Marshall Tucker Band – Heard It In A Love Song lyrics

Marshall Tucker Band – Heard It In A Love Song lyrics

[Verse 1]
I ain't never been with a woman long enough
For my boots to get old
We've been together so long now
They both need re-soled
If I ever settle down
You'd be my kind
And it's a good time for me
To head on down the line

[Chorus]
Heard it in a love song
Heard it in a love song
Heard it in a love song
Can't be wrong

[Verse 2]
I'm the kind of man who likes to get away
Like to start dreaming about
Tomorrow today
Never said that I love you
Even though it's so
Where's that duffle bag of mine
It's time to go

[Chorus]

[Verse 3]
I'm gonna be leavin'
At the break of dawn
Wish you could come
But I don't need no woman taggin along
I'll sneak out that door
Couldn't stand to see you cry
I'd stay another year if
I saw a teardrop in your eye

[Chorus]

[Verse 4]
I never had a damn thing but what I had
I had to leave it behind
You're the hardest thing
I ever tried to get off my mind
Always something greener
On the other side of that hill
I was born a wrangler and a rounder
And I guess I always will

[Chorus]

Lyrics taken from /lyrics/m/marshall_tucker_band/heard_it_in_a_love_song.html

Songwriters: Toy T. Jr. Caldwell

Heard It In A Love Song lyrics © Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd., Spirit Music Group, Warner Chappell Music, Inc.

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Unregistered 2022-01-18 19:54:38

This song is told from the perspective of a man who is of two minds about his current relationship. It's not the same as the relationships he had before. He's already stayed longer than he intended. He sees this woman as the kind he could marry and settle down with, if he could only let go of the old ways. His patttern of loving and moving on is so strong that he doesn't know how to break it, even though he wishes he could bring her with him. Up until verse four, the departure hasn't happened yet--not sure where his dufffel bag is, hopes she won't cry or he'll stay longer, really doesn't want to hurt her. By verse 4, though, he has gone to look for greener pastures, and can't stop thinking about her. But this is the way love songs go.There never seems to be a happily ever after in a love song.

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Unregistered 2012-02-13 04:58:06

I'm sorry if the meaning you get from this is about a drug abuser, because this song can mean so much more if your minds open, you only percieve what you allow your self to, to me its about the battle that men have faced since the were mobile, the thrill of adventure and the open road is too much to just give up, if this woman gave him an ultimatum, good for him for leaving, if he is a user he is high on life.

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Unregistered 2018-06-21 02:12:47

This is about a young man who is deeply in love with a woman. But the timing is not right. Something deep, a restlessness deep in his soul, is calling him to go. He HAS to go. It's not that he wants to go. He HAS to go. If he doesn't go, he can never be the man he needs to be in order to love her the way she needs to be loved. He needs to go and find out who he is. It doesn't mean he loves her less: "If I ever settle down, you'd be my kind, but it's a good time for me to head on down the line." Maybe some day he can come back to her. But the time is not right now. He needs to find out who he is, which sadly, many men have not taken the time (or the risk) to do.

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Unregistered 2012-04-24 21:26:10

Same as already posted: just a typical man who wants to be riding his harley on an open road. Falls in love with a beautiful woman, but doesn't want her to get too close because he's scared to hurt her. So he loves the woman enough to leave her before that happens.
Wish my 30+ year lost love felt the way another (unregistered) poster felt, wish it was my lost love posting it:.
>>it's the way I felt about this gal I went with back in the 90's; I went and did it: I went!

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Unregistered 2012-05-18 03:09:47

Just a man who feels his time has come to go. Him & his boots need to be "resoled" because he feels as though he's trapped. Though he cares about her he is always looking for another, "greener on the other side of the hill" so rather than cheat on her he leaves at night, cause he knows he couldn't leave her crying. He heard in a love song that it's better to leave than to cheat, so it can't be wrong.

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Unregistered 2012-04-30 04:10:06

You folks need to pay attention to the chorus "heard it in a love song" - therein lies the meaning of this good ole man's tune. The one you care about too much to leave is the one that breaks you. This song reflects the sentiments of 99% of men. But the chorus?> 70's era?> he knows that leaving isn't right, but since he heard it in a love song, it can't be wrong. Get it? There is more to this song than just lovem and leavem. Its societal/social criticism.

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Ron Fowler 2016-05-01 20:57:31

The part that gets me is "I was born a wranger and a rounder and I guess I always will". Always will what? Be a wrangler and a rounder? Always be born? Is this a born again song? Or just bad grammar? Probably would have slipped right by me if I hadn't heard the song so many times over the years.

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