Darlene
T Graham Brown Lyrics

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Darlene
Sit down I need to talk to you
Then you do what you wanna do
Just hear me through

Darlene
You don't need no other guy
When you gonna realize

How much I love you

Darlene
Go in there and pack up all your dreams
I'll have all I'll ever need
If you go with me
Darlene
Honey I can give you everything
And I want you for my darling
Darlene

Darlene
We're both tired of just hanging around
Tired of dreaming in this sleepy town
The rest is history

Darlene
Go in there and pack up all your dreams
'Cause I'll have all I'll ever need
If you go with me
Darlene
Sugar I can give you everything
And I want you for my darling
Darlene

So I want you for my darling

Darlene
Oh I need you for my darling
Darlene

Overall Meaning

In T. Graham Brown’s song Darlene, the singer is trying to convince his love interest to leave everything behind and start a new life with him. The song captures the feelings of a man who is deeply in love and is willing to do anything to win his beloved’s heart. The first verse begins with a plea to listen to him as he tells her what he has to say. He reassures her that she can do what she wants after he speaks his mind. He then proceeds to tell her that she doesn't need any other guy because he loves her and wants to be with her.

In the chorus of the song, the singer makes his intentions very clear: he wants to be with Darlene and will do anything to make it happen. He asks her to pack up all her dreams and go with him because he has all he needs if she is by his side. He promises to give her everything and asks her to be his darling.

Throughout the song, the singer tells Darlene that he needs her and how much she means to him. The song highlights the power of love and how it can inspire a person to take a leap of faith and start a new life. The lyrics are emotive and are sure to resonate with anyone who has ever been in love.

Line by Line Meaning

Darlene
The singer is addressing the woman he loves.

Sit down I need to talk to you
The singer wants Darlene to listen to him carefully.

Then you do what you wanna do
The singer is giving Darlene freedom to make her own choices.

Just hear me through
The artist wants Darlene to listen to him completely before making any decision.

You don't need no other guy
The artist thinks that Darlene doesn't need to be with any other guy.

When you gonna realize
The singer is questioning when Darlene will finally understand his feelings for her.

How much I love you
The singer is confessing his love for Darlene.

Go in there and pack up all your dreams
The artist wants Darlene to leave everything behind and go with him to pursue their dreams.

I'll have all I'll ever need
The artist believes that Darlene is all he needs to be happy.

If you go with me
The artist is asking Darlene to go with him on this journey.

Honey I can give you everything
The singer promises to give Darlene everything she desires.

And I want you for my darling
The artist wants Darlene to be his lover and partner.

We're both tired of just hanging around
The singer and Darlene are both bored with their current life.

Tired of dreaming in this sleepy town
The singer and Darlene are fed up with the monotony of their small town.

The rest is history
The singer is confident that their love story will be successful.

Sugar I can give you everything
The artist sweetens his promise to give Darlene everything she needs.

So I want you for my darling
The artist makes his desire for Darlene clear.

Oh I need you for my darling
The singer emphasizes his need for Darlene in his life.

Lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
Written by: MICHAEL GEIGER, RICKY RECTOR, WOODROW MULLIS

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Comments from YouTube:

@darlenemitchell5402

2y↑9

I worked in a bakery , I was 22 and really never listened to the country radio stations but the delivery man did and from that day on He sang out loud DARLENE. Lol I didn’t know what he was doing and than told me it’s a very popular country song right now lol . Howard was an older man about 55/60 . Now here I am 57 and I’m thinking , Did Howard like me ? He was never married and no kids .

@jessgibson6791

4y↑50

My mother and grandmother named me jessica Darlene in 1988 after this song during my life I've met him 4 times and he is amazing

@delilahborden4397

2y↑2

And me

@davidunderwood1907

38w

Bet you got that fire

@darleneturk1938

3y↑16

My name is Darlene! Love this song! You go TJ!

@darlenebradley967

50w↑1

My Name is also Darlene

@dwoychick

48w

From one Darlene to another this song is pathetic.

@mandy7131

35w↑3

My momma's name is Darlene .n every time .I see her lately .I sign this to her .love my mama with all my being. ❤

@alirpa77

3y↑10

My mom blasted this on Saturday morning while she cleaned. Never imagined I would miss this.

