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”
I wished I was an Elp
Hanging from a tree
Now! All the sweet little men,
preaching out to me
Now I'm swingin' on home
Mama's swingin' on home
Big Mama swung on home
Big Mama- is gonna marry you someday
Listen everybody!
What I got to say!
Hope that when you hear this record
I’ll be in your home someday.
Now I'm swingin' on home
Mama's swingin' on home
Big Mama swinging on home
Big Mama- is gonna marry you someday
Last year you bought a horse
This year you knew it
Told me that it was going home
to get married to Jude.
Now I'm swingin' on home
Mama's swingin' on home
Big Mama swinging on home
Big Mama- is gonna marry you someday
We don't pick no cotton!
Not even tomatoes!
All that we plant in my hometown
is candy and potatoes!
I wished I was an Elp
Hanging from a tree
Now! All the sweet little men,
preaching out to me
Now I'm swingin' on home
Mama's swingin' on home
Big Mama swung on home
Big Mama- is gonna marry you someday
Listen everybody!
What I got to say!
Hope that when you hear this record
I’ll be in your home someday.
Now I'm swingin' on home
Mama's swingin' on home
Big Mama swinging on home
Big Mama- is gonna marry you someday
Last year you bought a horse
This year you knew it
Told me that it was going home
to get married to Jude.
Oh swingin' on home
Mama's swingin' on home
Big Mama run on home
Big Mama- is gonna marry you someday
Hey Everybody!
Hope you like how we play!
When you see your buddie dies-
this is what he says:
I wished I was an Elp
Hanging from a tree
Now! All the sweet little men,
preaching out to me
Now I'm swingin' on home
Mama's swingin' on home
Big Mama swung on home
Big Mama- is gonna marry you someday
Listen everybody!
What I got to say!
Hope that when you hear this record
I’ll be in your home someday.
Now I'm swingin' on home
Mama's swingin' on home
Big Mama swinging on home
Big Mama- is gonna marry you someday
Last year you bought a horse
This year you knew it
Told me that it was going home
to get married to Jude.
Oh Runnin on home
Mama's swingin' on home
Big Mama swinging on home
Big Mama- is gonna marry you someday
Now swingin' on home
Big mama swingin' on home
Big mama- is gonna marry you someday
Lyrics submitted by IllToast2That
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