From greyeyeglances.com:
“'If I Was...' is a song about obsession.”
I think of this as a song that Madonna might sing if she had the voice. It makes liberal use of innuendo: “A little bit of something come undone” might imply an intentional wardrobe malfunction, and “butter on your corncob” doesn’t need much explanation. It’s a great description of infatuation, showing the fantasizing, watching surreptitiously, even stalking. She doesn’t care if she looks foolish as long as she can be near him. The guy is a little frightened by her flirting (“At a sensible sense of danger”), but also attracted to her, at least in her mind (“I caught you watching I was dancing”). It’s an attraction that’s too intense to last, but impossible to ignore.
From greyeyeglances.com: “'If I Was...' is a song about obsession.”
I think of this as a song that Madonna might sing if she had the voice. It makes liberal use of innuendo: “A little bit of something come undone” might imply an intentional wardrobe malfunction, and “butter on your corncob” doesn’t need much explanation. It’s a great description of infatuation, showing the fantasizing, watching surreptitiously, even stalking. She doesn’t care if she looks foolish as long as she can be near him. The guy is a little frightened by her flirting (“At a sensible sense of danger”), but also attracted to her, at least in her mind (“I caught you watching I was dancing”). It’s an attraction that’s too intense to last, but impossible to ignore.