Alas my love you did me wrong To cast me out discourteously For I have loved you so long Delighting in your very company Now if you intend to show me disdain Don't you know it all the more enraptures me For even so I still remain Your lover in captivity   Green sleeves you're all alone The leaves have fallen the men have gone Green sleeves there's no one home Not even the Lady Green Sleeves I sang my songs I told my lies To lie between your matchless thighs And ain't it fine ain't it wild To finally end our exercise Then I saw you naked in the early dawn Oh I hoped you would be someone new I reached for you but you were gone So lady I'm going too Green sleeves you're all alone The leaves have fallen the men have gone Green sleeves there's no one home Not even the Lady Green Sleeves Green sleeves you're all alone The leaves have fallen the men have all gone home Green sleeves it's so easily done I mean leaving the Lady Green Sleeves

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À propos de la chanson

La chanson raconte l’histoire d’un amour perdu, où le narrateur se sent trahi et mis à l'écart par celle qu’il aime. Bien qu’il ait longtemps apprécié sa présence, la désinvolture de l’autre le captive encore davantage, même dans la souffrance. Alors qu'il évoque sa solitude, il réalise que tout est terminé entre eux, manifestant une mélancolie profonde face à l’abandon. Le contexte pourrait évoquer une période de rupture ou de désillusion amoureuse, où l’illusion d’un bonheur partagé se heurte à la réalité de la solitude. La chanson, en décrivant cette séparation, met en lumière les émotions complexes liées aux relations humaines, mélangeant passion, douleur et nostalgie.