Clementine Lyrics

[Verse 1]
They're waking you up to close the bar
The street's wet, you can tell by the sound of the cars
The bartender's singing "Clementine"
While he's turning around the open sign


[Chorus]
"Dreadful sorry, Clementine"

[Bridge]
Though you're still her man
It seems a long time gone
Maybe the whole thing's wrong
What if she thinks so but just didn't say so?

[Verse 2]
You drank yourself into slow-mo
Made an angel in the snow
Anything to pass the time
And keep that song out of your mind

[Chorus]
"(Oh) Oh my darling

(Oh) Oh my darling
Oh my darling, Clementine
Dreadful sorry, Clementine"

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“Clementine” tells a deceptively simple story – a man gets drunk and worries about his relationship – using beautiful imagery.

It’s also based on the imagery from the folk poem “Oh My Darling, Clementine”.

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