Tonight You Belong to Me Lyrics

I know (I know)
You belong to somebody new
But Tonight you belong to me
Although (although) we're apart
You're a part of my heart
And tonight you belong to me

Way down by the stream
How sweet it will seem
Once more just to dream
In the moonlight

My honey I know (I know)
With the dawn that you will be gone
But tonight you belong to me

Way down, way down along the stream
How very, very sweet it will seem
Once more just to dream
In the silvery moonlight

My honey, I know (I know)
With the dawn that you will be gone
But tonight you belong to me
Just to little old me
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I think this song's about a woman who is in love with someone else's man. I think she's mostly fantasizing about being with the guy; I don't think she's made attempts to start an affair with him. They seem to only be together in her dreams (from "tonight you belong to me" to "I know with the dawn that you will be gone". It's like he's her lover in her dreams at night, but in real life he's with someone else.

My Interpretation
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It's a sad, but simple love song about a girl pining after a guy she dreams of being with. She likes him, but can't actually act on those feelings in real life because he's with someone else.

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I think it's basically a defense of the human race's sexuality almost in a sense. The singer is talking to somebody who's already with someone else, but for that night, they're one. This is the representation of what seems to be cheating. But while people associate cheating with being spiteful and trying to hurt the other, it's really just something uncontrollable. This is a very pleasant moment that the two characters of the song are sharing. It's cheating, but it's not meant to hurt anyone. It just sort of happened. People are people. They get horny. There isn't much control over the reptilian brain. Anyone agree?

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I never thought about realism in this song. and I still can't see a realistic (negative) background for this song. It's about a person you have lost and you lvoe. You still dream about her/him, but when you wake up you immediately return to reality and she/he is gone. But as long as you sleep, you can say "tonight you'll belong to me" (until yo uwake up). Sweet dreams, though

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For some reason, I’ve always thought this song was about a mother sending her little one off to adoption just a weird opinion I've had for years.

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This song was made in WW2 when Kids was Losing Their parents, so they made a song to comfort the children, but the tall girl in the backround died after the song ended

Negative
Subjective
Sadness
WW2
Children
Loss
Comfort
Tragedy
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Ive never heard of this band or the song before but i got directed here by accident but i like the lyrics and it kinda relates to me

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dunno why but i love this song. o_o i sing it in the shower.

i love this song so much. for some reason it just reminds me of being little. anyway, i recently found it on vinyl, and i am now totally happy!

Not Valid
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I have a weird theory, it’s so creepy , but while I was listening to this song it came to me that this might be a dead person whose loved one moved on after their death and got with someone else, but the song is about this loved one dying and uniting again with their dead old lover ,why she says “just little old me” at the end, tonight when you die and be gone you will belong to me again. I know that this is most likely not the case and it’s most likely about someone dreaming of being with someone else , but I think my theory fits the creepy vibe of the song better

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Sogn of Ebay Commercial in Germany right now. Like it, even when it's from 1956 kids singing......11 and 14 yr old girls... ;)