Story Behind The Song
got dumped and turned lemons into lemonade by writing a beautifully sad song about it.
Song Description
after break up of relationship, feelings of being set adrift in a sea of sorrow
| Song Length |
3:21 |
Genre |
Blues - Traditional, Blues - Delta |
| Tempo |
Slow (71 - 90) |
Lead Vocal |
Male Vocal |
| Mood |
Heartbreaking, Cross |
Subject |
Sadness, Heartbreak |
| Similar Artists |
The Allman Brothers Band, Blues Traveler |
Language |
English |
| Era |
1990 - 1999 |
| |
Lyrics
FIRST VERSE: I just got your letter, telling me the news, that you've found yourself a new love, n' your leaving me the blues.
SECOND VERSE: You said we were soul-mates n' together we would be, now you've set my soul adrift, out upon the Lonesome Sea.
BRIDGE: You said you'd come back and be with me, for the rest of eternity. Now my dreams have shattered, scattered just like leaves, with no one to blame for my troubles but me.
THIRD VERSE: Oh, you don't know what you've got, till what you've got is gone, I should have made you my wife, but i waited much too long.
FOURTH VERSE: And if you ever come back, you know right where i'll be, i'm right here where you left me, out upon the Lonesome Sea.