She Used To Be Mine
Spin Doctors Lyrics


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There she goes, on down the beach
Just like the moon, she's out of reach
Losing my mind, already lost my girl
Blew the top right off my pretty world

CHORUS
Oh, she used to be mine
She used to be mine
She used to be mine
She used to be mine
‘Til I saw her with another man (‘nother man)
‘Til I saw her with another man (hand in hand)
‘Til I saw her with another man (‘nother man)
‘Til I saw her with another man (hand in hand)

Oh, there she goes, on out of my life
She's my ex, thought she'd be my wife
Kept my ring, my wedding band
Keeps it on the same finger but on the other hand

CHORUS

I can taste her mouth
Taste her tears
I can hear what she used to say
She'd be looking up from her coffee cup
And through the steam I can see her glance away
I miss her hand on my hip
Tongue on my lips
Lips on my cup of tea
I miss the way she'd lie
And the way she'd sigh
When she'd lie right down
Just next to me

CHORUS

She used to be mine [x8]

She used to be mine
Oh, oh she used to be mine
Ooh, oh oh, yeah-eah
Saw her with another man, saw her with another man
Saw her with another man, saw her with another man




Saw her with another man, saw, till I saw her with a
Till I saw her with another man hand in hand

Overall Meaning

The Spin Doctors’s “She Used to Be Mine” is a song about heartbreak and loss. The singer reminisces about a woman who he used to be in a relationship with. He describes her as being like the moon, out of reach and impossible to hold onto. He has already lost her, but seeing her with another man makes the heartbreak even more real. The chorus repeats the line “She used to be mine” several times, emphasizing the pain of losing someone who was once so close.


The lyrics describe the singer’s memories of the woman he used to be with. He can still taste her mouth and tears, and hears her words in his head. He misses the way she would lie down next to him and sigh. The song’s melancholy tone is set by the repeating “ohs” and “ahs” in the background, which add a sense of longing and sadness to the lyrics. The ending repeats the chorus, once again emphasizing the idea that the woman is no longer his.


Line by Line Meaning

There she goes, on down the beach
She walked away from me on the beach


Just like the moon, she's out of reach
Like the moon that's unattainable, she's gone from my life


Losing my mind, already lost my girl
I can't control my emotions because I already lost my girlfriend


Blew the top right off my pretty world
My world used to be beautiful but now it's shattered


Oh, she used to be mine
She was mine before


‘Til I saw her with another man (‘nother man)
I saw her cheating on me with another man


‘Til I saw her with another man (hand in hand)
I saw her with the other man holding hands


Oh, there she goes, on out of my life
She's gone from my life


She's my ex, thought she'd be my wife
She's my ex-girlfriend, but I thought she'd be my wife someday


Kept my ring, my wedding band
She kept the ring I gave her when I proposed


Keeps it on the same finger but on the other hand
She still wears my ring but on the other hand


I can taste her mouth
I remember the taste of her mouth


Taste her tears
I remember the taste of her tears


I can hear what she used to say
I remember what she used to say


She'd be looking up from her coffee cup
I remember how she used to look up from her coffee cup


And through the steam I can see her glance away
I remember how she used to look away through the steam


I miss her hand on my hip
I miss the feeling of her hand on my hip


Tongue on my lips
I miss the feeling of her tongue on my lips


Lips on my cup of tea
I miss the feeling of her lips on my cup of tea


I miss the way she'd lie
I miss the way she used to lie down


And the way she'd sigh
I miss the way she used to sigh


When she'd lie right down
When she used to lie down right next to me


Just next to me
Right beside me


She used to be mine [x8]
She used to be mine, repeating 8 times


She used to be mine
She was mine before


Oh, oh she used to be mine
She was mine before


Ooh, oh oh, yeah-eah
Expressing feeling of nostalgia


Saw her with another man, saw her with another man
I saw her with another man, repeating twice


Till I saw her with another man, saw her with another man
Until I saw her with another man, repeating twice


Saw her with another man, saw
I saw her with another man, and the sentence is incomplete


‘Til I saw her with a
Until I saw her with a


Till I saw her with another man hand in hand
Until I saw her with the other man holding hands




Lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
Written by: Aaron Comess, Anthony Krizan, Christopher Gross, Lew Kiner, Mark White

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Mathias Freitas

She Used to Be Mine - Spin Doctors

There she goes, on down the beach
Just like the moon, she's out of reach
Losing my mind, already lost my girl
Blew the top right off my pretty world

Oh, she used to be mine
She used to be mine
She used to be mine
'Til I saw her with another man
'Nother man
'Til I saw her with another man
Hand in hand
'Til I saw her with another man
'Nother man
'Til I saw her with another man
Hand in hand

Oh, there she goes, on out of my life
She's my ex, thought she'd be my wife
Kept my ring, my wedding band
Keeps it on the same finger but on the other hand

Oh, she used to be mine

I can taste her mouth
Taste her tears
I can hear what she used to say
She'd be looking up from her coffee cup
And through the steam I can see her glance away

I miss her hand on my hip
Tongue on my lips
Lips on my cup of tea
I miss the way she'd lie
And the way she'd sigh
When she'd lie right down
Just next to me

Oh, she used to be mine



All comments from YouTube:

Frode Grunsvold

Absolutely one of my favorite bands and at times in the 90's had to hear their stuff once a day just to live.😁

Keystone Financial Academy

Saw these guys open up for Blues Traveler in the fall of 1992 at Ithaca College in New York. My buddy was a freshman there, and I was visiting from one of the SUNY universities. It was a wild show, they were incredible live, with the bass and clean tone guitar absolutely blowing me away. There was no doubt these guys would blow up shortly, and they did. As a funny aside, my friend's roommates were approached after the show by Chris Barron. He was wandering the campus, asking where he could score some pot lol. Super nice guy, great memories of the early 90s)).

sfried64

one of the most underated bands ever. The vocalist is great and the guitarist is a genius with riffs and solos

Juhan Leemet

and a great bass player! drummer is no slouch either!

Captain Rhodes

this band has aged surprisingly well. tunes still sound good

Spencer Ford

Spin Doctors always crush it. I hate people saying they a 1 hit

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​@Spencer Fordsame

Philip Decker

Such a great song. The opening riff is a great hook. The song grooves, has a nice melody, harmonies and a sense of fun. This and "How could you want him" are my favorites.

Kenneth Sutton

Pretty good funk-pop song that's on par with the songs on their first album; surprised it wasn't a bigger hit but I guess it was not promoted enough.

Campo Toro

El sonido de mi adolescencia 🗣️👂

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