RAYE
Skin & Bones. lyrics
- Language
- English
- Level
- Intermediate
- Released
- 2026
- Genre
- Pop, R&B
- Length
- 3:15
Just skin (just skin), and bones (and bones)
And lungs (and lungs), and a heart (and a heart)
Two eyes (two eyes), and a liver (and a liver)
And a nose (and nose), and no brain
He's insane 'cause he thinks he can make love
Without having to love me
Ah, oh
Ah, oh
Hey, excuse me
I'm so sorry to bother you (bother you)
Was wondering if you could point me the direction of (the direction of)
A gentleman (a gentleman)
So few and far between this land
This one just text to cancel plans
It's the audacity, for me
Supposed to pick me up in 45 minutes
My hair is looking lovely, my dress has been selected
Are the standards this low?
Well, he suggested skipping dinner
"My place for dessert?"
The bar is on the floor now, bar is on the floor now
It's the wi-, wi-, wi-, wi-, wild west
For a single woman, I can confirm
All he want is that
Skin (skin), and bones (and bones)
And lungs (and lungs), and a heart (and a heart)
Two eyes (two eyes), and a liver (and a liver)
And a nose (and a nose), and no brain
He's insane 'cause he thinks he can make love
Without having to love me
Ah, oh
Ah, oh
Hello, sweetie
With your non-exclusive text proposal
Oh, you boys so greedy
You want your cake and eat it
You want your cherry on top
You want to want and need me
And then to up and leave me
And then to maybe call me in a week
But you'll see how you're feeling
It's the au-, the audacity
Supposed to pick me up in 45 minutes
My shoes are by the door, my makeup is a renaissance
Now you wanna hang out in my living room and try it on
The bar is on the floor now
It's the wild, wild, wild, wild, wild west
For a single woman, I can confirm
All he want is that
Skin (skin), and bones (and bones)
And lungs (and lungs), and a heart (and a heart)
Two eyes (two eyes), and a liver (and a liver)
And a nose (and a nose), and no brain
He's insane 'cause he thinks he can make love
Without having to love me
Ah, oh-oh, oh, oh, oh, oh
(Ah) he thinks (-make love to me)
Without (without having to love me, ah)
He can make love to me (how he's tryna speed it up, speed it up)
Without having to love me (ah)
Yeah, you think you can make love to me
Without having to love me (ah)
He can make love to me (oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, without having to love me)
It's the wild, wild, wild, wild, wild west (oh)
He thinks we should make love (ah, oh)
I think he should leave
It's the wild, wild, wild, wild, wild west (oh)
He thinks we should make love (ah)
Wild, wild, wild, wild, wild west (oh)
For a single woman, I can confirm
All he want is that
Skin (just skin), and bones (and bones), oh
And lungs (and lungs), and a heart (and a heart), oh
Without having to love me
Two eyes (two eyes), and a liver (and a liver), oh
And a nose, and no brain, oh
Without having to love me (ah)
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Key vocabulary
- dessert
- sweet after mealA2
- wild
- uncontrolled; not tameA2
- dinner
- main evening mealA1
- eyes
- see organsA1
- far
- at a long distanceA1
- having
- owning or possessingA1
- heart
- center of feelingsA2
- hello
- used to greetA1
- hey
- used to get attentionA1
- make
- create or produceA1
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About this song
RAYE is a British South London singer-songwriter born Rachel Agatha Keen. She works across contemporary pop, R&B, dancehall, and gospel and is known for her debut album My 21st Century Blues and charting hits such as “Escapism.”