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Marianne Faithfull Down From Dover Lyrics
Total views: 1 time this week / Rating: 8.25/10 [20 votes]Album: Easy Come Easy Go / Original Release Date: 2008-11-10Genre: AlternativeSong Duration: 4 min 43 sec
MARIANNE FAITHFULL
- Down From Dover Lyrics / with translationsI know this dress I'm wearing doesn't hide the secret I
have tried concealing
When he left he promised me that he'd be back by the
time it was revealing
The sun behind a cloud just casts the crawling shadow
o'er the fields of clover
And time is running out for me I wish that he would
hurry down from Dover
He's been gone so long when he left the snow was deep
upon the ground
And I have seen a spring and summer pass and now the
leaves are turning brown
And any time a tiny face will show itself 'cause
waiting's almost over
But I won't have a name to give it if he doesn't hurry
down from Dover
My folks weren't understanding when they found out they
sent me from the home place
My daddy said if folks found out he'd be ashamed to
ever show his face
My mamma said I was a fool and she did not believe it
when I told her
That everything would be all right 'cause soon he would
be coming down from Dover
I loved him more than anything and I could not refuse
him when he needed me
He was the only one I'd loved and I just can't believe
that he was using me
He couldn't leave me here like this I know it can't be
so it can't be over
He wouldn't make me go through this so long, oh he'll
be coming down from Dover
My body aches the time is here it's lonely in this
place where I'm lyin'
Our baby has been born but something's wrong it's much
too still I hear no cryin'
I guess in some strange way she knew she'd never have a
father's arms to hold her
And dying was her way of telling me he wasn't coming
down from Dover
have tried concealing
When he left he promised me that he'd be back by the
time it was revealing
The sun behind a cloud just casts the crawling shadow
o'er the fields of clover
And time is running out for me I wish that he would
hurry down from Dover
He's been gone so long when he left the snow was deep
upon the ground
And I have seen a spring and summer pass and now the
leaves are turning brown
And any time a tiny face will show itself 'cause
waiting's almost over
But I won't have a name to give it if he doesn't hurry
down from Dover
My folks weren't understanding when they found out they
sent me from the home place
My daddy said if folks found out he'd be ashamed to
ever show his face
My mamma said I was a fool and she did not believe it
That everything would be all right 'cause soon he would
be coming down from Dover
I loved him more than anything and I could not refuse
him when he needed me
He was the only one I'd loved and I just can't believe
that he was using me
He couldn't leave me here like this I know it can't be
so it can't be over
He wouldn't make me go through this so long, oh he'll
be coming down from Dover
My body aches the time is here it's lonely in this
place where I'm lyin'
Our baby has been born but something's wrong it's much
too still I hear no cryin'
I guess in some strange way she knew she'd never have a
father's arms to hold her
And dying was her way of telling me he wasn't coming
down from Dover
Facts about Down From Dover
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Down From Dover is written by Dolly Parton.
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It is first released on November 10, 2008 as part of Marianne Faithfull's album "Easy Come Easy Go" which includes 13 tracks in total. This song is the opening track on this album.
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When we try to understand the message behind it, Marianne Faithfull’s 'Down from Dover' narrates a tender tale of an individual who is expecting the return of a lover who had assured to return, meanwhile suffering the effects of the person's absence. The metaphor of 'Dover' indicates a location of hope and return, thereby forming a contrast with the bitter truth of abandonment and loss. Down from dover lyrics primarily convey feelings of love, reflecting, heartbreak, despair, and angst. However, the song also highlights unfulfilled promises, waiting and hope, family rejection, love and betrayal, loneliness and despair, loss and grief as major aspects of life. The lyrics deal with the themes of pregnancy and abandonment, which are considered quite mature topics. Moreover, there are allusions to a child's birth and the emotional turmoil of the whole situation, which might be quite heavy for young people to handle.
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Down From Dover falls under the genre Alternative.
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Down From Dover song length is 4 minutes and 43 seconds.
Who wrote Down From Dover lyrics?
Down From Dover is written by Dolly Parton.
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When was Down From Dover released?
It is first released on November 10, 2008 as part of Marianne Faithfull's album "Easy Come Easy Go" which includes 13 tracks in total. This song is the opening track on this album.
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What is the meaning behind Down From Dover lyrics?
When we try to understand the message behind it, Marianne Faithfull’s 'Down from Dover' narrates a tender tale of an individual who is expecting the return of a lover who had assured to return, meanwhile suffering the effects of the person's absence. The metaphor of 'Dover' indicates a location of hope and return, thereby forming a contrast with the bitter truth of abandonment and loss. Down from dover lyrics primarily convey feelings of love, reflecting, heartbreak, despair, and angst. However, the song also highlights unfulfilled promises, waiting and hope, family rejection, love and betrayal, loneliness and despair, loss and grief as major aspects of life. The lyrics deal with the themes of pregnancy and abandonment, which are considered quite mature topics. Moreover, there are allusions to a child's birth and the emotional turmoil of the whole situation, which might be quite heavy for young people to handle.
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Which genre is Down From Dover?
Down From Dover falls under the genre Alternative.
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How long is the song Down From Dover?
Down From Dover song length is 4 minutes and 43 seconds.
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these lyrics are submitted by kaanSongwriter(s): Dolly Parton
Record Label(s): 2009 Decca Music Group Limited
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