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Do You Wanna Hold Me Lyrics

Children, I want to warn ya, 'cause I've been to California
Where Mickey Mouse is such a demon, where Mickey Mouse is as big as a house
Life is wasted on illusions, Tom and Jerry's my solution
Evil gangs will cut the demons, but I belong some real boy, look around
And I cry all night, do you want to hold me, hold me tight
Do you want to hold me, oh yeah, do you want to hold me, hold me there
Children, you got to hand me, you just got to understand me
Love and death ain't no physical thing
'cause making next ain't no one of 'em
And I cry all night, do you want to hold me, hold me tight
Do you want to hold me, oh yeah, do you want to hold me, hold me there
Do you want to
And I cry all night, do you want to hold me, hold me tight
Do you want to hold me, oh yeah, do you want to hold me, hold me there
And I cry all night, there ain't no more confusion in the night
There's someone there to tell me what is right
Do you want to hold me, hold me tight
And I cry all night, there's only one solution to this life
There's someone there to tell me what it's like
Do you want to hold me, oh yeah, do you want to hold me, oh yeah
Do you want to hold me, hold me there
Do you want to hold me, oh yeah
Do you want to hold me, oh yeah
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One of many overlooked bands of the 80s. They were pretty good.

Cover art for Do You Wanna Hold Me lyrics by Bow Wow Wow

I believe that " but I belong some real boy, look around" should say "Pinocchio's a real boy! Liberate him!" There's a couple of other lines that appear wrong as well. I'm just saying. This is one of my favorite songs.

Cover art for Do You Wanna Hold Me lyrics by Bow Wow Wow

Too bad they were seen as a gimmick by most. They really could play! This song is a good example of that though not the best.

Cover art for Do You Wanna Hold Me lyrics by Bow Wow Wow

She could really sing

Cover art for Do You Wanna Hold Me lyrics by Bow Wow Wow

Lots of people credit this band as being great. Fact is, the production on their songs was fantastic! Listen to the sound of the lead voice - wonderfully produced to make excellent pop music! The guitar sound, the drums, all the music is tailored in production. Terrific work. As I understand it, the producer was kind of a jerk. Still, he helped make this band a great wonder.

@MaximumDepth

Who was the producer? Malcolm McClaren or someone else?

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Unable to submit edits, but I am pretty sure there are just a few lines that aren’t right:

Life is wasted on illusions, Tom and Jerry's NO SOLUTION, EVIL GAMES FOR CARTOON DEMONS, PINOCCHIO’S a real boy, look around

Children, you got to HEAR me, you just got to understand me, Love and death ain't no physical thing 'cause MICKEY MOUSE, HE DON’T WANNA KNOW

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It seems strange to me that with a band as incredible as Bow Wow Wow, people are posting comments about their lesser known tunes. Nothing against songs like this one - but powerful agit-prop jungle-rock like W.O.R.K. is not even listed here. And no one has even posted on "Go Wild in the Country".

So I will take it upon myself to post a YouTube here:

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"Demolition of the work ethic - takes us to the age of the Primitive" Oh dear. I think she was right on that one... "WORK - O - R - Kuh N-O..." (this song is so out there - total madness. COMPLETELY wrong and amoral in its philosophy - yet chillingly prophetic of welfare-state urban societal breakdown.
It was also spoken word/rap before these things were mainstream. And sung by such a sexy mysterious Burmese girl. Always makes me think of Kipling's "On the Road to Mandalay". BWW will always have a place in my heart. ☺ ♥ ☻

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@NomadMonad - The primitive worked for his food, not for petty greed. Meanwhile, in the modern era, we cannot separate our greed from our need. We all compete with each other for things when time is the most important resource of all yet it is wasted on useless work. Folks who decry the welfare state 99.9999% of the time fail to acknowledge that modern society does not need most of the current work that is done if resources are allocated efficiently. Think about all the man hours done working on marketing. Then consider marketing campaign analysis. I have done this...

@NomadMonad

Very interesting & strange that you relate this to big Pharma, since TODAY my son had reps from the Pharma industry promoting Pharmacology degrees to his HS biology class.

I don't disagree with you. I was simply relating the McLarenesque lyrics of W.O.R.K.to actual scenes I have witnessed as a social-worker in an American city where there is very high welfare dependency.

[But people like you demand that . . .]

Not sure what you mean. Who are the "people like me"? Other BowWowWow fans? ☺

Anyway thanks for responding with thought-provoking questions.

 
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