Parade
Prince & The Revolution
1986

Lyrics transcribed by the PRiNce Lyric Transcription Team (PLTT)
Checked by The Warponian Lyric Team

Christopher Tracy's parade

Everyone come behold Christopher Tracy's Parade
The show will proceed, unless it should rain strawberry lemonade
Hopefully, that will not occur; the man above has been paid
Give what you can, all you can stand, and all of your life will be made

Everyone should come and dig Christopher Tracy's piano
The chord strikes, the devil no like, so he runs 2 his evil car

Everyone come behold Christopher Tracy's Parade
Goodness will guide us if love is inside us
Christopher Tracy's Parade (Christopher Tracy's Parade)
Christopher Tracy's Parade (Christopher Tracy's Parade)
Christopher Tracy's Parade

New position

Honey, we've been together,
Honey, 4 2 long
Honey, we've got 2 make it better,
Honey, before we go wrong
Got 2 try a new position, yeah!
Something that'll make it all right
New position, yeah, let's go fishing in the river, the river of life

Honey, we can't last (we can't last)
without a shot of new spunk (Ha)
Honey, forget your past (forget your past)
U've got 2 try my new funk
U've got 2 try a new position, yeah, something that'll make it all right
Oh, a new position, yeah, yeah, let's go fishing in the river, the river of life

Oh yeah, oh yeah, oh yeah

Oh, let me do ya, come on let me do ya, do ya,
come one let me do ya,
I want, I want 2 do ya, do ya,
I can make U happy (I can make U H.A.P.P.Y)
I can make it real good (so good)
Honey, I won't be your pappy, (P.U.S.S.Y.)
but I'll do ya, I'll do ya, do ya, do ya, like a,
Do ya do ya like a good man should
I'll do ya do ya like a good man should
Honey, let's try a new position

I wonder U

I, how U say, I wonder U, I wonder U
I, how U say, I wonder U, I wonder U
I, dream of U, 4 all time, 4 all time
Though, U are far, I wonder U, U're on the mind
I, how U say, I wonder U, I wonder U
I, how U say, I wonder U, I wonder U

Under the cherry moon

How can I stand 2 stay where I am?
Poor butterfly who don't understand
Why can't I fly away in a special sky?
If I don't find my destiny soon,
I'll die in your arms under the cherry moon

I want to live life to the ultimate high
Maybe I'll die young like heroes die
Maybe I'll kiss U some wild special way
If nobody kills me or thrills me soon,
I'll die in your arms under the cherry moon

If that's alright

Lovers like us dear are born 2 die
If they don't find us what will we do?
I guess we'll make love under the cherry moon
I'll die in your arms under the cherry moon

Girls and boys

Girls and boys!

He only knew her 4 a little while,
But he had grown accustomed 2 her style
She had the cutest ass he'd ever seen
He did 2, they were meant 2 be
They loved 2 kiss on the steps of Versailles
It looked like rain, mama, birds do fly
I love U baby, I love U so much,
Maybe we can stay in touch
Meet me in another world, space and joy,
Vous etes tres belle, mama, girls and boys

He gave her all the love that anyone can,
But she was promised 2 another man
He tried so hard not 2 go insane
Birds do fly, looks like rain
I love U baby, I love U so much,
Maybe we can stay in touch
Meet me in another world, space and joy,
Vous etes tres belle, mama, girls and boys

Life is precious baby, love is so rare
I can take the breakup if u say that U care
He had 2 run away, his pride was 2 strong
It started raining, baby, the birds were gone
(I love U baby, I love U so much)
Maybe (Maybe we can stay in touch)
Meet me in another world (Meet me in another world, space and joy)
Vous etes tres belle (vous etes tres belle, mama)
Girls and boys (girls and boys)

(I love U baby, I love U so much)
I want U, babe (Maybe we can stay in touch)
Maybe we can play today (Meet me in another world, space and joy)
Vous etes tres belle (vous etes tres belle, mama)
Girls and boys (girls and boys)

