Analysis of I'm Live'n Here In Texas With My Broken Heart
You told me that you loved me down in Monterrey
When we were drink'n margaritas on a sunny day
But then you got a call and had to go away
Because you said you loved another out in San Jose
I'm set'n here a think'n that I'd rather be
Somewhere in Southern California with you hold'n me
You know I'm have'n trouble get'n over you
I don't know why I'm always hurt'n and a feel'n blue
I think I love you better since we've been apart
And I'm a live'n here in Texas with my broken heart
I'm have'n trouble sleep'n since you've been away
And I'm a miss'n all your love'n every night and day
So here I am in Texas and I'm miss'n you
And I'm a wish'n and a hope'n you would love me too
You left me for another and you had to go
The day you left my heart a break'n down in Mexico
I think I love you better since we've been apart
And I'm a live'n here in Texas with my broken heart
I'm have'n trouble sleep'n since you've been away
And I'm a miss'n all you love'n every night and day
| Scheme | aaaa bbcc DDAa ccee DDAa |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Quatrain |
| Metre | 11111111001 1101101010101 111101011101 0111110101011 111101111101 101001011111 111111011101 1111111100111 111111011101 01011101011101 111101111101 010111111100101 111101001111 01011001111111 111101001111 0111110111010 111111011101 01011101011101 111101111101 010111111100101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic heptameter |
| Characters | 954 |
| Words | 199 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 5 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4, 4 |
| Lines Amount | 20 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 37 |
| Words per line (avg) | 10 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 147 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 40 |
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Submitted on May 01, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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