It's All Over Now
Love Lost and Lessons Learned: The Rolling Stones' Reflections
Lyrics
Well, baby used to stay out all night long
Expressing the past habit of the speaker's partner staying out late into the night.
She made me cry, she done me wrong
Describing the emotional impact of the partner's actions, causing the speaker to cry.
She hurt my eyes open, that's no lie
Indicating the partner's actions were hurtful and opened the speaker's eyes to the truth.
Tables turn and now her turn to cry
Suggesting a reversal of fortunes, where now it's the partner's turn to experience pain.
Because I used to love her, but it's all over now
Acknowledging that the speaker once loved the partner, but that love is now gone.
Because I used to love her, but it's all over now
Reiterating the idea that the love the speaker had for the partner is no more.
Well, she used to run around with every man in town
Highlighting the partner's promiscuity and financial irresponsibility.
She spent all my money, playing her high class game
Describing how the partner spent the speaker's money in a high-class manner.
She put me out, it was a pity how I cried
Expressing the speaker's emotional pain when the partner put them out.
Tables turn and now her turn to cry
Echoing the theme of reversal, with the tables turning for the partner.
Because I used to love her, but it's all over now
Repeating the sentiment that the speaker used to love the partner, but that love has ended.
Because I used to love her, but it's all over now
Emphasizing the finality of the end of the speaker's love for the partner.
Well, I used to wake in the morning, get my breakfast in bed
Recalling a time when the speaker received special treatment, including breakfast in bed.
When I'd gotten worried she'd ease my aching head
Highlighting the partner's role in alleviating the speaker's worries and headaches.
But now she's here and there, with every man in town
Noting the partner's current involvement with other men in town.
Still trying to take me for that same old clown
Suggesting that the partner is still trying to deceive the speaker.
Because I used to love her, but it's all over now
Reiterating the speaker's acknowledgment of the end of their love for the partner.
Because I used to love her, but it's all over now
Affirming the finality of the speaker's feelings, stating that it's all over now.
Because I used to love her, but it's all over now
Concluding with a final statement that the speaker's love for the partner is over.
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