{Translation in brackets}
Vous etiez de l'autre cote de la salle
{U were on the other end of the room/hall}
Vous dansiez si fort
{U were dancing so hard/strong}
Je sentais votre parfum
{I could smell your perfume}
Votre sourire me dit que nous devrions nous parler
{Your smile told me we should talk}
Sexe et repos
{Sex and rest}
Baby
Je sais que vous aimerez ca
{I know U'll like that}
Vous n'y resisterez pas
{U won't resist it/to it}
Baby
Je vous enlacerai avec mes jambes
{I'll wrap my legs around U}
Baby
Pendant des heures je vais vous etonner
{During hours I'll astound U (?)}
Baby
Faire l'amour Faire l'amour
{Make love make love}
Nous nous rencontrerons
{We'll meet}

I love U baby, I love U so much
Maybe we can stay in touch
Meet me in another world, space and joy,
Vous etes tres belle, mama, girls and boys

(I love U baby)
I want U baby (I love U so much)
I want U so much (Maybe we can stay in touch)
Maybe, maybe we can stay in touch (Meet me in another world, space and joy)
Another world, space (vous etes tres belle)
Lips... (mama, girls and boys)
Face...

Happiness in it's uncut form
Is the feeling that I get, you're warm, warm
Happy's what I get when we do what we do
Happiness, mama, is being with U
Good lord

Meet me somewhere after dawn
Lord (I love U baby)
(I love U so much)
(Maybe we can stay in touch)
(I love U baby)
(I love U so much)
Vous etes belle
So like I saw U from across the room, and (maybe we can stay in touch)
Honey, U danced so hard I smelled your perfume, (maybe we can stay in touch)
And the look on your lips said that a,
"We could talk some more, (maybe we can stay in touch)
Some more on the dance floor baby" (I love U baby)
Hear the words I'm saying, (I love U so much)
Feel the sex I'm laying (maybe we can stay in touch)
Naughty's what I wanna be with U tonight
Tonight
(Meet me in another world, space and joy)
Vous etes tres belle, mama, girls and boys
Vous etes tres belle, mama, girls and boys
Vous etes tres belle, mama, girls and boys
Vous etes tres belle, mama, girls and boys
Girls and boys

Life can be so nice

This morning there was joy in my heart 'cause I know that I loved U so
Scrambled eggs, are so boring, 4 U're all, all that I want 2 know
Kisses never lie when delivered with milk from your lips
Morning glories never cry. My love for U, baby, drips

Life can be so nice. It's a wonderful world, sweet paradise (paradise)
Kiss me once, kiss me twice. Life can be so nice. So nice

Life can be so nice

No one plays the clarinet the way U play my heart
I come a thousand different ways before I even start
U're so nice

Shivering madly... (Shivering madly in your embrace,)
Your embrace (is it better than a trip?)
Better than a trip (Morning glories never cry)
(My love is just a drippin')
Morning glories crying (Scrambled eggs are boring)
Embrace (mama, U're all I want 2 know)
I do love U baby, (This morning there was joy in my heart)
U baby ('cause U know I loved u so. yeah)
(drips)

Alright

Life can be so nice. A wonderful world, paradise
Kiss me once, kiss me twice. Life can be so nice. So nice
Life can be so nice. A wonderful world, paradise
Kiss me once, kiss me twice. Life can be so nice. So nice. So nice

Venus De Milo

{instrumental}

Mountains

Once upon a time in a land called Fantasy
17 mountains stood so high.
The sea surrounded them and together they would be
The only thing that ever made U cry
U said the devil told U that another mountain would appear
Everytime somebody broke your heart
He said the sea would 1 day overflow with all your tears,
And love will always leave U lonely

But I say it's only mountains and the sea
Love will conquer if U just believe (oh yeah)
It's only mountains and the sea
There's nothing greater, U and me

Once upon a time in a haystack of despair,
Happiness sometimes hard 2 find. (yeah)
Africa divided, hijack in the air,
It's enough to make you want to lose your mind

But I say it's only mountains and the sea
Love will conquer if U just believe (Oh yeah)
It's only mountains and the sea
There's nothing greater, U and me

Guitars and drums on the 1

(Bobby on the drum - ah!)

