Rock Me Tonite

Album: Signs of Life (1984)
Charted: 15
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  • I'm rockin' tonite - I'm walkin' on air
    Gonna find me some trouble - gonna grab my share
    I want ya tonite - I want ya with me
    Make me guilty of love in the first degree

    You want it all right... we're goin' in style
    Say you walk right - you talk right - and your hair's so wild
    Snow-white - hey that's not what I mean
    We go down in the shadows and crawl between

    Moonlight in the city brings the magic to your eyes
    Freezin' a moment - leave me paralyzed
    Breathe an emotion - set it dancin' in my ear
    Bring on the rhythm when I hold you near

    Take me in your arms - roll me through the night
    Take me to your heart - rock me tonite

    You do it all right - you're passion to see
    You been schooled in the art of romancin' me
    Hold tight - you're in for a ride
    Can you feel the blood poundin' way down inside

    No one's stoppin' us now -
    We go down, down where the music's loud
    If it's all night - hey that's all right by me
    Go and play on my love - play it all for me

    Life's never easy - we can make it if we try
    Takin' our chances - face 'em side by side
    Live for the moment - on that we can agree
    Come and take me where I long to be

    Chorus

    A time for all... and all in time
    To slip beyond the border line
    Of who we are and where we long to be...
    When every night you hear the sound
    Of wakin' up and breakin' down
    You find a chance and heave it all away

    Chorus Writer/s: William H Squier
    Publisher: Hipgnosis Songs Group, Spirit Music Group
    Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

Comments: 4

  • Susan from IllinoisGood song, bad video. I don’t think one bad video could be the reason for someone’s declining career.
  • George Pope from Vancouver BcI don't see that a video could adversely affect a hot & coming career, as gets claimed -- I agree, he looks like a tool in this video, but no reason it would affect his cachet negatively, beyond some off-hand negative gossiping. His album "Don't Say No" should've held a good number of fans on its own merits. This song is good, & that's all we cared about in the first half of the '80s, among my peers; we later grew to be more into the heavier music, like Judas Priest& Iron Maiden, but artists like Billy Squier held our attention & guided us from the sappy pop-ness of the '70s into the head banging part of the '80s, & beyond. . .
  • Kay from New York Listen. Man, woman - satin feels soooo good on bare skin. The pinkish, sleeveless shirt? No comment.
  • Dave Jacobs from Fargo, North DakotaYup. This video was as dumb as a bag of hammers.
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