Rick Nelson – You Are My Sunshine lyrics

From what I can tell it's about a person who got married, got cheated on and at least attempted suicide. It's very different from what else is here but let me explain. In the first verse it says "you are my sunshine" and "you make me happy when skies are gray" which obviously means the person singing loved someone. They were happy together. But then it says "please don't take my sunshine away" to me that says that sunshine (I will be referring to the one the person loved as sunshine) isn't dead because they are pleading that they aren't taken away. They aren't permanently gone yet. I also see this as there being a threat for lack of a better word. Something that causes this person so worry about loosing sunshine. In the second verse it says "I dreamed I held you in my arms when I awoke dear I was mistaken" meaning that they are gone for some reason. The reason is not specified but I think they are talking about their relationship, not whether they are dead or alive. It is cleared up a bit more in another verse I'll get to soon. It also says "So I hung my head and cried" I'm just speculating and it is a bit of a stretch but it could be referring to the act of hanging ones self as a means of ending their life because of losing sunshine. There is slightly more evidence later in the song. The verse I've mentioned a few times has a lot of evidence to back up my initial claims and it is very important to this interpretation. It says "if you leave me to love another you'll regret it a one day" i see it kind of as something from before the second verse. "If your leave me to love another" could be the person telling sunshine that they will be severely hurt if they are cheated on. (This is where I got the idea that there was cheating going on.) Which leads to the next part. "You'll regret it all one day." And sunshine did. Not because the person singing wanted revenge and did anything violent but because sunshine now had to live with the regret of knowing that because of them, because they left to love another, the person singing has made the decision to end their life. And it was all sunshine's fault. Now I'm not sure if they succeeded because well...they are singing the song. So they aren't dead. I'd say they might have attempted though.

So um yeah that's my little theory/interpretation it's weird and dark but whatever! You can feel free to point out holes or question my logic. You don't have to see it this way either! You can feel free to have your own interpretation! This is just me connecting random dots. Oh and uh...sorry about your childhood. I may have just shattered part of it. (That was a joke. Also I'm pretty sure this follows the rules/tips but if it doesn't I'm really really sorry I wasn't trying to great the rule pls forgive me)