“Blue” is a song about a love that is persisting in the discomfort of the person experiencing the emotion. Ed Sheeran reflects on love lost, and although he wishes his former partner find happiness, he cannot but admit his feelings are still very much there. He expresses the realization that he might never find another on this stringed instrumental by Aaron Dessner.
Get your party gown and get your pigtail down
And get your heart beatin' baby
Got my timin' right I got my act all tight
It's gotta be tonight, my little school babe
Your Momma says you dont
And your daddy says you won't
And I'm burnin' up inside
Ain't no way I'm gonna lose out this time
Tie your mother down
Tie your mother down
Lock your daddy outdoors
I don't need him nosin' around
Tie your mother down
Tie your mother down
Give me all your love tonight
'You're such a dirty louse go get outa my house'
That's all I ever get from your family ties
In fact I don't think I ever heard
A single little civil word from those guys
I don't give a light
I'm gonna make out all right
I've got a sweetheart hand
To put a stop to all that
Snipin' and grousin'
Tie your mother down
Tie your mother down
Take your little brother swimmin'
With a brick that's all right
Tie your mother down
Tie your mother down
Or you ain't no friend of mine
oh ain't no friend of mine
I'm a bad guy
Your mommy and your daddy
Gonna plague me till I die
They can't understand it
I'm just a peace lovin' guy
Tie your mother down
Tie your mother down
Get that big big big big big big
Daddy outdoors
Tie your mother down yeah
Tie your mother down
Give me all your love tonight
All your love tonight
gimme every inch of your love
All your love tonight
And get your heart beatin' baby
Got my timin' right I got my act all tight
It's gotta be tonight, my little school babe
Your Momma says you dont
And your daddy says you won't
And I'm burnin' up inside
Ain't no way I'm gonna lose out this time
Tie your mother down
Tie your mother down
Lock your daddy outdoors
I don't need him nosin' around
Tie your mother down
Tie your mother down
Give me all your love tonight
'You're such a dirty louse go get outa my house'
That's all I ever get from your family ties
In fact I don't think I ever heard
A single little civil word from those guys
I don't give a light
I'm gonna make out all right
I've got a sweetheart hand
To put a stop to all that
Snipin' and grousin'
Tie your mother down
Tie your mother down
Take your little brother swimmin'
With a brick that's all right
Tie your mother down
Tie your mother down
Or you ain't no friend of mine
oh ain't no friend of mine
I'm a bad guy
Your mommy and your daddy
Gonna plague me till I die
They can't understand it
I'm just a peace lovin' guy
Tie your mother down
Tie your mother down
Get that big big big big big big
Daddy outdoors
Tie your mother down yeah
Tie your mother down
Give me all your love tonight
All your love tonight
gimme every inch of your love
All your love tonight
Lyrics submitted by Shinedownluver
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Ok totally sorry some of the lyrics are off, just puttin it out there now. And I'm so glad there's finally an internet site that has this song. Ususally if you look up Shinedown songs, Tie Your Mother Down isn't on the list. But I put them here, and here they are! This song is only found on youtube, which seems to be the same for dirthouse (it's the only place I've seen both of them), so I found it unfair. If I'm wrong, and these songs are somewhere else, please correct me! One last thing, this is not a normal Shinedown song. They usually don't sing this kind of thing, so nobody think that Shinedown is changing their stuff! Rock on, Shinedown.