Hush
West/Rock/Woods Lyrics
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that colours ‘ll be clear, and words will be known.
O hush, little baby, then remember this song:
love is eternal, you’ll never be alone.
I remember your mother, on the day that we met.
It’s a thing I shall never, nay never forget.
And I toy with the fancy that, young as you are,
forever in your eyes.
So often I wonder how the magic’s deployed?
What’s the infinite source of your confident joy?
But it’s simple, without doubt, it’s the gift from above
of the nine months of peace you had spent in her womb.
There is hope in those words, and I’ll try to maintain,
to sing it to you daily, again and again.
Cause, your heart leads the rhythm, like a soft beating drum,
awaiting in your sleep, a life yet to come!
The lyrics to West/Rock/Woods's song Hush are about a man telling his lover to stop talking so much and being argumentative. He wants her to stop the "yakety-yak" and "talking 'bout this and that" because it annoys him. He refers to himself as her "sugar daddy" and implies that he doesn't want her talking back to him. He tells her to "turn off the waterworks baby" as he is no longer moved by her tears.
The chorus repeats the phrase "Honey hush!" which is a common southern expression meaning "be quiet" or "shut up". The man is urging his lover to stop talking and just listen to him. He warns her that if she doesn't stop talking, he will leave her and not come back.
The last few lines of the song are a reference to the Lone Ranger's catchphrase, "Hi-ho Silver, away!" The man sings "Hi-ho, hi-ho silver" several times, which suggests that he is ready to ride off and leave his lover if she doesn't stop talking. Overall, the song is a warning to a chatty lover to be quiet or risk losing the man she loves.
Line by Line Meaning
Well, come in this house, stop all that yakety-yak
Stop talking and come into this house
Come in this house, stop all that yakety-yak
Stop talking and come into this house
'Cause your sugar daddy don't want no talkin' back
Stop talking back to your sugar daddy
You keep on a-tellin', talking 'bout this and that
You keep on talking about things
You keep on a-talkin', talking 'bout this and that
You keep on talking about things
I got news for you, you ain't nothing but an alleycat
You're nothing but a low class woman
Turn off the waterworks baby, they don't move me no-more
Stop crying, it doesn't affect me anymore
Turn off the waterworks baby, they don't move me no-more
Stop crying, it doesn't affect me anymore
When I leave this time, I ain't com' back no-more
I'm not coming back when I leave this time
Honey hush! Oow!
Shut up!
I said come in this house, stop all that yakety-yak
Stop talking and come into this house
Come on in this house woman, stop all that yakety-yak
Stop talking and come into this house
Don't make me nervous, I'm holdin' a baseball bat
Stop making me nervous or I'll use my baseball bat
Well it's a hi-ho, hi-ho silver
It's time to go
A hi-ho, a hi-ho silver, hi-ho, a hi-ho silver
Let's go
Hi-ho, hi-ho silver
Let's go
Hi-ho, hi-ho silver away
Let's go away quickly
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