@darlenesanders4528

2y↑1

My name is Darlene I was dating the man that would be my husband he passed away we were married for over 47years I miss him terribly my heart is broken 💔

@darleneloman4169

3y↑10

This song was plated on the day I got my divorce from my first husband back in 1992 and I will never forget it because it has my name in it. And I guess that is why I love it.

@shelbywatson5027

35w↑3

My daughter's name was Darlene she is in heaven. But she loved this song

@darlenebennett2385

3y↑17

Thank you T Graham Brown. Brought back lots of great memories💜

@darlenebennett9684

2y↑1

I’m Darlene Bennett by marriage & I didn’t write ur post ❤🤣 so funny!

@darlinewilliams7800

4y↑8

Love this song with my name and love T. Graham Brown...

@darm.8172

3y↑15

I Was Named Darlene By My Grandfather...So, For This Reason...I've Grown To Love It. Thank You For This Sweet Song!!! You Sound Good Singing My Name...Thank You Brother!!!
🙂💜💚

@journeygirl4ever

I love being called Dar, too! ❤

@MrMikeyt65

2y↑4

I have always loved country music,but especially this era of it. I heard this song for the first time when i was in highschool it never gets old ❤❤❤❤ Thanks for sharing iton YouTube.

@nancygall4828

3y↑15

This is one of my favorites. Saw T. Graham Brown 3 times in Pennsylvania. Got his autograph the first time I saw him.

@maryadams2541

1y↑2

I forgot about this one. And I was teased with it. That's what I get for being named Darlene. Thank you for sharing.

@carolyntankersley941

4y↑7

Another Darlene here...my middle name! Love it!

@Florida45Gal

7y↑34

everybody loved this song...the tune was catchy...and he did have a great voice...still has....

@relaxationpeacefulness1363

5y↑41

A whole song with my name. This makes me feel amazing.

@kynliedolle6633

5y↑1

Darline Battle so cool! AWESOME DARLINE! LIKE THIS TO MAKE HER FEEL MORE AMAZING!

@Zebatar

4y↑1

You Gotta Love It!
😎
Darline!

@CUPCAKESUGARPIE

Lucky girl!!!🌻🎵🎶🎵🌻 This song has always been a favorite of mine to🤗

@colbiesdaddy82

Lmao right on Darlene!

@tigger7528

Love this song since it came out because my name is Darlene

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@brendacassity6830

3y↑15

I love him. What a great voice

@darleneturk1938

2y↑2

I'm Darlene. Love this song. Thnx. Wish I WERE YOYNG AGAIN!

@larrystevens1979

3y↑10

I was 10 when this song came out, always thought he had a great voice. Really underrated

@AmandaHW1984

5y↑5

Mr. Graham from one Georgian to another, God bless ya!

@darlenetincher8709

4y↑7

❤️ this song!! Thanks for a song that bears my name❤️

@patriciajrs46

4y↑10

Graceful, peaceful voice. Thanks.

@larrystevens1979

3y↑5

Love this song, I grew up in the early 80’s and listened to all kinds of music and have a good ear for good singers and musicians

@darlenebvaughn6094

5y↑6

Love this song thank you so much.....

@Momof388

3y↑7

Love this !!!!

@susansandora7965

1y↑1

I saw T Graham at a Chili Cook-off concert in Pembroke Pines Fl in 1989, along with Tanya Tucker, Travis Tritt and Garth Brooks.
T is my favorite guy singer still !!!

@dhix2388

3y↑7

A true American Treasure so talented incredible voice

@tomasalopez7002

2y↑5

Omg! I love this song...I'm repeating it all day long I don't get tired of hearing it😁🤗😁❤

@darlenewilkins3403

4y↑6

Love it!

@heathercrawford9178

2y↑1

Love this song 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

@brendashrawder5729

8y↑27

Hey T Grahma Brown thank u so much for that song that was my mother name don't have mom here anymore but i can still hear her si g it in my ear luv uR.I.P.Mom

@darlenecole8979

7y↑2

Brenda Shrawder I had the chance to meet them in Dumas Texas when that song first came out and that is my name

@darlenebonds1936

27w↑1

My name is Darlene too, when I first heard this song in the 80's I fell in love with it 😍.

@karenricaud4492

7y↑8

Love this song!

@jewllake

6y↑19

Blows that Garth guy way out of the water; true country!

