Overall about difficult moments of disappointment and vulnerability. Having hope and longing, while remaining optimistic for the future. Encourages the belief that with each new morning there is a chance for things to improve.
The chorus offers a glimmer of optimism and a chance at a resolution and redemption in the future.
Captures the rollercoaster of emotions of feeling lost while loving someone who is not there for you, feeling let down and abandoned while waiting for a lover. Lost with no direction, "Now I'm up in the air with the rain in my hair, Nowhere to go, I can go anywhere"
The bridge shows signs of longing and a plea for companionship. The Lyrics express a desire for authentic connection and the importance of Loving someone just as they are. "Just in passing, I'm not asking. That you be anyone but you”
She walks in through the screen door, wearin' a cotton dress
That gets my imagination up and runnin'
Slips it off to reveal a suntan that she got in Barbados
With her friends while they were summer sunnin'
I think, I'll acquire
A previous commitment
Hold all my calls
Everyone can wait a minute
Man, that girl is so fine
She just blows my mind
All she does is smile
And gets my motor runnin'
She don't need Dolce and Gabbana
I'm her biggest fan
When she's wearin'
Nothin' but a suntan
She's the kind of girl your mama warned you about
When you see her walkin' by, you stop for green lights
She's cool, air conditioned all the time
No need to chill her wine, she's that fine, that's right
No Prada or Gucci clothes
No, that don't get it
She don't need a mink coat
So just forget it
Man, that girl is so fine
She just blows my mind
All she does is smile
And gets my motor runnin'
She don't need Dolce & Gabbana
I'm her biggest fan
When she's wearin'
Nothin' but a suntan
Man, that girl is so fine
She just blows my mind
All she does is smile
And gets my motor runnin'
She don't need Dolce and Gabbana
I'm her biggest fan
When she's wearin'
Nothin' but a suntan
Man, that girl is so fine
She just blows my mind
All she does is smile
And gets my motor runnin'
She don't need Dolce and Gabbana
I'm her biggest fan
When she's wearin'
Nothin' but a suntan
Yeah, that girl is so fine
All she does is smile
And gets my motor runnin'
Yeah, nothin' but a suntan
Oh yeah, nothin' but a suntan
That gets my imagination up and runnin'
Slips it off to reveal a suntan that she got in Barbados
With her friends while they were summer sunnin'
I think, I'll acquire
A previous commitment
Hold all my calls
Everyone can wait a minute
Man, that girl is so fine
She just blows my mind
All she does is smile
And gets my motor runnin'
She don't need Dolce and Gabbana
I'm her biggest fan
When she's wearin'
Nothin' but a suntan
She's the kind of girl your mama warned you about
When you see her walkin' by, you stop for green lights
She's cool, air conditioned all the time
No need to chill her wine, she's that fine, that's right
No Prada or Gucci clothes
No, that don't get it
She don't need a mink coat
So just forget it
Man, that girl is so fine
She just blows my mind
All she does is smile
And gets my motor runnin'
She don't need Dolce & Gabbana
I'm her biggest fan
When she's wearin'
Nothin' but a suntan
Man, that girl is so fine
She just blows my mind
All she does is smile
And gets my motor runnin'
She don't need Dolce and Gabbana
I'm her biggest fan
When she's wearin'
Nothin' but a suntan
Man, that girl is so fine
She just blows my mind
All she does is smile
And gets my motor runnin'
She don't need Dolce and Gabbana
I'm her biggest fan
When she's wearin'
Nothin' but a suntan
Yeah, that girl is so fine
All she does is smile
And gets my motor runnin'
Yeah, nothin' but a suntan
Oh yeah, nothin' but a suntan
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Nothin' But a Suntan Lyrics as written by James Thomas Slater
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