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"
You and me, we come from different worlds
You like to laugh at me when I look at other girls
Sometimes you're crazy and you wonder why
I'm such a baby 'cause the dolphins make me cry
Well there's nothing I can do
I've been looking for a girl like you
You look at me, you've got nothing left to say
I moan and pout at you until I get my way
I won't dance, you won't sing
I just wanna love you but you wanna wear my ring
Well there's nothing I can do
I only wanna be with you
You can call me your fool
I only wanna be with you
Put on a little Dylan sitting on a fence
I'll say that line is great, you ask me what it meant by
Said, I shot a man named Gray, took his wife to Italy
She inherited a million bucks and when she died it came to me
I can't help it if I'm lucky
I only wanna be with you
Ain't Bobby so cool?
I only wanna be with you
Yeah, I'm tangled up and blue
I only wanna be with you
You can call me your fool
Only wanna be with you
Sometimes I wonder if it'll ever end
You get so mad at me when I go out with my friends
Sometimes you're crazy and you wonder why
I'm such a baby, yeah, the dolphins make me cry
Well there's nothing I can do
I only wanna be with you
You can call me your fool
I only wanna be with you
Yeah, I'm tangled up in blue
I only wanna be with you
I only wanna be with you
I only wanna be with you
I only wanna be with you
You like to laugh at me when I look at other girls
Sometimes you're crazy and you wonder why
I'm such a baby 'cause the dolphins make me cry
Well there's nothing I can do
I've been looking for a girl like you
You look at me, you've got nothing left to say
I moan and pout at you until I get my way
I won't dance, you won't sing
I just wanna love you but you wanna wear my ring
Well there's nothing I can do
I only wanna be with you
You can call me your fool
I only wanna be with you
Put on a little Dylan sitting on a fence
I'll say that line is great, you ask me what it meant by
Said, I shot a man named Gray, took his wife to Italy
She inherited a million bucks and when she died it came to me
I can't help it if I'm lucky
I only wanna be with you
Ain't Bobby so cool?
I only wanna be with you
Yeah, I'm tangled up and blue
I only wanna be with you
You can call me your fool
Only wanna be with you
Sometimes I wonder if it'll ever end
You get so mad at me when I go out with my friends
Sometimes you're crazy and you wonder why
I'm such a baby, yeah, the dolphins make me cry
Well there's nothing I can do
I only wanna be with you
You can call me your fool
I only wanna be with you
Yeah, I'm tangled up in blue
I only wanna be with you
I only wanna be with you
I only wanna be with you
I only wanna be with you
Lyrics submitted by oofus, edited by vulcanologie
Only Wanna Be with You Lyrics as written by Dean Felber Darius Rucker
Lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
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these lyrics are wrong by the way
Sniperwulf 2 YOU'RE FUCKING STUPID!!
but i give him props on a name from the Metal Gear series. :P<br />
The whole thing about Bob Dylan kinda pisses me off. I am a huge fan of both and I found that the whole "Tangled Up in Blue"/"Idiot Wind reference was fantastic. Shame on Bobby for not being so cool. ; )
I love this song. It's pretty much saying we don't compliment each other, we barely get along, but i love you anyway and want to be with you. it almost automatically makes you happier than u were before. i personally like the line about how the dolphins make him cry. :)
lyrics are wrong..its the endorphins make me cry..think about it why would dolphins make him cry in the first place? haha enorphins is the chemicals in your brain that affect your emotions
lyrics are wrong..its the endorphins make me cry..think about it why would dolphins make him cry in the first place? haha enorphins is the chemicals in your brain that affect your emotions
@livinglegendss01<br /> <br /> It is Dolphins. There's this sport called football. It's pretty fun to watch! Anyway, there's a collective of teams that play this sport called football. It's called the NFL, or National Football League. One of those teams is the Miami Dolphins, Darius Rucker's favorite team.
this song rocks. it always puts me in a good mood when I put it on. i love the line:
"Well there’s nothing I can do Only wanna be with you You can call me your fool Only wanna be with you "
these lyrics are missing a whole stanza, and they're not even broken into stanzaa' . whats up oofus,
STANZAA?
They're right.
they're wrong. funny wrong, but still wrong. stupid.
You and me We come from different worlds You like to laugh at me When I look at other girls
Sometimes you’re crazy And you wonder why I’m such a baby Cause the Dolphins make me cry
Well theres nothing I can do I've been looking for a girl like you
You look at me You've got nothing left to say I'll only pout at you until I get my way I won't dance You won't sing I just want to love you but you want to wear my ring.
Chorus: Well there’s nothing I can do I only wanna be with you You can call me your fool Only wanna be with you
Put on a little Dylan sitting on a fence I say that line is great You ask me what I meant by “Said I shot a man named Gray Took his wife to Italy She inherited a million bucks And when she died it came to me I can’t help it if I’m lucky
Only wanna be with you Ain’t Bobby so cool Only wanna be with you
(Solo)
Yeah I’m tangled up in blue Only wanna be with you You can call me your fool Only wanna be with you
Sometimes I wonder If it will ever end You get so mad at me When I go out with my friends Sometimes you’re crazy And you wonder why I’m such a baby yeah The Dolphins make me cry
Well there’s nothing I can do Only wanna be with you You can call me your fool Only wanna be with you Yeah I’m tangled up in blue Only wanna be with you