You Can Leave Your Hat On
Unveiling Desire: Decoding the Sensual Message in 'You Can Leave Your Hat On'
Lyrics
Baby, take off your coat...(real slow)
Encouraging someone to undress slowly and sensually
Baby, take off your shoes...(here, I'll take your shoes)
Continuing to suggest removing clothing, taking an active role in helping
Baby, take off your dress
Asking the person to take off their dress, expressing desire
yes, yes, yes
Expressing enthusiastic agreement or excitement
You can leave your hat on
Reiterating permission to keep one's hat on, perhaps for allure or to add to the allure of undressing
You can leave your hat on
-You can leave your hat on
-Go on over there and turn on the light...no, all the lights
Instructing to turn on all the lights, possibly for a better view or to heighten the atmosphere
Now come back here and stand on this chair...that's right
Guiding the person to stand on a chair, likely for better visibility or to create a particular scene
Raise your arms up in to the air...shake 'em
Asking to raise arms, potentially for a more revealing or captivating pose
You give me a reason to live
Repeatedly emphasizing the importance or significance the person holds in the singer's life
You give me a reason to live
-You give me a reason to live
-Suspicious minds are talking
Noting that others are gossiping or spreading rumors about the relationship
Trying to tear us apart
Indicating attempts to damage the relationship
They say that my love is wrong
Addressing criticism about the relationship, defending it
They don't know what love is
Asserting that those who criticize don't understand what true love is
They don't know what love is
-They don't know what love is
-They don't know what love is
-I know what love is
Stating the singer's understanding of love, in contrast to the criticism
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