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No Questions Asked Lyrics

When I see him, I feel him
There's an intenseness
In him, in his eyes
He wants me to be with him
He wants me with him now

She just seems to be missing
How could that happen anyhow?

So how can you say
Well, I don't know what love is
You haven't and you have no time for it
You feel completely indifferent
You feel pushed up against the wall
And then one day it just almost goes away
You spend lots of time alone
Sometimes you spend years
And you just miss those arms that used to go around you

Night after night,
No questions asked and
Who cares, the cold wind of it all, everytime
Well, it's hard to be civil and it's
Real hard to be nice
But you did it, my love, everytime

So how can you say, well, I can't see you
Not now, not tomorrow, not until it's right
Not until
None of us is pushed up against the wall
I don't know, the cold wind doesn't get you anymore

So today she says, "well, I've changed my mind"
That's a woman's right, they say
Well, I'm frightened and I'm lost and I
Can't give you up, not now, I need you now
I'm broken-hearted, broke down
Like a little girl
Well, I need you now, well, I'm broken hearted
Well, I broke down, like a little girl

(I need you now no questions asked)
Well I broke down like a little girl
(I need you now no questions asked)
I broke down like a little girl
(Need you now no questions asked)
I broke down like a little girl
Well like a little girl
(Need you now no questions asked)
Like a little girl
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Submitted by
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This song always has a whiny, bratty quality to it when listened to. I think that was the point though. That Stevie wants her lover and wants him now. She wants to play the role of the little girl and her lover as a sort of comforting father figure to her. I could get into corny pop Freudian psychology on this, but that would be overkill... Strangely, I still like the song.

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The song was written about Lindsey Buckingham like the majority of Stevie's songs are. You have to understand the history between Stevie and Lindsey and then you'll began to understand the meaning of their songs, which tend to be about each other. The song, "No Questions Asked" is no exception. The time period was 1988 and Lindsey had left the band only months earlier mid -1987, after the completion of the "Tango in the Night" album. His departure from Fleetwood Mac was an acrimonious one and by all accounts it got physical between Stevie and Lindsey. Needless to say the animosity between them would wane, as indicated by Lindsey's appearance at Mick Fleetwood's wedding in April / 1988. Lindsey and Stevie posed for a photograph at the wedding and it was clear the two had made amends. This is also the time period, when Stevie's health and personal life would be in shambles. She was plagued with drug and alcohol abuse, along with depression. Her escape was her song writing, which often took her back to happier times, when her and Lindsey were a happy couple living together in the late 60's and early 70's (in San Francisco). They had nothing but each other and had remained that way for the better part of 7 years, before joining Fleetwood Mac. The song "No Questions Asked" are about the moments, when Stevie simply misses Lindsey being around. How she can't escape his "hold on her," and the same could be said about Lindsey too. The two could go years without speaking but always tend to gravitate back to one another, which is exactly what happened in 1993. Fleetwood Mac was offered a chance to play at the President Clinton's inauguration but the problem was Lindsey was no longer part the band and the Clintons wanted the "core" five (Mick, John, Christine, Stevie, and Lindsey) present. It was Stevie, who convinced Lindsey to play at the inauguration, which at first Lindsey said no, but Stevie threatened that she would never speak to him again, if he ruined this opportunity for her. Lindsey conceded. Stevie's song "Blue Denim" describes how, after the inauguration concert was over, Lindsey departed without really saying a word. These two have been continuing their "doomed" love affair through their music, which Stevie has described as a testament to their love for each other. In 1997, Lindsey would rejoin the band for the album "The Dance." They (Fleetwood Mac) would go on to release another album in 2003 "Say You Will" (without Christine McVie, who retired but would come back in 2014). And of course, Lindsey would be fired from the band in 2018, after Stevie gave the band an ultimatum "Lindsey or me," they chose the latter. Apparently, Lindsey and Stevie had gotten into yet another dispute over, who knows what, but it was serious enough to get Lindsey Fired. SOOOOOO, here we go again!

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OMG This song is amazing! I remember listening to it as a kid, and not really knowing the meaning...but now, oh it means so much to me. It reminds me of me and my husband before we got married, we were lovers and sneaking around behind closed doors cus I was taken at the time...and he had never had this kind of relationship before..."Well, I don't know what love is You haven't and you have no time for it You feel completely indifferent"...and he tolerated me and my ex for the longest time..."Well, it's hard to be civil and it's Real hard to be nice But you did it, my love, everytime"....and then after a while I ended up leaving my guy and being with him instead..."So today she says, "well, I've changed my mind" That's a woman's right, ..." This song is just packed full with emotion...and I think that it does have something to do with seeing someone else while being attatched, and she wants her lover now and right then, with no questions asked. AMAZING SONG

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OMG This song is amazing! I remember listening to it as a kid, and not really knowing the meaning...but now, oh it means so much to me. It reminds me of me and my husband before we got married, we were lovers and sneaking around behind closed doors cus I was taken at the time...and he had never had this kind of relationship before..."Well, I don't know what love is You haven't and you have no time for it You feel completely indifferent"...and he tolerated me and my ex for the longest time..."Well, it's hard to be civil and it's Real hard to be nice But you did it, my love, everytime"....and then after a while I ended up leaving my guy and being with him instead..."So today she says, "well, I've changed my mind" That's a woman's right, ..." This song is just packed full with emotion...and I think that it does have something to do with seeing someone else while being attatched, and she wants her lover now and right then, with no questions asked. AMAZING SONG

Cover art for No Questions Asked lyrics by Fleetwood Mac

OMG This song is amazing! I remember listening to it as a kid, and not really knowing the meaning...but now, oh it means so much to me. It reminds me of me and my husband before we got married, we were lovers and sneaking around behind closed doors cus I was taken at the time...and he had never had this kind of relationship before..."Well, I don't know what love is You haven't and you have no time for it You feel completely indifferent"...and he tolerated me and my ex for the longest time..."Well, it's hard to be civil and it's Real hard to be nice But you did it, my love, everytime"....and then after a while I ended up leaving my guy and being with him instead..."So today she says, "well, I've changed my mind" That's a woman's right, ..." This song is just packed full with emotion...and I think that it does have something to do with seeing someone else while being attatched, and she wants her lover now and right then, with no questions asked. AMAZING SONG

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He is married but his wife has left him so they fall in love. Wife comes back - her right to change her mind, leaving the singer broken hearted and alone, wanting him back.

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I have read that this song can be about Tom Petty. And what would prove it are the lines "I broke down like a little girl" that would refer to Dylan's "Just Like a Woman" and Dylan and Petty were touring together and Stevie was with them then. But I cannot tell what I personally think about this song because I don't get this lyrics much :P I mean it's even fine but too cryptic for me and I cannot find a clue what it would be about. Some verses may be really about Petty but that's all :P