The song lyrics were written by the band Van Halen, as they were asked to write a song for the 1979 movie "Over the Edge" starring Matt Dillon. The movie (and the lyrics, although more obliquely) are about bored, rebellious youth with nothing better to do than get into trouble. If you see the movie, these lyrics will make more sense. It's a great movie if you grew up in the 70s/80s you'll definitely remember some of these characters from your own life. Fun fact, after writing the song, Van Halen decided not to let the movie use it.
There you go in all your beautiful glory
Messing with my head like you always did
I'm thinking things I don't want to say
And I can't breathe
What do I have to tell you girl
So you won't leave
Tell me what I want to hear
I don't care if you're lying baby
I just want to feel you touch me right now
Go ahead and call it love
Tomorrow you can deny it baby
Kiss me again, let me pretend
That it's not wrong
Baby, lead me on
I wanna touch your skin, I wanna taste it
I wanna feel that love like we used to make it
I don't care if we go nowhere
You're all I see
One more night with you
Is all I need, yeah
Tell me what I want to hear
I don't care if you're lying baby
I just want to feel you touch me right now
Go ahead and call it love
Tomorrow you can deny it baby
Kiss me again, let me pretend
That it's not wrong
Baby, lead me on
But I know what you want
I know what you need
I know when I'm gone
You'll still think of me
You know what I want
You know what I need
I know when you're gone
You won't even think about me
Tell me what I want to hear
I don't care if you're lying baby
I just want to feel you touch me right now
So go ahead and call it love
Tomorrow you can deny it baby
Whisper my name, baby no shame
Is it so wrong?
Baby, lead me on
I know what you want
I know what you need
I know when I'm gone
You won't even think about me
I know what you want
I know what you need
Won't you know, you know, know
You won't even think about me
I know what you want
I know what you need
Baby, oh
Baby lead me on
Messing with my head like you always did
I'm thinking things I don't want to say
And I can't breathe
What do I have to tell you girl
So you won't leave
Tell me what I want to hear
I don't care if you're lying baby
I just want to feel you touch me right now
Go ahead and call it love
Tomorrow you can deny it baby
Kiss me again, let me pretend
That it's not wrong
Baby, lead me on
I wanna touch your skin, I wanna taste it
I wanna feel that love like we used to make it
I don't care if we go nowhere
You're all I see
One more night with you
Is all I need, yeah
Tell me what I want to hear
I don't care if you're lying baby
I just want to feel you touch me right now
Go ahead and call it love
Tomorrow you can deny it baby
Kiss me again, let me pretend
That it's not wrong
Baby, lead me on
But I know what you want
I know what you need
I know when I'm gone
You'll still think of me
You know what I want
You know what I need
I know when you're gone
You won't even think about me
Tell me what I want to hear
I don't care if you're lying baby
I just want to feel you touch me right now
So go ahead and call it love
Tomorrow you can deny it baby
Whisper my name, baby no shame
Is it so wrong?
Baby, lead me on
I know what you want
I know what you need
I know when I'm gone
You won't even think about me
I know what you want
I know what you need
Won't you know, you know, know
You won't even think about me
I know what you want
I know what you need
Baby, oh
Baby lead me on
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Lead Me On Lyrics as written by Christopher Garfield Bentley Ben Glover
Lyrics © Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
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LOVE the song, but have one question, Rachel and Tom sings this song, but towards the end, Cheyenne sings "You know what I want, you know what I need I know when you're gone, you won't even think about me"
my question is why does Cheyenne sing that part? is the guy cheating on one of them or something? thats one thing that i dont understand. hope that made sense to everyone, haha.
at the end, the lyrics are
"Whisper my name, baby no shame Is it so wrong,"
not BUT its so wrong.
pretty much sums up my situation right about now. It's that feeling you get when you like someone so much that you'd give anything for them. In my situation I believe that he's just leading me on but all my friends say that there's something between us. So I'm hoping the words that Tom sings are how he feels about me because I know that what Rachel sings are how I feel.
i love this song, the band really captures the typical emotions it sings about so well. the song itself is pretty self-explanitory: a boy is in a relationship with a girl who doesn't really want to be in the relationship anymore and he wants one more night with her. it doesn't matter to him if she forgets him the next morning, he believes that one more night with her will be enough to sustain him. i love the bridge where he is trying to convince himself that she will still think about him after she leaves and then admitting to the lie. this is such a great song, full of meaning and emotion. love it =]