Context matters.
I know exactly the song you're talking about. At not one point in the song does the woman actually say she doesn't want to say - she's talking about what everybody else would think if she stayed. In the culture of the time, the perception of a woman's "purity" was more important than her own desires, and if you read between the lines the lines she sings are "Somebody else might look badly at me" rather than "I don't want to be here."
...at least, that's one interpretation. It's definitely a song that's changed in meaning and perception over the years. (And yes, he could have offered to call her a cab.)
...at least, that's one interpretation. It's definitely a song that's changed in meaning and perception over the years. (And yes, he could have offered to call her a cab.)