This Side Of Hell [Damn Yankees, featuring Tommy Shaw]

This Side Of Hell
Written by Tommy Shaw, Jack Blades, Ted Nugent
Lead Vocals by Jack Blades

I don't want to talk that much about anything
And I don't want to know about who you been seeing
My will is on, and I can't say no
The feeling's strong, but I can't let go, baby

You got me living this side of hell
Living this side oh well
You got me salivating
Was it Pavlov's intention
Living this side of hell

I don't know much about wide-eyed innocence
Or hanging around with your cheap intelligence
My brain went south as I hit the floor
And all I want is more and more, honey

You got me living this side of hell
Living this side oh well
While I was goin' to school you bent me over the rules

Living this side of hell
I come around and start to knock at your door
I hear a voice say "She don't live here no more"
That's it for me, I guess I don't get to score
And then you woo me, you do me, you chew me up and spit me out

You keepin' it up 'til a quarter to three
That little bitty thang got a hold on me
Honey, what you doin' to me
What yo tryin' to do
What you tryin' to do to me

Living this side of hell
Living this side oh well
I'm in way over my head
Why can't I be like Ted
Living this side of hell

Got me living this side of hell
You got me living this side oh well
Is it your good intention
Or a crisis intervention
Living this side of hell
Living this side
Living this side
Living this side

Interpretation

I don't want to talk or get to know you. I don't care who else you're seeing. I just want to have casual sex.  When I try to reach you, I'm told you've moved, so I guess I won't get it tonight, but then you call me, and then you keep me up all night. I'm salivating like Pavlov's dogs, and you may be too much for me. Why can't I be like Ted (Nugent)?