Do We Really Listen To Lyrics?

For almost all of my life, I've listened to the country favorite, You Are My Sunshine. Nice little ditty, innocuous, not special, just pleasant. Part of one verse caught my attention today. Here are the lines that caused me to bolt upright:

But if you leave me and love another,

You'll regret it some day.

I realize that each of us has a different interpretation about song lyrics. This is mine about those words. I hear a threat, the possibility of abuse. He's telling her that if she leaves, she's going to regret it one day because he's not going to let her go peacefully. Yes, I know that people who grew up in dysfunctional families look at things differently and perhaps that's at play here. Whatever, I hadn't really heard -- understood -- those lyrics before. Now that I have, I'll cringe every time I hear the song.

My husband, on the other hand, thinks the man's saying if the woman leaves him, she will see that she made a mistake and regret that mistake in the future. No abuse, no threat. I appreciate his interpretation. I just don't agree with it. What are your thoughts, Clive?