This is a hauntingly beautiful song about introspection, specifically about looking back at a relationship that started bad and ended so poorly, that the narrator wants to go back to the very beginning and tell himself to not even travel down that road. I believe that the relationship started poorly because of the lines:
"Take me back to the night we met:When the night was full of terrors: And your eyes were filled with tears: When you had not touched me yet"
So, the first night was not a great start, but the narrator pursued the relationship and eventually both overcame the rough start to fall in love with each other:
"I had all and then most of you"
Like many relationships that turn sour, it was not a quick decline, but a gradual one where the narrator and their partner fall out of love and gradually grow apart
"Some and now none of you"
Losing someone who was once everything in your world, who you could confide in, tell your secrets to, share all the most intimate parts of your life, to being strangers with that person is probably one of the most painful experiences a person can go through. So Painful, the narrator wants to go back in time and tell himself to not even pursue the relationship.
This was the perfect song for "13 Reasons Why"
She said, "I'm goin' out with my girlfriends
Margaritas at the Holiday Inn"
But oh, have mercy my only thought
Was tequila makes her clothes fall off
I told her put an extra layer on
I know what happens when she drinks Patrón
Her closet's missin' half the things she bought
Yeah, Tequila makes her clothes fall off
She'll start by kickin' out of her shoes
Lose an earring in her drink
Leave her jacket in the bathroom stall
Drop a contact down the sink
Them pantyhose ain't gonna last too long
If the DJ puts Bon Jovi on
She might come home in a tablecloth
Yeah, tequila makes her clothes fall off
Wa-oh
She can handle any Champagne brunch
A Bridal shower with Barcadi punch
Jello shooters full of Smirnoff
But tequila makes her clothes fall off
She'll start by kickin' out of her shoes
Lose an earring in her drink
Leave her jacket in the bathroom stall
Drop a contact down the sink
She don't mean nothin' she's just havin' fun
Tomorrow she'll say, "oh, what have I done"
Her friends will joke about the stuff she lost
Yeah, tequila makes her clothes fall off
Oh, tequila makes her clothes fall off
Oh, tequila makes her clothes fall off
Margaritas at the Holiday Inn"
But oh, have mercy my only thought
Was tequila makes her clothes fall off
I told her put an extra layer on
I know what happens when she drinks Patrón
Her closet's missin' half the things she bought
Yeah, Tequila makes her clothes fall off
She'll start by kickin' out of her shoes
Lose an earring in her drink
Leave her jacket in the bathroom stall
Drop a contact down the sink
Them pantyhose ain't gonna last too long
If the DJ puts Bon Jovi on
She might come home in a tablecloth
Yeah, tequila makes her clothes fall off
Wa-oh
She can handle any Champagne brunch
A Bridal shower with Barcadi punch
Jello shooters full of Smirnoff
But tequila makes her clothes fall off
She'll start by kickin' out of her shoes
Lose an earring in her drink
Leave her jacket in the bathroom stall
Drop a contact down the sink
She don't mean nothin' she's just havin' fun
Tomorrow she'll say, "oh, what have I done"
Her friends will joke about the stuff she lost
Yeah, tequila makes her clothes fall off
Oh, tequila makes her clothes fall off
Oh, tequila makes her clothes fall off
Lyrics submitted by Manderzterz
Tequila Makes Her Clothes Fall Off Lyrics as written by John Wayne Wiggins Garry Hannan
Lyrics © Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd.
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it means tequila makes my clothes fall off ;)
really cathy..great at a dance....fun..and kinda true...being drunk can cause a lot of problems...lol...
This song is dedicated to my best friend, who cannot hold her Tequila for shit...heehee
This song pretty much explains why i can't drink tequilla ever again!
This song definitely has a hidden sincere and deep meaningful meaning behind the frivolous lyrics and fun beat. She constantly bares her soul to the world and ends up hurt and metaphorically naked. The man who loves her only wants her to put and extra layer of emotional and mental protection on her heart, mind, and soul....HAHA!!! JUST PLAYING! This song is wondrously meaningless! I love tequila!
Actually, Angio09, you're right. There is a much deeper meaning, as explained in my post below.
Yeah tequila
this song makes me want to go out and drink, i love it.
I'm afraid you've all got it wrong. The woman in the song is CHEATING on her husband, the singer. It's not tequila that makes her clothes fall off; in fact, I doubt she's drinking tequila (or anything stronger than wine) at all. She just loses items of clothing while in a hurry to get naked for her paramour, or forgets to put them back on afterward. When she gets home and he confronts her about the missing items, she comes up with lame excuses, but he can't bear the thought of her cheating on him, so he believes her (or, alternatively, he doesn't believe her at all, and the song is meant to be a sarcastic retelling of her lame excuses).
In support of my interpretation, I offer the following:
She went out for margaritas at the HOLIDAY INN. Yes, some hotels have bars, but ALL hotels have bedrooms. And hotel bars are not known as wild party places. If they play music at all, it's elevator music, not Bon Jovi.
All of the things that she "looses" while consuming tequila are just as likely to be lost while consuming any other alcoholic beverage, or no alcohol at all:
Shoes being removed are obviously because they are uncomfortable. Are they somehow MORE uncomfortable to a tequila drinker than a vodka drinker? In fact, it seems that the shoes would become less uncomfortable the drunker one gets.
Losing an earring; yes, it happens all the time. To stone-cold sober people. Why does she not lose earrings when sober, or when consuming other spirits?
Leaving a jacket in a bathroom stall; this has to be the lamest. Have you ever BEEN in a bar bathroom? No woman would take off any item of clothing and let it come in contact with any surface in a public restroom.
Dropping a contact down the sink; again, just as likely to happen when sober. But a lot MORE likely for a woman to INTENTIONALLY REMOVE a contact before sex.
Actually, the excuses are so ridiculously lame, I don't think the wife even CARES if the husband believes her, and perhaps even WANTS to hurt him with the information. That's probably why she admitted to going to the Holiday Inn.
Alternatively, the woman may have left the house with no intention of cheating, but when she drinks tequila, she loses her inhibitions (which, unlike the "lost" items, IS more common with tequila than other spirits) and ends up in bed with a stranger. But one way or the other, she's an adulteress. And by repeating her excuses for the missing items, the singer is either a) trying to convince himself that she's not cheating on him, or b) sarcastically throwing them back in her face.
I just wanted to add something to my comment above. The song is actually quite brilliant, and I applaud its writers, Gary Hannan and John Wiggins. Though the subject matter is painful, the song itself is cleverly disguised as a "fun" song, in the same way that some men hide the pain (sometimes even from themselves) of such a betrayal. It is, in a way, an expose of the fragile male pysche, which cannot accept the idea that the woman he loves is not faithful. <br /> <br /> And also, for those who can't see the hidden meaning, it's still a "fun" song. It's two songs in one. Brilliant!
How can the tequila make her clothes fall off? I think she might be a stripper and the clothes are falling off when she is dancing.