Robert De Niro's Waiting Lyrics

Lyric discussion by jimlad 

Cover art for Robert De Niro's Waiting lyrics by Bananarama

Millennium Evil's second interpretation is spot on.

The whole second verse makes more sense when read as one piece, i think:

I don't need a boy I've got a man of steel Don't come any closer I don't wanna feel Your breathing your touching but nothing's for free I never want this to happen to me. Don't try to change me you're wasting your time Now I've got something much better in mind

An innocent young girl is approached in a park, by a "boy next door" who turned out not to be what he seemed.

She rebuffed his advances- I don't need a boy... don't come any closer

He went ahead anyway, and as she realised what was about to happen, and couldn't stop it, she retreated in her head to thinking about her idol to help her escape from it "now I've got something much better in mind"

Very sad.