This is a hauntingly beautiful song about introspection, specifically about looking back at a relationship that started bad and ended so poorly, that the narrator wants to go back to the very beginning and tell himself to not even travel down that road. I believe that the relationship started poorly because of the lines:
"Take me back to the night we met:When the night was full of terrors: And your eyes were filled with tears: When you had not touched me yet"
So, the first night was not a great start, but the narrator pursued the relationship and eventually both overcame the rough start to fall in love with each other:
"I had all and then most of you"
Like many relationships that turn sour, it was not a quick decline, but a gradual one where the narrator and their partner fall out of love and gradually grow apart
"Some and now none of you"
Losing someone who was once everything in your world, who you could confide in, tell your secrets to, share all the most intimate parts of your life, to being strangers with that person is probably one of the most painful experiences a person can go through. So Painful, the narrator wants to go back in time and tell himself to not even pursue the relationship.
This was the perfect song for "13 Reasons Why"
Pequeño Juan
Boy, you killed this one dog
If you don't know her name it's cool call her this
Jigga jigga, call that girl Bojangles
Jigga jigga, call that girl Bojangles
Jigga jigga, call that girl Bojangles
The following is not a test, DJ!
Bring it, bring it back
Bring it, bring it, bring it back, hey!
Bring it, bring it back
Bring it, bring it, bring it back, hey!
Bring it, bring it back
Bring it, bring it, bring it back, hey!
The following is not a test, DJ!
Traelo pa' tras, trae trealo pa' tras, hey
Traelo pa' tras, trae trealo pa' tras, hey
Traelo pa' tras, trae trealo pa' tras, hey
The following is not a test, DJ!
I see the way you move and I picture you nude
Baby keep movin' that thing, baby keep movin' that thing
I wanna take you to the boom boom room
So we can do it like boom, boom, boom, boom
Pleasure, yes, God bless
I love my women rated triple-X
Let me show you how we do it 'round here
Man the women they don't fake it they get naked down here
It's da bottom, no bras no drawers
Da bottom, where they holla "Take it off!"
Da bottom, where we turn out daughters
Just to plan a lick on the father, we got 'em
Licky licky, licky licky, I like to
Licky licky, licky licky, we like to
Licky licky, licky licky, they like to
Licky licky, licky licky, DJ!
Bring it, bring it back
Bring it, bring it, bring it back, hey!
Bring it, bring it back
Bring it, bring it, bring it back, hey!
Bring it, bring it back
Bring it, bring it, bring it back, hey!
The following is not a test, DJ
Traelo pa' tras, trae trealo pa' tras, hey
Traelo pa' tras, trae trealo pa' tras, hey
Traelo pa' tras, trae trealo pa' tras, hey
The following is not a test, DJ
I'm back for some more, jigga, jigga, jigga
Take it back to the floor, jigga, jigga, jigga
Bend over touch toes, jigga, jigga, jigga
That's right she's a pro, that's right I'm a pro
Take it to the, take it to the house
Party, I'm a take it, I'm a take it to her mouth
Boy I'm a take 'em, I'm a take 'em to the South
Where them schools got classics like Jay-Z's "Reasonable Doubt?
Pit is always reppin' for them boyz up the road
For them boyz on the block yellin' "We base blow"
Watch where ya at 'cause they will tag ya toe
Liberty City'll leave yo? ass John Doe
Licky licky, licky licky, I like to
Licky licky, licky licky, we like to
Licky licky, licky licky, they like to
Licky licky, licky licky, DJ!
Bring it, bring it back
Bring it, bring it, bring it back, hey!
Bring it, bring it back
Bring it, bring it, bring it back, hey!
Bring it, bring it back
Bring it, bring it, bring it back, hey!
The following is not a test, DJ!
Traelo pa' tras, trae trealo pa' tras, hey
Traelo pa' tras, trae trealo pa' tras, hey
Traelo pa' tras, trae trealo pa' tras, hey
The following is not a test, DJ!
Baby work it out, baby baby work it out
Baby work it out, baby baby work it out
Baby work it out, baby baby work it out
If you see a girl that can shake, tell her just like this
Baby take it down, baby baby take it down
Baby take it down, baby baby take it down
Baby take it down, baby baby take it down
If you see a girl that can shake, tell her just like this
Baby turn around, baby baby turn around
Baby turn around, baby baby turn around
Baby turn around, baby baby turn around
Girl you know what I like to do, I like to
Licky licky, licky licky, we like to
Licky licky, licky licky, they like to
Licky licky, licky licky, the wha?
The following is not a test, DJ!
Bring it, bring it back
Bring it, bring it, bring it back, hey!
Bring it, bring it back
Bring it, bring it, bring it back, hey!
Bring it, bring it back
Bring it, bring it, bring it back, hey!
The following is not a test, DJ!
