This song seemingly tackles the methods of deception those who manipulate others use to get victims to follow their demands, as well as diverting attention away from important issues. They'll also use it as a means to convince people to hate or kill others by pretending acts of terrorism were committed by the enemy when the acts themselves were done by the masters of control to promote discrimination and hate. It also reinforces the idea that these manipulative forces operate in various locations, infiltrating everyday life without detection, and propagate any and everywhere.
In general, it highlights the danger of hidden agendas, manipulation, and distraction, serving as a critique of those who exploit chaos and confusion to control and gain power, depicting a cautionary tale against falling into their traps. It encourages us to question the narratives presented to us and remain vigilant against manipulation in various parts of society.
Blackberry way
Absolutely pouring down with rain
It's a terrible day
Up with the lark
Silly girl I don't know what to say
She was running away
So now I'm standing on the corner
Lost in the things that I said
What am I supposed to do now
Goodbye blackberry way
I can't see you, I don't need you
Goodbye blackberry way
Sure to want me back another day
Down to the park
Overgrowing but the trees are bare
There's a memory there
Boats on the lake
Unattended now for love to drown
I'm incredibly down
Just like myself they are neglected
Turn with my eyes to the wall
What an I supposed to do now
Goodbye Blackberry Way
I can't see you, I don't need you
Goodbye Blackberry Way
Sure to want me back another day
Run for the train
Look behind ya for she may be there
Said a thing in the air
Blackberry Way
See the battlefields of careless sins
Cast to the wind
So full of emptiness without her
Lost in the words that I said
What am I supposed to do now
Goodbye Blackberry Way
I can't see you, I don't need you
Goodbye Blackberry Way
Sure to want me back another day
Goodbye Blackberry Way
I can't see you, I don't need you
Goodbye Blackberry Way
Sure to want me back another day
Goodbye Blackberry Way
I can't see you, I don't need you
Goodbye Blackberry Way
Sure to want me back another day
Absolutely pouring down with rain
It's a terrible day
Up with the lark
Silly girl I don't know what to say
She was running away
So now I'm standing on the corner
Lost in the things that I said
What am I supposed to do now
Goodbye blackberry way
I can't see you, I don't need you
Goodbye blackberry way
Sure to want me back another day
Down to the park
Overgrowing but the trees are bare
There's a memory there
Boats on the lake
Unattended now for love to drown
I'm incredibly down
Just like myself they are neglected
Turn with my eyes to the wall
What an I supposed to do now
Goodbye Blackberry Way
I can't see you, I don't need you
Goodbye Blackberry Way
Sure to want me back another day
Run for the train
Look behind ya for she may be there
Said a thing in the air
Blackberry Way
See the battlefields of careless sins
Cast to the wind
So full of emptiness without her
Lost in the words that I said
What am I supposed to do now
Goodbye Blackberry Way
I can't see you, I don't need you
Goodbye Blackberry Way
Sure to want me back another day
Goodbye Blackberry Way
I can't see you, I don't need you
Goodbye Blackberry Way
Sure to want me back another day
Goodbye Blackberry Way
I can't see you, I don't need you
Goodbye Blackberry Way
Sure to want me back another day
Lyrics submitted by richie, edited by c103992976
Blackberry Way Lyrics as written by Roy Wood
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I've always found this song to be lyrically inane and daft; Is 'Blackberry Way' a street or place... How it or why it was ever recorded is as big a mystery as Madonna. I guess the pop landscape is a-brim with such inanities, but even so, thank goodness they disbanded not too long afterwards [due to enormous and unanimous disinterest, no doubt]
@exobscura \r\nYou sound like a barrel of laughs. \r\nWhy is this any more inane than say, Penny Lane or Strawberry Fieds, or Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds or Itchycoo Park? \r\nI could think of many songs way more inane than this one. \r\nThis song was obviously influenced by those songs and its an imaginary place.\r\nYes they disbanded, 2 years later when they decided to form ELO. But they were still popular and having top 10 hits. \r\nHave fun being a miserable curmudgeon.
To me this song sounds like it was inspired by Penny Lane and/or Strawberry Fields Forever. Those places may have been real but Blackberry Way is I think imaginary. Its an uplifting song with a catchy chorus and reched number 1 in the Uk, deservedly so.
Obviously this is a song about someone who has had a breakup and is very lost and upset. But the sticking point is the refrain, because it seems as though the singer is talking to a street.
I thought about that, and I think he's saying goodbye to a place that is entwined with his relationship. Maybe Blackberry Way is the street she or they lived on, or a place they went, like a park. And he's saying goodbye to that place because he finds it too painful to be there anymore.
I don't think, "I can't see you, I don't need you" is spoken to the street at all, but to the girl. He's saying he can't bear to run into the girl and he doesn't need her to see her.
At the same time, he's convinced she'll want him back someday. And then he'll return to Blackberry Way.