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Showing Original Post only (View all)The Robert Cray song, Right Next Door (Because of Me); Is it about a rapist? [View all]
I'm a guy who is anything but a strong persuader, I totally suck at salesmanship but I have known several men that were really outstanding at it and used it to get sex from a lot of women.
I also have a daughter and two granddaughters so rape is a subject that's fairly personal for me.
Here are the lyrics..
I can hear the couple fighting right next door
Their angry words sound clear thru these thin walls
Around midnight I hear him shout unfaithful woman
And I knew right there the axe was gonna fall
It's because of me
It's because of me
I heard him shout who is he, she mumbled low
He said baby don't you lie to me no more
And I'm listening thru these thin walls silently
As he called out my name I was right next door
It's because of me
It's because of me
She was right next door and I'm such a strong persuader
That she was just another notch on my guitar
She's gonna lose the man that really loves her
In the silence I can hear their breaking hearts
At daybreak I hear him back and say goodbye
I can hear him slam the door and walk away
Right next door I hear that woman start to cry
I should go to her but what would I say
It's because of me
It's because of me
She was right next door and I'm such a strong persuader
That she was just another notch on my guitar
She's gonna lose the man that really loves her
In the silence I can hear their breaking hearts
Their angry words sound clear thru these thin walls
Around midnight I hear him shout unfaithful woman
And I knew right there the axe was gonna fall
It's because of me
It's because of me
I heard him shout who is he, she mumbled low
He said baby don't you lie to me no more
And I'm listening thru these thin walls silently
As he called out my name I was right next door
It's because of me
It's because of me
She was right next door and I'm such a strong persuader
That she was just another notch on my guitar
She's gonna lose the man that really loves her
In the silence I can hear their breaking hearts
At daybreak I hear him back and say goodbye
I can hear him slam the door and walk away
Right next door I hear that woman start to cry
I should go to her but what would I say
It's because of me
It's because of me
She was right next door and I'm such a strong persuader
That she was just another notch on my guitar
She's gonna lose the man that really loves her
In the silence I can hear their breaking hearts
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The Robert Cray song, Right Next Door (Because of Me); Is it about a rapist? [View all]
Fumesucker
Nov 2012
OP
Eh, as I stated in the OP, I've known men like that, they aren't all that unusual
Fumesucker
Nov 2012
#19
so is using salesmanship rape? "baby, i really love you, you're so beautiful..." If so, there's
HiPointDem
Dec 2012
#44
I didn't say that, but there are others who implied that and will not post on this thread
Fumesucker
Dec 2012
#47
If you have to persuade someone to do something it doesn't sound like enthusiastic participation
Fumesucker
Nov 2012
#4
From what I've learned on DU, pretty much any man who can pick out more than 2 chords on
Schema Thing
Nov 2012
#6
"f"???? Hell, even I feel my resistance waning... must not let dawgs...aaarrggghhh
Schema Thing
Nov 2012
#9
I saw a standard put forth on DU that turns most if not all seduction into rape
Fumesucker
Nov 2012
#31
This was a married woman who lived right next door, on the other side of the thin walls.
Fumesucker
Nov 2012
#40
I love it, redqueen is now defending a man for whom a woman is "only another notch on my guitar"
Fumesucker
Dec 2012
#50
I've heard this song about four million times and I never thought it was about rape...
Chorophyll
Nov 2012
#33
You ask if a Work of Fiction is about a rapist? Email the author. Want to know what it's like to...
Melinda
Dec 2012
#45
As I said elsewhere, I told no one of what happened to me until I was well into my forties
Fumesucker
Dec 2012
#57
"Anything less than enthusiastic participation" is not necessarily criminally actionable.
nomorenomore08
Dec 2012
#59