Overall about difficult moments of disappointment and vulnerability. Having hope and longing, while remaining optimistic for the future. Encourages the belief that with each new morning there is a chance for things to improve.
The chorus offers a glimmer of optimism and a chance at a resolution and redemption in the future.
Captures the rollercoaster of emotions of feeling lost while loving someone who is not there for you, feeling let down and abandoned while waiting for a lover. Lost with no direction, "Now I'm up in the air with the rain in my hair, Nowhere to go, I can go anywhere"
The bridge shows signs of longing and a plea for companionship. The Lyrics express a desire for authentic connection and the importance of Loving someone just as they are. "Just in passing, I'm not asking. That you be anyone but you”
Well I\'ve got some friends of mine,
And on Monday nights we pass the time.
One drinks beer and one drinks gin.
We like the little boys and not the men.
We keep our eyes open for the little dudes,
‘Cause they never try to tell us what to do.
They look real cute in their baggy clothes,
Some gots an earring in their nose.
Where are you little dude?
Don’t you know I\'m in love with you?
Well I ain\'t old enough to be your mom,
But you were six years old when I went to the prom.
Where are you little dude?
Don’t you know I\'m in love with you?
Well you hardly have to shave around that smile,
Please don\'t think I\'m a pedophile.
My beer-drinking pal likes \'em kind of geeky,
Tape on the glasses and clean and squeaky,
Well, you know she rocks all the little dudes’ worlds
‘Cause she\'s a full-grown woman lookin\' just likes a girl.
My other girlfriend got a mouth full of braces,
Likes the white trash dudes at the greyhound races.
She’s a sexy mama got big dark eyes,
Makes this one little dude just run and hide.
Where are you little dude?
Don’t you know I\'m in love with you?
Well I ain\'t old enough to be your mom, but
You were six years old when I went to the prom.
Where are you little dude?
Don’t you know I\'m in love with you?
Well you\'re making me feel like a naughty lady
Thinkin’ ‘bout Greg and Mrs. Brady.
I drove this little dude home one day.
He asked my age along the way,
I said when you were born I was already ten.
I never saw that little dude again.
Where are you little dude?
And on Monday nights we pass the time.
One drinks beer and one drinks gin.
We like the little boys and not the men.
We keep our eyes open for the little dudes,
‘Cause they never try to tell us what to do.
They look real cute in their baggy clothes,
Some gots an earring in their nose.
Where are you little dude?
Don’t you know I\'m in love with you?
Well I ain\'t old enough to be your mom,
But you were six years old when I went to the prom.
Where are you little dude?
Don’t you know I\'m in love with you?
Well you hardly have to shave around that smile,
Please don\'t think I\'m a pedophile.
My beer-drinking pal likes \'em kind of geeky,
Tape on the glasses and clean and squeaky,
Well, you know she rocks all the little dudes’ worlds
‘Cause she\'s a full-grown woman lookin\' just likes a girl.
My other girlfriend got a mouth full of braces,
Likes the white trash dudes at the greyhound races.
She’s a sexy mama got big dark eyes,
Makes this one little dude just run and hide.
Where are you little dude?
Don’t you know I\'m in love with you?
Well I ain\'t old enough to be your mom, but
You were six years old when I went to the prom.
Where are you little dude?
Don’t you know I\'m in love with you?
Well you\'re making me feel like a naughty lady
Thinkin’ ‘bout Greg and Mrs. Brady.
I drove this little dude home one day.
He asked my age along the way,
I said when you were born I was already ten.
I never saw that little dude again.
Where are you little dude?
Lyrics submitted by charityb
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