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"
June is bustin' out all over
All over the meader and the hill
Flowers bustin' out on bushes
And the roughen river pushes
Ev'ry little wheel that wheels beside the mill
June is bustin' out all over
The ocean is full of Jacks and Jills
With the little tail is swishing'
Ev'ry lady fish is wishin' that a male would come
And grab 'er by the gills
Because it's June, June, June, June
Just because it's June, June, June!
Fresh and alive and gay and young
June is a love song, sweety song
June is bustin' out all over
The branches are bustin' out with sap
Love has found my brother Junior
And my sister's even loonier
And my Ma is gettin' kittenish with Pap!
June is bustin' out all over
The sheep aren't sleepin' anymore
All the rams are chasin' ewe-sheep
All determined there'll be new ship and the ewe-sheep aren't even keepin' score
Because it's June, June, June, June
Just because it's June, June, June!
It's June, It's June, June, June
Just because it's June, June
March went out like a lion
A-wavin' up the weather in the bay
Then April cried and stepped aside
And lone came pretty little May!
May was full of promises
But she didn't keep it quick enough for some
And the crowd up doubtin' of promises
Was predictin' that the summer'd never come
But the summer's by God
We can feel it come
You can feel it in your heart
You can see it in the ground
You can see it in the trees
You can smell it in the breeze
Look around! Look around! Look around!
June is bustin' out all over
The ladies and men are payin' court
Lots of ships are keepin' anchor
Just because the captain hanker
For the comfort they can only get in port
You can hear it comin'!
June is bustin' out all over
The moonlight is shining on the shore
And the girls who were contrary
With the boys in January
Aren't nearly for contrary anymore!
Because it's June, June, June, June
Just because it's June, June, June!
All over the meader and the hill
Flowers bustin' out on bushes
And the roughen river pushes
Ev'ry little wheel that wheels beside the mill
June is bustin' out all over
The ocean is full of Jacks and Jills
With the little tail is swishing'
Ev'ry lady fish is wishin' that a male would come
And grab 'er by the gills
Because it's June, June, June, June
Just because it's June, June, June!
Fresh and alive and gay and young
June is a love song, sweety song
June is bustin' out all over
The branches are bustin' out with sap
Love has found my brother Junior
And my sister's even loonier
And my Ma is gettin' kittenish with Pap!
June is bustin' out all over
The sheep aren't sleepin' anymore
All the rams are chasin' ewe-sheep
All determined there'll be new ship and the ewe-sheep aren't even keepin' score
Because it's June, June, June, June
Just because it's June, June, June!
It's June, It's June, June, June
Just because it's June, June
March went out like a lion
A-wavin' up the weather in the bay
Then April cried and stepped aside
And lone came pretty little May!
May was full of promises
But she didn't keep it quick enough for some
And the crowd up doubtin' of promises
Was predictin' that the summer'd never come
But the summer's by God
We can feel it come
You can feel it in your heart
You can see it in the ground
You can see it in the trees
You can smell it in the breeze
Look around! Look around! Look around!
June is bustin' out all over
The ladies and men are payin' court
Lots of ships are keepin' anchor
Just because the captain hanker
For the comfort they can only get in port
You can hear it comin'!
June is bustin' out all over
The moonlight is shining on the shore
And the girls who were contrary
With the boys in January
Aren't nearly for contrary anymore!
Because it's June, June, June, June
Just because it's June, June, June!
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June Is Bustin' Out All Over Lyrics as written by Richard Rodgers Oscar Hammerstein Ii
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