All By Myself
Roy Hall Lyrics


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Little girl don't you want to stay?
I want to be your lover man
All by myself
All by myself

I don't need no one to love you
I'm gonna love you all by myself
You'll find, little girl, you know it too,
Don't you know I'm in love with you
All by myself
All by myself.

I don't want no one to love you
I want to love you all by myself

Meet me in the parlor 'bout half past one,
We'll go on down and have some fun
All by ourselves,
All by ourselves,




We don't need nobody with us
We gonna do it all by ourselves.

Overall Meaning

The lyrics of Roy Hall's All By Myself appear to be a flirtatious invitation to a girl for a romantic rendezvous. The opening line "Little girl don't you want to stay" suggests that the singer is trying to convince the girl to spend some time with him. He goes on to declare that he wants to be her lover man and he doesn't need anyone else to love her as he can do that all by himself. In the second stanza, he assures the girl that he loves her and wants to love her all by himself.


The third stanza is an invitation to meet him in the parlor at half-past one where they can go and "have some fun all by ourselves". The last line is a repetition of the chorus emphasizing the fact that they don't need anyone else to enjoy their time together. Interestingly, the song ends with a unique saxophone solo that adds a playful and flirtatious element to the melody.


Line by Line Meaning

Little girl don't you want to stay?
Hey, would you like to stay here with me, little girl?


I want to be your lover man
I want to be the man you love and care for.


All by myself
I don't want anyone else to be with me, just alone.


I don't need no one to love you
I don't need anyone else to love you, I can do it all on my own.


I'm gonna love you all by myself
I'm going to love you without any help from anyone.


You'll find, little girl, you know it too,
You'll realize it too, little girl.


Don't you know I'm in love with you
Do you know that I'm in love with you?


I don't want no one to love you
I don't want anyone else to love you.


I want to love you all by myself
I want to love you without anyone's interference.


Meet me in the parlor 'bout half past one,
Let's meet in the parlor around 12:30 pm.


We'll go on down and have some fun
Let's have some fun together.


All by ourselves,
Just the two of us together.


We don't need nobody with us
We don't need anyone else to be with us.


We gonna do it all by ourselves.
We're going to do it on our own, without anyone else's help.




Lyrics © Kanjian Music, Universal Music Publishing Group, Tratore, Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
Written by: Eric Carmen, Sergei Rachmaninoff

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Comments from YouTube:

MaabudZ

I was looking for the Broony version recorded in the 30s (?) but this is a fun find of the same song with a rockabilly take.

Christophe Despouy

le rockabilly est un super style musical sans ce dernier que serait il advenu de la musique actuelle??

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