… Read Full Bio ↴Ian Dury (1942-2000) was an English singer, songwriter, and bandleader.
Born on 12th May 1942, he is best known as founder and lead singer of the British band Ian Dury and the Blockheads, though he began his musical career in pub-rock act Kilburn & the High Roads. He wrote many famous songs including "Hit Me with Your Rhythm Stick", "What a Waste", and "Sex and Drugs and Rock and Roll". He died on 27th March 2000.
At the age of seven, Dury contracted polio; very likely, he believed, from a swimming pool at Southend on Sea during the 1949 polio epidemic. After six weeks in a full plaster cast in Truro hospital, he was moved to Black Notley Hospital, Braintree, Essex, where he spent a year and a half before going to Chailey Heritage Craft School, East Sussex, in 1951. Chailey was a school and hospital for disabled children, and believed in toughening them up, contributing to the observant and determined person Dury became.
Wake Up And Make Love With Me
Ian Dury Lyrics
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With the gift for womankind
You're still asleep
the gift don't seem to mind
Rise on this occasion
Halfway up your back
Sliding down your body
You look so self-possessed
I won't disturb your rest
Its lovely when you're sleeping
But wide awake is best
Ow, wake up and make love with me
Wake up and make love
Wake up and make love with me
I don't want to make you
I'll let the fancy take you
And you'll wake up and make love
You come awake
In a horny morning mood
And well have a proper wriggle
In the naughty, naked nude
Roll against my body
Get me where you want me
What happens next is private
Its also very rude
I'll go and get the post
And make some tea and toast
You have another sleep
It's me that needs it most
Ow, wake up and make love with me
Wake up and make love
Wake up and make love with me
I don't want to make you
I'll let the fancy take you
And you'll wake up and make love
Wake up and make love with me
Wake up and make love
Wake up and make love with me
Wake up and make love
Wake up
Wake up
Wake up
Wake up
Now wake up, wake up, wake up
The song "Wake Up And Make Love With Me" by Ian Dury is a playful and irreverent exploration of sexual desire and intimacy. The singer wakes up and finds himself aroused, but his partner is still asleep. However, he's not discouraged and proceeds to playfully and seductively try to wake her up so they can make love. He teases her about how good she looks when she's sleeping, but ultimately suggests that being wide awake is even better when it comes to sex.
The lyrics are full of cheeky innuendo, with the singer using physical descriptions and wordplay to evoke the desire and passion he feels. He describes touching his partner's body and sliding down her back, and encourages her to "roll against my body" to get him where she wants him. Despite the playful tone of the song, there's an underlying message about communication and consent - the singer encourages his partner to let her fancy take her and wake up ready to make love, rather than forcing anything on her.
Overall, "Wake Up And Make Love With Me" is a fun and lighthearted song that celebrates sexual desire and intimacy in a playful and consensual way.
Line by Line Meaning
I come awake
I'm waking up from sleeping
With the gift for womankind
I have a certain ability or skill when it comes to pleasing women
You're still asleep
You're still sleeping
The gift don't seem to mind
My abilities don't seem to mind that you're still sleeping
Rise on this occasion
Wake up, get out of bed
Halfway up your back
My hands are on your back, halfway up
Sliding down your body
My hands are moving down your body (in a sexual manner)
Touching your behind
My hands are on your buttocks
You look so self-possessed
You look like you have everything under control, even while you're sleeping
I won't disturb your rest
I won't interrupt your sleeping
Its lovely when you're sleeping
It's nice to see you sleeping
But wide awake is best
But you're the most enjoyable when you're wide awake
Ow, wake up and make love with me
Wake up and have sex with me
Wake up and make love
Wake up and have sex
I don't want to make you
I don't want to force you into anything
I'll let the fancy take you
I'll let your own desire guide you
And you'll wake up and make love
And you'll wake up and have sex with me
You come awake
You wake up
In a horny morning mood
Feeling sexual desire in the morning
And well have a proper wriggle
We'll have sex and move around a lot
In the naughty, naked nude
In the provocative and suggestive state of being fully naked
Roll against my body
Move your body against mine
Get me where you want me
Position me in a way that works best for you
What happens next is private
What we do after this is secret and intimate
Its also very rude
It's also considered impolite or dirty by others outside of this situation
I'll go and get the post
I'll go check the mail
And make some tea and toast
I'll make us some tea and toast to enjoy
You have another sleep
You go back to sleep
It's me that needs it most
I'm the one who needs the rest the most
Wake up
Wake up
Now wake up, wake up, wake up
I'm urging you to wake up
Lyrics © BMG Rights Management, Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd., Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
Written by: CHARLES JEREMY JANKEL, IAN ROBINS DURY
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Lyrics:
I come awake
With the gift for womankind
You're still asleep
the gift don't seem to mind
Rise on this occasion
Halfway up your back
Sliding down your body
Touching your behind
You look so self-possessed
I won't disturb your rest
Its lovely when you're sleeping
But wide awake is best
Ow, wake up and make love with me
Wake up and make love
Wake up and make love with me
I don't want to make you
I'll let the fancy take you
And you'll wake up and make love
You come awake
In a horny morning mood
And well have a proper wriggle
In the naughty, naked nude
Roll against my body
Get me where you want me
What happens next is private
Its also very rude
I'll go and get the post
And make some tea and toast
You have another sleep
It's me that needs it most
Ow, wake up and make love with me
Wake up and make love
Wake up and make love with me
I don't want to make you
I'll let the fancy take you
And you'll wake up and make love
Wake up and make love with me
Wake up and make love
Wake up and make love with me
Wake up and make love
Wake up
Wake up
Wake up
Wake up
Now wake up, wake up, wake up
@markusclemens6979
I hate the word underrated here on youtube.
But this is exactly what this genius was. Incredible musician.
@Broomehall
I remember strolling up to woolworths on a late sunny September day and buying this album, I was 18 and it changed my life musically ..... I'm 61 now, and look back on that era, Ian and the band with such incredible fondness......
@christineholmes5919
That’s a lovely story, forgotten just how good he was , use to sing clever Trevor to my brother 😅
@mop714
I don`t think kids know how excited we were to afford an album, put it on our turntable, and play it over again and again ... we had the best era!!
@mozilini
Sometimes i wish i was raised in that era. Life seemed easier back then.
@SundraTanakoh
70 years old here...I loved this album!!!
@gittank-sson3074
@@mop714 yes we hade!
@rafaelmontes6336
One of most underrated geniuses ever to roam the earth
@jeremyalderson4864
What happens next is private,
It's also very rude.
Who else could write lyrics as good
@annother3350
The whole band was great man. Chaz Jankel was also the brains behind the music