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You Just Haven't Earned It Yet Baby Lyrics
If you're wondering why
All the love that you long for eludes you
And people are rude and cruel to you
I'll tell you why
I'll tell you why
I'll tell you why
I'll tell you why
But you wouldn't believe me
You just haven't earned it yet baby
You just haven't earned it son
You just haven't earned it yet baby
You must suffer and cry for a longer time
You just haven't earned it yet baby
And I'm telling you now
If you're wondering why
When all I wanted from life was to be famous
I have tried for so long it's all gone wrong
I'll tell you why
I'll tell you why
I'll tell you why
Today I am remembering the time
When they pulled me back and held me down
And looked me in the eyes and said
You just haven't earned it yet baby
You just haven't earned it son
You just haven't earned it yet baby
You must stay on your own for slightly longer
You just haven't earned it yet baby
And I'm telling you now
You just haven't earned it yet baby
You just haven't earned it son
You just haven't earned it yet baby
You must suffer and cry for a longer time
Suffer and cry
You must suffer and cry for slightly longer
Suffer and cry
You must suffer and cry for a longer time
All the love that you long for eludes you
And people are rude and cruel to you
I'll tell you why
I'll tell you why
I'll tell you why
I'll tell you why
But you wouldn't believe me
You just haven't earned it son
You just haven't earned it yet baby
You must suffer and cry for a longer time
You just haven't earned it yet baby
And I'm telling you now
When all I wanted from life was to be famous
I have tried for so long it's all gone wrong
I'll tell you why
I'll tell you why
I'll tell you why
When they pulled me back and held me down
And looked me in the eyes and said
You just haven't earned it son
You just haven't earned it yet baby
You must stay on your own for slightly longer
You just haven't earned it yet baby
And I'm telling you now
You just haven't earned it son
You just haven't earned it yet baby
You must suffer and cry for a longer time
Suffer and cry
You must suffer and cry for slightly longer
Suffer and cry
You must suffer and cry for a longer time
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I feel like this is a song is a plea for an impatient youth to calm down and wait. Everyone earns the time eventually.
It's a Smiths song and, as I remember, Johnny Marr plays the guitar on this cover.
I disagree, FilibusterMan. This is a cover of a The Smiths song, and as far as I can remember, "You Just haven't earned it yet, baby" was bespoken by one of Morrissey's superiors to him. Morrissey doesn't have great deal of respect for his superiors.
"You just havent earned it yet" is a type of excuse given to you when you try hard, and fail, as a sort of logical explanation for your failure; akin to "well you must be doing something wrong".
This song is also sung in retrospective from the perspective of a successful artist (today i am rembering the time), to show how wrong their bosses were in telling them that they didn't deserve success.