@CptMickey1

8y↑8

A fantastic singer for a wonderful song! thanks for post!

@ruthboykin9873

5y↑12

love this song!

@bluestarlighting29

4y↑3

This song use listen on radio stations one my favorite DJ play it over and over again. Truly enjoy listen to classic hits songs. Thank You.

@susanpitre9790

24w

Love this song. Oh my God it is you I listened to this song years ago.Now I have been a fan forever. I haven't heard you singing for a long time.

@patriciajrs46

3y↑6

T. Graham is cool. They always told me not to write a song with a specific name in it- Ha! History of songs has proved that wrong time and time again: this one, Darlene, Donna, and there's also Barabara Ann. They are all great songs.

@wandaconnors7418

25w

My name is Darlene also , and only tonight I heard this song , I was called Wanda Darlene , beautiful song .

@missyfoster8187

6y↑5

One of my favorite songs. I don't know but I have always loved it.

@katierear8113

34w

Sweet! I fell in love with this song when it came out and i still love it❤

@rickdavid6758

6y↑12

Summer 99 cassette in my walkman I literally walked off 25lbs to this one song!

@wandaheldt6013

5y↑5

Love it.

@myrabrock219

1y↑1

Love this song. Live T. Graham

@sexy101shay

37w

My middle name 🥹🥹🥹

@darling2882

7y↑16

Omg my name!!!!! I 've never heard this song before.

@JWGauntt

it's a wonderful name

@darling2882

7y↑1

J.W. Gauntt thank you.😘😘😘

@rickyking1790

Darlene is one sexy name!!

@kenperk9854

My best friend's wife was named Darlene. I miss them a lot. She was beautiful like you.

@whitandnate

Were you named after this song? I don't know how or why my name was decided on.

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@alenagilbert4801

7y↑9

love love love this song!!!

@darlenedaniel8770

6y↑7

Love it

@pb4520

7y↑11

my god what a voice. it just doesn't get any better than this no how no way. thankyou for this!

@darlenesauls8443

35w

Will listen to this forever ❤

@mkl62

2y↑1

A #1 hit for T. Graham Brown on the Country & Western charts. It was the 927th #1 C&W song of the Rock Era. I saw T. Graham Brown on April 30, 1987, at the Hampton Coliseum in Virginia. He and Ronnie Milsap opened for Kenny Rogers. We prepare to say goodbye to 1988 and prepare to welcome in 1989. What will the C&W scene be like in the upcoming year? Stay tuned.

@darlenestites4993

9y↑66

all us ladies out here named darlene love you t Graham

@darlenemcfarland738

7y↑1

Darlene Stites ty

@JWGauntt

7y↑1

wonderful name

@darlenephillips3786

Aint that the darn truth ☺

@darlenerozier1052

A Georgia peach named Darlene ❤💕✌😀

@angerstoney8106

Darlene Stites my daughter name is Darline😍 we are from germany

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@lene_29

5y↑4

Love this song

@sallyjohnson4933

7y↑7

I love this song it is beautiful.

@darlenerogers941

6y↑6

love it !!!

@naturelif53

47w

I love this song. After a divorce, and raising my two sons, i told my Dad ( he named me) there were not any songs with my name Shortly thereafter, my Dad brought home a " cassette tape" with a song in my namesake!! It lifted my spirit right up. A moment and memory I'll treasure forever ❤ Be that Dad if you have a daughter, you ARE an important man in their life if you've been a good one.

@marthap13

7y↑4

i just heard this song this morning wow i love it

@darlenecarruthers-shelton837

3y↑8

Never in my life have I heard a song with my name, it's even hard to find necklaces that say Darlene. Someone thought about our name.

@darlenebaccwoods5261

You and me both 🥺

@darlenesmith5193

That's makes 3 of us lol..

@darlenemcgrath2488

I really like this one by him. Led Zeppelin has a song called Darlene also. I just found out about it. I could have went a lot longer without finding out about it. 😒

@karenhardy7885

7y↑9

Hey this fellow was pretty cute in his day and sings great !

@connietrotter6266

3y↑2

My middle name Darlene this my favorite song

@darlenegregg8320

9y↑14

awwww I thought Zepplin was the only Darlene... This is so sweet too

@theresahoyst7166

8y↑4

I love this song not only for the lyrics but especially for the SPANISH best .it reminds of the rhytm I grew up with in south ameruca

@user-ig2vi1nv6z

Love it. Can't believe there was a song with my name.

