Just Call Me Lonesome
Jackson Wanda Lyrics
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Let me be set me free from your spell
You made me weak cut me deep I can't sleep lover
I was cursed from the first day I fell
Oh you don't want me but you want me to go on wanting you
How I pray that you will say that we're through
Oh turn me loose, what's the use
Let me go lover, let me go, let me go, let me go
Oh you don't want me but you want me to go on wanting you
How I pray that you will say that we're through
Oh turn me loose, what's the use
Let me go lover, let me go, let me go, let me go
Oh let me go, let me go, let me go lover
Let me be set me free from your spell
You made me weak cut me deep I can't sleep lover
I was cursed from the first day I fell
Oh you don't want me but you want me to go on wanting you
How I pray that you will say that we're through
Oh turn me loose, what's the use
Let me go lover, let me go, let me go, let me go
The lyrics to Jackson Wanda's song "Just Call Me Lonesome" speak to the pain of unrequited love and the desire to break free from the spell of a love that is not returned. The singer in the song pleads for her lover to release her from this pain and set her free. She describes how this unrequited love has made her weak and unable to sleep. Despite her lover not wanting her, she begs for him to let her go and to officially end the relationship.
The repetition of "let me go, let me go, let me go lover" and "I was cursed from the first day I fell" emphasizes the agony of being in a one-sided relationship. The line "you don't want me but you want me to go on wanting you" captures the paradoxical and heartbreaking nature of this situation. The singer is hopelessly devoted to someone who does not reciprocate her feelings, yet she cannot shake her love for him.
Overall, the lyrics to "Just Call Me Lonesome" showcase the anguish of unrequited love and the desperate longing for release from the pain that comes with it.
Line by Line Meaning
Oh let me go, let me go, let me go lover
Asking to be set free from the hold their lover has on them
Let me be set me free from your spell
Desiring to break free from the magic that their lover holds over them
You made me weak cut me deep I can't sleep lover
Their lover's actions have deeply affected them, causing them immense emotional pain and making it difficult to rest
I was cursed from the first day I fell
Feeling as though they were doomed from the very beginning of their relationship with their lover
Oh you don't want me but you want me to go on wanting you
Understanding that their lover does not have romantic feelings towards them but still wants them to pine for them fruitlessly
How I pray that you will say that we're through
Hoping that their lover will put an end to their relationship and remove the emotional burden
Oh turn me loose, what's the use
Recognizing that their relationship has become toxic and feeling hopeless about their chances of breaking away
Let me go lover, let me go, let me go, let me go
Imploring their lover to release them from their grasp and allow them to move on
Lyrics © Warner/Chappell Music, Inc.
Written by: BENJAMIN WEISMAN, FRED WISE, JENNY LOU CARSON, KAY TWOMEY
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@webbjr37
I've listened to several versions of this tonight and Wanda has the best yetThanks
@anY-bf9ud
This beautiful and extremely talented lady was a great friend of Elvis. She wrote and sang a song about a ring she wore that was given her by him.
Elvis also did a version of this beautiful country song, Just Call Me Lonesome,
@nephewtwo
Thanks for posting! I like this a lot.