Overall about difficult moments of disappointment and vulnerability. Having hope and longing, while remaining optimistic for the future. Encourages the belief that with each new morning there is a chance for things to improve.
The chorus offers a glimmer of optimism and a chance at a resolution and redemption in the future.
Captures the rollercoaster of emotions of feeling lost while loving someone who is not there for you, feeling let down and abandoned while waiting for a lover. Lost with no direction, "Now I'm up in the air with the rain in my hair, Nowhere to go, I can go anywhere"
The bridge shows signs of longing and a plea for companionship. The Lyrics express a desire for authentic connection and the importance of Loving someone just as they are. "Just in passing, I'm not asking. That you be anyone but you”
Oh baby, now let's get down tonight
Baby, I'm hot just like your oven
Woah, I need your lovin'
And baby, I can't hold it much longer
Now it's getting stronger and stronger
And when I get this feeling
I need sexual healing, sexual healing
It makes me feel so fine
It helps to relieve the mind
Sexual healing, is good for me
Sexual healing is something
That is so very good for me
Whenever these blue teardrops are falling
Oh no, and my emotional stability is leaving me
But there is something I can do
Oh, I can get on the telephone or call you up, baby
Darling, I know you'll be there to relieve me
The love you give to me will free me
So if you don't know the things you're dealing
Woah, I can tell you darling, oh, it's sexual healing
Get up, get up, get up, get up
Let's make love tonight
Wake up, wake up, wake up, wake up
'Cause you do it right
Heal me, my darling
Heal me, my darling
Heal me, my darling
Heal me, my darling
Baby, you know I got sick this morning
Woah, a sea was storming up inside of me
Baby, I think I'm capsizing
Oh, the waves are rising
And when I get this feeling
I want sexual healing
Sexual healing
It makes me feel so fine, it's such a rush
It helps to relieve the mind, Lord, it's good for us
Sexual healing is good for me
Sexual healing is something so, so good for me
Oh, it's so good for us, oh, it's so good to me, my baby
Woah-woah-woah
Just grab a hold, come take control
Of my body and mind, soon we'll be making love, honey
Hope we do it fine
You're my medicine
Open up and let me in
Oh, darling, darling, you're so great
I can't wait for you to operate, uh
(Heal me, my darling) I can't wait for you to operate
(Heal me, my darling) I can't wait for you to operate
(Heal me, darling) I can't wait for you to heal me
Heal me, my darling
Heal me, my darling
(Heal me, my darling) I can't wait for you to
(Heal me, my darling) oh baby, whenever these blue teardrops are falling
(Heal me, darling) you know I could call in
(Heal me) my darling
Baby, I'm hot just like your oven
Woah, I need your lovin'
And baby, I can't hold it much longer
Now it's getting stronger and stronger
And when I get this feeling
I need sexual healing, sexual healing
It makes me feel so fine
It helps to relieve the mind
Sexual healing, is good for me
Sexual healing is something
That is so very good for me
Whenever these blue teardrops are falling
Oh no, and my emotional stability is leaving me
But there is something I can do
Oh, I can get on the telephone or call you up, baby
Darling, I know you'll be there to relieve me
The love you give to me will free me
So if you don't know the things you're dealing
Woah, I can tell you darling, oh, it's sexual healing
Get up, get up, get up, get up
Let's make love tonight
Wake up, wake up, wake up, wake up
'Cause you do it right
Heal me, my darling
Heal me, my darling
Heal me, my darling
Heal me, my darling
Baby, you know I got sick this morning
Woah, a sea was storming up inside of me
Baby, I think I'm capsizing
Oh, the waves are rising
And when I get this feeling
I want sexual healing
Sexual healing
It makes me feel so fine, it's such a rush
It helps to relieve the mind, Lord, it's good for us
Sexual healing is good for me
Sexual healing is something so, so good for me
Oh, it's so good for us, oh, it's so good to me, my baby
Woah-woah-woah
Just grab a hold, come take control
Of my body and mind, soon we'll be making love, honey
Hope we do it fine
You're my medicine
Open up and let me in
Oh, darling, darling, you're so great
I can't wait for you to operate, uh
(Heal me, my darling) I can't wait for you to operate
(Heal me, my darling) I can't wait for you to operate
(Heal me, darling) I can't wait for you to heal me
Heal me, my darling
Heal me, my darling
(Heal me, my darling) I can't wait for you to
(Heal me, my darling) oh baby, whenever these blue teardrops are falling
(Heal me, darling) you know I could call in
(Heal me) my darling
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Sexual Healing Lyrics as written by Marvin Gaye David Ritz
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