Songs that say, "Take my/you by/her by/ him by the hand-Make _blank_ understand

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I heard this crummy new boy band/fake nu-jack swing song while I was having lunch that included the line mentioned in the qusetion box. I know the Doors used a variation on it in "Riders On The Storm", but who else has used it? I know there must be others.

Charles McCain (Charles McCain), Thursday, 27 March 2003 20:22 (twenty-three years ago)

Let me take you by the hand
Try to understand
Coming in to land
Try to understand
I am nothing burra maaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaan
I got a sand
Storm
Blowin' in mah head
Seein' many cullehs
But the only wateh comin' through is red
It's stoppin' me dead
trying to make some tracks but my feet they're feeling like lead...

I think I've just started liking Cast again. Kewl.

William Bloody Swygart (mrswygart), Thursday, 27 March 2003 20:26 (twenty-three years ago)

Not completely conforming to yr template, but "Amanda" by Boston:

I'm gonna take you by surprise
And make you realize
Amanda
I'm gonna tell you right away
I can't wait another day
Amanda
I'm gonna say it like a man
And make you understand
Amanda

Mr. Diamond (diamond), Thursday, 27 March 2003 20:28 (twenty-three years ago)

Kool and the Gang - "Fresh" (I wanna take you by the hand and make you understand.)

Toni Basil - "Mickey" (Oh Mickey, what a pity you don't understand You take me by the heart when you take me by the hand.)

The Doors - "Riders on the Storm" (Girl you gotta love your man. Take him by the hand. Make him understand.)

Evan (Evan), Thursday, 27 March 2003 20:40 (twenty-three years ago)

Mary J. Blige - "You Gotta Believe" (Take me boy by the hand. Let me make you understand.)

Creedence Clearwater Revival - "Someday Never Comes" (First thing I remember was asking papa "Why?", for there were many things I didn't know. And Daddy always smiled, took me by the hand, saying "Someday you'll understand.")

Evan (Evan), Thursday, 27 March 2003 20:49 (twenty-three years ago)

Joy Division:
God in his wisdom took you by the hand,
God in his wisdom made you understand.
In this colony, in this colony, in this colony, in this colony.

Hole:
Oh yeah, he wants to take you
Take you by the hand
Oh baby, let him break you
Then I think you'll understand
Are you gonna sit and watch me?


MC Hammer:
Yo! bust this!
I got a plan to take you by the hand
and whisper in your ear that
I wanna be your man
so understand the bottom line plan
I do do do do wanna be your man


Fleetwood Mac:
I don't wanna fight
I need you
Take me by the hand
Yes I understand
You're leaving


Oasis:
But no-one knows why there's a spirit in the sky, there's escape for no-one
He will understand, while I take him by the hand, that life's time tunnel is long
Well it will be alright
If you stay tonight


Bo Diddley:
Arlene took me by the hand,
And said oooh eeeh daddy I understand.
Who do you love,
Who do you love, Who do you love, Who do you love.


Nashville Pussy:
If the world kicks your ass, or gently leads you by the hand
There's just one thing we all understand and that's
Keep on fuckin'


Pink Floyd:
And do I take you by the hand
And lead you through the land
And help me understand the best I can


Cher:
I'm gonna treat you right
I don't want to try to understand my love
I just wanna take you by the hand
No matter what it takes


U2:
You take a stranger by the hand,
a man who doesn't understand
his wildest dreams.
You walk across the dirty sand,
and offer him an ocean
wide he's never seen.

Sterling Clover (s_clover), Thursday, 27 March 2003 20:58 (twenty-three years ago)

UB40 "Here I Am (Come and Take Me)

Here I am, baby. Come and take me.
Here I am, baby. Won't you come and take me?
Take me by the hand.
Ooh, squeeze me. Here I am, baby
Oh, here I am, baby. Come and take me
Here I am, baby. Won't you come and take me?
Take me by the hand.
Ooh show me, show me what you can
Here I am, baby. Oh, won't you take me,
take me by the hand. Take me by the hand.
Ooh show me, show me what you can
Here I am baby. Won't you take me?
Take me by the hand. Take me while you can.
Here I am, baby.

