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ROVIANNE
(Words and Music by Rick Springfield)
Rovianne
Rovianne
When I breathe
I swear that I could draw you in
I hide my feelings
But the veil is thin
It's fall at the touch of your fingers
Or the smell of your skin
Late at night
Sometimes I have to ease my heat
I see your body burning on my sheet
It fades and the heat still lingers
I want to see you again
Here she comes
Yeah, I watch her walk on by
Here she comes
And I see her hair in the sun
Here she comes
I know she's a little shy
Rovianne
My heart bangs like a drum
With a message to Rovianne
Rovianne
I'd do anything to be your lover
Yeah Rovianne, Rovianne
Rovianne
Rovianne
Though it's bitter and sweet
Rovianne
You've got me dancing in the street
Rovianne
Rovianne
Here she comes
That Mona Lisa smile is on her face
With that body and that animal grace
I want to go through your armour like a hurricane
Here she comes
Yeah, I watch her walk on by
Here she comes
And I see her hair in the sun
Here she comes
I know she's a little shy
Rovianne
My heart bangs like a drum
With a message to Rovianne
Rovianne
Rovianne
Rovianne
I'd do anything to be your lover
Yeah Rovianne, Rovianne
Rovianne
Rovianne
Though it's bitter and sweet
Rovianne
You've got me dancing in the street
Rovianne
Rovianne
Here she comes
Yeah, I watch her walk on by
Here she comes
And I see her hair in the sun
Here she comes
I know she's a little shy
Rovianne
My heart bangs like a drum
With a message to Rovianne
Rovianne
Rovianne
Rovianne
I'd do anything
Rovianne
To be your lover
Yeah Rovianne, Rovianne
Though it's bitter and sweet
You've got me dancing in the street
Rovianne
Rovianne
I'd do anything to be your lover
Yeah Rovianne, Rovianne
Though it's bitter and sweet
You've got me dancing in the street
Rovianne
Rovianne
Rovianne
Rovianne
Rovianne
Rovianne
Rovianne
Rovianne
(total
playing time 3:31)
Song Facts: This can be found on Sahara Snow.
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According to US
This song is one that many, many people rave about and for the longest time, I just really didn't get it. At the same time, I've got a really bad habit of not listening to each and every word in a song. I've never been one to sit down with a cd and the liner notes and read the words. I tend to listen to the music in my car, so I miss things, for the longest time. I can't tell you how many times I'd listened to this song when I finally heard the line "late at night, sometimes I have to ease my heat". Now if that's not a visual, I don't know what is. I'm surprised I didn't wreck my car. Hey, this song's worth another listen, just to hear that line again. Then I stated opening up to the song more and more as I listened to it. I like the first part "when I breathe, I swear that I can draw you in"....This whole song just oozes lust, and wanting, and longing and obsession. There are some kind of cliche lines, and some rhymes that might be just a little too easy, but I've come to rather like it. I don't like the music though, as much as the words. I feel that way about a lot of the songs on this
cd. - rlh
Add me to the list of the people who love this song. While I can see the obvious sexuality dripping out of these lyrics, I've always associated this song with other thoughts. You're all probably going to think I'm silly, but if I haven't embarrassed myself by now on this list chances are I probably will with this one.
First off, I love this name. I love how it is *different*. Growing up with a very common name is sometimes harder than if you have an unusual name. You tend to just blend in with the crowd instead of sticking out, and you find yourself "having a great personality" to get yourself noticed. Rovianne seems like the type of girl who wouldn't have a problem attracting attention according to Mr. Springfield.
Ok, so here I go...to me this sounds like Rick is definitely in love with a girl - but a very, very young girl, perhaps a toddler. (I'll cover that lover line in a bit) I don't know how many of you are parents to a daughter, but it is sort of a different love than what you have for a son. Girls are all soft & pink and baby powder smelling, and all you want to do is cuddle them when they are small. "When I breathe I swear that I could draw you in" When my daughter was born, I'd sit and rock her and just soak in her sweetness. "...at the touch of your fingers and the smell of your skin" I'd even catch my husband with the same kind of lovestruck look of just being her presence.
"Late at night, sometimes I have to ease my heat - I see your body burning on my sheet". Yeah, yeah I'm not deaf and/or dumb - I hear the obvious sexual undertones here...and oh it makes me swoon too...but go ahead laugh, I'm one of those parents who had kids in their bed, often. (save the lectures for another time please) If any of you have ever slept with a child you know they are like having a little heater right next to you, and you'll find yourself drenched in sweat in under an hour. That's when you truck them off back to their own bed... hope I didn't ruin any Rick fantasies with that thought.
The chorus is my favorite part of this song. Even the beat takes on the sound of a toddler walking if you listen to it close enough. "And I watch her walk on by...and I see her hair in the sun...I know she's a little shy..." I can see Rick sitting in a park watching this little girl walking by, giving him that shy little smile that only little girls possess. My daughter is still extremely shy (she's going on 7 now) yet would shyly smile at strangers wherever we went as long as she was secure in my presence. I'm sure she'd give Rick the same smile if she ever met him.
Now, for the line, "I'd do anything to be your lover". I know the lyrics were included with this album, and I've gone back many a time to check out what I'm hearing with what Rick says he's saying. I swear in this song that line to me sounds like, "I'd do anything for your love, uh". I must have checked that line a few dozen times, and decided that I like my way better. :-) So I'm knowingly singing it incorrectly, but hey-you're not standing in my living room with me dancing around noticing that I'm singing it wrong anyway, so leave me at my wrongness.
For the record, this song sounds just so "radio ready" to me as a single. Either that or placed in some cutesy teenybopper movie. Oh, and my kids like it too. So we listen often. I've also psychoanalyzed myself about my thoughts on this song (what am I, nuts??) and the only rational thought that I've come up with is that my daughter was about a year old when I first acquired this CD. Go figure :-)
For a final side note, at the bottom of these lyrics it says: (Additional B. Vox: The Tug) Is that Brett Tuggle?? I've always wondered...Michelle
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