Take Me Home
Tom Waits;Crystal Gayle Lyrics
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Put your arms around me
Take me home, you silly boy
All the world's not round without you
I'm so sorry that I broke your heart
Please don't leave my side
Take me home, you silly boy
In the song "Take Me Home", Tom Waits and Crystal Gayle sing about the desire to return to a love that has been lost. Gayle's voice, with its pure and plaintive quality, captures the longing and vulnerability of the lyrics. The phrase "Take me home, you silly boy" reflects the playful and loving tone of the song. The singer is asking her lover to embrace her and take her back into his life. She apologizes for having hurt him and pleads with him to forgive her.
The line "all the world's not round without you" is a poignant metaphor for the deep emotional connection that the singer shares with her lover. The world seems incomplete without him, and she needs him to make it whole again. The song speaks to the universal experience of love, loss, and reconciliation that many people go through in their lives. Waits and Gayle's rendition of the song is both tender and soulful.
Line by Line Meaning
Take me home, you silly boy
I want to come back to you and be in your loving arms once again
Put your arms around me
I want to feel your warm embrace and love once more
All the world's not round without you
Life feels incomplete without you by my side and I need you to feel whole
I'm so sorry that I broke your heart
I feel remorseful for causing you pain and hurting you deeply
Please don't leave my side
I fear being without you and losing your love forever
Cause I'm still in love with you
My feelings for you have not changed, and I am still deeply in love with you
Lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, Warner/Chappell Music, Inc., Universal Music Publishing Group, BMG RIGHTS MANAGEMENT US, LLC
Written by: TOM WAITS
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@JeanMarieAudrain
Un duo magnifique et d'une puissance incroyable dans l'amour qui se voulait éternel !
@billfranz1724
The whole soundtrack to One From The Heart is wonderful. All Waits and Crystal.
@keithmurphy1140
A wonderful beautiful soundtrack,sometimes iam so scared to listen to it,it's that moving
@madeleine7411
A wonderful song. I cry every time I hear it. Tom Waits is a poet. I listen to him when I am missing my husband, which is every day.
@debaerseamer9319
Your words and feelings mirror my own. I miss my husband too..
Beautiful.
@mariah1983
So sorry for your loss
@martinmcdonald4207
Romance never dies, even when we lose our soul mates, they never leave us.
@gavinmcelwee3573
Bless ur heart
@angelashort1331
Not sleeping too well these days ,Coming up 51 yrs married and my guy is in aged care , The house is as lonely as I am, and I never knew it could hurt this much , . My mum suffered in this way, I realise now , just didn't get it back then , Now I know , I'm sorry I wasn't nearer to her , ❤
@kennytheworm
Is there any question that Tom Waits is an International Treasure? The ability to write such amazingly beautiful melodies, with the most poignant, and heartfelt lyrics, is a gift that humanity will cherish forever. The Man should have a shrine in The Songwriting Hall of Fame.