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"
(Hey Dolly, who's up first?)
Well, Stevie, it's your song, you go
(Yeah, but it's your album)
Well, stand back
She was a self-made woman, he's a self-made man
And these two could really understand each other
Baby, baby
Answer the question
If you could do it all over again
(Would you do it?) about your profession
What has rock and roll ever done for you?
(You too)
What has rock and roll ever done for me?
(Everything) take it, girl
Every day he says, "Answer the question
Could you tell me just a little more about your profession?"
(Would you do it again?) Oh, I'd do it again
(Yes, I would) oh, yes, I would
(I had a really good time) really good time
(Well, it was really good) I remember
What has rock and roll ever done for you?
You too
He said, "What has rock and roll ever done for me?"
I said, "Everything"
What has rock and roll ever done for us?
(Well, well) I'll have another glass of something pink
(Champagne, baby) sounds good
Every day he says, "Answer the question"
Answer the question
"Would you tell me just a little bit more about your profession?"
We had a really good time, baby
I had a really good time
Well, I'll meet you on the way back
Well, I'll get you on the playback
I had a really good time
I had a really good time
Well, I'll meet you on the way back
Oh yes, I'll get you on the playback
So, what has rock and roll ever done for you?
You too
She says, "What has rock and roll ever done for me?"
I said everything
I'll have another glass of something pink
Champagne, baby
(Ooh, pass me a glass of some of that French champagne)
(Hey, pop that cork, baby)
I had a really good time
Ooh, I had a really good time
I had a really, really, really, really, really good time
(I had a really good time) ooh, it was so good
She was a self-made woman, he's a self-made man
What has rock and roll ever done for you?
Oh yeah, these two could understand each other
What has rock and roll ever done for me?
She says, "I'll get you on the way back"
Oh baby, I'll get you on the playback
We had a really good time
Ooh, we had a really good time
What has rock and roll ever done for you?
You too
Oh, I'll get you on the playback
Baby, I will get you on the way back
Hey, I'll catch you on the way back
Ooh, baby, I'll get you on the way back
Answer the question
What has rock and roll ever done for you?
Hey, Stevie, how about another glass of that pink champagne?
(Oh, Dolly, I don't drink no more)
Well, I don't drink no less
This was fun, we're gonna have to do this again sometime
(Yeah, soon)
Well, Stevie, it's your song, you go
(Yeah, but it's your album)
Well, stand back
She was a self-made woman, he's a self-made man
And these two could really understand each other
Baby, baby
Answer the question
If you could do it all over again
(Would you do it?) about your profession
What has rock and roll ever done for you?
(You too)
What has rock and roll ever done for me?
(Everything) take it, girl
Every day he says, "Answer the question
Could you tell me just a little more about your profession?"
(Would you do it again?) Oh, I'd do it again
(Yes, I would) oh, yes, I would
(I had a really good time) really good time
(Well, it was really good) I remember
What has rock and roll ever done for you?
You too
He said, "What has rock and roll ever done for me?"
I said, "Everything"
What has rock and roll ever done for us?
(Well, well) I'll have another glass of something pink
(Champagne, baby) sounds good
Every day he says, "Answer the question"
Answer the question
"Would you tell me just a little bit more about your profession?"
We had a really good time, baby
I had a really good time
Well, I'll meet you on the way back
Well, I'll get you on the playback
I had a really good time
I had a really good time
Well, I'll meet you on the way back
Oh yes, I'll get you on the playback
So, what has rock and roll ever done for you?
You too
She says, "What has rock and roll ever done for me?"
I said everything
I'll have another glass of something pink
Champagne, baby
(Ooh, pass me a glass of some of that French champagne)
(Hey, pop that cork, baby)
I had a really good time
Ooh, I had a really good time
I had a really, really, really, really, really good time
(I had a really good time) ooh, it was so good
She was a self-made woman, he's a self-made man
What has rock and roll ever done for you?
Oh yeah, these two could understand each other
What has rock and roll ever done for me?
She says, "I'll get you on the way back"
Oh baby, I'll get you on the playback
We had a really good time
Ooh, we had a really good time
What has rock and roll ever done for you?
You too
Oh, I'll get you on the playback
Baby, I will get you on the way back
Hey, I'll catch you on the way back
Ooh, baby, I'll get you on the way back
Answer the question
What has rock and roll ever done for you?
Hey, Stevie, how about another glass of that pink champagne?
(Oh, Dolly, I don't drink no more)
Well, I don't drink no less
This was fun, we're gonna have to do this again sometime
(Yeah, soon)
Lyrics submitted by Mellow_Harsher
What Has Rock and Roll Ever Done For You Lyrics as written by Dolly Parton
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