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"
Catch a boat to England, baby,
Maybe to Spain,
Wherever i have gone,
Wherever i've been and gone,
Wherever i have gone
The blues are all the same.
Send out for whisky, baby,
Send out for gin,
Me and room service, honey,
Me and room service, babe,
Me and room service
Well, we're living a life of sin
When i'm not drinking, baby,
You are on my mind,
When i'm not sleeping, honey,
When i ain't sleeping, mama,
When i'm not sleeping
Well you know you'll find me crying.
Try another city, baby,
Another town,
Wherever i have gone,
Wherever i've been and gone,
Wherever i have gone
The blues come following down.
Living is a gamble, baby,
Loving's much the same,
Wherever i have played,
Wherever i throw them dice,
Wherever i have played
The blues have run the game.
Maybe tomorrow, honey,
Someplace down the line,
I'll wake up older,
So much older, mama,
Wake up older
And i'll just stop all my trying.
Catch a boat to England, baby,
Maybe to Spain,
Wherever i have gone,
Wherever i've been and gone,
Wherever i have gone
The blues are all the same.
Maybe to Spain,
Wherever i have gone,
Wherever i've been and gone,
Wherever i have gone
The blues are all the same.
Send out for whisky, baby,
Send out for gin,
Me and room service, honey,
Me and room service, babe,
Me and room service
Well, we're living a life of sin
When i'm not drinking, baby,
You are on my mind,
When i'm not sleeping, honey,
When i ain't sleeping, mama,
When i'm not sleeping
Well you know you'll find me crying.
Try another city, baby,
Another town,
Wherever i have gone,
Wherever i've been and gone,
Wherever i have gone
The blues come following down.
Living is a gamble, baby,
Loving's much the same,
Wherever i have played,
Wherever i throw them dice,
Wherever i have played
The blues have run the game.
Maybe tomorrow, honey,
Someplace down the line,
I'll wake up older,
So much older, mama,
Wake up older
And i'll just stop all my trying.
Catch a boat to England, baby,
Maybe to Spain,
Wherever i have gone,
Wherever i've been and gone,
Wherever i have gone
The blues are all the same.
Lyrics submitted by aggiedo, edited by girlboyrevolt, azkm
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i thought simon and garfunkel sang this originally??
No, but they shared a flat with Frank in London and i think Simon produced the album.
azkm you are correct. paul simon producer his album.<br /> <br /> it's actually been covered by alot of artists. Paul Simon, The Decemberists, Nick Drake, and Counting Crows off the top of my head (there are probably more)
Graeme Allwright also created a lovely French cover of this song! Check it out!
Corrections:
5th stanza 4th line should be 'Wherever I've thrown them dice'. He repeats 'wherever' at the beginning of lines 3-5 just like in stanzas 1, 4 & 7.
6th stanza should be:
Maybe tomorrow honey Some place down the line I'll wake up older So much older mama I'll wake up older And I'll just stop all my trying
The version posted repeats the 2nd and 3rd lines, which is not how the song goes. This is one of my favorite songs, so it's gotta be right!! Thanks!!
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