Fats Waller's

2 Pages 405 Words

Ain’t Misbehavin’

No one to talk to; all by myself;
no one to walk with,
But I'm happy on the shelf.

Ain't misbehaving
I'm saving my love for you.
I know for certain the one I love.
I'm through with flirting
It's just you that I'm thinking of.

Ain't misbehaving
I'm saving my love for you.

Like Jack Horner in the corner-don't go nowhere
What do I care?
Your kisses are worth waiting for, believe me.

I don't stay out late, don't care to go
I'm home about eight. Just me and my radio.

Ain't misbehaving, I'm saving my love for you.


This is a first person narrator and can be a man or woman singing the song because it is simply talking about not “misbehavin’” on their significant other. The narrator is speaking seriously about missing their significant other; thinking about them, writing a letter or talking to their loved one directly. The speaker is sad and is waiting for their loved one to return. The speaker wants the object of their love to know that they will stay faithful and that there is no need to worry about them going behind their back with someone else.
The speaker makes reference to Jack Horner and I have no idea who that man is so this song must be written quite a long time ago. The last line also makes a reference to a radio, which means this song was definitely written before television because the reference would have been television instead of radio.
The lyrics hint at a possible incident or incidents of unfaithfulness because the speaker would not be singing this sad song about being faithful if there was not an incident. The speaker is also trying to convince their loved on that they are their one and only love and even though there has been “flirting” there will not be anymore. “I know for certain the one I love. I'm through with flirting. It's just you that I'm thinking of.” Whether or not their loved one will believe them is another song, but it does seem like t...