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Prince © 1987 Paisley Park Records |
In France, a skinny man died of a BIG disease with a little name
By chance his girlfriend came across a needle and soon she did the
same
At home there are 17-year-old boys and their idea of fun
Is being in a gang called The Disciples
High on crack and totin' a machine gun
Time
Times
Hurricane Annie ripped the ceiling of a church and killed everyone
inside
U turn on the telly and every other story is tellin' U somebody died
A sister killed her baby cuz she couldn't afford 2 feed it
And yet we're sending people 2 the moon
In September, my cousin tried reefer 4 the very first time
Now he's doing horse - it's June
Times
Times
It's silly, no?
When a rocket ship explodes and everybody still wants 2 fly
But some say a man ain't happy unless a man truly dies
Oh why?
Time
Time
Baby make a speech, Star Wars fly
Neighbors just shine it on
But if a night falls and a bomb falls
Will anybody see The Dawn?
Time
Times
Is it silly, no?
When a rocket blows and.. and everybody still wants 2 fly
Some say a man ain't happy truly until a man truly dies
Oh why, oh why?
Sign "O" the times
Time
Time
Sign "O" the times mess with your mind
Hurry before it's 2 late
Let's fall in love, get married, have a baby
We'll call him Nate
If it's a boy
Time
Times
Times
Time
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(Play) (Play) (Play) {fade in}Ooh doggie!
We wanna play in the sunshine, we wanna be free
Without the help of a margarita or exstacy
We wanna kick like we used 2, sign up on the dotted line
We're gonna dance every dance like it's gonna be the last time
We got 2 play in the sunshine, turn all the lights up 2 10
I wanna meet U (meet U) and kiss U (kiss U)
And love U (love U) and miss U (miss U)
Do it all over again, do it all over again
We're gonna play in the sunshine, we're gonna get over
I'm feelin' kind of lucky 2night, I'm gonna find my 4-leaf clover
Before my life is done
Some way (some way), some how (some how) I'm gonna have fun
Play in the sunshine
We gonna love all our enemies 'til the gorilla falls off the wall
We're gonna rock him (Rock him)
We're gonna roll him (Roll him)
We're gonna teach him that love will make him tall (So tall)
Aah, pop goes the music when the big white rabbit begin 2 talk
And the color green will make your best friend leave ya (Walk)
It'll make them do "The Walk," but that's cool (That's cool)
Cuz one day (one day), every day (every day) will be a yellow day,
let's play
(Play in the sunshine, we're gonna get over) Over
I'm feelin' kind of lucky 2night, I'm gonna find my 4-leaf clover
(Before my life is done) Before my life is done
Some way (some way), some how (some how) I'm gonna have fun
(Play) No!
Now get loose
Play! {x8}
We're gonna play in the sunshine, we're gonna get over
I'm feelin' kind of lucky 2night, I'm gonna find my 4-leaf clover
Before my life is done
I'm gonna, some way, some how, have fun
(Play in the sunshine, we're gonna get over)
(I'm feelin' kind of lucky 2night, I'm gonna find my 4-leaf clover)
Before my life is done!
Some way, some how, I just got 2 have fun!
(Play) (Play)
(Play) No! {x3}
(Come on, play) No!
(Play) No!
(Play play play) Yeah!
Drummer, do your thing
Drummer, drummer, do your thing
Drummer, drummer, drummer
Can I get some of that? (Yeah yeah)
Wait a minute
Ha ha
Let's get out of here (Yeah)
(La la la la la, la la la) {x5}
(Play in the sunshine)
We're not afraid 2 (Play in the sunshine)
We are going 2 (Play in the sunshine) (In the sunshine)
(Play in the sunshine)
© 1987 Controversy Music - ASCAP
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Sh... shut up already, damn!
Tell me who in this house know about the quake? (We do)
I mean really, really
If U know how 2 rock say "Yeah" (Yeah)
If U know how 2 party say "Oh yeah" (Oh yeah)
But if U ain't hip 2 the rare housequake ... shut up already, damn!
Housequake - Everybody jump up and down
Housequake - There's a brand new groove goin' round (Housequake)
In your funky town (Housequake)
And the kick drum is the fault
U gotta rock this mother, say (Housequake) ... uh
We gotta rock this mother, say (Housequake) ... uh, uh
We're gonna show U what 2 do
U put your foot down on the 2
U jump up on the 1
Now U're havin' fun
Huh, U're doin' ... the housequake
Hey
Question - Does anybody know about the quake? (Yeah!)
Bullshit!
U can't get off until U make the house shake
Now everybody clap your hands, come on
Let's jam y'all (Let's jam!)