@jenniebrush4250

7y↑3

T.Graham Brown, YOU ARE AWESOME, as always. i love a all your songs... Jennie Brush ,beggs, OK.

@djm3249

4y↑2

The best love song ever played

@lorenrobertson8039

6y↑4

You are one of the best, my brother!

@0314darlene

6y↑12

Not many named this name anymore. But I love my name..even though it's old fashioned. Thank you T Graham Brown.

@darburk6203

6y↑3

after 60 years, I have finally learned to like my name. lol

@kenperk9854

6y↑1

At least you aren't Mildred or Girdie.

@cherylnelson6470

5y↑1

@@darburk6203 My youngest sister name is Darlene and she is 60, I Love her so much. This song is her favorite.

@dymercer

4y↑2

Somehow I've missed hearing this song in all my 73 years! I've always like my name, and only met a couple of other people with it, too. So it's very special to have this song--thank you T. Graham Brown! <3

@darlenelotito8300

3y↑1

Never heard a song with my name before. Very nice…made me 😀

@darlenespinnie20

6y↑6

I love this song with my name

@dianesimon5199

6y↑3

love this song my daughter is DARLENE.

@darlenelyons8487

6y↑7

Your the best

@darlenemeyers8285

This made my day! Finally something with my name.

@bettygilley1177

4y↑1

I love this song

@JamesBWest

8y↑10

I really like this song

@tenabruce3548

3y↑1

I’ve always loved this song 🎧!! Good Dancing Music 🎵!!! I’m Pauline and People Used To Call Me Darlene!!!

@noahzark6755

9y↑7

I love this guy. He was the one who did the great songs on Run for the Border for Taco Bell.

@user-gs2su5yu7h

44w

Great song 😊😊😊

@auntiesandy8827

4y↑2

awesome song!

@BROUBoomer

3y↑1

I didn't know about this song until now.
Finally a song with the name Darlene.
Thank you seems so small for what I feel about this. But Thank You.
👵👋

@darlenesauls8443

Thanks for sharing!!!

@darlenestoy4242

4y↑4

My ex-husband said this is my song n i love it ever sence that. My name is darlene

@bessiekrone947

8y↑8

Your voice is terrific straight from Heaven above. Keep up the faith. Love your music.

@tigger7528

4y↑2

Love this song since it came out yrs ago because my name is Darlene

@Jacksondarednek

1y↑1

I wish my grandpa could join whenever he was younger to go to Nashville about one year before they dropped his first album, he had the chance to but he chose not to because he was at a young age and he had two kids and a wife.😢
1:48-2:03 is about a place called Fernandina Beach/Amelia Island located in North East Florida.

@darlenegardner1944

5y↑3

yep this is my jam right here hahahaha

@marythompson5458

2y↑1

My Favorite Song Love His Voice

@darlenesauls8443

18w

My favorite or one of my favorites.

@idildaahir5877

9y↑2

lovley song xx

@roygoff6164

So Beautiful song I have hear this on the radio more then once

@darlenesauls8443

My kind of song!!!!

@HarleyQuinn-bj1pg

7y↑5

I was named after this song 💜

@d.jsavannaheditsaph1234

My dad was going to name me after this song too! He passed in 2014.

@thomashall3572

It reminds me of my friends ex-wife that I got the hots for

@ayronsmama05

5y↑2

Hell I had the hots for T. so bad that when anybody ask me my name it was Darlene!! Dam good dance song. Of course we switched it to Darlin' lol grown up version.

@elizabethfearn3225

Too cute.....me too back in day.Love all his music. Seen him in concert.The best.I was on the front row.....

@miguelsantos5826

26w↑1

🙏🙏

@lisademann4803

I HAD A AUNT NAMED DARLENE BUT SHE PASSED AWAY EVER TIME I HERE THIS SONG I WANT TO CRY

@bonniebluebell5940

44w

Another Darlene here...born in the fifites...named after the cutest little girl that my mother looked after who was born in the forties. When I was a little girl, she put my hair in ringlets just like my namesake. I was originally going to be called Susan ( an even more popular name back in that era) which turned out to be my second name due to there being so many around where we lived.