It's only mountains (oh yeah) and the sea. (and the girls sing)
There's nothing greater, U and me

[starvation]

Mountains

Do U lie?

(Les enfants qui mentent ne vont pas au paradis)
{The children who lie don't go to paradise}

(Ok) Ok, Merci

When I lie awake in my boudoir I think of U dear
Do U think of me, or do U lie, do u lie?
When I'm in a sad and lonely mood dear, I cry 4 U dear (I cry 4 U)
Do you cry 4 me, do U cry, do U cry?

When I need someone 2 talk 2, U're not around
When I need another human's touch, I wear a frown
'cause U're uptown
Going down, going down, going down

I, I, I don't lie to U (I I don't lie)
When I say that I'm in love mama (mama, mama)
I feel so good when U're near (mama, mama)
Tell me do U feel it 2
Do U lie, do U lie? (or do U cry)
Do U cry from the inside out dear
Or are they only artificial tears? (artificial tears)
Do U really mean it when u cry,
When U cry, when U cry?

When I need someone 2 talk 2, (do U lie)
U're not around (U're not around)
U're not around (I wear a frown)
When I need (tell me why)
Another human's touch,
I wear a frown (tell me why U wanna go)
Cause U're uptown (and leave me all alone)

Going down, going down, going down (goin' down)
Going down, going down, going down (down, down, down)
Going down, going down, going down (down, down, down)

When I lie awake in my boudoir (I think of U)
I think of U dear (do U)
Do y'all think of me,
Or do U lie, do U lie?

Kiss

U don't have 2 be beautiful
2 turn me on
I just need your body baby
From dusk till dawn
U don't need experience
2 turn me out
U just leave it all up 2 me
I'm gonna show U what it's all about

U don't have 2 be rich
2 be my girl
U don't have 2 be cool
2 rule my world
Ain't no particular sign I'm more compatible with
I just want your extra time and your

Kiss

U got to not talk dirty, baby
If U wanna impress me
U can't be 2 flirty, mama
I know how 2 undress me (Yeah)
I want 2 be your fantasy
Maybe U could be mine
U just leave it all up to me
We could have a good time

U don't have 2 be rich
2 be my girl
U don't have 2 be cool
2 rule my world
Ain't no particular sign I'm more compatible with
I just want your extra time and your

Kiss

Yes
I think I wanna dance
Gotta, Gotta
Little girl Wendy's parade
Gotta, gotta, gotta

Women not girls rule my world
I said they rule my world
Act your age, mama (Not your shoe size)
Not your shoe size
Maybe we could do the twirl
U don't have 2 watch Dynasty
2 have an attitude
U just leave it all up 2 me
My love will be your food
Yeah

U don't have 2 be rich
2 be my girl
U don't have 2 be cool
2 rule my world
Ain't no particular sign I'm more compatible with
I just want your extra time and your

Kiss

Anotherloverholenyohead

I gave my love, I gave my life, I gave my body and mind
We were inseparable. I guess I gave U all of my time
And now U plead insanity and U don't even know the score
Why can't U learn 2 play the game?
Baby, don't U know that U need more? (More, more, more)

U need another lover like U need a hole in yo head (baby, baby)
U know there ain't no other
That can do the duty in your bed, yeah

We were brothers and sisters
United all for love
Now all of the sudden (all of the sudden)
U try 2 fight it (try 2 fight it)
U say you've had enough (say U've had enough)
Even though we had big fun (even though we had big fun)
U want another someone (U want another someone)
Yo happily ever after be (Sure as there's a sun)
Sure as there's a sun, (I'm gonna be the 1)
I'm gonna be the 1 and if (U don't understand)
U don't understand face to face, (face to face)
Baby I'll tell U down on my knee, yeah

U need another lover like U need a hole in yo head (baby, baby)
U know there ain't no other
That can do the duty in your bed
Solo, solo...

