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Be for Real Lyrics
Are you back in my life to stay
Or is it just for today
Oh that you're gonna need me?
If it's a thrill you're looking for
Honey, I'm flexible. Oh, yeah
Just be for real won't you, Baby
Be for real oh, Baby
You see I, I don't want to be hurt by love again
So you see I'm not naive
I just would like to believe
Ah what you tell me
So don't give me the world today
And tomorrow take it away
Don't do that to me, darling
Just be for real won't you, Baby
Be for real won't you, Baby
Been hurt so many times. You see I, I don't want to be hurt by love again
(I don't give a damn about the truth, Baby
Except for the naked truth. Oh yeah)
Just be for real won't you, Baby
Be for real won't you, Baby
You see I, I don't want to be hurt by love again
No, no, no, no
It's just that I, I don't want to be hurt by love again
Thanks for the song Mr. Knight.
Or is it just for today
Oh that you're gonna need me?
If it's a thrill you're looking for
Honey, I'm flexible. Oh, yeah
Be for real oh, Baby
You see I, I don't want to be hurt by love again
I just would like to believe
Ah what you tell me
So don't give me the world today
And tomorrow take it away
Don't do that to me, darling
Be for real won't you, Baby
Except for the naked truth. Oh yeah)
Just be for real won't you, Baby
Be for real won't you, Baby
It's just that I, I don't want to be hurt by love again
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Submitted by
softasfire On Jun 02, 2006
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This would seem to be a straightforward song--the singer wants his sweetheart to 'be for real' as opposed to being false, or perhaps hiding things to protect the beloved. At the same time, he sends mixed messages that seem to say 'don't be for real / because I don't want to be hurt...' Consider the following:
So don't give me the world today And tomorrow take it away. Don't do that to me, darling.
Just be for real won't you, Baby Be for real won't you, Baby
What if, for the beloved, their passions are so volatile that they are being for real when they give and take the world in an instant? What if the beloved does in fact feel ambivalent about whether they need the other?
Are you back in my life to stay Or is it just for today Oh that you're gonna need me?
The speaker claims he can handle the truth, but just as important to the song is the refrain 'I don't want to be hurt by love again'. Near the end, he sums up the contradictory message in a neat package:
(I don't give a damn about the truth, Baby Except for the naked truth. Oh yeah)
Why is this in parentheses? It makes one wonder about whether the speaker is even being 'real' with himself.