Like a lot of the other comments are saying, I think this mainly about voyeurism. If the song was about his girlfriend, then why would he use the word spy. If you are a spy it means you shouldn't be caught, that is kind of the whole point, and if you are a voyeur, the whole point of the pleasure you get from it, is the fact that the other people don't know you are watching them. See a bit of a connection there?
Hey stranger
My strange love
Would you be mine?
Am I what you’re dreaming of?
Hey stranger
My strange love
What makes you shy?
What makes you fall in love?
It’s strange – the way we met
A desert road and then
My car had stopped and you pulled up
On your black motorcycle
You rode me to the bar
We danced all night under
The Christmas lights in the dark black night
With the lightning and the thunder
Ah ah ah ah ah ah ah
Ah ah ah ah ah
Ah ah ah ah ah ah ah
Hey stranger
My strange love
Would you be mine?
Am I what you’re dreaming of?
Hey stranger
My strange love
What makes you shy?
What makes you fall in love?
You took me to the edge
A town – that’s where you slept
You like it best when no one else
Could find you or could bother
You thoughts I smeared your lips
And kissed me on the lips
You held me tight in the TV light
And you said you never loved her
Ah ah ah ah ah ah ah
Ah ah ah ah ah
Ah ah ah ah ah ah ah
You have a dark cloud like mine
Things that you’ve seen and drive in time
Let me love you, let me touch you
Let me show you you’ll be fine
Hey stranger
My strange love
Would you be mine?
Am I what you’re dreaming of?
Hey stranger
My strange love
What makes you shy?
What makes you fall in love?
My strange love
Would you be mine?
Am I what you’re dreaming of?
Hey stranger
My strange love
What makes you shy?
What makes you fall in love?
It’s strange – the way we met
A desert road and then
My car had stopped and you pulled up
On your black motorcycle
You rode me to the bar
We danced all night under
The Christmas lights in the dark black night
With the lightning and the thunder
Ah ah ah ah ah ah ah
Ah ah ah ah ah
Ah ah ah ah ah ah ah
Hey stranger
My strange love
Would you be mine?
Am I what you’re dreaming of?
Hey stranger
My strange love
What makes you shy?
What makes you fall in love?
You took me to the edge
A town – that’s where you slept
You like it best when no one else
Could find you or could bother
You thoughts I smeared your lips
And kissed me on the lips
You held me tight in the TV light
And you said you never loved her
Ah ah ah ah ah ah ah
Ah ah ah ah ah
Ah ah ah ah ah ah ah
You have a dark cloud like mine
Things that you’ve seen and drive in time
Let me love you, let me touch you
Let me show you you’ll be fine
Hey stranger
My strange love
Would you be mine?
Am I what you’re dreaming of?
Hey stranger
My strange love
What makes you shy?
What makes you fall in love?
Lyrics submitted by XLoveEpiphanyX
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