When normal people are tucked in bed and sound asleep, you can often find me wide awake...dancing. I am sure I have written of this before.

Well, last night, I started importing a bunch of CDs that I couldn't import form January 2006 to April 2007. Man, I've purchased a lot of CDs since then.

Anyway, 1 AM rolls around, and when most people who have to get up at 6 am are in bed, I decided to do some dancing...2 hours of dancing actually. If you're one of the 4 people who has seen my new place (and you're probably not because I don't think any of them read this) you know it's really not large by any stretch of the imagination. But really, you could put me in a closet and I'd still find a way to spin in circles or something. I usually start at the door, work my way through the main area, down the "hall," into the bathroom, make a spin and come back out. All done with style and grace of course (riiiiight).

After dancing around to songs from various genres of music, I decided to play one of my staples - "If" by Janet Jackson. Now, I have known this song for maybe five years or so, but it's much much older than that. And I didn't know what the hell she was saying other than the chorus until about a year ago. I would just make random stuff up (watching various YouTube versions of the video, I learned I wasn't the only one).

(this video has the best combo of sound and visuals without sitting through the additional minute of "story" the long version has. blah)

But on that faithful day, about a year ago, I decided to look up the lyrics....

[More:]

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 night 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

[CHORUS:]
If I was your girl
All 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 cuz we've got all night, oooh
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

[CHORUS (2x)]

I've laid in bed excited over you
One hundred different way I've thought ya
Many, maaany
(day and night, night and day)
Allll I got to say is

[CHORUS (3x)]

....wow, I had no idea Ms. Jackson was sayin' all that! But it was too late - the song was deeply routed in my routine. I knew all the moves from the video. I typically do not perform these moves when dancing around my place, mainly because I do not have female dancers in leather tops or muscular bald men in leather vests acting as my boy toys. But I still know them. I love the dance break...probably some of my favorite music video dancing. Ha, and I love toward the end, with about 50 seconds left, when she says "What's my name?!?"

Even when I listen to the song or watch the video now, I still can't make out all that stuff she's saying. This is probably one of the few "raunchy" "dirty" songs I have in my music collection. A couple of NERD songs have choice words, and "Closer" by Nine Inch Nails is another favorite of mine.

My mother would be so proud.

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