Physical Attraction was the seventh track from the album titled Madonna. – “Maybe we were meant to be together even though we never met before.”
In the spring of 1984 (April 25) we welcomed a new member to our family. My brother Adam and his wife Naomi had a little girl named Abigail Norah. The fact that I was able to give Abigail her middle name was very special to me. It was the first time in my life that I got to name a family member. I knew that no one in the family would ever name their child after me since I was gay, so this was the closest I would get to passing on a name. My family was essential to me, so this was a great honor for me.
Six months after Abigail was born, my life took a big turn. I was sitting in a restaurant in Greensboro, North Carolina, and three tables down were the most handsome man I had ever seen in my life. (At the time I felt funny about saying that about another man.) This guy had jet-black, curly hair, and olive skin, and was wearing a black, short-sleeve, crew neck t-shirt. I knew that he wasn’t from North Carolina. I suspected he was visiting from out of town. I sat and stared at this man for what must have been an hour, and not once did he look up from his newspaper to notice me. I left disappointed, mainly because I didn’t have the nerve to introduce myself or even get him to look at me. (The Ice Princess was very shy in those days.) But seeing him sparked a fire in me that I had never felt before. It felt much deeper than just a physical attraction.
That evening I drove back to my hometown and told my best friend, Mary, about seeing this beautiful stranger.
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You say that you need my love
And you’re wantin’ my body, I don’t mind
Baby all I’ve got is time
And I’m waiting to make you mine
You say you wanna stay the night
But you’ll leave me tomorrow, I don’t care
All of your moves are right
We can take it anywhere, this
Physical attraction
It’s a chemical reaction
Physical attraction
Chemical reaction
Trying hard to get away
But I can’t seem to fight the way I feel
Even though you’re not for real
Your touch is driving me
Crazy and when you smile
It’s just makin’ me want you more and more
Baby won’t you stay a while
It could be such a fantasy
Maybe we were meant to be together
Even though we never met before
We got to move before the sun is rising
And you’ll be walking slowly out the door
