We've Got Tonight

This song is almost a perfect description of a night I spent with a very close female friend of mine. We had been friends for about 5 years, kind of always liked each other but never went beyond friendship. She was going to be leaving for college in less than a week and I knew this would be the last time I would see her before she left and potentionally the last time I would see her for a long time (turned out to be over 10 years). We stayed up all night and watched the sunrise in the morning, and yes, it became a one night stand so to speak. Over 15 years later and I still think of her every time I hear this song.

The best sexual proposition ever set to music.

I love this song. :) To me, it means that there's a guy and girl in this "Now or Never" sort of situation. They've had feelings for each other, but never acted upon them. Now, one of them is going away. The guy(narrator) knows that it's too late, but he wants to just do something about it, so he suggests just being together for the night, and just having the ONE night to themselves. But taht's just my opinion

i serenade people with this song. bob you rock my socks

Definitely the sweetest way to sing about a one-night stand.

I read somewhere that he got the idea for this song from the scene in the movie "The Sting" where Robert Redford hooks up with this lady for one night. He knocks on her door and says it's 2AM (maybe 4AM, I don't remember) and I don't know nobody. Good scene from a good movie and an awesome song.

This song could also be about friends crossing the line. If you find yourself in that situation, I'd also recommend listening to Dave Matthews Band's "Say Goodbye"

jim19617, you're WRONG! This is a song about a one night stand. If you actually know anything about seger's music, you would know that he said this plenty of times in interviews. Shakemaker, you're right about the idea from the movie too!

one night stand, definately

or maybe even one night stand involving two lonely people, two lonely people who desparately want to make sweet sweetlove to one another :-P no, but seriously, i don't think it's just lip service

This isn't about a 1-night stand. It's about the end of a relationship. The narrator simply wants one last night with the lady he still cares for

Ronan Keating and Lulu murdered it.

I love this tune. Now this one really grows on you. Just soft and slow and I just love the line 'We've got tonight, who needs tomorrow?'.