Traelo pa' tras, trae trealo pa' tras, hey
Traelo pa' tras, trae trealo pa' tras, hey
Traelo pa' tras, trae trealo pa' tras, hey
The following is not a test, DJ!
Tremenda formida
Tremendo information
Tremendo party pa? que le chepa
If you don't know her name it's cool call her this
Jigga jigga, call that girl Bojangles
Jigga jigga, call that girl Bojangles
Jigga jigga, call that girl Bojangles
Boy, you killed this one dog
If you don't know her name it's cool call her this
Jigga jigga, call that girl Bojangles
Jigga jigga, call that girl Bojangles
Jigga jigga, call that girl Bojangles
The following is not a test, DJ!
Bring it, bring it back
Bring it, bring it, bring it back, hey!
Bring it, bring it back
Bring it, bring it, bring it back, hey!
Bring it, bring it back
Bring it, bring it, bring it back, hey!
The following is not a test, DJ!
Traelo pa' tras, trae trealo pa' tras, hey
Traelo pa' tras, trae trealo pa' tras, hey
Traelo pa' tras, trae trealo pa' tras, hey
The following is not a test, DJ!
I see the way you move and I picture you nude
Baby keep movin' that thing, baby keep movin' that thing
I wanna take you to the boom boom room
So we can do it like boom, boom, boom, boom
Pleasure, yes, God bless
I love my women rated triple-X
Let me show you how we do it 'round here
Man the women they don't fake it they get naked down here
It's da bottom, no bras no drawers
Da bottom, where they holla "Take it off!"
Da bottom, where we turn out daughters
Just to plan a lick on the father, we got 'em
Licky licky, licky licky, I like to
Licky licky, licky licky, we like to
Licky licky, licky licky, they like to
Licky licky, licky licky, DJ!
Bring it, bring it back
Bring it, bring it, bring it back, hey!
Bring it, bring it back
Bring it, bring it, bring it back, hey!
Bring it, bring it back
Bring it, bring it, bring it back, hey!
The following is not a test, DJ
Traelo pa' tras, trae trealo pa' tras, hey
Traelo pa' tras, trae trealo pa' tras, hey
Traelo pa' tras, trae trealo pa' tras, hey
The following is not a test, DJ
I'm back for some more, jigga, jigga, jigga
Take it back to the floor, jigga, jigga, jigga
Bend over touch toes, jigga, jigga, jigga
That's right she's a pro, that's right I'm a pro
Take it to the, take it to the house
Party, I'm a take it, I'm a take it to her mouth
Boy I'm a take 'em, I'm a take 'em to the South
Where them schools got classics like Jay-Z's "Reasonable Doubt?
Pit is always reppin' for them boyz up the road
For them boyz on the block yellin' "We base blow"
Watch where ya at 'cause they will tag ya toe
Liberty City'll leave yo? ass John Doe
Licky licky, licky licky, I like to
Licky licky, licky licky, we like to
Licky licky, licky licky, they like to
Licky licky, licky licky, DJ!
Bring it, bring it back
Bring it, bring it, bring it back, hey!
Bring it, bring it back
Bring it, bring it, bring it back, hey!
Bring it, bring it back
Bring it, bring it, bring it back, hey!
The following is not a test, DJ!
Traelo pa' tras, trae trealo pa' tras, hey
Traelo pa' tras, trae trealo pa' tras, hey
Traelo pa' tras, trae trealo pa' tras, hey
The following is not a test, DJ!
Baby work it out, baby baby work it out
Baby work it out, baby baby work it out
Baby work it out, baby baby work it out
If you see a girl that can shake, tell her just like this
Baby take it down, baby baby take it down
Baby take it down, baby baby take it down
Baby take it down, baby baby take it down
If you see a girl that can shake, tell her just like this
Baby turn around, baby baby turn around
Baby turn around, baby baby turn around
Baby turn around, baby baby turn around
Girl you know what I like to do, I like to
Licky licky, licky licky, we like to
Licky licky, licky licky, they like to
Licky licky, licky licky, the wha?
The following is not a test, DJ!
Bring it, bring it back
Bring it, bring it, bring it back, hey!
Bring it, bring it back
Bring it, bring it, bring it back, hey!
Bring it, bring it back
Bring it, bring it, bring it back, hey!
The following is not a test, DJ!
Traelo pa' tras, trae trealo pa' tras, hey
Traelo pa' tras, trae trealo pa' tras, hey
Traelo pa' tras, trae trealo pa' tras, hey
The following is not a test, DJ!
Tremenda formida
Tremendo information
Tremendo party pa? que le chepa
If you don't know her name it's cool call her this
Jigga jigga, call that girl Bojangles
Jigga jigga, call that girl Bojangles
Jigga jigga, call that girl Bojangles
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Bojangles Lyrics as written by Armando Christian Perez Jonathan H. Smith
Lyrics © BMG Rights Management, Universal Music Publishing Group, Reservoir Media Management, Inc., Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
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