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”
Out in the desert where the sun slowly cures deep brown
She's got a little shack, a pick-up truck parked out on the edge of town
It's just what I imagined, no one knows where she'd be
Maybe she's in heaven passing black-eyed peas
Where is Bobbie Gentry?
Where is Bobbie Gentry?
Up in Alaska, Hollywood, or maybe in Japan
I bet that she's still beautiful, goes barefoot everywhere she can
Does she still play guitar or write a song or two
Maybe that is over, she's got better things to do
Where is Bobbie Gentry?
Where is Bobbie Gentry?
If I could just find you, I would love you then I'd leave you alone
If I could just find you, I would love you and I'd leave you alone
Alone
1967, Bobbie made it to the Billboard charts
Then ten years later, disappeared and broke everybody's heart
Does she ever go to Choctaw, ever go back on that bridge
Well, I was the baby who was thrown off the Talahatchie Bridge
I was the baby who was thrown off the Talahatchie Bridge
Where is Bobbie Gentry?
Where is Bobbie Gentry?
B-o-b-b-i-e G-e-n-t-r-y
B-o-b-b-i-e G-e-n-t-r-y
Where is Bobbie Gentry?
Where is Bobbie Gentry?
Where is Bobbie Gentry?
Where is Bobbie Gentry?
She's got a little shack, a pick-up truck parked out on the edge of town
It's just what I imagined, no one knows where she'd be
Maybe she's in heaven passing black-eyed peas
Where is Bobbie Gentry?
Where is Bobbie Gentry?
Up in Alaska, Hollywood, or maybe in Japan
I bet that she's still beautiful, goes barefoot everywhere she can
Does she still play guitar or write a song or two
Maybe that is over, she's got better things to do
Where is Bobbie Gentry?
Where is Bobbie Gentry?
If I could just find you, I would love you then I'd leave you alone
If I could just find you, I would love you and I'd leave you alone
Alone
1967, Bobbie made it to the Billboard charts
Then ten years later, disappeared and broke everybody's heart
Does she ever go to Choctaw, ever go back on that bridge
Well, I was the baby who was thrown off the Talahatchie Bridge
I was the baby who was thrown off the Talahatchie Bridge
Where is Bobbie Gentry?
Where is Bobbie Gentry?
B-o-b-b-i-e G-e-n-t-r-y
B-o-b-b-i-e G-e-n-t-r-y
Where is Bobbie Gentry?
Where is Bobbie Gentry?
Where is Bobbie Gentry?
Where is Bobbie Gentry?
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