“Love Me” lyrics and lyric video
It’s really difficult to pull off, but I love pulling people together to see what happens. In this case, I was contacted by KayKay with some questions about attending the Midem music conferences. I asked her to send some stuff. She sent a riff that I liked, so I asked to Herman to build a pop song.
It didn’t happen.
It didn’t happen a second time.
But the melody Herman wrote kept running around my head, so I eventually found a singer and asked Herman to re-arrange the track completely and so we ended up with “Love Me”, under the project name 8rix.
End-to-end, we’re talking about a 3-year gap.
Beauty queens and dogs
Herman just reminded me that the song has changed over that time. The original impulse for the track was the line, “Don’t kiss me like a beauty queen and then treat me like a dog”. That got lost in the version shuffle when the big chorus was added. You can’t argue with a big chorus.
When I posted this first, I added this comment. It still fits it, I think ;-).
If you like “Love Me”, add the track to a playlist or share it with your boyfriend as a hint. If you are a boyfriend already, take it as a direct hint anyway. Maybe your girl is too polite to tell you herself.
And KayKay, if you’re reading this, get in touch will ya?
Love Me lyrics
There’s a line you have to draw, girl
There’s a line you have to draw
There’s a time you have to say no
Tell your man there ain’t no more
There’s a line you have to draw, girl
Pull your finger through the sand
There’s a line you have to draw, girl
There’s a time to just say “no”
Turn around and let him know that
This line leads to the door
There’s a time you have to say, “no”
And I know that you know when
There’s a time you have to say, “go”
Take a break and start again
And it’s there – what I want
(So) turn it on – turn it off
This is me – this is my life
Gonna be alright
(chorus)
Ain’t you gonna love me… like a beauty queen
Ain’t you gonna touch me… like a movie scene
Ain’t you gonna love me… tell me what you mean
Ain’t you gonna touch me… make me scream
Hey, you know I’ve got this thing, boy
You can see it in my eyes
I can tell what’s on your mind, boy
Ain’t no way to hide your lies
There are times when I’m alone though
Just thinking all this stuff
And I know when it’s all wrong, boy
Half a love is not enough
(chorus)
Ain’t you gonna love me… like a beauty queen
Ain’t you gonna touch me… like a movie scene
Ain’t you gonna love me… tell me what you mean
Ain’t you gonna touch me… make me scream
Ad libs
Listen up, I’ve got to say to you
Only thing you got to know that’s true
Don’t give up when they diss on you
Just say, “no-no-no”
Aint’ you gonna love me
It’s my life, gonna be alright
My life, gonna be alright
©Leahy/Martin 2019