Blue jeans, white shirt
Walked into the room, you know you made my eyes burn
It was like James Dean, for sure
You're so fresh to death and sick as ca-cancer
You were sorta punk rock, I grew up on hip hop
But you fit me better than my favorite sweater, and I know
That love is mean (oh oh) and love hurts (oh oh)
But I still remember that day we met in December, oh baby

I will love you 'til the end of time
I would wait a million years
Promise you'll remember that you're mine
Baby, can you see through the tears?
Love you more
Than those bitches before
Say you'll remember (oh baby) say you'll remember, oh baby ooh
I will love you 'til the end of time

Big dreams, gangsta
Said you had to leave to start your life over
I was like, "No please, stay here"
We don't need no money, we can make it all work
But he headed out on Sunday, said he'd come home Monday
I stayed up waitin', anticipatin' and pacin' but he was
Chasing (oh oh) paper (oh oh)
Caught up in the game, that was the last I heard

I will love you 'til the end of time
I would wait a million years
Promise you'll remember that you're mine
Baby, can you see through the tears?
Love you more
Than those bitches before
Say you'll remember (oh baby) say you'll remember, oh baby ooh
I will love you 'til the end of time

You went out every night
And baby that's alright
I told you that no matter what you did, I'd be by your side
'Cause I'ma ride or die
Whether you fail or fly
Well, shit, at least you tried
But when you walked out that door, a piece of me died
Told you I wanted more, that's not what I had in mind
Just want it like before
We were dancin' all night
Then they took you away, stole you out of my life
You just need to remember

I will love you 'til the end of time
I would wait a million years
Promise you'll remember that you're mine
Baby, can you see through the tears?
Love you more
Than those bitches before
Say you'll remember (oh baby) say you'll remember, oh baby ooh
I will love you 'til the end of time


Lyrics submitted by maurothompson, edited by irisme, carlosvinicius

Blue Jeans Lyrics as written by Elizabeth Woolridge Grant Emile Haynie

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    I never do this. But some interpretations are just so obviously wrong that I felt the ridiculous need to correct them. It's ridiculous, I know. But whatever. Here it is:

    Blue jeans, White shirt Walked into the room you know you made my eyes burn

    This is not a "negative," as one commentator suggested. She's saying that he was so awesome that the aura around him was blinding.

    It was like James Dean, for sure You so fresh to death & sick as ca-cancer

    Also, this is not a negative, either. In hip-hop slang, "sick" is the same thing as saying "dope" or "ill." It means that person/thing is cool/awesome.

    Big dreams, gangster Said you had to leave to start your life over I was like: "no please, stay here," We don't need no money we can make it all work But he headed out on Sunday, said he'd come home Monday I stayed up waitin', anticipatin' and pacin' but he was Chasing paper "Caught up in the game" that was the last I heard

    Again, that commentator who thought "chasing paper" meant getting an MBA, is wrong. In hiphop, Chasing paper usually means getting caught up in something illicit because you'll probably get easy money out of it. Usually this means selling drugs. It's also called the drug game. He got caught in the drug game.

    You went out every night And baby that's alright I told you that no matter what you did I'd be by your side Cause Ima ride or die Whether you fail or fly Well shit, at least you tried.

    The whole song, in the chorus too, she's describing that she would have done anything to have kept him. In the first half of this verse she seems to acknowledge that he tried, but in the next few lines, she obviously feels that wasn't enough.

    But when you walked out that door, a piece of me died I told you I wanted more-but that not what I had in mind

    She didn't mean she wanted more money, but that's how he took it and so he got caught in that aforementioned "game."

    I just want it like before We were dancin' all night

    This is what she meant by "more." She wanted to go back to how it was.

    Then they took you away- stole you out of my life

    "They" could mean other drug slingers, maybe he died in a turf war or something. But I think it could also mean he went to prison, and "they" mean the police; or maybe "they" are not cops, but the people who lured him to sell drugs in the first place. The way she sings the chorus sounds like she hopes he's still alive and she's waiting for him.

    Will love you till the end of time I would wait a million years

    wait to get out of prison, maybe? Or stop selling drugs?

    Lana said this song was part of a trilogy: Video Games, Blue Jeans, Born to Die. It makes sense that he's not dead if there's another part of it. It also makes sense if he is dead though - just have to read Born to Die in a different way (which is pretty easy)! :D

    earthgirl2on February 25, 2012   Link

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