Don't Let It Get You Down
Fine Young Cannibals Lyrics


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When no friends can't be found
And my girl is out of town
I come home to empty house
The telephone is all I have

When my plans don't work out
Mama says, don't let it get you down
Don't let it get you down

There's a club I can't get in
Every week it's the same damn thing
I get mad, I want to cry
It's my skin they don't like

When my plans don't work out
Mama says, don't let it get you down
Don't let it get you down

Now my world don't look good
Not the way I know it should
And my time is running short
I didn't do all I ought

When my plans don't work out
Mama says, don't let it get you down
Don't let it get you down

When my plans don't work out




Mama says, don't let it get you down
Don't let it get you down

Overall Meaning

In "Don't Let It Get You Down," Fine Young Cannibals' lead singer Roland Gift sings about how he copes with disappointment and frustration. The song touches on themes of isolation, rejection, and feeling "less than" due to circumstances out of one's control. The first verse speaks to Gift's loneliness when he comes home to an empty house and has only the phone to keep him company. The second verse expresses his frustration with being excluded by a local club, where he is presumably turned away because of his race.


Despite these setbacks, Gift's mother offers him words of encouragement, telling him not to let it get him down. The song doesn't offer any solutions or advice beyond this, but the message is clear: sometimes life doesn't go as planned, but it's important to keep your chin up and not let it defeat you.


One interpretation of the song's chorus is that elements of racism and prejudice are at play in Gift's difficulties. The repetition of the phrase "don't let it get you down" is a message to persevere in the face of bigotry and systemic disadvantage.


Line by Line Meaning

When no friends can't be found
When I am alone and have no one to talk to


And my girl is out of town
When my girlfriend is away


I come home to empty house
I enter an empty and quiet house


The telephone is all I have
The only thing that can provide me some human interaction is the phone


When my plans don't work out
When things don't go as I had hoped


Mama says, don't let it get you down
My mother reminds me not to feel discouraged by setbacks


Don't let it get you down
Don't allow yourself to feel defeated by failures


There's a club I can't get in
I am excluded from a particular social establishment


Every week it's the same damn thing
The situation repeats itself every week and it's frustrating


I get mad, I want to cry
I feel angry and upset


It's my skin they don't like
My skin colour is the reason why I am not welcome


Now my world don't look good
I feel like nothing is good in my life


Not the way I know it should
Things are not going the way I expected or anticipated


And my time is running short
I feel like I am running out of time to achieve my goals


I didn't do all I ought
I haven't done everything I could have done to succeed




Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group
Written by: DAVID STEELE, ROLAND GIFT

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