Chorus
Darling baby girl
Let me rock your world
You are oh so sweet to me
Let me taste you’ll love you’ll see
Verse
Dear little girl
I love, don’t you see?
Why do you place trust
In him over me?
I know that you love with
Reckless abandon
But watch what I’ll do
If he puts his hands on (you)
Ch x2
(Second time) So just give in to it please, please
Verse
How do you know him?
Does he treat you like a lady?
Age may be a number but in the end,
Numbers are all he’ll have
Don’t think I will hesitate
To knock him down a peg or two
If he thinks that he can pull that
Smooth guy crap on you
Ch x1
Bridge
It doesn’t matter how
Cute you think he is
He’s just the same as
All the other fish
So throw him back
Don’t reel him in
Don’t you forget
You’re still a kid
Darling baby girl
He will not rock your world
He might be oh so sweet right now
But does he love you anyhow (oh)
Darling baby girl
Don’t let him touch your world
He ain’t so sweet, in the end
What kind of message does that send?
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Winter greetings y'all! I bring this gift, to keep thee warm.
Firstly, I should point out that there are two characters in this piece. The main chorus is a man, who is pursuing a young girl. The rest of the song (including the last two choruses) is voiced by someone the girl knows, who is aware of the man's attentions and feels them to be less than pure (maybe even nefarious). The tale is cautionary; it questions the motives of the man and asks the girl to see beyond her initial attraction to him, or let go of the attraction altogether. It also plainly states that the main voice is uncomfortable with the situation.
On a personal note, I find myself uncomfortable when teenagers deliberately sexualise themselves. I understand that adolescence is a time of physical and emotional upheaval (I did go through it myself, and not too long ago). The feeling of being between worlds, the 'sex, drugs and rock'n'roll' attitude, the feeling of invincibility. You're allowed to call someone hot simply because you think they are. You can do all kinds of new things, seemingly without consequence. The reality is that there are consequences. Often, we learn this the hard way. People cannot always be called 'friend'. Some 'friends' are less than they seem. Some 'friends' will hurt you, in the worst ways imaginable. I fear for the teenagers I know, especially those who go out of their way to point out their burgeoning sexuality. It's unnecessary and is not a flattering advertisement of oneself. It leaves one open to all forms of attack and that attack, when it comes, will not be enjoyable. It will hurt and it will linger. We are human, after all.
We are not invincible.
Sunday, July 4, 2010
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