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Give It Away Lyrics
She was stormin' through the house that day
An' I could tell she was leavin'
An' I thought, Aw, she'll be back
Till she turned around an' pointed at the wall an' said
That picture from our honeymoon
That night in Frisco Bay
Just give it away
She said, give it away
An' that big four-poster king-size bed
Where so much love was made
Just give it away
She said, just give it away
Just give it away
There ain't nothin in this house worth fightin' over
Oh, an' we're both tired of fightin' anyway
So just give it away
So I tried to move on
But I found that each woman I held
Just reminded me of that day
Hmmm
When that front door swung wide open
She flung her diamond ring
Said, give it away
Just give it away
An' I said, now, honey, don't you even want
Your half of everything
She said, give it away
Just give it away
Just give it away
There ain't nothin' in this house worth fightin' over
Oh, an' we're both tired of fightin anyway
So just give it away
So I'm still right here where she left me
Along with all the other things
She don't care about anymore
Hmmm
Like that picture from our honeymoon
That night in Frisco Bay
She said, give it away
Well, I can't give it away
An' that big four-poster king-size bed
Where all our love was made
She said, give it away
Well, I can't give it away
I've got a furnished house, a diamond ring
An' a lonely broken heart
Full of love
An' I can't even give it away
Gotta love this song. he sounds fantastic and the guitar solo in the beginning is amazing. Bascially it's about a guy whose wife is so fed up with fighting she tells him to give everything from their marriage away, she doesn't even wanna argue over it. I gotta say if she's crazy enough to throw out a diamond, you are definitely crazy for giving away George... ;)
@sambee SPOT ON!
@sambee SPOT ON!
What woman would ever give it all away. HMM!!!
He's obviously still in love with this woman and no matter what, he can't move on (or give it away).
captain, what does that have to do with anything?
Maybe captain means George isn't getting any younger, that's why he can't give it away; he's too old. Either that, or he just couldn't think of anything else to say. I love how some people post the obvious meanings to a song. Does this one really need an explanation? No offense, Sambee.
It's a pretty sad song. The women in his life are just able to throw those items back at him and say "just give it away." The whole phrase makes it sound so easy. Well yeah, I'm sure the character in the song is very capable of getting rid of those things, but that emotional experience has stopped being an experience; it's an object of its own. He can go on through life and leave it all behind, but he will always carry his broken heart.
Ive got a great big boner, and I cant even give it away......
this song was written by Jamey Johnson, and is meant to be sung totally different than the way George Strait sang it. It sounds all happy and carefree when George sings it. But when Jamey Johnson sings it, he sings it the right way, search for it on youtube. Jamey said in an interview that he wrote this song when his wife left him because Jamey was an alcoholic and head deep in a cocaine addiction. Story goes before she left, Jamey asks her "well what the hell do you want me to do with all this shit I bought you?" she replies, "just give it away, i dont want any of it anymore". Now that brings new meaning to the song and he sings it the right way. Jamey is a storyteller and the way country music should be. Not a pretty face like George Strait who buys somebody elses story because he can and makes millions off of it. Fuck George Strait, he aint country. Yeah I said it.
@madpickle don't agree with the slur but thanks for the Jamey Johnson tip, I'm always on the lookout for interesting stuff to listen to
@madpickle don't agree with the slur but thanks for the Jamey Johnson tip, I'm always on the lookout for interesting stuff to listen to
Decent song, but you can just tell by the sound of George's voice that he ain't gettin any younger!
Decent song, but you can just tell by the sound of George's voice that he ain't gettin any younger!