Famous Athlete, Friday, 28 March 2003 01:19 (twenty-three years ago)

Well, it's missing "under", but it pretty much fits--

"Well, here come the Martian Martians, Well, they're setting up a Kool-Aid stand/Where's their financial advisor?/Somebody should take him by the hand"

Jonathan Richman & the Modern Lovers-"Here Come the Martian Martians

Arthur (Arthur), Friday, 28 March 2003 01:27 (twenty-three years ago)

Tevin Campbell and Chubb Rock - Just Ask Me To

"(Baby, take Tevin by the hand)
(I'm sure you'll understand) I'm sure you'll understand
(Lady this is fate) Ohhhhh, ohhhhhhhh"

Sam Jeffries (samjeff), Friday, 28 March 2003 01:27 (twenty-three years ago)

By the way, these are the best fucking lyrics I've ever read:
http://www.ostlyrics.com/b/boyznthehood/justaskmeto.htm

Sam Jeffries (samjeff), Friday, 28 March 2003 01:27 (twenty-three years ago)

Wang Chung - Dance Hall Days

"Take your baby by the hand
And make her do a high handstand "

gygax! (gygax!), Friday, 28 March 2003 01:55 (twenty-three years ago)


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Wang Chung - Dance Hall Days
Buy this album!

Take your baby by the hand
And make her do a high handstand
And take your baby by the heel
And do the next thing that you feel

We were so in vies
In our dance hall days
We were cool on cries
When all you and everyone we knew
Could believe, do, and share in what was true

Dance hall days love !

Take your baby by the hair
And pull her close and there, there, there
And take your baby by the ears
And play upon her darkest fears

We were so in vies
In our dance hall days
We were cool on cries
When all you and everyone we knew
Could believe, do, and share in what was true

Dance hall days love
Dance hall days
Dance hall days love

Take your baby by the wrist
And in her mouth an amethyst
And in her eyes two sapphires blue
And you need her and she needs you
And you need her and she needs you
And you need her and she needs you
And you need her and she needs you
And you need her and she needs you

We were so in vies
In our dance hall days
We were cool on cries
When all you and everyone we knew
Could believe, do, and share in what was true

Dance hall days love
Dance hall days love
Dance hall days
Dance hall days love
Dance hall days
Dance hall days love
Dance hall days
Dance hall days love...

ps. Anyone up for a Mr. Mister revival ?!?

Gatinha (rwillmsen), Friday, 28 March 2003 02:03 (twenty-three years ago)

YES

"Kyrie Eleison down the roads that you must travel..."

Dan Perry (Dan Perry), Friday, 28 March 2003 02:05 (twenty-three years ago)

Pulp. (none of these are actually take my hand...understand, though)

Common People:
But she didn't understand / She just smiled and held my hand

PTA:
I turned and looked at you, I said, / 'Yes, I understand / I'm gonna take this girl in hand'

His n' Hers:
I want you now, I want you here / So lie down by the fire and if the neighbours hear, the neighbours hear / ‘Cos they don’t understand what you’ve got in your hand

('she' actually takes his hand later in the last one, but like in Bar Italia there is no 'understand' to be found in that verse.)

scott pl. (scott pl.), Friday, 28 March 2003 02:23 (twenty-three years ago)

Take the hand of the man
That made you an woman

Some country guy whose name escapes me right now.
He had a perm.

David Beckhouse (David Beckhouse), Friday, 28 March 2003 02:38 (twenty-three years ago)


Pulp. (none of these are actually take my hand...understand, though)

Common People:
But she didn't understand / She just smiled and held my hand

PTA:
I turned and looked at you, I said, / 'Yes, I understand / I'm gonna take this girl in hand'

His n' Hers:
I want you now, I want you here / So lie down by the fire and if the neighbours hear, the neighbours hear / ‘Cos they don’t understand what you’ve got in your hand

('she' actually takes his hand later in the last one, but like in Bar Italia there is no 'understand' to be found in that verse.)

Does Jarvis see his hand as a woman, by any chance?!??

Gatinha (rwillmsen), Friday, 28 March 2003 02:43 (twenty-three years ago)

"UB40 "Here I Am (Come and Take Me)"

Uh... great song, but originally Al Green, I think you'll find!

Stewart Osborne (Stewart Osborne), Friday, 28 March 2003 09:12 (twenty-three years ago)

AT&T Wireless user manual:

"We will take you by the hand and explain coverage areas and phones in easy to understand non techie terms."

- Wooden Ships:
"If you smile at me I will understand ..."
.. about 24 phrases later ..
"Go, take your sister then by the hand.."


dave225 (Dave225), Friday, 28 March 2003 13:10 (twenty-three years ago)

twenty-two years pass...

“Let me take you by the hand, you darling
Won’t you always understand, you darling”

Tom Clines and His Music - “You Darling” (1930)

Mr. Snrub, Tuesday, 9 September 2025 10:30 (nine months ago)

"Take my hand for a while
Explain it to me once again
Just for the sake of my broken heart"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HNLYTY2G1sw

AI Jardine (Tom D.), Tuesday, 9 September 2025 11:07 (nine months ago)

James Brown:
hold my ha-a-a-and
make me under-r-stand
I break out
in a cold sweat

assert (matttkkkk), Tuesday, 9 September 2025 11:10 (nine months ago)


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