All Day Sucker

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This is the second to last song in Songs in the Key of Life. It’s about a man who loves a woman but feels that it isn’t reciprocate, as the woman doesn’t “give any of the… Read More

Sep. 28, 19761 viewer9.8K views

All Day Sucker Lyrics

[Intro]
Play as funky as you can, slim

[Verse 1]
Come on up, you say
'Cause you can feel your love comin' down
I find myself rushin' over to
Do something for your love
I knock on the door (Yeah)
You answer askin' what am I there for? (Yeah)
I say I thought you wanted me to
Do something for your love

[Pre-Chorus]
I'm an all-day sucker
Coming to give something to get nothing
I'm an all-day sucker
Coming to give something, but to get none of your love

[Chorus]
All-day sucker for your love, all-day sucker for your love
All-day sucker for your love, all-day sucker for your love
All-day sucker for your love, all-day sucker for your love
All-day sucker for your love, all-day sucker for your love

[Verse 2]
You call me up to say
You're sorry for what went down the other day
And could I come over today to
Do something for your love?
One knock gets me in (Yeah)
But then you say how very nice it's been (Yeah)
That lets me know that I will once again (I)
Get nothin' from your love

[Pre-Chorus]
I'm an all-day sucker
Coming to give something to get nothing
I'm an all-day sucker
Coming to give something, but to get none of your love

[Chorus]
All-day sucker for your love, all-day sucker for your love
All-day sucker for your love, all-day sucker for your love
All-day sucker for your love, all-day sucker for your love
All-day sucker for your love, all-day sucker for your love
All-day sucker for your love, all-day sucker for your love
All-day sucker for your love, all-day sucker for your love
All-day sucker for your love, all-day sucker for your love
All-day sucker for your love, all-day sucker for your love

[Verse 3]
You drop by to say
You're sorry for what went down the other day (Yeah)
And if I had some time later in the day
To do something for your love
Anyone else would say (Say)
No, that's okay
But maybe by now, she'll see things my way
And ask me to stay
To do something for her love (Sucker)

[Pre-Chorus]
I'm an all-day sucker
Coming to give something to get nothing
I'm an all-day sucker
Coming to give something, but to get none of your love

[Chorus]
All-day sucker for your love, all-day sucker for your love
All-day sucker for your love, all-day sucker for your love (To get none of your love)
All-day sucker for your love, all-day sucker for your love
All-day sucker for your love, all-day sucker for your love (You're being stingy with your love)
All-day sucker for your love, all-day sucker for your love (Baby)
All-day sucker for your love, all-day sucker for your love (I'm an all-day sucker for your love)
All-day sucker for your love, all-day sucker for your love
All-day sucker for your love, all-day sucker for your love (Giving none of your love)
All-day sucker for your love, all-day sucker for your love
All-day sucker for your love, all-day sucker for your love (To an all-day sucker for your love)
All-day sucker for your love, all-day sucker for your love
All-day sucker for your love, all-day sucker for your love (To get none of your love)
All-day sucker for your love, all-day sucker for your love (Baby)
All-day sucker for your love, all-day sucker for your love

About

This is the second to last song in Songs in the Key of Life.

It’s about a man who loves a woman but feels that it isn’t reciprocate, as the woman doesn’t “give any of the love”

The song also seems to delve into the matters of a one-sided relationship. The narrator obviously wants more from the relationship at hand, but at each turn his lover denies that advancement. This lover continuously asks for forgiveness and the chance to see the narrator again. Instead of learning from past experiences, the narrator continuously ends up in a never ending cycle of offering himself and getting nothing in return.