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samueltyler2 I guess one might argue the song could be interpreted as being consonant with the notion that " 'No' really means, 'Yes'."...
The girl is playing hard-to-get and the guy is pleading. She doesn't throw him out, but he counters every objection she has.
But I don't think it's rape or even forcing himself, and she doesn't give a hard, "No."
I think a far worse lyric is from "Walkin' My Baby Back Home", famously sung by Nat King Cole (transcribing from memory):
"She's 'fraid of the dark
So I have to park
Outside of her door in its light;
She says if I try
To kiss her, she'll cry--
I dry her tears all through the night."
I think it's meant to be a *wink* for the careful listener, but one could easily argue that the implication is that he's forcing himself on "his baby" after their public evening together; this seems to be consonant with the thinking that, "the guy has paid for the evening, so now the gal owes him a return on his investment"...
