You Are My Sunshine
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Verse 1
The other night dear, as I lay sleepingI dreamed I held you in my armsWhen I awoke, dear, I was mistakenSo I bowed my head and I criedChorus
You are my sunshine, my only sunshineYou make me happy when skies are grayYou'll never know, dear, how much I love youPlease don't take my sunshine awayVerse 2
I've always loved you and made you happyAnd nothing else could come betweenBut now you've left me to love anotherYou have shattered all of my dreamsChorus
You are my sunshine, my only sunshineYou make me happy when skies are grayYou'll never know, dear, how much I love youPlease don't take my sunshine awaySpoken Outro
(I always hated that third verse)*Laughter*It was a nice short versionDo you wanna- uh, pick it up?I't's alright (It's good)(We got a short version)It might have that other verse on it in another takeWell, I'll tell you what… Let's… uhm…Well, if I feel like my song's a song… *Laughter*It don't care… (There you go!)I don't care if it's shortAnd I feel like my song's a songA pleasure! Two minutes… I've recorded songs two minutes(They were huge hits!)Have you got, uh, time on that?What the song means
A heartbreak song where the narrator compares his lost love to sunshine—his only source of happiness. He dreams of her, but wakes to find she's gone to another person, leaving him devastated. The chorus pleads with her not to abandon him, as she's essential to his emotional survival and joy.
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bowed my head and I cried — lowered my head in sadness and wept
A gesture showing shame, sorrow, or defeat after disappointment.
