Sign 'O' the times
Prince
1987

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


Sign 'O' the times

Oh yeah

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 seventeen-year-old boys
And their idea of fun
Is being in a gang called The Disciples
High on crack, totin' a machine gun

Time, time

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
Sister killed her baby cuz she could afford 2 feed it
And 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
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

It's silly, no?
When a rocket blows
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, time

Time, time 


© 1987 Controversy Music - ASCAP


Play in the sunshine

Oooh Doggies!

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 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 want 2 meet U (meet U), kiss U (kiss U), 
love U (love U), and miss U (miss U)
Do it all over again, do it all over again

We gonna play in the sunshine
We're gonna get over
I'm feelin' kind of lucky 2 night
I'm gonna find my 4-leaf clover
Before my life is done
Some way, some how, I'm gonna have fun

Play in the sunshine

We gonna love all our enemies
Till the gorilla falls off the wall
We're gonna rock him
We're gonna roll him
We're gonna teach him that love will make him tall (somehow)

Aah, pop goes the music
When the big white rabbit begin 2 talk
And the color green will make your best friends leave ya
It will make them do the walk
But that's cool
Cuz one day, everyday will be a yellow day
and let's play

We gonna play in the sunshine
We're gonna get over
I'm feelin' kind of lucky 2 night
I'm gonna find my 4-leaf clover
Before my life is done
Some way, some how, I'm gonna have fun

play, play, play, play, play, play, play
We gonna play in the sunshine
We're gonna get over
I'm feelin' kind of lucky 2 night
I'm gonna find my 4-leaf clover
Before my life is done
Some way, some how, I'm gonna have fun

(play), (play), 
(play) no, (play) no, (play) no 
(come on, play) no!, (play) no!, (playplayplay) Yes!

Drummer, do your thang
Drummer, drummer, do your thang
Drummer, drummer, drummer
can I get some of that?

Let's get out of here (yeah)
(lalalalalalala play, laugh in the sunshine)
we're not afraid 2 (play, laugh in the sunshine)
we are going 2
(play, laugh in the sunshine)
(play, laugh in the sunshine)
la la la


© 1987 Controversy Music - ASCAP


Housequake

Shut up already, damn!

Tell me who in this house know about the quake?
(We do)
I mean really, really
If you 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 house quake:
Shut up already, damn!

Housequake
Everybody jump up and down
Housequake
There's a brand new groove going round (housequake)
In your funky town (housequake)
And the kick drum is the fault
You gotta rock this mother, say (housequake)
We gotta rock this mother, say (housequake)

We're gonna show U what 2 do
U put your foot down on the 2
U jump up on the one
Now you're having fun
You're doing the housequake
Yeah

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, housequake

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 yeah!
Shake your body 'til your neighbors stare at cha!

Quake, quake, quake, quake, quake, quake

Housequake
Everybody, everybody jump up and down
Housequake
There's a brand new (groove) groove that's going round
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!
U know what I'm talking about?
On the one 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)
Shock-a-lock-a boom!
What was that? After shock!
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 a make
We on then 2, y'all
The drummer's gonna tap
We gonna see if we can 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


The ballad of Dorothy Parker

Dorothy was a waitress on the promenade
She 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
Fighting with lovers 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 "Sounds like a real man 2 me"
Kinda cute, U wanna take a bath?
(do you wanna, do you wanna, bath)
I said "Cool, but I'm leaving my pants on" (she say)
"Cuz I'm kind of going with someone"
She said "Sounds 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"
(Ring)
The phone rang and she said
"Whoever's calling can't be as cute as U"
Right then I knew I was through
(Dorothy Parker was cool)

My pants where 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)
I felt much better so I went back 
2 the violent room (tell us 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


© 1987 Controversy Music - ASCAP


It

I think about IT baby all the time, all right
IT 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

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

I wanna do IT baby all the time, all right
Cuz when we do IT girl, IT's so divine, all right

Doin' IT, doin' IT, doin' IT, doin' IT

(come on)
(come on)

I could be guilty 4 my honesty, all right
But I've got 2 tell U what U mean 2 me, all right

(yeah - I wanna)

I wanna do IT baby all the time, all right
Cuz when we do IT girl, IT's so divine, all right

I wanna do IT baby all the time, all right
Cuz when we do IT girl, IT's so divine, all right

I wanna do U baby all the time, all right
Cuz when we do IT girl, IT's so divine, all right

(U wanna) think about IT, (U wanna) think about IT (baby, all the time)
Think about IT all the time (fuckin' on your mind)
Feels so good IT must be a crime

Doin' IT, doin' IT, doin' IT, doin' IT
(Come on, come on)


© 1987 Controversy Music - ASCAP


Starfish and coffee

It was 7:45 we were all in line
2 greet the teacher Miss Cathleen
First was Kevin, then came Lucy, third in line was me
All of us where ordinary compared to 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, a tangerine
And a side order of ham
If U set your mind free, baby
Maybe you'd understand
Starfish and coffee
Maple syrup and jam

Cynthia wore the prettiest dress
With different color socks
Sometimes I wondered if the mates where in her lunchbox
Me and Lucy opened it when Cynthia wasn't around
Lucy cried, I almost died, U know what we found?

