Hey, this won't take much time
We won't touch, we'll just wait for signs
And nothing was further from my mind
Than this moment with you
But if you'd only told me, baby
I would have made some other plans
If I'd only seen it sooner
But what a way with your hands
you had
I wanted that moment with you
I know that is wrong
"If you need me, I'm here", turns me on
I can't help thinking it's a miracle you're here
I can't help thinking it's a miracle
Say, you don't waste much time
We don't touch, do we baby?
But still my hands are tied
For that moment with you
Ooh, but if you'd only told me, baby
I would have made some other plans
If I'd only seen it sooner
But what a way with your hands
you had
I wanted that moment with you
You know that I'm strong
And I've no reason to fear, am I wrong?
I can't help thinking it's a miracle you're here
I can't help thinking it's a miracle
I can't help thinking it's a miracle
I can't help thinking it's a miracle
I can't help thinking it's a miracle you're here
You can't keep holding it in when it's something good
Get up, get up
You can't keep holding it in when it's something good
Get up, get up
And who can you trust?
Dealing out justice
With a minimum of fuss
Who, baby?
Dealing out justice ...
We won't touch, we'll just wait for signs
And nothing was further from my mind
Than this moment with you
But if you'd only told me, baby
I would have made some other plans
If I'd only seen it sooner
But what a way with your hands
you had
I wanted that moment with you
I know that is wrong
"If you need me, I'm here", turns me on
I can't help thinking it's a miracle you're here
I can't help thinking it's a miracle
Say, you don't waste much time
We don't touch, do we baby?
But still my hands are tied
For that moment with you
Ooh, but if you'd only told me, baby
I would have made some other plans
If I'd only seen it sooner
But what a way with your hands
you had
I wanted that moment with you
You know that I'm strong
And I've no reason to fear, am I wrong?
I can't help thinking it's a miracle you're here
I can't help thinking it's a miracle
I can't help thinking it's a miracle
I can't help thinking it's a miracle
I can't help thinking it's a miracle you're here
You can't keep holding it in when it's something good
Get up, get up
You can't keep holding it in when it's something good
Get up, get up
And who can you trust?
Dealing out justice
With a minimum of fuss
Who, baby?
Dealing out justice ...
Contributed by Alberta Beccaro - Venezia - 2018/5/15 - 00:33
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Album: "Ladies & Gentlemen: The Best of George Michael"
Testo, musica, arrangiamento e produzione di George Michael
E' molto meno nota di Outside ma le fa da perfetto pendant ed è contenuta nel medesimo album, il doppio greatest hits "Ladies & Gentlemen" del 1998. E' l'anno del rocambolesco coming out di George Michael, coincidente con il suo arresto per atti osceni a Beverly Hills da parte di uno zelante poliziotto in borghese che, appostato nei bagni pubblici del Will Rogers Park, finge un'avance per potergli far scattare le manette ai polsi.
Se Outside, col suo beffardo e irriverente video pieno di colpi di genio (su tutti gli orinatoi che ruotano su se stessi trasformandosi nella loro versione glitterata "da discoteca"), sublima e travolge l'iniziale imbarazzo con una gloriosa sghignazzata, quest'apparente canzone d'amore intensamente romantica e sensuale - eseguita con una vocalità molto vicina a quella di Marvin Gaye - è in realtà un altrettanto beffardo "omaggio" al poliziotto in questione, tale Marcelo Rodriguez, diretto destinatario dei versi che seguono e che ripercorrono con ironia le fasi immediatamente precedenti e susseguenti all'arresto. Va detto che Rodriguez fece causa per danni, morali e d'immagine, al cantante britannico e la perse sonoramente :-). Gli atti integrali del giudizio sono in rete.
Il vero significato di A Moment With You fu svelato dallo stesso George Michael, all'epoca dell'uscita del greatest hits, in conferenza stampa.