Another rough diamond from the “archives”… This song is a lot of fun (in a slightly awkward, uncomfortably nerdy way).
But of course it illustrates how much I didn’t know about male/female dynamics… Back in 1988… I figured this one out just last year!
Evidently women find men who “ask permission” and “chase them” to be “low status” and sexually unattractive… destined for the dreaded “friend zone”…
Who knew?
If the guy in the song just said, “Hey Babe, I’m doing ___________ today, you should come along. You’ll have fun…” And provided just a wee bit of LEADERSHIP, she would have certainly worked on her resume some other time…
But then, it wouldn’t be THIS song would it?… LOL… FYI, I wrote that OTHER song much later… and I might share it with you tomorrow… if you’ve earned it AND I happen to feel like it… ROFL
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Babe You Gotta Tell Me
Song #98 | 2/28/1988 | CD: nope
Oh Baby!
I’ll take you to the racetrack
I’ll take up town to the zoo
I’ll take you anywhere and bring you back
But you gotta tell me what you want to do!
Refrain:
Oh baby, save me, tell me what you want to do
Oh baby, save me, tell me what you want to do
I’ll take you strolling on the sidewalk
I’ll take you down to the sea
I’ll take you anywhere in New York
I’d even go to New Jersey!
Refrain:
Let’s take a trip to California
See if we can get on T.V.
Or we can bop on up to central park and
Give our money to a mugger for free!
Refrain:
I could take you to a health food restaurant
I could take you to a hot dog stand
I could take you to a broadway musical
Or we could hear a hot mariachi band
Refrain:
Bridge:
Oh baby do you want to rock and roll?
Oh baby do you want shoo the moon?
Oh baby do you want to dance the blues?
Oh babe you gotta tell me pretty soon…
Oh baby, babe you got tell me
What you really want to do today
What babe?! You say you want to stay at home
And work on your RESUME?!?!?!?!
Refrain:
Copyright 1988-2015 by Mark Shepard. All Rights Reserved.
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