Don't wait 4 your neighbor
Green eggs and ham
Doin' the housequake
There's a brand new groove goin' round
In your city, in your town
Housequake - And the kick drum is the fault
Housequake (Housequake)
Housequake - U gotta rock this mother (U gotta rock this mother)
Housequake
Housequake - U gotta rock this mother down, come on
Housequake {x2}
Now that U got it, let's do the twist
A little bit harder than they did in '66
A little bit faster than they did in '67
Twist little sister and go 2 heaven
Come on y'all, we got 2 jam before the police come
A groove this funky is on the run
Hey!
Shake your body till your neighbors stare at cha!
(Quake) {x6}
Housequake - Everybody, everybody jump up and down
Housequake - There's a brand new groove (groove) that's goin' around
Housequake - In this city, in this funky town
Housequake - And the saxophone is the fault, check it out
If U can't rock steady, shut up already
Damn, U got 2 get off if U know what I'm talking about
On the 1 y'all say "Housequake"
Top of your body, let me hear U shout, say
(Housequake) My Lord!
(Housequake) My Lord!
(Housequake) Bullshit, louder, say it!
(Housequake) Ooh-wee
Shock-a-lock-a boom!
What was that? Aftershock!
Everybody, everybody U gotta rock, U gotta rock, come on
We're gonna shake, we're gonna quake
Cuz we got the baddest groove that we could make
We on the 2, y'all, the drummer's gonna tap
We gonna sing it and rock this mother 2 the max
And that's a fact
Housequake - Come on, say it (Housequake)
Come on, U can't follow it
We got the baddest jam in the land
Everybody shut up, listen 2 the band
Housequake
Shut up already, damn!
© 1987 Controversy Music - ASCAP
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Dorothy was a waitress on the promenadeShe worked the night shift
Dishwater blonde, tall and fine
She got a lot of tips
Well, earlier I'd been talkin' stuff in a violent room
Fightin' with lover's past
I needed someone with a quicker wit than mine
Dorothy was fast
Well, I ordered - "Yeah, let me get a fruit cocktail, I ain't
2 hungry"
Dorothy laughed
She said - "It sound like a real man 2 me (U're kinda cute)
U're kinda cute, U wanna take a bath?" (Do U wanna, do U wanna?)
... Bath?
Oh, I said - "Cool, but I'm leavin' my pants on (What U say?)
Cuz I'm kinda goin' with someone"
She said - "Sound like a real man 2 me
Mind if I turn on the radio?"
"Oh, my favorite song," she said
And it was Joni singing, "Help me, I think I'm falling"
(Drring) The phone rang and she said
"Whoever's calling can't be as cute as U"
Right then and there I knew I was through (Dorothy Parker was cool)
Well
My pants were wet, they came off
But she didn't see the movie cuz she hadn't read the book first
Instead she pretended she was blind
An affliction brought on by a witch's curse
Dorothy made me laugh (ha ha, ha ha)
I felt much better so I went back 2 the violent room
(Tell us what U did, what U did) Let me tell U what I did
I took another bubble bath with my pants on
All the fighting stopped
Next time I'll do it sooner
This is the ballad of Dorothy Parker
(Dorothy Parker, Dorothy Parker, Dorothy Parker)
Dorothy Parker, Dorothy Parker, Dorothy Parker
Well
Dorothy Parker, Dorothy Parker
Well
Oh
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I think about IT baby all the time, all rightIt feels so good IT must be a crime, all right
I wanna do IT baby every day, all right
In a bed, on the stairs, anywhere, all right
(Come on)
CHORUS:
I wanna do IT baby all the time, all right
Cuz when we do IT girl, IT's so divine, all right
I could be guilty 4 my honesty (All right)
But I've got 2 tell U what U mean 2 me, (All right) all right
With U, I swear I'm a maniac, all right
U see, IT ain't no joke, just a natural fact, all right (All right)
(Come on)
CHORUS
(Doin' IT) IT {x3}
(Doin' IT)
(Come on) {x2}
I could be guilty 4 my honesty, all right
But I got 2, I got 2 tell U what U mean 2 me, yeah, all right
Yeah (Come on) Yeah, come on
I wanna do IT baby all the time, all right, yeah
Cuz when we do IT girl, IT's so divine, all right
With U, I swear I'm a maniac, all right, yeah (CHORUS)
U see, IT ain't no joke, just a natural fact, all right
All right
I wanna do U baby all the time, all right (Yeah ooh)
(U see, U make IT so good, IT's so divine, all right)
Cuz when U do IT girl, IT's so divine, all right
I'm gonna think about IT, I'm gonna think about IT, baby
All the time (Think about IT all the time)
Fuckin' on your mind now (Feels so good, must be a crime)
Doin' IT, doin' IT {x4}
(Come on) {x2}
(All right)
(IT feels so right, it must be a crime, all right)
(I wanna do IT, I wanna do IT, all right)
(All right)
(Cuz when we do IT, IT's so divine, all right)
(All right)
(Come on)
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It was 7:45, we were all in line 2 greet the teacher Miss Kathleen
First was Kevin, then came Lucy, third in line was me
All of us were ordinary compared 2 Cynthia Rose
She always stood at the back of the line, a smile beneath her nose
Her favorite number was 20 and every single day
If U asked her what she had 4 breakfast, this is what she'd say
Starfish and coffee, maple syrup and jam
Butterscotch clouds and a tangerine, a side order of ham
If U set your mind free, baby, maybe U'd understand
Starfish and coffee, maple syrup and jam
Cynthia wore the prettiest dress but different color socks
Sometimes I wondered if the mates were in her lunchbox (Oh ooh oh)
Me and Lucy opened it when Cynthia wasn't around (Oh ooh oh)
Lucy cried, I almost died, U know what we found
CHORUS:
Starfish and coffee, maple syrup and jam
Butterscotch clouds, a tangerine and a side order of ham
If U set your mind free, baby, maybe U'd understand
Starfish and coffee, maple syrup and jam
Starfish and coffee
Cynthia had a happy face, just like the one she draws
On every wall, in every school, but it's alright, it's 4 a worthy
cause
Go on, Cynthia!
