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Don't Let Me Be Lonely Tonight Lyrics
Do me wrong, do me right,
Tell me lies but hold me tight,
Save your goodbyes for the morning light,
But don't let me be lonely tonight.
Say goodbye and say hello,
Sure enough good to see you, but it's time to go,
Don't say yes but please don't say no,
I don't want to be lonely tonight.
Go away then, damn you,
Go on and do as you please,
You ain't gonna see me gettin' down on my knees.
I'm undecided, and your heart's been divided,
You've been turning my world upside down.
Do me wrong, do me right (right now baby),
Go on and tell me lies but hold me tight.
Save your goodbyes for the morning light (morning light),
But don't let me be lonely tonight.
I don't want to be lonely tonight.
No, no, I don't want to be lonely tonight.
I don't want to be lonely tonight.
Tell me lies but hold me tight,
Save your goodbyes for the morning light,
But don't let me be lonely tonight.
Sure enough good to see you, but it's time to go,
Don't say yes but please don't say no,
I don't want to be lonely tonight.
Go on and do as you please,
You ain't gonna see me gettin' down on my knees.
I'm undecided, and your heart's been divided,
You've been turning my world upside down.
Go on and tell me lies but hold me tight.
Save your goodbyes for the morning light (morning light),
But don't let me be lonely tonight.
I don't want to be lonely tonight.
No, no, I don't want to be lonely tonight.
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Submitted by
oofus On May 16, 2001
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It's a song about loathing the feeling of loneliness...dark and frightening, loneliness somehow taps into that little child inside of us...it's dark, cold, frightening...and the mood of this song, while dark, juxtaposes the extreme darkness of the lyric against a more light-hearted melody...
I've always thought this song was a little underrated in his body of work....it's very simple and bittersweet.
I'm surprised that nobody has really made an in-depth commentary on this song, because it's about a subject that I think relates to a lot of people.
To sum up, the song is basically about a man or woman saying "I don't care how you treat me, I don't care if you leave me tomorrow, just stay with me tonight". The song is about that desperate loneliness that we all feel now and again, where we just need someone to hold us, to feel someone's body against our own, even if we may feel completely differently the next day.
In the bridge, "go away then, damn you" is referring to the morning after 'tonight', when he knows that he won't feel the way he feels now and won't need someone to be with. "Do as you please, you ain't gonna see me getting down on my knees."
But the repetition of the first verse to close the song brings it back to the fact that regardless of how he'll feel tomorrow, tonight he just wants someone to hold.