Lyrics
I put my back into it
I exert significant effort and energy into something
I put a hole right through it
I make a profound impact or damage to it
Don't ever leave me
Expressing a desire for the partner not to leave
Don't ever leave, baby
Reiterating the plea for the partner not to leave
I work the land all day and
I engage in labor on the land throughout the day
I gave you all my pay, but
I have given you all my earnings, but
It's not enough girl
Stating that the efforts and contributions are not sufficient for the partner
Never enough, girl
Emphasizing the inadequacy of efforts and contributions
I don't need a love like that
Expressing a lack of desire for a certain type of love
(He don't want a love like that)
Reiteration that the person does not want a particular kind of love
I don't need a love like that
Continuing to assert the lack of desire for a specific type of love
(He don't want a love)
Reiterating that the person does not want a certain kind of love
You took me to great lengths
Referring to being taken to great lengths or extremes
All that I can do is summon up the strength to
Describing the effort to summon strength for a reaction
Get a reaction
Expressing the desire for a response or emotional reaction
(Why you never love this man?)
Pondering why love is not reciprocated
How do you sit so still?
Questioning how someone can remain so calm and unmoved
Don't you recognize that you haunt me still?
Asking if the person recognizes that they continue to affect or haunt the speaker
But bitch, I'm too lazy
Admitting to being lazy, possibly as an excuse for not taking action
(So, so lazy)
Reiterating laziness as a characteristic
I don't need a love like that
Restating the lack of desire for a specific type of love
(He don't want a love like that)
Reiteration that the person does not want a particular kind of love
I don't need a love like that
Continuing to assert the lack of desire for a specific type of love
(He don't want a love like that)
Reiterating that the person does not want a certain kind of love
I don't need a love like that
Once again expressing the lack of desire for a specific type of love
(He don't want a love like that)
Continuing to assert the lack of desire for a specific type of love
Who needs a love like that?
Pose a rhetorical question about the necessity of a certain kind of love
(Who will need a love like that?)
Rhetorical question about who would need the type of love mentioned
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