Baby Please Don't Go
Yearning Echoes: Thin Lizzy's Plea in 'Baby Please Don't Go'
Lyrics
I tried to warn you baby
I attempted to caution you, my dear
I tried to tell you I was down
I tried to convey that I was feeling low
Oh yeah yeah
Expressing frustration or emphasis
You would not listen baby
You ignored my pleas, my love
You would not hel pme when I was down
You didn't assist me when I was in distress
Oh no no
Reiterating frustration or emphasis
He tells her "doesn't anybody understand I love her?"
A third person narrates a man expressing his love for a girl
That girl she holds my heart in her hands
The man emphasizes the girl's importance to him
Oh baby, oh baby baby baby baby
Repetition of endearing terms expressing affection
Baby please don't go
Pleading with the girl not to leave
Baby please don't go
Repetition of the plea, underlining desperation
Baby please don't go
Intensifying the plea with emotional urgency
Oh no no no no no
Emphatic rejection of the possibility of departure
Baby please don't go
Repetition of the plea, emphasizing the emotional plea
I tried to warn you baby
Reiterating the earlier attempt to warn the girl
I tried to tell you "don't let me down"
Reiterating the plea not to disappoint or betray
Oh no no
Expressing frustration or emphasis
You would not listen baby
The man expresses frustration about the girl's unwillingness to leave
Baby you would not leave me go down
The girl refuses to let the man go down or be in a low state
Oh no no
Reiterating frustration or emphasis
He tells her there is foolish there is wise
The narrator describes a conversation where wisdom and foolishness are discussed
The young ones hold their heart up to the skies
Depicting the youth holding their hearts high and dancing
And dance the night away
Describing a joyful and carefree atmosphere
There is foolish, there is wise
Repetition of contrasting qualities with anger mentioned
There is anger in his tone
Expressing the presence of anger in the narrator's tone
There is truth behind the lies
Highlighting the coexistence of truth and lies
His heart has turned to stone
Symbolizing emotional detachment and hardness
Wherever you may be, he loves her
Reiterating the narrator's unconditional love for the girl
Wherever you may stand
Expressing love regardless of the girl's location
He loves her in this land
Asserting the universality of the narrator's love
Baby please don't go
Repeating the plea for the girl not to leave
Don't hurt me so
Pleading to avoid causing emotional pain
Don't leave me now
Reiteration of the plea not to depart
Baby please don't go
Final plea for the girl not to leave
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