Please Please Please
James Brown Lyrics


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Please, please, please, please
(Please, please don't go)
Don't go, oh, oh

Oh, oh, I need you, darling
You've got the power of love

I found someone to love me
I found someone to love me
I found someone to love me
I found someone to love me

I know it's true, I love you
I found someone to love me
Why did it happen this way?
Someone has taken my place
Girl, want to share my embrace
Why do you do me like you do
You made me love you but I feel so sad
You made me need you and it's driving me so mad
I want you so bad
I love you yes I do
I love you yes, I do
I know your love it's true from the way I looked at you
You love me yes, you do
You need me, I need you
I'm ours my whole life
Since I've lay eyes on you
I guess you knew it from the start
From the day you took my heart
You are the one girl I'll always admire
I must be whenever you are
But I want to let you know one thing
I want to tell you one thing
I want to tell you one thing
I was walking down the streets
Why just everything happen to me
why just everything happen to me
Please, I'm lonely, I'm by myself now and the love's a memory
And so many strange things happen to me, all day long
Strange, strange things happen to me, all day long
Please I'm lonely, everything I do is wrong

Bewildered
Love, I dream of you
Well, I love, I need you
Why did we part?
Baby, take my hand (Please don't go)
I want to be a better man (please, please, don't go)
Honey, please (don't go)
I love you so (please, please, don't go)
Please don't go (please, please, don't go)
Please don't go (please, please, don't go)




Honey please don't go (don't go)
I love you so (please, please, don't go)

Overall Meaning

The song "Please Please Please" by James Brown is a pleading love song. The lyrics speak to the desperation of a man who has found someone to love him, but that person has taken his place and left him alone. He pleads with her not to go and expresses his love and need for her. The repetition of "please" emphasizes the urgency of his plea. The line "I'm lonely, everything I do is wrong" further emphasizes his desperation and how lost he feels without her.


The lyrics also speak to the power dynamics in a relationship. The man acknowledges that the woman has the power of love and that he is vulnerable without her. He wants to be a better man for her and admires her, but he is also bewildered by the way she has hurt him. Despite this, he still loves and needs her.


Overall, the song is a powerful expression of love and longing, and the desperation that can come with it.


Line by Line Meaning

Please, please, please, please
The singer is desperately begging their love interest to stay with them.


(Please, please don't go)
The singer is asking their love interest not to leave them.


Don't go, oh, oh
The singer is expressing their fear that their love interest will leave them and they don't want that to happen.


Oh, oh, I need you, darling
The artist is expressing how much they need their love interest.


You've got the power of love
The artist is acknowledging that their love interest has power over them and their emotions.


I found someone to love me
The singer is admitting to finding someone to love them.


I know it's true, I love you
The singer is admitting their love for their love interest.


Why did it happen this way?
The artist is questioning why their relationship had to end or why their love interest had to leave them.


Someone has taken my place
The artist is saying that someone else has taken their love interest's place in their life.


Girl, want to share my embrace
The artist is asking their love interest to share a physical embrace with them.


Why do you do me like you do
The singer is questioning why their love interest is treating them poorly or hurting them emotionally.


You made me love you but I feel so sad
The artist is acknowledging that their love interest made them fall in love, but the current circumstances make them feel sad.


You made me need you and it's driving me so mad
The singer is admitting that they need their love interest to the point of it driving them mad.


I want you so bad
The singer is expressing their strong desire for their love interest.


I love you yes I do
The singer is affirming their love for their love interest.


I know your love it's true from the way I looked at you
The artist is saying that they know their love interest's love is true based on the way they have looked at them.


You love me yes, you do
The artist is acknowledging that their love interest loves them as well.


You need me, I need you
The singer is acknowledging the mutual need they have for each other.


I'm ours my whole life
The singer is saying they belong to their love interest for the rest of their life.


Since I've lay eyes on you
The artist is saying they have been attached to their love interest ever since they first saw them.


I guess you knew it from the start
The artist is saying their love interest probably knew that they would fall in love with them from the beginning.


From the day you took my heart
The artist is saying their love interest took their heart from the day they met.


You are the one girl I'll always admire
The singer is saying their love interest is the one girl they will always look up to.


