Two Out of Three Ain’t Bad ---Translation of the lyrics

[raccoon]

I listen to lyrics a lot more these days than I used to. I heard this song on the radio yesterday, and thought about what the singer is really saying.

My comments are in parentheses and bold.

Baby we can talk all night
But that ain’t getting us nowhere
I told you everything I possibly can
There’s nothing left inside of here
And maybe you can cry all night
But that’ll never change the way that I feel
The snow is really piling up outside
I wish you wouldn’t make me leave here (I wish she would make him leave.)

I poured it on and I poured it out
I tried to show you just how much I care (I really, really want to have sex with you.)
I’m tired of words and I’m too hoarse to shout
But you’ve been cold to me so long (You haven’t had sex with me in so long, I feel terribly deprived.)
I’m crying icicles instead of tears

And all I can do is keep on telling you
I want you ( I want to have sex with you.)
I need you (I need to have sex, you’re here and you’ll do.)
But -- there ain’t no way I’m ever gonna love you
Now don’t be sad
cause two out of three ain’t bad
Now don’t be sad
cause two out of three ain’t bad (Well, at least he’s honest.)

You’ll never find your gold on a sandy beach
You’ll never drill for oil on a city street
I know you’re looking for a ruby in a mountain of rocks
But there aint no coupe de ville hiding at the bottom of a cracker jack box (I don’t love you, I just want to have sex with you.)

I can’t lie
I can’t tell you that I’m something I’m not (As I said earlier, at least he’s honest.)
No matter how I try
Ill never be able
To give you something
Something that I just haven’t got

There’s only one girl that I will ever love
And that was so many years ago
And though I know Ill never get her out of my heart (In other words, he’s one of those dumbasses who only want someone they can’t have.)
She never loved me back
Ooh I know
I remember how she left me on a stormy night
She kissed me and got out of our bed
And though I pleaded and I begged her not to walk out that door
She packed her bags and turned right away

And she kept on telling me
She kept on telling me
She kept on telling me

I want you ( I want to have sex with you.)
I need you (I need to have sex, you’re here and you’ll do.)
But there aint no way Im ever gonna love you (Well, at least she was honest.)
Now dont be sad
cause two out of three aint bad
I want you
I need you
But there aint no way Im ever gonna love you
Now dont be sad
cause two out of three aint bad
Don’t be sad
cause two out of three aint bad

Baby we can talk all night
But that aint getting us nowhere (Come on, let’s have sex.)

---Meat Loaf

[bbernardini]

1. Very good, but consider this...

Jim Steinman has said that most, if not everything he writes is part of his sci-fi update of "Peter Pan," called "Neverland." Might change a few things. Or knowing Jim Steinman, maybe not.

[KG]

2. maybe if he lost some weight and combed his hair, he'd get some.

[Haole Girl]

3. Those lyrics suck

However they're interpreted.

[flvegan]

4. Oddly enough, the reason the prior woman left is the same reason he's

giving the current woman to let him stay. At least that's how it reads to me.

Meatloaf did it all for the nookie.

[mcctatas]

6. Then we all know what he can do with that cookie!

:P

[no name no slogan]

5. If one were formally introduced to Meat Loaf, would one address him as Mr. Loaf?

:shrug:

[KG]

7. yes.

[Debi]

8. Nah, I'd call him Meat. n/t