NEW LOVER
(Words and Music by Rick Springfield, Bob Marlette and Tim Pierce)

New lover
New lover
Baby you need sexual healing
You're damn right
Got bedroom lovers up to the ceiling
Day and night
It's not that it's wrong but it sure ain't right
Yeah
All your lovers walk on water
For one night
In the morning you run for the border
In plain sight
Is that all you want, one more man, one more night

Yeah, this is your new lover
Same as the old lover
Everybody knows it does nothing for your soul
You're just another passion junkie
This is your new lover

What you need and what you want
Are two things
I don't want to be the confidante
Of your sins
I don't want the stories
You know it stings

Yeah, this is your new lover
Same as the old lover
Everybody knows it does nothing for your soul
You're just another passion junkie

This is your new lover

Hear you come walking
With another handsome man
I'm tired of your show baby
Don't you understand

I'll be your new lover

I'll be your new lover
Not like the old lover

I know I can give you something for your soul
Don't have to be a passion junkie
I'll be your new lover
Not like the old lover

I know I can give you something for your soul
Don't have to be a passion junkie
I'll be your new lover
Not like the old lover

I'll be your new lover
Not like the old lover

I'll be your new lover
Not like the old lover

(total playing time 4:19)

Song Facts: This  can be found on Sahara Snow.

 According to US

Hi, My name is Michelle and I have a confession. I like the Sha Do Wop.
Whew, I feel better getting that one off my chest. I must admit after the first few listens to this one after acquiring Sahara Snow I was thinking to myself, "Sha Do Wop??? Have I time-warped back to the 50's?" But it kind of grew on me. 

I like this song for the forcefulness to the words, that it almost gives you an attitude when you're singing along with it. Because yes, I sing along with all my Rick tunes. It's a bad habit I seem to have acquired. The second line in... Rick's already hollerin' "You're damn right" and sometimes when I just need a good "Unh" ('cause you gotta love them too) I pop this song in.

It took me a while to realize what Rick was singing about in this one. I wasn't really paying attention to the words with all that snazzy Sha Do Woppin' going on. Then one day it finally sunk in, and I sort of grinned. Well I'll be damned, I think I like this woman. It seems to me the attitude I hear is Mr Springfield being a little miffed that he's come across a female gigolo. I also like that Rick thinks that now that she's had him, well there won't be anymore. Such an ego on this man. :-) 

I really love the term "passion junkie". One day I'm gonna thank Rick for expanding my vocabulary. Unfortunately this was a song that my kids have heard a few times and misintrepreted the words and then I caught them singing the wrong words. No, they weren't asking me about the meaning of the song (thankfully they sing along kind of like stepford children, they have no idea of the meaning of some of the stuff coming out of their mouths) they were singing - "Everybody knows it does nothing for your soul, you're just another fashion monkey". So even though I love the term passion junkie, I just don't get to use it enough. However, the term fashion monkey somehow gets used repeatedly in our house - and in a six degrees of Rick Springfield way, I've got Rick to thank for it. - Michelle P.

This song has consistently been my "skipper" on this disc, and this disc is definitely one of my favorite Rick CDs, so that says something. I've always felt somehow it didn't fit. Maybe it's because of the collaboration, maybe Rick didn't have that much input into it, I don't know. I think most of my dissatisfaction can be summed up in one word:

SHA-DOO-WOP

What the hell is that word anyway? 

I remember when this came out we were all speculating about was it "shadow up" or some weird word that we weren't understanding correctly. But then word came down: no, it was some 1960s esque version of a filler nonsense word, but completely out of place in this tune. I've never been a big fan of the "hey woo" or the "woe woe woe woe" (think Love Somebody) but at least in those songs they seem to fit. In this song it just stops me from enjoying it. 

I guess the other thing I've not cared for is that he sounds like he's begging here, and that's just a picture of Rick I don't like seeing. LOL. I mean, this is clearly a totally made up scenario, because we all know Rick would never have to beg...right? <wink>

Thumbs down for me on New Lover. You might be able to dance to it, but the repetition of the music and non adventurous language (minus the word confidante...snaps for that) make it fall under the usually high standard bar I set for Rick music. -
Amy SP

oh, yay! i've been waiting for this song....
it's another contrast. it is the flip side, the other perspective of "scandalous life." 

Baby you need sexual healing
You're damn right
Got bedroom lovers up to the ceiling
Day and night

well, okay, so far it's the same thought as scandalous life. the perceived "fantasy" life (real or imagined) of a sex god (or goddess) or other sexually obsessed person. 

All your lovers walk on water 
For one night

yet another jesus reference. but hey, i think we've all (?) been here. this is THE one. i barely know this person (which definitely Helps) but he's perfect.... head over heels. heat of the moment. 

In the morning you run for the border 
In plain sight

the morning after. and the rush is gone, the perfect is gone, and now the one who was perfect is now no longer worth speaking to. (and when your heart is breaking, i won't be there to pick it up)

Is that all you want, one more man, one more night

hypersexual. back to illness. sexual healing. uh huh.
i still think of this as more the musician = one night stand stereotype. 


What you need and what you want 
Are two things

the "what you need" and "what you want" from scandalous life again. i think the speaker has different things in mind here, tho, than the speaker in sl. completely opposite opinions. the contrast again. 

I don't want to be the confidante 
Of your sins
I don't want the stories
You know it stings

here's a bit of realism. something to identify with. yeah, it would sting, to be the "faithful" one stuck w/ this person. he seems to give the impression of the "best friend waiting in the wings" here. and yet another religious reference. 

Hear you come walking 
With another handsome man
I'm tired of your show baby
Don't you understand

dtts, idwafy.... 

I'll be your new lover
Not like the old lover
I know I can give you something for your soul


again, the perspective change from scandalous life. who DOESN'T want to feel like the special one, the one who will make a difference, the one who will be THE ONE. the one who has what it takes. compare that to the long line of lovers in scandalous life, and the bedroom lovers stacked to the ceiling.... nope. THE ONE. 

yep. in your dreams, you can be the one. ha! i wonder how many times rick has heard THAT in his life. (um, never?) i get the feeling that it isn't going to turn out like the speaker thinks. regardless of his confidence. 
sort of like the "if i can just say something clever/heartfelt when he walks by i won't be like the other hundreds of people he talks to today" hotel lobby/backstage thought.... 
hm, that sorta segues into lust..... go figure.... ;-) - sgeorge