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Baby, It's Tonight Lyrics
Won't you pick up the phone,
Cause I know that you're home
Too many words have not been said
For us to be livin' alone
Now all of the fighting
All of the tears
They don't matter now
Another night falls
Dark and lonely
You're the only one that
I can turn to
[Chorus]
If I ever needed your arms to hold me,
Baby, it's tonight
If I ever needed your eyes to heal me,
Baby, it's tonight
So come hold me close
And show me that you still care
Let's take it to where it all began
And start again from there
Cause there's no way out
As far as I can tell
I'm walking in a world of strangers
You're the only one that really knows me
[Chorus: x2]
Baby, it's tonight
Oh won't you please,
Please pick up the phone
Don't leave me to face this world,
All alone
Take some time,
Oh yea, 'cause
Baby, it's tonight.
If I ever needed your eyes to heal me,
Baby, it's tonight.
[Chorus]
Baby, it's tonight.
Baby, it's tonight.
Baby, it's tonight.
Cause I know that you're home
Too many words have not been said
For us to be livin' alone
Now all of the fighting
All of the tears
They don't matter now
Dark and lonely
You're the only one that
I can turn to
If I ever needed your arms to hold me,
Baby, it's tonight
If I ever needed your eyes to heal me,
Baby, it's tonight
And show me that you still care
Let's take it to where it all began
And start again from there
Cause there's no way out
As far as I can tell
You're the only one that really knows me
Oh won't you please,
Please pick up the phone
All alone
Oh yea, 'cause
If I ever needed your eyes to heal me,
Baby, it's tonight.
Baby, it's tonight.
Baby, it's tonight.
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As with most '80s & '90s pop music, the video tells a different story than the lyrics. The video is your standard-issue MTV-era pop music video: The singer/band playing guitar in one or more locations (bedroom/hotel room, beside a pool, and usually walking down a street somewhere in L.A.) with random shots of a sexy woman edited in with no apparent rhyme or reason because she was probably the video producer's girlfriend. And the whole thing screams "I need a hookup baby! It's tonight!"
But the lyrics tell a much different story.
"Too many words have not been said for us to be living alone."
He's trying to reconcile with his ex. He feels like she won't give him a chance to talk it out. He probably did something to piss her off, and tried to explain but she didn't want to hear it. Maybe it's happened before and she's sick of his excuses, so she left him.
"You're the only one I can turn to. If I ever needed your arms to hold me, baby it's tonight."
Either depression is setting in, or some personal tragedy has happened and he really needs someone to talk to, and he feels like she's the "only one [he] can turn to". And tonight more than ever he needs her company.
"Now all of the fighting, and all of the tears, they don't matter now." "Let's take it to where it all began and start again from there."
Yeah, there's some baggage between them, but he wants to put that behind them and get back to what drew them together in the first place. Start over. Clean slate. (He probably screwed up one too many times. Been there, dude!)
"I'm walkin' in a world of strangers, and you're the only one who really knows me."
They were probably together for a long time, maybe had been friends before entering into a relationship, and he feels like she's the only person in the world who "gets" him.
"So won't you please, please pick up the phone. Don't leave me to face this world all alone."
He's hurting, and feels abandoned. He knows she's ignoring him, and he's desperately trying to get her attention to try and talk things out.
TL;DR: This is a plea to an ex for reconciliation.