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I'm a man - I'm a goddess Slip and slide in your wet delight, feel the blood flow I'm a man - I'm a boy Skin to skin, tongue to oooh! Come on honey hold tight I'm a man - I'm a teaser I'm a man - I'm a goddess
Berlin
A little something about Berlin
The last three months of 1986 was good to the women of the early '80s. In the US, Bananarama went to number 1 with Venus, Cyndi Lauper's True Colors made number one, the Bangles walked like egyptians all the way to number one, Human League (now two-thirds women) returned to number one with Human, and Berlin found chart success with "Top Gun" ballad Take My Breath Away.
Take My Breath Away was not a typical Berlin song. Berlin was a California new wave band which originally came together in 1979 when Terri Nunn answered bass player John Crawford's advertisement for a singer. The band went through a number of changes before recording their first single, Sex (I'm a...), in 1982. With the song came a flood of attention: positive from Geffen records which signed them and re-released their "Pleasure Victim" EP; negative from radio stations which refused to play the song (if you're wondering why scroll down and read the lyrics). The band scored hits with two other songs off "Pleasure Victim" - The Metro and Masquerade - but Sex (I'm A...) has remained the signature song of their early years.
Following their initial success Berlin didn't get much exposure until they recorded Take My Breath Away in 1986, nor did they receive much after '86. The airy ballad confused old fans of this high energy new wave band, and top 40 listeners couldn't find anything else in Berlin's repertoire that they cared for. The follow up single to their number 1 hit went straight to number 82, then straight to oblivion
Lyrics featured below: "Take my breath away", "Sex (I'm A...)" , "No More Words"
Take my breath away
Watching every motion
in my foolish lover's game
On this endless ocean
finally lovers know no shame
Turning and returning
to some secret place inside
Watching in slow motion
as you turn around and say
Take my breath away
Take my breath away
Watching I keep waiting
still anticipating love
Never hesitating
to become the fated ones
Turning and returning
to some secret place to hide
Watching in slow motion
as you turn to me and say
Take my breath away
Through the hourglass I saw you,
in time you slipped away
When the mirror crashed I called you,
and turned to hear you say
If only for today I am unafraid
Take my breath away
Take my breath away
Watching every motion
in this foolish lover's game
Haunted by the notion
somewhere there's a love in flames
Turning and returning
to some secret place inside
Watching in slow motion
as you turn to me and say
Take my breath away
My love, take my breath away
Sex (I'm A...)
Feel the fire, feel my love inside you it's so right
There's the sound and the smell of love in my mind
I'm a toy, come and play with me, say the word now
Wrap your legs around mine and ride me tonight
I'm a man - Well I'm a virgin
I'm a man - I'm a blue movie
I'm a man - I'm a bitch
I'm a man - I'm a geisha
I'm a man - I'm a little girl
And we make love together
Not too fast, don't be slow, my love's in your hands
I'm a man - Well I'm your mother
I'm a man - I'm a one night stand
I'm a man - Am I bi
I'm a man - I'm a slave
I'm a man - I'm a little girl
And we make love together
Come inside, it's a passion play just for you
Let's get lost in that magic place all alone now
Drink your fill from my fountain of love, wet your lips
I'm a man - Well I'm a virgin
I'm a man - I'm a one night stand
I'm a man - I'm a drug
I'm a man - Well I'm your slave
I'm a man - I'm a dream divine
And we make love together
I'm a man - I'm a hooker
I'm a man - I'm a blue movie
I'm a man - I'm a slut
I'm a man - I'm a geisha
I'm a man - I'm babe
I'm a man - I'm a dream divine
And we make love together
And we'll make love forever