It sounds like the song is about a man who was engaged to this girl, but gets cold feet and decides to leave her. He is realizing that he's done a lot for her and she has done next to nothing for him, and he doesn't want to be with a person who just takes. The song is him explaining the reasons for why he left, such as:"You want to jump and dance, but you sat on your hands, and lost your only chance" meaning he was put off by how unconfident and unsure of herself as she was at times. he'd been with her over a year, and it took him that long to decide he couldn't go through with it.
The part about "You love a sinking stone, who will never elope" is about how his love is fading, and he's decided he will never marry her, even though she really does love him.
Finally when he does tell her, she is shocked and obviously feels terribly sad that her soon-to-be-marraige has fallen apart. However, he feels no regret and tells her "go back to your hometown, and stop floating around" (meaning he wants her to get her life back under control near her family/friends so that she can be happy again later)
He wants her to get used to the feeling and not to mope about it; (again, "stop floating around") "dont leave me no phone number there" means that he doesn't want to contact her again, he just wants them both to move their separate ways.
It sounds like the song is about a man who was engaged to this girl, but gets cold feet and decides to leave her. He is realizing that he's done a lot for her and she has done next to nothing for him, and he doesn't want to be with a person who just takes. The song is him explaining the reasons for why he left, such as:"You want to jump and dance, but you sat on your hands, and lost your only chance" meaning he was put off by how unconfident and unsure of herself as she was at times. he'd been with her over a year, and it took him that long to decide he couldn't go through with it. The part about "You love a sinking stone, who will never elope" is about how his love is fading, and he's decided he will never marry her, even though she really does love him. Finally when he does tell her, she is shocked and obviously feels terribly sad that her soon-to-be-marraige has fallen apart. However, he feels no regret and tells her "go back to your hometown, and stop floating around" (meaning he wants her to get her life back under control near her family/friends so that she can be happy again later) He wants her to get used to the feeling and not to mope about it; (again, "stop floating around") "dont leave me no phone number there" means that he doesn't want to contact her again, he just wants them both to move their separate ways.