plea for the loved one to call the speaker home.
Darling won't you call me home
Repeats the request for the loved one to call the speaker home.
And I'm planning all these ways
Continues the theme of making plans to find the way back home.
Just to find my way back home
Reiterates the desire to return home.
To you I wish you'd stay
Expresses a wish for the loved one to stay.
So darling won't you call me
Repeats the plea for the loved one to call the speaker.
Seeing all these signs
Repeats the observation of various signs, emphasizing a call to the speaker.
So darling won't you call me home
Reiterates the plea for the loved one to call the speaker home.
So darling, wont you call me home
Repeats the request for the loved one to call the speaker home.
So darling, wont you call me home
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