Turn My Motor On

Written by Kirsty MacColl
Kirsty Maccoll - (Turn My) Motor On

Lyrics

When we make love you know it feels so fine
Any way you want it baby I don’t mind
Anything you do you know I can’t complain
Come and kiss me honey, here I go again

I get a kind of power, don’t know where it’s from
Ooee babe you turn my motor on
I get a kind of power, don’t know where it’s from
Ooee babe you turn my motor on

When we have fun you it feels alright
Wanna see you morning, afternoon and night
I don’t care where, you know I don’t mind when
Just arouse my interest, here I go again

I get a kind of power, don’t know where it’s from
Ooee babe you turn my motor on
I get a kind of power, don’t know where it’s from
Ooee babe you turn my motor on

We’re all alone now now baby please don’t hide
Come on over here, I’m gonna swallow your pride
Don’t act cool now baby, try romance
It ain’t every day that you get a chance like this baby

You don’t have to catch me, I ain’t on the run
Who wants your brain, your body’s too much fun
Just keep on smiling, you ain’t in no pain
Move a little closer, here I go again

I get a kind of power, don’t know where it’s from
Ooee babe you turn my motor on

I get a kind of power, don’t know where it’s from
Ooee babe you turn my motor on

Oohoo you turn my motor on

Oohoohoo you turn my motor on

Commentary

“The B side (’Motor On’) is an old Addix song, it’s more (…) than the A side (‘They Don’t Know’), which sounds like the Beach Girls”

We’ve heard demo takes of this song, with evidence that the lyrics were cleaned up slightly along the way to the final recording! Verse 3 in its earlier incarnation was thus,

We’re all alone now now baby please don’t hide
Come on over here, I’m gonna swallow your pride
If you wanna win you need a real good team
Come up on the inside, hope your plugs are clean

(Ooee missus …)

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