I must be whenever you are
The artist is saying they feel they must be with their love interest at all times.


But I want to let you know one thing
The singer is getting ready to reveal something important to their love interest.


I was walking down the streets
The singer is recounting a moment when they were walking down the streets.


Why just everything happen to me
The singer is asking why everything seems to be happening poorly for them.


Please, I'm lonely, I'm by myself now and the love's a memory
The artist is admitting to feeling lonely without their love interest and that their relationship is now a memory.


And so many strange things happen to me, all day long
The artist is saying that strange things seem to be happening to them all the time.


Bewildered
The singer is expressing that they are confused and lost.


Love, I dream of you
The singer is confessing to dreaming about their love interest.


Well, I love, I need you
The artist is reaffirming their love and need for their love interest.


Why did we part?
The artist is asking why they had to break up or why their love interest had to leave them.


Baby, take my hand (Please don't go)
The artist is reaching out to their love interest, asking them not to leave them.


I want to be a better man (please, please, don't go)
The singer is saying they want to be a better person for their love interest so that they won't leave.


Honey, please (don't go)
The artist is again pleading with their love interest not to leave.


I love you so (please, please, don't go)
The singer is expressing their love for their love interest and asking them not to leave.


Please don't go (please, please, don't go)
The singer is again pleading with their love interest not to leave.


Honey please don't go (don't go)
The singer is continuously begging their love interest not to leave.


I love you so (please, please, don't go)
The artist is again expressing their love for their love interest and imploring them not to leave.




Lyrics © Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
Written by: JAMES BROWN, BOBBY BYRD, LLOYD EUGENE STALLWORTH

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Please, please, please, please
(Please, please don't go)
Please, please, please
(Please, please don't go)

Honey, please don't
(Go)
Yeah, oh yeah, love, I love you so
(Please, please don't go)

Baby, you did me wrong
(So you got me woman)
Well, well you done me wrong
(So you got me woman)

So you done, done me wrong
(Go)
Well, oh yeah, took my love, now you're gone
(Please, please don't go)

Please, please, please, please, please
(Please, please don't go)
Please, please, please, please, please
(Please, please don't go)

Honey, please don't
(Go)
Well, oh yeah, love, I love you so
(Please, please don't go)

I just wanna hear you say I, I, I, I, I
(Please, please don't go)
I, I, I, I
(Please, please don't go)

Honey, please don't
(Go)
Oh, oh yeah, love, I love you so
(Please, please don't go)

Baby, take my hand
(Please, please don't go)
I wanna be your lover man
(Please, please don't go)
Oh yeah, good god almighty

Darlin, please don't
(Go)
Well, oh yeah, love, I love you so
(Please, please don't go)

Please don't go
(Please, please don't go)
Please don't go
(Please, please don't go)

Darlin, please don't go
Ha, I love you so, please, please
(Please, please don't go)



All comments from YouTube:

Robert Cohen

on one snowy, miserable night in Boston back in the early l980s, James Brown and his band appeared at the Bradford Hotel in Boston. there couldn't have been more than about 40 people in the audience....but Mr. Brown put on a show as if he were entertaining 40 thousand people! what a showman....what a talent!!

Dennis Sweet

Yeah well that's Boston

61 Reid

A true showman,old school commitment,whether it's 1 or 100 you should always put on a good show.

Sonia Rena

Would've loved to been there!

JeQuez Barnett

Classic

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Barry Jordan

He just said please on an entire record! James was the king!

James Bond

It ain't what he said it's how

Malaquias Alfaro

Some Guy no way, not even close. The Who are great but I’d be hard pressed to believe they did this song better. The vocals were so much weaker and less smooth. But they didn’t even have a raspy or rough sound, it just wasn’t put together well

frzzn

Not he dont

Chuque vonCallie

My grandmother took me to the Apollo theater, in NYC in the early 60's, and I saw him do this song with "The Fabulous Flames"; replete with his famous exits at the end, with one of the Flames holding one of his numerous capes that he would drape across Mr. Brown's shoulders as he left the stage. As a kid, I didn't know that I was witnessing history. Thank you Mama, and Mr. Brown, for the wonderful memories.

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