Part Time Lover
Secret Affairs and Midnight Whispers: Tanya Stephens' Part-Time Lover Tale
Lyrics
Call up, ring once, hang up the phone
Checking in briefly after reaching home.
To let me know you made it home
Ensuring everything's fine between them as part-time lovers.
Don't want nothing to be wrong with part-time lover
Desiring no issues in their part-time relationship.
If she's with me I'll blink the lights
If the singer's primary partner is present, they'll signal discreetly.
To let you know tonight's the night
Signaling that tonight is the occasion for their secret rendezvous.
For me and you, my part-time lover
Highlighting the relationship as a part-time affair.
We are undercover passion on the run
Portraying their affair as hidden passion on the run.
Chasing love up against the sun
Pursuing love while evading detection.
We are strangers by day, lovers by night
Being strangers during the day but passionate lovers at night.
Knowing it's so wrong, but feeling so right
Recognizing the affair as morally wrong yet emotionally fulfilling.
If I'm with friends and we should meet
Requesting discretion if seen together in public.
Just pass me by, don't even speak
Asking to be ignored if encountered with friends.
Know the word's "discreet" when part-time lovers
Emphasizing the need for secrecy in their part-time relationship.
But if there's some emergency
Advising on emergency communication protocols.
Have a male friend to ask for me
Using a male friend for discreet communication during emergencies.
So then she won't peek, its really you my part-time lover
Hiding their interactions from the primary partner.
We are undercover passion on the run
Reiterating the clandestine nature of their love.
Chasing love up against the sun
Continuing the pursuit of their hidden love.
We are strangers by day, lovers by night
Describing the dichotomy of their relationship—strangers publicly, lovers privately.
Knowing it's so wrong, but feeling so right
Conscious of the moral dilemma but embracing the emotional satisfaction.
We are undercover passion on the run
Repeating the theme of their undercover love.
Chasing love up against the sun
Continuing the pursuit of their love despite challenges.
We are strangers by day, lovers by night
Emphasizing the dichotomy between their public and private personas.
Knowing it's so wrong, but feeling so right
Recognizing the conflict between moral understanding and emotional fulfillment.
I've got something that I must tell
Indicating the need to communicate something important.
Last night someone rang our doorbell
Reporting an incident where someone unexpected came to their door.
And it was not you, my part-time lover
Noting the absence of their part-time lover during the incident.
And then a man called our exchange
Referring to a man calling without revealing identity.
But didn't want to leave his name
Choosing anonymity during the call, perhaps indicating a similar secretive relationship.
I guess that two can play the game
Suggesting retaliation or engagement in a similar clandestine relationship.
Of part-time lovers
Reflecting the mutual engagement in secret affairs.
You and me, part-time lovers
Highlighting the singer's relationship as a part-time affair.
But, she and he, part-time lovers
Acknowledging the existence of other part-time affairs besides theirs.
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