Songfacts®: This is the first single and title track from country trio Lady A's sophomore album, Need You Now. (they were known at the time as Lady Antebellum, a name they changed in 2020 to avoid the association with slavery - "antebellum" refers to the pre-Civil War period in America). Group members Dave Haywood, Charles Kelley and Hillary
"Now you're weeping shades of cozened indigo Got lemon juice up in your eye When you pissed all over my black kettle" -> I heard someone say "weeping indigo" could mean blood, i.e. deaths from the hypocricy and war, "lemon juice in the eye" refers to kicking dirt or lies at someone, while "black kettle" again references "the pot calling the
You were always around me Where are you now I need you now If you were around It would be alright Living on my own I know I'm to blame I'm locked in my chains And you're free Fallen like a stone I'm down on the ground I'm tied up and bound And you're free I don't miss all the fun that we had You were always around me Where are you now I need
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