Playing With the Boys

Album: Top Gun Soundtrack (1986)
Charted: 60
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  • I'd say it was the right time
    To walk away
    When dreaming takes you nowhere
    It's time to play
    Bodies working overtime
    Your money don't matter
    The clock keeps ticking
    When someone's on your mind
    On your mind

    I'm moving in slow motion
    Feels so good
    It's a strange anticipation
    Knock, knock, knocking on wood
    Bodies working overtime
    Man against man
    And all that ever matters
    Is baby who's ahead in the game
    Funny but it's always the same

    Playing, playing with the boys
    Staying, playing with the boys
    After chasing sunsets
    One of life's simple joys
    Is playing with the boys

    Said it was the wrong thing
    For me to do
    I said it's just a boys' game
    Girls play too

    My heart is working overtime
    In this kind of game
    People get hurt, I'm thinking of the people like me
    If you want to find me, I'll be

    Playing, playing with the boys
    Staying, playing with the boys
    After chasing sunsets
    One of life's simple joys

    I don't want to be the moth around your fire (with the boys)
    I don't want to be obsessed by my desire
    You're shining, You're smiliny
    I've seen enough
    With the boys
    I've seen enough
    You play too rough

    Playing, playing with the boys
    I'll be staying, playing with the boys (with the boys)
    After chasing sunsets (sunsets)
    One of life's simple joys
    Is playing with the boys
    Playing with the boys
    Playing (playing with the boys)
    Playing (playing with the boys)
    Playing (playing with the boys)
    Playing (playing with the boys) Writer/s: INA WOLF, KENNY LOGGINS, PETER WOLF
    Publisher: Audiam, Inc., Gnossos Music / Milk Money Music, Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd., Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, Spirit Music Group, Universal Music Publishing Group
    Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

Comments: 5

  • Top Gun from AnonIs definitely a coded homosexual story.
    “I'm moving in slow motion
    Feels so good
    It's a strange anticipation
    Knock, knock, knocking on wood
    Bodies working overtime”

    This is the gayest song ever.
  • Otherone from Alt PennAlways thought Loggins got a bum deal w this song and his whole career. I always thought playing w the... was referring to competition w men but ( girls play 2)
  • Fatboy from UkThe gay connotations come from Tarantino...that is it. And actually this can be interpreted as sexist...could the whole volleyball scene not be classed as eye candy for women. It’s Tarantinos own single minded view about this that is wrong
  • AnonymousI believe the meaning of this song is so far from amplifying any gay undertones of the Top Gun volleyball scene. In fact, it seems the song portrays a man keen on enjoying valuable time with his close buddies after gaining the courage to walk away from a toxic relationship (“said it was the right time to walk away”, “I don’t wanna be the moth drawn to your fire”, “I’m staying, you play too rough”). A great message for both guys and girls in the same situation
  • Sara from Silver Spring, MdWhen people hear this they think it has gay allusions because Top Gun has something of a gay following. But the song is basically about having fun whether you're a boy or girl.
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