Oh Girl Lyrics
I’d be in trouble if you left me now
‘Cause I don’t know where to look for love
I just don’t know how
How I depend on you
To give me love when I need it
Right on time you would always be
They say, “Let the woman take care of you”
So I try to be hip and think like the crowd
But even the crowd can’t help me now, oh...oh...oh...oh...oh...oh...
Tell me what am I gonna do
I know I’ve got a guilty face
Girl, I feel so out of place, oh, yeah...yeah...
I guess I better go
I can save myself a lot of useless tears
Girl, I’ve gotta get away from here
Pain will double if you leave me now
‘Cause I don’t know where to look for love
And I don’t, I don’t know how
Mmm...hmm...
Why do I love you so, yeah
Mmm...
Better be on my way, I can’t stay
Oh...oh...no...
I don’t know whether or not he forfeits, but this classic is about a guy who definitely deeply loves this lass- “why do I love you so?”
Whether he gives up or not, he knows it’s coming to an ending. He’s beside himself and almost lost like a puppy without a home without this woman. I know this feeling when you leave a piece of your heart somewhere with someone and they let you down, they blink before you do. Love dies hard, and this timeless song captures it through every note. When he says “better be on my way, I can’t stay here” it’s like he’s just been let down and at that moment he knows he’s lost her. He’s gotta try to go from the pain. If you have been heartbroken and felt this you can picture the scene around you. You wanted to get out of it.
“The heart wants what the heart wants I guess.”
Diane you’ll always know
Great song, love this original version way better than the Me First and the Gimme Gimmes version (this one is way more laid back). The meaning is pretty straightforward.
A man feels he'll be nothing without the woman he loves should she leave him and thinks he should do more. His so-called friends poke fun at him and tell him he's going about it all wrong with the second motion, saying the opposite is true. The man tries to be like the general crowd but in the end forfeits and decides to set the woman free believing she'd be happier with someone else.
I could be wrong, though.
This song Rules!!!!!!!
I love this song, Paul Young's version from the early 90's was superb.