Starfish and coffee
Maple syrup and jam
Butterscotch clouds, a tangerine
And a side order of ham
If U set your mind free, honey
Maybe you'd understand
Starfish and coffee
Maple syrup and jam

Starfish and coffee

Cynthia had a happy face, just like the one she'd draw
On every wall in every school
But it's all right, it's 4 a worthy cause
Go on, Cynthia, keep singin'

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 you'd understand
Starfish and coffee
Maple syrup and jam

(starfish in your coffee, you will love it, told ya so)
(starfish in your coffee, you will love it, told ya so)


© 1987 Controversy Music - ASCAP


Slow love

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
Tonight 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 forever
For a hundred times won't be enough
Tonight is the night 4 making slow love

Slow love
So much better when we take it easy
Slow love
So much better when we take our time

Love's in your eyes (in your eyes)
Eyes never lie
Don't rush the feelin'
You've got me reelin'

U can see through race car drivers
Let me show U what I'm made of
Tonight is the night 4 making slow love

[repeated to fade]
Slow love
So much better when we take it easy
Slow love
So much better when we take our time


© 1987 Controversy Music - ASCAP


Hot thing

Hot thing!

Hot thing, barely 21
Hot thing, looking 4 big fun
Hot thing, what's your fantasy?
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 them you're going 2 the Crystal Ball
Hot thing, tell them you're coming home late, 
If you're coming home at all
Hot thing, tell them U found a brand new baby doll
Hot thing, I can't wait 2 get U home
Hot thing, where we could be alone
Hot thing, I could read U poetry, 
and then 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, looking 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 


© 1987 Controversy Music - ASCAP


Forever in my life

La da da da da da da da
La da da da da da da da

There comes a time, in every man's life
When he get's tired of foolin' around
Juggling hearts in a three ring circus
Someday will drive a body down 2 the ground
I never imagined that love would rain on me
And make me want 2 settle down
Baby it's true, I think I do
And I just wanna tell U that I wanna with U (baby, if U do 2)
And baby if U do 2
Forever, forever, baby I want U forever
I wanna keep U 4 the rest of my life (U can make right)
All that is wrong in my world (U are my saviour)
U can make right (U are my light)
U are my saviour, U are my light (Forever I want U in my life)
Forever I want U in my life

(La da da da da da da da)
(La da 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 (I'm at that road)
I'm here 2 tell U that I'm at that road (I'd rather walk it with)
And I'd rather walk it (U than walk it alone)
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 (sugar it's true)
2 make this feelin' last (I know I do)
Oh baby it's true, I know I do (2 with U)
And I just wanna tell U that I 
want 2 with U, yeah
And baby if U do 2
Forever, forever, I want U baby, baby forever (U can make right)
I wanna keep U 4 the rest of my life (U are my saviour)
All that is wrong in my world (U are my light)
U can make right (Forever I want U in my life)
U are my saviour, U are my light (La da da da da da da da) 
Forever 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 da

Forever in my life [repeated to fade]


© 1987 Controversy Music - ASCAP


U got the look

Here we are folks
The dream we all dream off
Boy versus girl in the World Series of love
Tell me, have U got the look?

U walked in, I woke up
I never seen a pretty girl
Look so tough, baby
U got that look
Color U peach and black
Color me takin' aback
Crucial, I think I wantcha

You've got the look, you've got the hook
U sho'nuf do be cookin' in my book
Your face is jammin'
Your body's heck-a-slammin'
If love is good, let's get 2 rammin'
U got the look, U got the look

Look here
U got the look (U got the look)
U must'a took (U must'a took)
A whole hour just 2 make up your face, baby
Closin' time, ugly lights, everybody's inspected (everybody's inspected)
But U are a natural beauty unaffected (unaffected)
Did I say an hour?
My face is red, I stand corrected (I stand corrected)

You've got the look, you've got the hook
U sho'nuf do be cookin' in my book
Your face is jammin'
Your body's heck-a-slammin'
If love is good, let's get 2 rammin'
U got the look, U got the look

(there's no girl to do)
Well here we are, ladies and gentlemen
The dream we all dream of (oh, please!)
Boy versus girl in the world series of love
Slammin'

U walked in (I walked in)
I woke up (U woke up)
I never seen a pretty girl look so tough' baby (baby)
U got that look, yes U do (yes U do)
Color U peach and black
Color me takin' aback, baby
Crucial, I think I wantcha

You've got the look, you've got the hook
U sho'nuf do be cookin' in my book
Your face is jammin'
Your body's heck-a-slammin'
If your love is good, let's get 2 rammin' (now)
U got the look, U got the look

Here we are folks 
The dream we all dream of

You got the look
You got the look
You got the look
You got the look
You got the look


© 1987 Controversy Music - ASCAP


If I was your girlfriend

"Look at the bargains over here, ladies..."

