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”
This is my same old coat
And my same old shoes
I was the same old me
With the same old blues
And then you touched my life
Just by holding my hand
And oh I look in the mirror and see
Brand new girl, I got a brand new voice
A brand new smile
Since I found you
I've got a brand new style
Just because of you boy
Just because of you
Just because of you boy
Just because of you
I've got the same old friends
They got the same old sins
I tell the same old jokes
Get the same old grins
But now the joke's on you
And the laughter does too
Every day of my life
As as fresh as morning dew
Just because of you boy
Just because of you
Just because of you boy
Just because of you
Just because of you boy
Just because of you
I go to the same old places
To see the same old faces
Look at the same old skies
See them all with brand new lives
And my same old shoes
I was the same old me
With the same old blues
And then you touched my life
Just by holding my hand
And oh I look in the mirror and see
Brand new girl, I got a brand new voice
A brand new smile
Since I found you
I've got a brand new style
Just because of you boy
Just because of you
Just because of you boy
Just because of you
I've got the same old friends
They got the same old sins
I tell the same old jokes
Get the same old grins
But now the joke's on you
And the laughter does too
Every day of my life
As as fresh as morning dew
Just because of you boy
Just because of you
Just because of you boy
Just because of you
Just because of you boy
Just because of you
I go to the same old places
To see the same old faces
Look at the same old skies
See them all with brand new lives
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A Brand New Me Lyrics as written by Kenneth Gamble Jerry Butler
Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group, Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
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