Warren wanted a Beach Boys thing for this one, and Carl Wilson and Billy Hinsche came in, with Carl arranging the vocal parts. The other harmony vocalists (credited as the "Gentlemen Boys") were Jackson Browne, J.D. Souther, Zevon's longtime backers Waddy Wachtel and Jorge Calderon, and Linda Rondstadt/Stone Poneys guitarist Kenny Edwards.
My friends say you're so into me
And that you need me desperately
They say you say we're so complete
But I need to hear it straight from you
If you want me to believe it's true
I've been waiting for so long it hurts
I want to hear you say the words, please
Don't, don't let me be the last to know
Don't hold back, just let it go
I need to hear you say
You need me all the way
Oh, if you love me so
Don't let me be the last to know
Ooh yeah, baby
Your body language says so much
Yeah, I feel it in the way you touch
But 'til you say the words it's not enough
Come on and tell me you're in love, please
Don't, don't let me be the last to know
Don't hold back, just let it go
I need to hear you say
You need me all the way
Oh, if you love me so
Don't let me be the last to know
Come on baby, come on darling, ooh yeah
Come on, let me be the one
Come on now, oh yeah
I need to hear you say (I need to hear you say)
You love me all the way (you love me all the way)
And I don't want to wait another day
I want to feel the way you feel
Oh, come on
Don't, (don't) don't let me be the last to know (just let me be the one)
Don't (don't) hold back (hold back), just let it go (just let it go)
I need to hear you say (I need to hear you say)
You need me all the way (you need me all the way)
So, baby, if you love me
Don't let me be the last to know
And that you need me desperately
They say you say we're so complete
But I need to hear it straight from you
If you want me to believe it's true
I've been waiting for so long it hurts
I want to hear you say the words, please
Don't, don't let me be the last to know
Don't hold back, just let it go
I need to hear you say
You need me all the way
Oh, if you love me so
Don't let me be the last to know
Ooh yeah, baby
Your body language says so much
Yeah, I feel it in the way you touch
But 'til you say the words it's not enough
Come on and tell me you're in love, please
Don't, don't let me be the last to know
Don't hold back, just let it go
I need to hear you say
You need me all the way
Oh, if you love me so
Don't let me be the last to know
Come on baby, come on darling, ooh yeah
Come on, let me be the one
Come on now, oh yeah
I need to hear you say (I need to hear you say)
You love me all the way (you love me all the way)
And I don't want to wait another day
I want to feel the way you feel
Oh, come on
Don't, (don't) don't let me be the last to know (just let me be the one)
Don't (don't) hold back (hold back), just let it go (just let it go)
I need to hear you say (I need to hear you say)
You need me all the way (you need me all the way)
So, baby, if you love me
Don't let me be the last to know
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"Take me back to the night we met:When the night was full of terrors: And your eyes were filled with tears: When you had not touched me yet"
So, the first night was not a great start, but the narrator pursued the relationship and eventually both overcame the rough start to fall in love with each other:
"I had all and then most of you"
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"Some and now none of you"
Losing someone who was once everything in your world, who you could confide in, tell your secrets to, share all the most intimate parts of your life, to being strangers with that person is probably one of the most painful experiences a person can go through. So Painful, the narrator wants to go back in time and tell himself to not even pursue the relationship.
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Ok, I guess I
ll be the first one to actually analyze the meaning of this song. = / This song was written by Shania Twain and her husband (ex-husband?), I can actually imagine Shania singing this. I bet people wouldve liked it better. But anyway, Ive been in this situation before. A guy likes a girl and its obvious to everyone, but her coz she needs him to give her a direct answer as to what status they are in.BRITNEY SPEARS MAKES ME WANT TO EAT MY FACE
I see... well... yes... face-eating is rather fun, trust me.
haha
More fun than listening to Britney Spears, any day.
yup yup yup. i cant even begin to describe this pathetic fake piece of shit
seriously overrated porn giggle
she looks like such a slut in this video, i mean people cant stand seeing public displays of affection, and this idiot made a whole video of pda's.
this damn video was just as fake as those things in her bra
I don't know why everytime I hear one of her damn songs ('cuz I don't even listen to it) I get a terrible desire to jump into an active volcano, a lake full of crocodiles or whatever would kill me