Don't Let Your Deal Go Down
Wandering Heart's Anthem: Embracing Home in 'Don't Let Your Deal Go Down'
Lyrics
Now, I've been all around this whole wide world,
Expresses the speaker's extensive travels around the world.
I've been down to Memphis, Tennessee
Specific mention of visiting Memphis, Tennessee.
And it's any old place I hang my hat
Emphasizes the speaker's adaptable sense of home, finding comfort wherever they are.
Is home, sweet home to me.
Reiterates the idea that any place where the speaker hangs their hat feels like home.
Chorus:
Chorus warning against losing one's deal or money before spending the last gold dollar.
Don't let your deal go down (x3)
-'Fore my last gold dollar is gone.
-Now, I left my little girl crying,
The speaker recounts leaving a loved one behind who pleaded for them to stay.
Standing in the door
-She throwed her arms around my neck,
-Saying, ""Honey, don't you go.""
-Now, I've been all around this whole wide world,
Repetition of the speaker's global travels.
Done most everything
Describes engaging in various activities, including playing cards with royalty.
I've played cards with the King and the Queen,
-The ace, the eight, or the trey.
-Now, where did you get them high-top shoes,
Questions about the origin of the speaker's fashionable items and answers mentioning a railroad man and a miner's driver.
Dress you wear so fine?
-I got my shoes from a railroad man,
-And my dress from a driver in the mine.
-Who's gonna shoe your pretty white feet
Series of questions about who will take care of the speaker's beloved in their absence.
Who's gonna glove your hand
-Who's gonna kiss your lily white cheeks
-Who's gonna be your man?
-Now, Papa may shoe my pretty white feet
Replies that the father and mother will fulfill the roles mentioned in the previous questions until the speaker's return.
Mama can glove my hand
-She can kiss my lily white cheeks
-Till you come back again.
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