After You
Lorna Luft Lyrics

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After you've gone and left me cryin'
After you've gone, there's no denyin'
You'll feel blue, you'll feel sad
You'll miss the bestest pal ya ever had

There'll come a time when you'll regret it
There'll come a time, now don't forget it
Oh, baby, think what you're doin'

My love for you is gonna drive you to ruin
After you've gone, after you've gone away

[Lorna Luft]
After you've gone and left me cryin'
After you've gone, there's no denyin'
You're gonna feel blue, and
You're gonna feel sad, you're gonna feel bad
And you'll miss, and you'll miss
And you'll miss the bestest pal ya ever had

[Wainwright & Luft]
There'll come a time, now don't forget it
There'll come a time when you'll regret it
Oh, baby, think what you're doin'
I'm gonna haunt you so, I'm gonna taunt you so

It's gonna drive you to ruin
After you've gone, after you've gone away

Overall Meaning

The song "After You" by Lorna Luft talks about the aftermath of a breakup. The singer laments her partner leaving and the emotions that will inevitably follow. She predicts that her ex will feel blue, sad, and miss her as the best friend he ever had. However, she also warns him that there will come a time when he'll regret his decision and that her love for him will ultimately lead him to ruin. She then repeats the first verse before singing the last two lines again.

The lyrics of "After You" are both melancholic and empowering. The singer is sad about the end of the relationship, but she also realizes that her worth as a person is not dependent on her ex-partner. She warns him about the consequences of his actions but doesn't beg him to come back. Instead, she moves on and leaves him to deal with the aftermath of his own decisions. These themes make the song relatable to anyone who has gone through a difficult breakup.

Line by Line Meaning

After you've gone and left me cryin'
When you leave me, I will be very sad and heartbroken, and I will cry because of the pain of being left alone.

After you've gone, there's no denyin'
Once you have left, there is no denying the reality of the situation, and we will have to face the fact that we are no longer together.

You'll feel blue, you'll feel sad
You will experience sadness and depression as a result of leaving, and you will feel down about the situation.

You'll miss the bestest pal ya ever had
You will realize that you had a good thing going with me, and you will regret losing me because I was the best friend you ever had.

There'll come a time when you'll regret it
In the future, after you have left, you will come to regret your decision to leave and realize that you had something good going with me that you let slip away.

There'll come a time, now don't forget it
You need to remember that, in the future, you will regret leaving me behind when you had the chance to stay and work through our problems together.

Oh, baby, think what you're doin'
You need to be careful and think through your decision to leave me, because it may not be the best choice for our relationship or for your own wellbeing.

My love for you is gonna drive you to ruin
My love for you is so strong that it will cause you to suffer if you choose to walk away and leave me behind, because you will realize that you had something special with me that you can never replace.

After you've gone, after you've gone away
Once you have left, there will be a sense of emptiness and loss that we will both feel and have to deal with, as we try to move on separately from each other.

Lyrics © Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
Written by: DONOVAN KEITH BENNETT, NIGEL STAFF, WAYNE MORRIS, VIVIENNE STEPHENSON

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