About The Song
“I’m Just Talkin’ About Tonight” is a song co-written and recorded by American country music artist Toby Keith. It was released on May 31, 2001 as the first single from his 2001 album Pull My Chain. The song reached number one on the US Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks (now Hot Country Songs) chart for the week of September 15, 2001. Keith wrote this song with Scotty Emerick.
Keith wrote about the inspiration for the song on his website. “I used to make my living in clubs, so I had ample opportunity to watch a lot of ‘tomcats’ hit on the ladies. The woman in this song says, “Well, I don’t like bars and I don’t usually do this.” It’s not saying go and get into bed; it’s saying skip the B.S. and all the other chapters and the heck with why we’re here; let’s have an understanding – this is about right this minute. We’re lonely; let’s talk. It may not be politically correct, but it’s honest, so in that regard, it’s very representative of who I am. It’s also very influenced by Guy Clark and Jerry Jeff Walker and that whole Texas sound. It’s not Nashville or Dixie but Austin, straight out of the taproot of that tree.”
Ray Waddell, of Billboard magazine in his review of the album, called the song “a new honky-tonk standard.”
“I’m Just Talkin’ About Tonight” debuted at number 41 on the U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks for the week of May 26, 2001.
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Lyrics
Well, I’m not talkin’ ’bout lockin’ down forever, baby
That would be too demandin’
I’m just talkin’ ’bout two lonely people
Who might reach a little understandin’
I’m not talkin’ ’bout knockin’ out heaven
With whether we’re wrong or we’re right
I’m not talkin’ ’bout hookin’ up and hangin’ out
I’m just talkin’ ’bout tonight
You were sittin’ on your bar stool
Talkin’ to some fool who didn’t have a clue
I guess he couldn’t see you were lookin’ right at me
‘Cause I was lookin’ at you too
Then it’s, “Do you wanna dance?”
“Have we ever met?”
You said, “Hold your horses, boy
I ain’t that easy to get”
Well, I’m not talkin’ ’bout lockin’ down forever, baby
That would be too demandin’
I’m just talkin’ ’bout two lonely people
Who might reach a little understandin’
I’m not talkin’ ’bout knockin’ out heaven
With whether we’re wrong or we’re right
I’m not talkin’ ’bout hookin’ up and hangin’ out
I’m just talkin’ ’bout tonight
She said, “I only take it slow
By now you oughta know that I ain’t diggin’ this”
“If we can start as friends
The weekend just might end, with a little kiss”
She said, “I’m a lady lookin’ for a man in my life
Who’ll make a good husband
I’ll make a good wife”
Easy now
I’m not talkin’ ’bout lockin’ down forever, baby
That would be too demandin’
I’m just talkin’ ’bout two lonely people
Who might reach a little understandin’
I’m not talkin’ ’bout knockin’ out heaven
With whether we’re wrong or we’re right
See, I’m not talkin’ ’bout hookin’ up and hangin’ out
I’m just talkin’ ’bout tonight
Yeah, I’m just talkin’ ’bout a little bit later tonight