Keep sayin'...
CHORUS
(La la la la...)
Starfish and coffee, love 4 the soul {x2}
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Young is the night
It feels so right
Now that U're mine
Let's take our time
The man in the moon is smiling
4 he knows what I'm dreaming of
2night is the night 4 making slow love
The gentle breeze
It blows with ease
Let's make it slow
Just like the wind blows
Let's make it last 4ever
4 a hundred times wouldn't be enough
2night is the night 4 making slow love
CHORUS:
Slow love
So much better when we take it easy
Slow love
It's so much better when we take our time
Love's in your eyes (In your eyes)
Eyes never lie
Don't rush the feelin'
U got me reelin'
U can see through race car drivers
Let me show U what I'm made of
2night is the night 4 making slow love
CHORUS {repeat 2 fade}
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Hot thing!
Hot thing - barely 21
Hot thing - lookin' 4 Big Fun
Hot thing - what's your fantasy?
Hot thing - do U wanna play with me?
Hot thing - baby, U dance so good
Hot thing - baby, I knew U would
Hot thing - tell me what U see
Hot thing - when U smile, when U smile, when U smile
Are your smiles, are your smiles 4 me?
Hot thing - maybe U should give your folks a call
Hot thing - tell'em U're goin' 2 the Crystal Ball
Hot thing - tell'em U're comin' home late if U're comin' home at all
Hot thing - U can tell'em U found a brand new baby doll
Hot thing - I can't... I can't wait 2 get U home
Hot thing - where we can be alone
Hot thing - I could read U poetry
And then we could.. we could make a story of our own
(We could make a story of our own)
Hot thing!
Hot, hot, hot thing!
Hot thing, hot thing
Hot thing, hot thing
Hot thing - barely 21
Hot thing - lookin' 4 Big Fun
Hot thing - what's your fantasy?
Hot thing - don't U wanna play with me?
Hot thing!
Hot thing!
Hot thing - I can't wait 2 get U home
Hot thing
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La da da da da da da da {x2}There comes a time in every man's life
When he gets tired of foolin' around
Juggling hearts in a 3-ring circus
Some day drive a body down 2 the ground
I never imagined that love would rain on me
And make me wanna settle down
But baby, it's true, I think I do
And I just wanna tell U that I wanna with U (And baby, if U do 2)
And baby, if U do 2
Oh 4ever, 4ever
Baby, I want U 4ever
I wanna keep U 4 the rest of my life (U can make right)
All that is wrong in my world, U can make right
(U are my savior, U are my light)
U are my savior, U are my light (4ever I want U in my life)
4ever I want U in my life (La da da da da da da da)
(La da da da da)
(Every man's journey)
There comes a road in every man's journey (Don't be afraid)
A road that he's afraid 2 walk on his own, yeah (I'm at that road)
I'm here 2 tell U that I'm at that road
(And I'd rather walk with U than walk it alone)
And I'd rather walk it with U than walk it alone (U are my future)
U are my hero, U are my future (No past)
When I am with U, I have no past
Oh baby, my one and only desire (Make this feelin' last)
Is find some way in this doggone world 2 make this feelin' last
(Sugar, it's true)
(I know I do)
Oh baby, it's true ... huh, I know I do (Wanna with U)
And I just wanna tell U that I wanna with U, yeah
Baby, if U do 2
Oh 4ever, 4ever
I want U baby, baby, 4ever (U can make right)
I wanna keep U 4 the rest of my life
(U are my savior, U are my light)
All that's wrong in my world, mama, U can make right
(4ever I want U in my life)
U are my savior, U are my light (La da da da da da da da)
4ever I want U in my life (La da da da da da da da)
(La da da da da da da da)
(La da da da da)
4ever in my life {x2}