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.
Tonight I'm feeling like an animal
Tonight I'm howling inside
Tonight I'm feeling like an animal
Tonight I'm going wild
And all I want is to be with you again
And all I want is to hold you like a dog
And all I want is to be with you again
With you again
Just to hold you like a dog
Tonight I'm screaming like an animal
Tonight I'm losing control
Tonight I'm screaming like an animal
Tonight oh I'm getting so low
And all I want is to be with you again
And all I want is to hold you like a dog
And all I want is to be with you again
With you again
Just to hold you like a dog
That's all I want
Tonight I'm howling inside
Tonight I'm feeling like an animal
Tonight I'm going wild
And all I want is to be with you again
And all I want is to hold you like a dog
And all I want is to be with you again
With you again
Just to hold you like a dog
Tonight I'm screaming like an animal
Tonight I'm losing control
Tonight I'm screaming like an animal
Tonight oh I'm getting so low
And all I want is to be with you again
And all I want is to hold you like a dog
And all I want is to be with you again
With you again
Just to hold you like a dog
That's all I want
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i always thought he said hold you like a doll
i kinda like it better that way....
@CowboyDan69 agree on both points
Jeeze, I should have looked at the lyrics when this came out - I thought it was "hold you like a doll"...
missing your sex life... missing that b!tch who broke your heart and melted your pants...
best CURE SONG EVER!!!
this is a song about sex. and i now know more about robert smith's sex life than i ever cared too...
Oie!
the primal carnal feeling of becoming an animal and dominating your prey. just wanting and lusting for the person you don't have at the time - sex after sex
One of the best sex songs ever, by anyone.
Hold you like a dog = doggystyle
He does NOT mean doggy style. Geesh. In your dreams, good buddy:) When you want to hold a person like a dog, it means you want to gather them up into your arms and wrap your body tight around their's. It's romantic, not doggy-style-like. Geesh.
You are absolutely right, Juice, that he means doggie style. The song starts with the idea of him feeling like an animal and going wild: it's clearly about sex. I love SugarinmyBowl's naivety and hope she/he never loses that innocence. Anyone who knows anything about Robert Smith will know he doesn't mean to pick her up and carry her round like a poodle.
one of my favorite cure songs. This song is romantic. as always.
@lipssocoldtheyburn Not sure romantic is the right word. It seems a bit more primal than that.
"hold you like a dog"
amazing.