Comments on: Josephine Baker sings “After I Say I’m Sorry” https://sorrywatch.com/josephine-baker-sings-after-i-say-im-sorry/ Analyzing apologies in the news, media, history and literature. We condemn the bad and exalt the good. Fri, 07 Aug 2020 03:21:26 +0000 hourly 1 By: Sumac https://sorrywatch.com/josephine-baker-sings-after-i-say-im-sorry/#comment-1677 Wed, 30 Jan 2013 17:41:13 +0000 https://sorrywatch.com/?p=911#comment-1677 The lyrics are:

I don’t know why, I made you cry
I’m sorry sweetheart and yet
Although you shouldn’t be so lenient with me
I’ll try to forgive and forget

But tell me, what can I say, after I say I’m sorry?
What can I do to prove it to you, I’m sorry?
I didn’t mean to ever be mean to you you you you you
If I didn’t care I wouldn’t feel like I do do do do
I was all wrong but right or wrong I don’t blame you
Why should I take somebody like you and shame you
I know that I made you cry, and I’m so sorry dear
But what can I say, dear, after I say I’m sorry?

What can I say, dear, after I say I’m sorry?
What can I do to prove it to you, I’m sorry?
I didn’t mean to ever be mean to you you you you
If I didn’t care I wouldn’t feel like I do do do do do
I was all wrong but right or wrong I don’t blame you
Why should I take somebody like you and shame you ?
I know that I made you cry, and I’m so sorry dear
But what can I say, dear, after I say I’m sorry?

The first line suggests she doesn’t know why the other person is upset. If so, no wonder things get confusing.

She doesn’t know what to say. What to do? She appears to fall back on tap-dancing.

Works for me.

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