Overall about difficult moments of disappointment and vulnerability. Having hope and longing, while remaining optimistic for the future. Encourages the belief that with each new morning there is a chance for things to improve.
The chorus offers a glimmer of optimism and a chance at a resolution and redemption in the future.
Captures the rollercoaster of emotions of feeling lost while loving someone who is not there for you, feeling let down and abandoned while waiting for a lover. Lost with no direction, "Now I'm up in the air with the rain in my hair, Nowhere to go, I can go anywhere"
The bridge shows signs of longing and a plea for companionship. The Lyrics express a desire for authentic connection and the importance of Loving someone just as they are. "Just in passing, I'm not asking. That you be anyone but you”
Do-do-do, do-do-do do-do
Do-do-do, do-do-do, do-do-do, do
Do-wah
Don't write me no letters
Don't even telephone
I want you person to person (person to person)
Bring your little fine self on home
Don't send me no message
You know, you know, you know
I'm all alone
I need you person to person
Bring your little fine self on home
Ain't no use to telephone me (no-no, no-no)
I can't love no telephone (no-no, no-no)
All the time you're telephonin' (no-no, no-no)
You could be comin' home (yes-yes, yes-yes)
Ain't no use to send no letter (no-no, no-no)
I can't hold no paper tight (no-no, no-no)
Ain't no use to send no message (no-no, no-no)
It can't talk to me at night (no-no, no-no)
Ain't no use to send your brother (no-no, no-no)
I won't talk to no one else (no-no, no-no)
Ain't no use to send your mother (no-no, no-no)
You just gotta come yourself
Little girl, I have suffered
Um, each day that you've been gone (gone, gone, gone)
I need you person to person (person)
Oh, bring me your little a-fine self on home!
(Bring your fine self on home)
Do-do-do, do-do-do, do-do-do, do
Do-wah
Don't write me no letters
Don't even telephone
I want you person to person (person to person)
Bring your little fine self on home
Don't send me no message
You know, you know, you know
I'm all alone
I need you person to person
Bring your little fine self on home
Ain't no use to telephone me (no-no, no-no)
I can't love no telephone (no-no, no-no)
All the time you're telephonin' (no-no, no-no)
You could be comin' home (yes-yes, yes-yes)
Ain't no use to send no letter (no-no, no-no)
I can't hold no paper tight (no-no, no-no)
Ain't no use to send no message (no-no, no-no)
It can't talk to me at night (no-no, no-no)
Ain't no use to send your brother (no-no, no-no)
I won't talk to no one else (no-no, no-no)
Ain't no use to send your mother (no-no, no-no)
You just gotta come yourself
Little girl, I have suffered
Um, each day that you've been gone (gone, gone, gone)
I need you person to person (person)
Oh, bring me your little a-fine self on home!
(Bring your fine self on home)
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Person to Person Lyrics as written by Marshall Sehorn Elmore James
Lyrics © GULF COAST MUSIC LLC
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