Ed Sheeran shares a short story of reconnecting with an old flame on “American Town.” The track is about a holiday Ed Sheeran spends with his countrywoman who resides in America. The two are back together after a long period apart, and get around to enjoying a bunch of fun activities while rekindling the flames of their romance.
Throw out our love like it was old news
Be sure to wear your best pair of walking out shoes
Go take the world into your hot hands
You want the music baby, go have the dance
Ooh, when you miss my love
And you're thinking about
How good it use to be
Ooh, and when you long for my touch, baby
Please don't come crying to me
Remember you were the one
Who wanted to be free
That's how you wanted to be
So don't come crying
Don't come crying to me
Don't you come crying
Walk out the door, go on and go free
Step on my heart like
It's the ground under your feet
Find another lover if you want to
You got to do whatever you got to do
Ooh, but when the nights get cold
And you're thinking about
How hot we used to be
Ooh, and when there's no one to hold, baby
When you're lonely
And you can't get what you need
Don't you come crying
Crying to me, no no
So don't come crying
Don't come crying, now
Don't come crying
Don't you come crying
So don't come crying
Don't come crying, now
Ooh, when you miss my love
When you're thinking about
How good it use to be
Ooh, and when you long for my touch, baby
Please don't come crying to me
Remember you were the one
Who wanted to be free
That's how you wanted to be
So don't come crying
Don't come crying, now
Don't come crying to me
Remember you were the one
Who wanted to be free
That's how you wanted to be
So don't come crying, baby
Don't come crying, now
When you're lonely
Can't get what you need
Don't you come crying to me
So don't come crying
Don't come crying, now
Don't come crying
Don't you come crying
So don't come crying
Don't come crying, now
(repeat)
Be sure to wear your best pair of walking out shoes
Go take the world into your hot hands
You want the music baby, go have the dance
Ooh, when you miss my love
And you're thinking about
How good it use to be
Ooh, and when you long for my touch, baby
Please don't come crying to me
Remember you were the one
Who wanted to be free
That's how you wanted to be
So don't come crying
Don't come crying to me
Don't you come crying
Walk out the door, go on and go free
Step on my heart like
It's the ground under your feet
Find another lover if you want to
You got to do whatever you got to do
Ooh, but when the nights get cold
And you're thinking about
How hot we used to be
Ooh, and when there's no one to hold, baby
When you're lonely
And you can't get what you need
Don't you come crying
Crying to me, no no
So don't come crying
Don't come crying, now
Don't come crying
Don't you come crying
So don't come crying
Don't come crying, now
Ooh, when you miss my love
When you're thinking about
How good it use to be
Ooh, and when you long for my touch, baby
Please don't come crying to me
Remember you were the one
Who wanted to be free
That's how you wanted to be
So don't come crying
Don't come crying, now
Don't come crying to me
Remember you were the one
Who wanted to be free
That's how you wanted to be
So don't come crying, baby
Don't come crying, now
When you're lonely
Can't get what you need
Don't you come crying to me
So don't come crying
Don't come crying, now
Don't come crying
Don't you come crying
So don't come crying
Don't come crying, now
(repeat)
Lyrics submitted by Demau Senae
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Per the FAQ on Keane's website, Keane's drummer Richard Hughes, stated the following:
"We've been asked whether "Somewhere Only We Know" is about a specific place, and Tim has been saying that, for him, or us as individuals, it might be about a geographical space, or a feeling; it can mean something individual to each person, and they can interpret it to a memory of theirs... It's perhaps more of a theme rather than a specific message... Feelings that may be universal, without necessarily being totally specific to us, or a place, or a time..."
With the nostalgic sentiment and the overall tone of the song, I think Keane is attempting to express a Portuguese term known as 'saudade', which does not have a direct English translation but roughly means "that which we remember because it is gone."
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Just listening for the 784,654th time....and it's just perfect in every way. Just incredible. The only reason it was remade was to scoop up a boatload of money from a more modern and accepting audience. But it is a completely different song than the other one that sounds slapped together in a few takes without a thought for the meaning.
This song captivates me still, after 50+ years. Takes me to the deep South and the poverty of some who lived thru truly hard times. And the powerful spirit of a poor young girl being abandoned to her future with only a red dress and her wits to keep her alive.
She not only stayed alive, she turned her hard beginnings around, became self sufficient, successful and someone with respect for herself. She didn't let the naysayers and judgers stop her. She's the one sitting in the drivers seat at the end.
So, not a song about a poor girl, but a song of hope and how you can rise up no matter how far down you started.
There is a huge difference between a singer who simply belts out a song that is on a page in front of them, and someone who can convey an entire experience with their voice. Telling not just a story with words, but taking you inside it and making you feel like you are there, with their interpretation.