May I Baby
Longing for Connection: 'May I Baby' by Peter Frampton
Lyrics
May I baby
Expressing a request for permission or consent to the person addressed.
May I walk you home
Asking if he can accompany the person to their home.
May I baby
Reiterating the request for permission or consent.
Cause I don't want you to be all alone
Stating the desire to prevent the person from being alone.
With each step my heart beats three times
Describing a heightened heartbeat with each step, indicating emotional intensity.
There's so much trouble in my mind
Acknowledging inner turmoil or distress in the speaker's mind.
May I baby
Repeating the request for permission, perhaps emphasizing its importance.
Tell you what it's all about
Offering to explain or share information about something.
May I baby
Repeating the request for permission to share information.
I hope your, your anxious to find out
Expressing hope that the person is eager to know or understand.
I'm just a little boy, live behind the grocery store
Describing a personal background, portraying vulnerability and innocence.
You know I've been watching you come and go now
Observing the person's activities, suggesting a connection or interest.
May I baby
Repeating the request for permission, this time to make a call.
Call and tell you how I feel
Expressing a desire to communicate feelings over the phone.
I'd love to find you home, yes I do
Expressing a wish to find the person at home.
I think you and nobody else, yeah
Stating a strong preference for the person over others.
Your black father didn't listen to what I was saying
Referring to a previous interaction with the person's father and a lack of understanding or acknowledgment.
He said, She's been doing the same thing for so long
Quoting the father's disapproval, suggesting disapproval of the speaker's actions.
May I baby
Repeating the request for permission, possibly for physical contact.
May I feel like before to you
Expressing a desire to feel a previous connection or intimacy with the person.
May I baby
Reiterating the request for permission to express feelings over the phone.
Can I call and tell you how I feel
Asking for permission to call and share emotions.
Put your hand in my hand
Repeatedly urging the person to put their hand in the speaker's hand, a symbolic gesture of connection and understanding.
Put your hand in my hand
-Show you understand
-Put your hand in my hand
-Show you understand
-Put your hand in my hand
-Put your hand in my hand
Continuing the emphasis on physical connection as a means of understanding and closeness.
Show you understand
-Put your hand in my hand, yeah
-Show you understand
-Put your hand in my hand
Reiterating the importance of the physical gesture to convey understanding and connection.
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