A tick tock, ya don't stop-stop, to the
A tick tock, ya don't stop-stop, to the
A tick tock, ya don't stop-stop, to the
A tick tock, ya don't stop-stop, to the

(A tick tock, ya don't stop-stop, to the) ooh
(A tick tock, ya don't stop-stop, to the)
(A tick tock, ya don't stop-stop, to the) ooh
(I know you not gonna play that song)

(A tick tock, ya don't stop-stop, to the) ooh
(A tick tock, ya don't stop-stop, to the)
(A tick tock, ya don't stop-stop, to the) ooh
(I know you not gonna play that song)

Come inside take off your coat I'll make you feel at home
Now let's pour a glass of wine 'cause now we're all alone
I've been waiting all night so just let me hold you close to me
'Cause I've been dying for you, girl, to make love to me

Girl ,you make me feel real good
We can do it 'til we both wake up
Girl you know I'm hooked on you
And this is what I'll do

(I wanna love you down)
I wanna sex you up
(A tick tock, ya don't stop-stop, to the)
All night, girl you make me feel good
I want to (let me rub you down)
I wanna sex you up

(A tick tock, ya don't stop-stop, to the) ooh
(I know you not gonna play that song)

Let me take off all your clothes
Disconnect the phone so nobody knows, yeah
Let me light a candle so we can make it better
Makin' love until we drown, dig

Girl you know it feels real good
We can do it 'til we both wake up
Girl you know I'm hooked on you
And this is what I'll do

(Yeah) I wanna sex you up
(A tick tock, ya don't stop-stop, to the)
Makin' love until we drown
I wanna sex you up
(A tick tock, ya don't stop-stop, to the)
(I know you not gonna play that song)

Girl, you just make me feel so good
I just wanna, I just wanna look at you
Don't say anything at all
Just lay back, and enjoy the ride, yeah
All I wanna do is

(I wanna love you down)
I wanna sex you up
(A tick tock, ya don't stop-stop, to the)
All night, girl, you make me feel good
I want to (let me rub you down)
I wanna sex you up
(A tick tock, ya don't stop-stop, to the)
(I know you not gonna play that song)
Listen

Make sweet lovin' all night long
I wanna sex you up
Feels so right it can't be wrong
(I know you not gonna play that song)
Don't be shy, girl, hang with me
I wanna sex you up
Open up your heart and I'll set you free

(I know you not gonna play that song)

Ohh, I wanna touch you in all the right places, baby
I wanna make love to you, yeah
All night, all night, yeah

Do-do-do-do-do-me, yeah
(I know you not gonna play that song)
Make sweet lovin' all night long
Feels so right it can't be wrong
(I know you not gonna play that song)
Don't be shy, girl, hang with me


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I Wanna Sex You Up Lyrics as written by Bryan Kyeth Abrams Betty Wright

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    This song is about necrophilia. Most of the actions in the song are referring to the singer doing things for the woman, the recipient. Then there are the thinly veiled references to death: 'I'm dying for you to make love to me' 'We can do it til we both wake up' (wake used literally, both meanings) 'Let me light a candle' (as in a wake) 'Makin' love until we drown' 'Open up your heart and I'll set you free' (literally, open up your heart)

    Then there are the references to hiding the 'forbidden love' 'I'll make you feel at home' 'now we're all alone' 'Disconnect the phone so nobody knows' 'Feels so right it can't be wrong' 'I'll set you free'

    The actions are all the singer, not the recipient: 'I wanna sex you up' 'I wanna rub you down' 'Let me take off all your clothes' 'Let me light a candle'

    Then there's the gothic imagery, referring to wine offered as a sacrifice before the act, and alluding to blood, open your heart also refers to blood. It talks about 'all night long' meaning nocturnal, vampiric. Lighting candles, as in a funeral wake. I'm 'hooked' on you, like a vampiric feast, the singer is hooked on the blood of his dead partner.

    Pelhamon April 16, 2013   Link

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