(sing it)

Oh Lord

U need another lover
U know there ain't no other
U need another lover like U need a hole in yo head
Hole in yo head. Hole in yo head
U need another lover like U need a hole, a hole, a hole, a hole
U need another lover
U know there ain't no other

There's gonna be a riot, if U don't clap your hands,
If U don't make that funky stand. Everybody.
U know there ain't no other

Sometimes it snows in april

Tracy died soon after a long fought civil war,
Just after I'd wiped away his last tear
I guess he's better off than he was before,
A whole lot better off than the fools he left here
I used 2 cry 4 Tracy because he was my only friend
Those kind of cars don't pass U every day
I used 2 cry 4 Tracy because I wanted to see him again,
But sometimes sometimes life ain't always the way...

Sometimes it snows in April
Sometimes I feel so bad, so bad
Sometimes I wish life was never ending,
And all good things, they say, never last

Springtime was always my favorite time of year,
A time 4 lovers holding hands in the rain
Now springtime only reminds me of Tracy's tears
Always cry 4 love, never cry 4 pain
He used 2 say so strong unafraid to die
Unafraid of the death that left me hypnotized
No, staring at his picture I realized
No one could cry the way my Tracy cried

Sometimes it snows in April
Sometimes I feel so bad
Sometimes, sometimes I wish that life was never ending,
And all good things, they say, never last

I often dream of heaven and I know that Tracy's there
I know that he has found another friend
Maybe he's found the answer 2 all the April snow
Maybe one day I'll see my Tracy again

Sometimes it snows in April
Sometimes I feel so bad, so bad
Sometimes I wish that life was never ending,
But all good things, they say, never last

All good things that say, never last
And love, it isn't love until it's past

Love Or Money

(Love or money) {repeat in song}

Baby, nothing come 4 free now
If U want 2 be with me now
What's it gonna be now?
Is it love or is it money?

Tell me, tell me what's your name?
What's your claim 2 fame?
U see, I don't like silly games
Is it love or is it money?

Tell me what's on your mind?
Are we just makin' time?
Will our spirits rhyme?
Is it love or is it money? Yeah

Showtime, uh
I'm gonna shake my hips 2 the east
Shake my hip 2 the west
Till U make up your mind
That my hip is the best
I said "Uh"

I said baby, let me take U by the hand
Make U understand
That I... I ain't no silly man
Got 2 let me know, is it love or is it money?

Nothing come 4 free now
If U want 2 be with me now
What's it gonna be now?
Is it love or is it money? Yeah

Listen
Talk a little

Take U by the hand
Make U understand
That I ain't no silly man

He was bad, he was fresh
All the women say he was the best
He had money up 2 his neck
But it didn't mean a heck
The boy was in need of some diehard pussy
The kinda drawers that last
Heck-a-buff, good God, I wantcha

Love
Baby, baby, baby...
(Love or the money) {x3}

We could play 4 days
If U get tired, uh, give me that mayonnaise

Revolution, put the groove on the bus
Don't worry about me, don't worry about us

Hey, baby
Hey, what it is
Love or money {x2}
Showtime, uh!
What?
I... I...

Nothing come 4 free now
If U wanna be with me now
Ah, don't get me wrong mama
U, heck-a-buff, I wantcha
U got 2 let me know, yeah

Revolution, put the groove on the bus
Out of town, Lord, don't worry about us
Gimme that, gimme that Vaseline
Oh, got 2 slide, the girls know what I mean
Uh, Lord

Cool, cool, cool, cool
Let it loose, let it loose
What it is
Love

Alexa De Paris

{instrumental}