My My My
Justin Adams Lyrics

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If I ever get lucky mamma
Win my train fare home
If I ever get lucky babe
Win my train fare home

I'm goin' back to the border
Where i'm better known
Hey

Oh your calf is hungry mamma
Hey baby i believe he needs the sun
Oh your calf is hungry babe
Mamma i believe he needs the sun

Oh your milk it's turning blue
I believe he's out of luck
Hey yeah
Yeah
Oh
Oh
Oh
Mmm

You know you got me crawling
And the grass grows very high
I'm just gonna keep on crawling baby
Until the day I die
Crawl up to your window
Crawl up to your door
Crawl anywhere you want now babe
I'm gon' crawl across your floor
Oh oh oh yeah
Oh oh oh yeah
Oh...

Yeah yeah
Oh yeah
Oh yeah
Hey

Well that's all right mamma
Baby that's all right for you
Oh that's all right babe
Oh mamma that's all right for you
Keepin' low down dirty
Any old way you do
Well well well oh

You know you got me crawlin' now baby
The grass grows very high
I'm just gon' keep on crawlin' now baby
Until the day i die
want to crawl into your window babe
Crawl into your door
I'll anyway you want now baby

Gonna crawl across your floor
Crawl across your floor

Overall Meaning

The lyrics to Justin Adams's song "My My My" are a mixture of blues and rock and roll influences that create a sense of rural longing and craving for escape. The opening lines "If I ever get lucky mamma, win my train fare home," suggest a man who is stuck in a place he doesn't want to be and is looking for a way out. The repetition of "My my my" in the chorus seems to express a yearning for something that is just out of reach, adding to the sense of frustration and restlessness in the lyrics.

The second verse is a more poetic description of the singer's circumstances. He is going "back to the border where I'm better known," which suggests that he feels like an outsider where he currently is. The metaphor of the calf being hungry and needing the sun seems to represent the singer's own hunger for freedom and release. The line "Oh your milk it's turning blue, I believe he's out of luck," adds another layer to the metaphor, suggesting that the singer feels like he is in a dying situation.

The third verse is the most explicit in its imagery. The singer is crawling through high grass, trying to reach the object of his desire. The repeated line "Crawl up to your window, crawl up to your door," gives the sense that he is a predator or even a stalker. The final repetition of "Crawl across your floor," with its sexual connotation, adds to this sense of danger and desire.

Overall, the lyrics to "My My My" create a vivid picture of a man chafing at the bit of his circumstances, trying to find a way out of his situation but also perhaps secretly enjoying the danger and excitement of the chase.

Line by Line Meaning

If I ever get lucky mamma
If I ever have enough fortune, dear mother

Win my train fare home
I'll be able to afford the fare to my homeland

If I ever get lucky babe
If I ever get lucky, my beloved

Win my train fare home
I'll use the winnings to buy a train ticket back home

I'm goin' back to the border
I'm returning to the frontier

Where i'm better known
Where people are familiar with me

Oh your calf is hungry mamma
Your young cattle needs feeding, dear mother

Hey baby i believe he needs the sun
I think he needs to bask in the sun, my love

Oh your calf is hungry babe
Your young cattle needs feeding, my love

Mamma i believe he needs the sun
Dear mother, I think he needs some sunlight

Oh your milk it's turning blue
The color of your milk has changed to blue

I believe he's out of luck
He's unlucky, I think

You know you got me crawling
You have made me so desperate

And the grass grows very high
I'm in a tough situation

I'm just gonna keep on crawling baby
I'll continue to struggle, my love

Until the day I die
Until I take my last breath

Crawl up to your window
Crawling to your window

Crawl up to your door
Crawling to your door

Crawl anywhere you want now babe
I'll crawl wherever you want, my love

I'm gon' crawl across your floor
I'll crawl on your floor

Well that's all right mamma
That's fine, dear mother

Baby that's all right for you
It may be fine for you, my love

Oh that's all right babe
That's okay, my dear

Oh mamma that's all right for you
Dear mother, it may be alright for you

Keepin' low down dirty
Being deceitful

Any old way you do
In any way you wish

You know you got me crawlin' now baby
You have made me desperate, my love

Until the day i die
Until my last breath

want to crawl into your window babe
I wish to crawl into your window, my love

Crawl into your door
Crawling to your door

I'll anyway you want now baby
I'll crawl wherever you want, my love

Gonna crawl across your floor
I'll crawl on your floor

Lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, Warner/Chappell Music, Inc.
Written by: ROBERT PLANT, PAUL THOMPSON, ARTHUR CRUDUP, JOHN BAGGOT, JUSTIN ADAMS, CLIVE DEAMER, STEPHEN CHARLES JONES, JOHN LEE HOOKER, ROBERT LEROY JOHNSON

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