This is a sequel to 2001's "Reckless Abandon", and features the band looking back on their clumsy youth fondly.
Sugar, sugar
She sits alone waiting for suggestions
He's so nervous avoiding all the questions
His lips are dry, her heart is gently pounding
Don't you just know exactly what they're thinking
If you want my body and you think I'm sexy
come on sugar let me know.
If you really need me just reach out and touch me
come on honey tell me so
Tell me so baby
He's acting shy looking for an answer
Come on honey let's spend the night together
Now hold on a minute before we go much further
Give me a dime so I can phone my mother
They catch a cab to his high rise apartment
At last he can tell her exactly what his heart meant
If you want my body and you think I'm sexy
come on honey tell me so
If you really need me just reach out and touch me
come on sugar let me know
His heart's beating like a drum
'cos at last he's got this girl home
Relax baby now we are alone
They wake at dawn 'cos all the birds are singing
Two total strangers but that ain't what they're thinking
Outside it's cold, misty and it's raining
They got each other neither one's complaining
He say's I sorry but I'm out of milk and coffee
Never mind sugar we can watch the early movie
If you want my body and you think I'm sexy
come on sugar let me know
If you really need me just reach out and touch me
come on honey tell me so
If you really need me just reach out and touch me
come on sugar let me know
If you really, really, really, really need me
just let me know
Just reach out and touch me
If you really want me
just reach out and touch me
come on sugar let me know
If you really need me just reach out and touch me
come on sugar let me know
If you, if you, if you really need me
just come on and tell me so
She sits alone waiting for suggestions
He's so nervous avoiding all the questions
His lips are dry, her heart is gently pounding
Don't you just know exactly what they're thinking
If you want my body and you think I'm sexy
come on sugar let me know.
If you really need me just reach out and touch me
come on honey tell me so
Tell me so baby
He's acting shy looking for an answer
Come on honey let's spend the night together
Now hold on a minute before we go much further
Give me a dime so I can phone my mother
They catch a cab to his high rise apartment
At last he can tell her exactly what his heart meant
If you want my body and you think I'm sexy
come on honey tell me so
If you really need me just reach out and touch me
come on sugar let me know
His heart's beating like a drum
'cos at last he's got this girl home
Relax baby now we are alone
They wake at dawn 'cos all the birds are singing
Two total strangers but that ain't what they're thinking
Outside it's cold, misty and it's raining
They got each other neither one's complaining
He say's I sorry but I'm out of milk and coffee
Never mind sugar we can watch the early movie
If you want my body and you think I'm sexy
come on sugar let me know
If you really need me just reach out and touch me
come on honey tell me so
If you really need me just reach out and touch me
come on sugar let me know
If you really, really, really, really need me
just let me know
Just reach out and touch me
If you really want me
just reach out and touch me
come on sugar let me know
If you really need me just reach out and touch me
come on sugar let me know
If you, if you, if you really need me
just come on and tell me so
Lyrics submitted by kevin
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LOL that shows how old the song is-"give me a dime,so I can call my mother"... And who doesn't have coffee?!! OMygrannyapples,I ask ya?!!
When I first heard the song, I was one of those people who thought he was singing it about himself. lol. Anyway, once I heard all the lyrics, I thought the song was great. I love how it tells a story. I don't think it's entirely a one night stand, though, because she doesn't cut and run the next morning. Plus, all these lyrics like "they got each other" hints that a relationship is going to develop. Either way, it is an awesome song and I often sing it to friends as a joke.
Agree with every word you said!! :) This is why this song is so great!
Makes me wanna get a Halston dress and shiny silver lame heels and go disco.;)
i like it...we've all been there before...meetin' some chick (or guy)...and you like them...but are afraid to make the first move...and you hope they will...but they don't
and you are just waiting for something to happen that will tell you her intentions for sure...ya know?
mmmm funky... i love this shite
Controversy came over this song when some stupid people only listened to the chorus and thought that Rod Stewart was talking about himself. If you analyze the lyrics, you'll see it's told in the third-person, about OTHER people.
i love singing it to random people who havent heard it
amen
Right on! :)
pretty cool song w/:
come on honey tell me so If you really need me just reach out and touch me come on sugar let me know '
even i'm not a fan.
ahh... i sing this song when i'm in the shower.
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