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I'll Be Your Girl

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I'll Be Your Girl Lyrics

[Verse 1]
When the summer days live to bore you
And the river lies long before you
And the one that you love ignores you
I'll be your girl

[Verse 2]
Like a senator works a full room
Like a lover undone by full moon
Like a lily alive in full bloom
I'll be your girl

[Chorus]
And when the tempests rage
And all the oceans roar
At your door
I could be your man
But I'd be that much more
And more

[Verse 3]
So when everything soft upbraids you
When fortune has long betrayed you
And you're longing for an arm to stay you
I'll be your girl

[Chorus]
And when the tempests rage
And all the oceans roar
At your door
I could be your man
But I'd be that much more
And more

[Verse 4]
So if you're ever feeling less your time due
Like someone bereft and lied to
And you never need a guy to guide you
I'll be your girl
I'll be your girl
I'll be your girl

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mellow_harsher On Mar 16, 2018

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by cbingham

8y ago

The idea of this song is to break down gender roles. It's okay for men to be passive and not jerks.

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by batsinger

1y ago

I interpret this song as a shot at the myth of the "friend zone."

The narrator is a guy affirming that he will always be happy to be the woman's friend, even if it never leads to her reciprocating his feelings, and he wants to show her the kind of unconditional emotional support for her that women usually only get from female friends.

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