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LuckyCharms

(20,902 posts) Tue Apr 26, 2022, 10:08 PM Apr 2022

OK, please help settle an argument over song lyrics. [View all]

Lyrics from a Grateful Dead song called "Black Throated Wind".

"I've" is the person singing the song

"You've" is whomever the person is singing the song to.

Here's the lyric:

"You've done better by me, than I've done by you".

Question: Which of the two people was "wronged". Or conversely, which of the two people treated the other person better?

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OK, please help settle an argument over song lyrics. [View all] LuckyCharms Apr 2022 OP

"me" was better treated than "you" sl8 Apr 2022 #1

I thought this was going to be about "Louie Louie". LOL! mobeau69 Apr 2022 #2

Oh baby we gotta go now🎼 Walleye Apr 2022 #3

Wasn't that on the B side? What was on the A side? mobeau69 Apr 2022 #5

It was the B side on Richard Barry's original release (1956?) lastlib Apr 2022 #15

You might get a boot out for this: mobeau69 Apr 2022 #18

It's ambiguous on its own, but in context of the rest of the lyrics petronius Apr 2022 #4

It's we've Wolf Frankula Apr 2022 #6

My wife and I disagree... LuckyCharms Apr 2022 #7

Does this help at all? sl8 Apr 2022 #9

Yes, by the strict definition... LuckyCharms Apr 2022 #12

Maybe a regionalism? sl8 Apr 2022 #14

Thanks for the great read! LuckyCharms Apr 2022 #16

I honestly had to work to see any ambiguity in this stopdiggin Apr 2022 #8

Well, I think the lyrics of the entire song are ambiguous LuckyCharms Apr 2022 #10

and that I will freely concede stopdiggin Apr 2022 #17

I always thought it was self effacing jcgoldie Apr 2022 #11

"I'm drowning in you" LuckyCharms Apr 2022 #13

Singer is admitting to being more in the wrong and decides to go back home wishstar Apr 2022 #19