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The Family

The Family
self-titled

© 1985 Paisley Park Records

High FashionMutinyThe Screams Of Passion
River Run DryNothing Compares 2 UDesire

"Yes" & "Susannah's Pajamas" are instrumentals.

High Fashion

I know a sexy little girl
She's never in the low class world
This woman is all the way vogue
High Fashion is where her money goes
She dines at Le Dome up on the strip
Cheap liquor never touches her lips
Her brandy's imported every week
No problem, 7,000 easy

High Fashion is where her money goes
High Fashion - This girl is all the way vogue
She's never in the low class world
High Fashion - Stuck up little rich girl

High Fashion

High Fashion, yeah

I met her dancin' at Le Dome
I offered dinner at my home
She said no, all of her friends laughed
Funny how the laughin' stopped when I flashed all the cash I had
(I'm talkin') $1900 is 2 much cash 2 hold
One of my boys had 2 carry half, now honey U know that's bold
Wait a minute!
She had the nerve 2 ask what kinda car I had
"Honey, I'm ridin' in back of a Rolls Royce limo custom-painted plaid!"

High Fashion is where my money goes
High Fashion - Honey, I'm all the way vogue
I'm never in the low class world
High Fashion - And I just love little rich girls

(High Fashion) High Fashion (High Fashion)

Hot Station - I took the child 2 my crib
Donation - Do U take or do U give?
She took one look at the swimmin' pool
I said "I'll donate" - We were 2 swimmin' fools

High Fashion is where our money goes
High Fashion - All the way vogue
We're never in the low class world
High Fashion - Don't be a little stuck up rich girl

All the way vogue {x2}
I'm all the way vogue
Yeah, yeah
(High Fashion) {repeats in BG}
Dinner at Le Dome
Little girl
Money man
I'm the money man
Money man {x2}
High Fashion {x4}
Ohhhhh
(High Fashion) {x2}

© 1985 Parisongs Music - ASCAP

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Mutiny

Get off!

Baby, when U went away
U stayed away 2 long
Baby, what can I say?
No one does me wrong (And gets away with it)

Mutiny!
I said I'm takin' over
U gotta give up the ship
U gotta take a little trip
I'm talkin' mutiny!
I said I'm takin' over
U gotta give up the ship
U should've been a little more hip

Now baby, when U talk 2 me
U don't have much 2 say
Baby, why can't we be
Lost in love like yesterday?

I'm talkin' mutiny!
I said I'm takin' over
U gotta give up the ship
U gotta take a little trip
I'm talkin' mutiny!
I said I'm takin' over
U gotta give up the ship
U should've been a little more...

Darlin', darlin' with unity
Huh, no one, but no one could make us fall
Darlin', now there's mutiny
Huh, maybe U should have called
Get off! {x2}

Mutiny!
I said I'm takin' over, huh
U gotta give up the ship
U gotta take a little trip
I'm talkin' mutiny!
I said I'm takin' over
U gotta give up the ship
U should've been a little more...
Get off! {x2}

Baby, U treated me
Like some unwanted child
Baby, it's all over now
I loved U all the while

I'm talkin' mutiny!
I said I'm takin' over
U gotta give up the ship
U gotta take a little trip
I'm talkin' mutiny!
I'm takin' over
U gotta give up the ship
U should've been a little more...
Get off! {x4}

Vogue
All the way vogue {repeat 2 fade}
(Say it y'all)
([U know I'm bullshittin', I'll keep it all])
(Morris, did U give?)
([Miko], did U give?)
(Lord)

© 1985 Parisongs Music - ASCAP

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The Screams Of Passion

Whoa no, whoa yeah (Woo, oh)
Whoa no, whoa no, yeah yeah, yeah yeah

There's a gentle autumn breeze that blows
Whenever we be lyin', lyin' in my bed
The moon appears and disappears, U look at me
My clothes I quickly, I quickly shed

The curtains dance a minuet, autumn plays the music, baby
Come on, hold my hand
Leaves are fallin' velvet splash
Only U and I can under, only U can understand

The sunlight draws a picture through the silky lace
That hangs above your, hangs above your door
A picture that is waving, that it seems 2 be with every thrust U
Make me beg 4 more

Oh, a robin sings a masterpiece
That lives and dies unheard
4 screams of passion
A sound produced by 2 in love
Curtains dance and autumn plays on
(Oh, 2 in love, on and on)
The screams of passion

All I hear in my head echoing like a volcano, baby
The screams of passion
Back and forth the raging seas of lust, I want U madly
Can't U tell, can't U tell, can't U tell, can't U tell?
Oww!

