She was a fast machine
She kept her motor clean
She was the best damn woman that I ever seen
She had the sightless eyes
Telling me no lies
Knocking me out with those American thighs
Taking more than her share
Had me fighting for air
She told me to come, but I was already there
'Cause the walls start shaking
The earth was quaking
My mind was aching
And we were making it and you

Shook me all night long
Yeah, you shook me all night long

Working double time
On the seduction line
She was one of a kind, she's just mine all mine
Wanted no applause
Just another course
Made a meal outta me, and come back for more
Had to cool me down
To take another round
Now I'm back in the ring to take another swing
That the walls were shaking
The earth was quaking
My mind was aching
And we were making it and you

Shook me all night long
Yeah, you shook me all night long
It knocked me out that you
Shook me all night long
You had me shaking it
You shook me all night long
Yeah, you shook me
Well, you took me

You really took me and you
Shook me all night long
Oh, you
Shook me all night long
Yeah, yeah, you
Shook me all night long
You really got me and you
Shook me all night long
Yeah, you shook me
Yeah, you shook me
All night long


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You Shook Me All Night Long Lyrics as written by Angus Mckinnon Young Brian Johnson

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    This song is not about sleeping with a hot chick. It's about fantasizing about sleeping with a hot chick. Sorry folks, but You Shook Me All Night Long is about masturbation, plain and simple.

    Brian Johnson has said in several interviews that this song was inspired by images of American women he saw while recording the Back In Black album in the Bahamas. When you think about it, that totally explains a few odd lines in the song that have had people scratching their heads. For example, "sightless eyes, telling me no lies" makes sense when you know he's looking at a picture of a woman. She can't see and tell lies because she's only a paper image.

    Like any fantasy, he's imagining she's speaking to him when he says things like "she told me to come...", but the problem is, she's not real. That's why he says "best damn woman that I've ever seen" and not "best I've been with".

    Another curious thing about this song is the way he sings the verses about someone else (she was...), but sings the chorus directly to someone (you shook me...). He's either singing about two different people, or he's singing about somone else, then he switches to singing about himself. The masturbation scenario supports the latter. Now that I know the truth about this song, I can't help but laugh my ass off every time I hear the chorus. He's having his penis sing back to him saying, "you shook me all night long"!

    mike117685on January 30, 2015   Link

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