Hands on You

The lead single from Sparrow is a seductive tune, which finds Ashley Monroe tortured emotionally and physically by regret that she didn't make the first move. I wish you would have laid your hands on me And never let me go Drawing pictures on my skin, in places no one's ever been I wish I'd have laid my hands on you Monroe drew inspiration for this fantasy of sexual desire from a weekend beach trip. The songstress explained to NPR that while her girlfriends were out enjoying themselves, she was confined to bed with a stomach bug. When they returned with tales of good-looking men they'd met, Monroe spun the experience into this R&B-leaning tune.

Monroe explained to NPR that he song's sensuality was inspired by a "newfound confidence and feeling like a woman, feeling like a grown-up." "I've never really shown that side. It feels so good to be a sexy woman and own it. Women, we have the same desires and the same needs as everybody else. Somehow it kinda gets tiptoed over," she continued. "And I get it. It's kinda taboo, I guess. But now, it's like I'm a mom. I'm married. I can talk about sex because it's clearly a part of my life. I think that it's cool for women to hear it, too."

While confined in her bed with her stomach bug during the beach trip, Monroe started singing the first line of the song: "I wish I would've laid my hands on you." "I thought, 'Ooh, I like that!,'" she recalled to The Boot. "When I got back from that trip, I had a co-write with Jon Randall, who's one of my favorites ever, and I brought it to him, and he loved it. We wrote that one pretty fast."