Take me in your arms, oh baby
The crime is done, I'd rather die here in your
Screams of passion
Whoa, hold me now, baby
Tell me that U love me
Is it Sunday or is it passion?

Love, love (The screams of passion)
The screams of passion, yeah yeah, love
The screams of, the screams of, the screams of passion, passion
Hand me that love

Yeah! (Shhh... not so loud baby)
Yeah! (Shhh, shhh)

The screams of passion {x2}
Oh, oh, oh, the screams of passion
Ooh, the screams of, the screams of, the screams of passion
The screams of passion

Back and forth the raging seas of lust
Raging, raging (The screams of passion)
U know I want U madly baby
Why can't U tell? Oww
Is... is it Sunday? (Ooh love, ooh love)
I thought I heard a church bell (Or was it passion, passion?)

Yeah yeah (Oooh)
Passion
The screams of passion
What did U say baby?
Excuse me, but...
Is that your passion?
Do U want my passion?
Uh, do U want my passion?

If U want my love, if U want my body baby
Let me hear ya, let me hear ya, let, uh, let me hear ya scream!
I want some passion
Ooooh
U know what I'm talkin' about baby?
Ooooh
I want some passion
U got that baby?
I want some passion
Passion, mmm

© 1985 Parisongs Music - ASCAP

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River Run Dry

How long I cry till the river run dry?
How long I cry till the river run dry?

U used 2 see me
But U don't see me no more
U used 2 touch me
But U don't touch me no more

How long I cry till the river run dry?
Oh, how long I cry till the river run dry?

Our love affair I thought would be
6 4evers and a week
Stick pin jab in the middle of a dream
No love at the end of the rainbow

How long I cry till the river run dry?
Oh, how long I cry till the river run dry?

When U would hold me
Circles my heart danced
U never told me
That our love, it had no chance

300 tears crystaline
Each one contaning a memory it seems
Stick pin jab in the middle of a dream
No love at the end of the rainbow

How long I cry till the river run dry?
Oh, how long I cry till the river run dry?
No, how long I cry till the river run dry?
Oh, oh why must I till the river run dry?
Oh, till the river run dry
Oh

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Nothing Compares 2 U

It's been 7 hours and 13 days
Since U took your love away (oh oh oh oh oh oh)
I go out every night and sleep all day
Since U took your love away (oh oh oh oh oh oh)

Since U've been gone I can do whatever I want
I can see whomever I choose (oh oh oh oh oh oh)
I can eat my dinner in a fancy restaurant
But nothin', I said nothin' can take away these blues

Cuz nothing compares, nothing compares 2 U
Nothing, nothing

It's been so lonely without U here
I'm like a bird without a song (oh oh oh oh oh oh)
Nothing can stop these lonely tears from falling
Tell me baby, where did I go wrong?

I can put my arms around every girl I see
But they'd only remind me of U (oh oh oh oh oh oh)
I went 2 the doctor, guess what he told me, guess what he told me?
He said "Boy, U better try 2 have fun no matter what U do"
But he's a fool

Cuz nothing compares, no, nothing compares 2 U
Nothing, nothing

All the flowers that U planted mama in the backyard
All died when U went away (oh oh oh oh oh oh)
I know that living with me baby was sometimes hard
But I'm willing 2 give it another try

Cuz nothing compares, no, nothing compares 2 U

I said nothing compares, no no no
Nothing compares 2 U
Oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh (Oh U, oh U)

© 1985 Parisongs Music - ASCAP

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Desire

So long have we known each other (So long have we known each other)
So little do we know (Little do we know)
Sometimes I feel like strangers (Sometimes I feel like strangers)
The real us we seldom do show (Seldom do show)

CHORUS:
Desire, it covers our faces
It happens in curious places
Your body, it covers my tower
Ecstasy is ours

I dream of a physical evening (Dream of a physical evening {x3})
I long 4 a night within U
U're saving your love 4 some soldier (Some soldier {x3})
Who'd much rather die than stay by your side
If U only knew

CHORUS

A ghost from your past
Prevents us from knowing the pleasures of love
What must I do 2 convince U
Isn't the expression on my complexion enough?
(Ecstasy)

Don't tell me we have conflicting emotions
It's written all over your face
Come my love, cover my tower
Ecstasy is ours

So long have we known each other (So long have we known each other)
So little do we know
Let me show U

CHORUS {x3}

© 1985 Parisongs Music - ASCAP

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