This is more than a typical kinda thing
Felt the jones in my bones when you were touching me, oh oh
Didn't want to take it slow
In a daze, going crazed, I can barely think
You're replaying in my brain, find it hard to sleep, oh oh
Waiting for my phone to blow

Now I'm here in a sticky situation
Got a little trouble, yep and now I'm pacin'
Five minutes, ten minutes, now it's been an hour
Don't wanna think too hard, but I'm sour

Oh oh, I can't seem to let you go

See I've been waiting all day
For you to call me baby
So let's get up, let's get on it
Don't you leave me broken hearted tonight
Come on, that's right
Honest baby I'll do
Anything you want to
So can we finish what we started
Don't you leave me broken hearted tonight
Come on, that's right, cheerio

What's the time, such a crime
Not a single word, sipping on that Patron
Just to calm my nerves, oh oh
Poppin' bottles by the phone
Oh yeah
Had me up, had me down, turn me inside out
That's enough, hold me up
Maybe I'm in doubt, oh oh
Now don't even think you know, no no

See I've been waiting all day
For you to call me baby
So let's get up, let's get on it
Don't you leave me broken hearted tonight
Come on, that's right
Honest baby I'll do
Anything you want to
So can we finish what we started
Don't you leave me broken hearted tonight
Come on, that's right, cheerio

Anything you wanna do, I'll be on it too
Everything you say, it's like a gold with a view
Business on the front, party in the back
Maybe I was wrong, was the outfit really wack
This kinda thing doesn't happen usually
I'm on the opposite side of it, truthfully
I know you want it so come and get it, cheerio

See I've been waiting all day
For you to call me baby
So let's get up, let's get on it
Don't you leave me broken hearted tonight
Oh oh oh oh
Honest baby I'll do
Anything you want to
So can we finish what we started
Don't you leave me broken hearted tonight
Come on, that's right, cheeri, cheeri, cheerio

When you gonna call
Don't leave me broken hearted
I've been waiting up
Let's finish what we started, oh oh
I can't seem to let you go
Come on, that's right, cheerio, uh!


Lyrics submitted by dollahh

Brokenhearted Lyrics as written by Nick Noonan Amy Heidemann

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    My Interpretation

    I think this song is about a girl who really likes this boy and he is all she thinks about. She was suppose to have a date with the boy, but he is obviously late. She is worried that he bailed and so she is pacing and having a drink to calm her nerves. She doesn't want to think to hard about, but she does and she even questions her outfit choice for the evening. She also admits to not being the one who usually waits for the call, she is on the opposite end. She had been waiting all day for his call and hopes that they can continue to talk and hopefully lead to something more. Even though he is late and kinda shady, she wants it all to work out in the end.

    ashbee7on May 09, 2012   Link
  • +2
    General Comment

    Being promised the world by your lover only to realise the tragedy after many painful cycles of hope/disappointment that all the promises were empty, worthless words, never to substantiate, because you were fooled into pinning your hopes, dreams and invest all your heart into a relationship and into a person that didn't reciprocate or value you and your needs equally to their own. A selfish lover.

    Daboizon April 01, 2015   Link
  • 0
    Song Meaning

    I think this song is about a girl who gave her number to this guy that she really likes and shes anticipating about the call. A late hour passes and she's wondering why he hasn't called. She knows him from around or they were friends. She's been waiting by the phone for his number to show up, drinking a little bit just to pass the time. She's usually not the girl to swoon over a guy but for some reason this guy is making her lovesick, anything that he wants to do, she'll be ready to do it too. And when she sees him at the party she wonders if she looks good enough "Maybe I was wrong. Was this outfit really wack?"

    piecexoon May 28, 2012   Link
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    General Comment

    This song is amazing , what is " cheerio " doing here ?

    Love it when she says it though ..

    modarxmodaron June 03, 2012   Link

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