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Take Me

shaggydude

· 3:31 · 102 plays · v3-preview

About

Early 1980s blue eyed soul, a tight rhythm section locked to a bouncing bass line and a crisp snare on the backbeat, a clean funky guitar chopping in the pocket between phrases. Warm Rhodes electric piano and a punchy synth bass carry the harmonic bed, with a bright horn section punching in short, sharp stabs that echo the hook. Lead vocal a smooth, slightly raspy tenor with easy falsetto lifts on the chorus, phrasing that sits just behind the beat and never oversells the emotion. Layered harmony vocals stacking wide on the hook. Polished and urgent, a restless night song with the swagger of a city groove and a melody you cannot shake.

Lyrics

Verse 1

It's getting late, my baby

And still no sign of you

I tried to wait, my lady

But it's just a waste, I got things to do

And I can't sleep, 'cause baby, I'm

In desperate need of love tonight

Chorus

My sweet woman

Take me, take me

My sweet woman

Take me to another place

My sweet woman

Take me, take me

My sweet woman

Take me on a ride tonight

The ride of my life

Verse 2

Another night is wasted

I can't shake this restlessness

I'm so afraid to face it

It's not the way you know it is

And when I dream, baby, I'm

In desperate need of love tonight

Chorus

My sweet woman

Take me, take me

My sweet woman

Take me to another place

My sweet woman

Take me, take me

My sweet woman

Take me on a ride tonight

The ride of my life

My sweet woman

Take me, take me

My sweet woman

Take me to another place

My sweet woman

Take me, take me

My sweet woman

Take me on a ride tonight

The ride of my

Outro

(Ride of my life, ride, ride of my life)

Ride, ride

(Ride of my life, ride, ride of my life)

Ride, ride

(Ride of my life, ride, ride of my life)

Ride, ride

(Ride of my life, ride, ride of my life)

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