Sittin' over here
Starin' in your face
With lust in my eyes
Sure don't give a damn and ya
Don't know that I've been dreamin' of ya
In my fantasies
Never once you looked at me
Don't even realize that I'm wantin' you
To fulfill my needs, think what you want
Let your mind free
Run free to a place no one dares to

How many nights I've laid in bed excited over you
I've closed my eyes and thought of us a hundred different ways
I've gotten there so many times I wonder how 'bout you
Day and night, night and day
All I've got to say is

If I was your girl, oh, the things I'd do to you
I'd make you call out my name, I'd ask who it belongs to
If I was your woman, the things I'd do to you
But I'm not, so I can't
Then I won't
But if I was your girl

Allow me some time to play with your mind
And you'll get there again and again
Close your eyes and imagine my body undressed
Take your time, 'cause we've got all night, ooh
You on the rise as you're touchin' my thighs and
Let me know what you like
If you like I'll go down, da-down, down, down, da-down, down
I'll hold you in my hand and baby

Your smooth and shiny
Feels so good against my lips, sugar
I want you so bad, I can taste your love right now, baby
Day and night, night and day
All I've got to say is

If I was your girl, oh, the things I'd do to you
I'd make you call out my name, I'd ask who it belongs to
If I was your woman, the things I'd do to you
But I'm not, so I can't
Then I won't
But if I was your girl

If I was your girl, oh, the things I'd do to you
I'd make you call out my name, I'd ask who it belongs to
If I was your woman, the things I'd do to you
But I'm not, so I can't
Then I won't
But if I was your girl

I've laid in bed excited over you
One hundred different ways I've thought ya
Many, many
(Day and night, night and day)
All I got to say is

If I was your girl, oh, the things I'd do to you
I'd make you call out my name, I'd ask who it belongs to
If I was your woman, the things I'd do to you
But I'm not, so I can't
Then I won't
But if I was your girl

If I was your girl, oh, the things I'd do to you
I'd make you call out my name, I'd ask who it belongs to
If I was your woman, the things I'd do to you
But I'm not, so I can't
Then I won't
But if I was your girl

If I was your girl, oh, the things I'd do to you
I'd make you call out my name, I'd ask who it belongs to
If I was your woman, the things I'd do to you
But I'm not


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  • +1
    General Comment

    The meaning to this song is pretty obvious...Someone fantasizing over somebody who doesn't look their way.

    I remember loving this song back when I was in elementary school haha...I knew the lyrics but I'm not sure if I completely "knew" the lyrics at that time..

    karabear2on April 17, 2006   Link
  • +1
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    I like the chorus and every verse before the chorus.. the song could've been much more than raw lust, though. >_>

    Or, well, I dunno, better written. Smooth and shiny? Jesus, Janet.

    shikonaorion November 26, 2007   Link
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    it reminds me of a guy, Nicola, at school. All he had to do was ask and i would have gave him the world. but his lose, now he graduated at i'll never see him again. i would had fucked him wild!

    dreqon June 18, 2002   Link
  • 0
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    There is a guy she likes and wants to get her freak on with him

    tasha02721on August 20, 2002   Link
  • 0
    General Comment

    "Your smooth and shiny"? Shouldn't there be a noun after that? Nevermind, I don't want it. This seems to have begun the whole musical pornography phase that lead to "Damita Ho". We get it! Enough already. Play another note, for the love of God!

    Reynard Muldrakeon December 05, 2005   Link
  • 0
    General Comment

    ha... I think the "smooth and shiny" line is perfect for this song. Plus, I think the point of the song is supposed to be about raw lust.

    flickchickadeeon December 02, 2008   Link
  • 0
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    super sexy! super real! It's just so true, face it, every one has this kind of experience during his lifetime , fantasizing about someone in a sexual scenario. Janet has the gut to sing it out!

    ewanfanon July 19, 2013   Link

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