If I was your girlfriend
Would U remember 2 tell me all the things U forgot
When I was your man?
Hey, when I was your man
If I was your best friend
Would U let me take care of U and do all the things
That only a best friend can
Only best friends can

If I was your girlfriend 
If I was your girlfriend

If I was your girlfriend
Would U let me dress U
I mean, help U pick out your clothes
Before we go out
Not that you're helpless
But sometimes, sometimes
Those are the things that bein' in love's about
If I was your one and only friend
Would U run 2 me if somebody hurt U
Even if that somebody was me?
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be
Please

If I was your girlfriend 
If I was your girlfriend

Would U let me wash your hair
Could I make U breakfast sometime
Or then, could we just hang out, I mean
Could we go 2 a movie and cry together
Cuz 2 me baby that would be so fine

If I was your girlfriend
Baby can I dress U
I mean, help U pick out your clothes
Before we go out
(If I was your girlfriend)
Listen girl, I ain't sayin you're helpless
But sometimes, sometimes
Those are the things that bein' in love's about (sugar)

Sugar do U know what I'm saying 2 U this evening? (sugar)
Maybe U think I'm being 
a little self-centered (if I was your girlfriend)
But I, I said I want 2 be (sugar)
all of the things U are 2 me (sugar)
Surely, surely U can see (if I was your girlfriend)
{{title repeated in background}}
Is it really necessary 4 me 2 go out of the room 
just because U wanna undress? 
I mean, we don't have 2 make children 2 make love 
And then, we don't have 2 make love 2 have an orgasm
Your body's what I'm all about 
Can I see U?
I'll show U 
Why not?
U can think it's because I'm your friend I'll do it 4 U
Of course I'll undress in front of U! 
And when I'm naked, what shall I do?
How can I make U see that it's cool?
Can't U just trust me?
If I was your girlfriend U could 
Oh, yeah, I think so
Listen, 4 U naked I would dance a ballet 
Would that get U off?
Then tell me what will!
If I was your girlfriend, would U tell me? 
Would U let me see U naked then?
Would U let me give U a bath?
Would U let me tickle U so hard U'd laugh and laugh
And would U, would U let me kiss U there
You know down there where it counts
I'll do it so good I swear I'll drink every ounce
And then I'll hold U tight and hold U long
And together we'll stare into silence
And we'll try 2 imagine what it looks like
Yeah, we'll try 2 imagine what, what silence looks like
Yeah, we'll try 2 imagine what silence looks like
Yeah, we'll try...


© 1987 Controversy Music - ASCAP


Strange relationship

I guess U know me well, I don't like winter
But I seem 2 get a kick out of doing U cold
Oh, what the hell, U always surrender
What's this strange relationship that we hold on 2?

Baby I just can't stand 2 see U happy
More than that I hate 2 see U sad
Honey if U left me I just might do something rash
What's this strange relationship? (ship, ship, ship)

I came and took your love, I took your body
I took all the self respect U ever had
I took U 4 a ride and baby I'm sorry
The more U love me sugar, the more it makes me mad

Baby I just can't stand 2 see U happy
More than that I hate 2 see U sad
Honey if U left me I just might do something rash
What's this strange relationship? (ship, ship, ship)

Isn't it a shame this ain't a movie
Then U could rewrite my every line
I'll take all the blame, yo baby I'm sorry
But I didn't like the way U where, so I had 2 make U mine

Baby I just can't stand 2 see U happy
More than that I hate 2 see U sad
Honey if U left me I just might do something rash
What's this strange relationship? (ship, ship, ship)

Mmmmm, my strange relationship
Can't live with U, can't live without U
That's all about..
Do U know? (strange relationship)
I think U and I got a (strange relationship)
What's this strange relationship?
Yeah, yeah [repeated to fade]


© 1987 Controversy Music - ASCAP


I could never take the place of your man

It was only last June when her old man ran away
She couldn't stop crying 'cause she knew he was gone 2 stay
It was 10:35 on a lonely friday night
She was standin' by the bar
Hmm, she was lookin' alright, yeah
I asked if she wanted 2 dance
And she said all she wanted was a good man
And wanted 2 know if I thought I was qualified, yeah

And I said, baby don't waste your time
I know what's on your mind
I may be qualified 4 a one night stand
But I could never take the place of your man

It hurt me so bad when she told me 
with tears in her eyes (tears in her eyes)
He was all she ever had and now she wanted 2 die
He left her with a baby and another one on the way
She couldn't stop cryin'
Cause she knew he was gone 2 stay
She asked me if we could be friends
And I said, oh, honey baby that's a dead end
U know and I know that we wouldn't be satisfied

And I said, baby don't waste your time
I know what's on your mind
U wouldn't be satisfied with a one night stand
And I could never take the place of your man

Yeah, yeah, the place of your man


© 1987 Controversy Music - ASCAP


The cross

Black day, stormy night
No love, no hope in sight
Don't cry, he is coming
Don't die without knowing the cross

Ghettos 2 the left of us
Flowers 2 the right
There'll be bread 4 all of us
If we can just bear the cross

Sweet song of salvation
A pregnant mother sings
She lives in starvation
Her children need all that she brings

We all have our problems
Some BIG, some are small
Soon all of our problems
Will be taken by the cross

Black day, stormy night
No love, no hope in sight
Don't cry 4 he is coming
Don't die without knowing the cross

Ghettos 2 the left of us
Flowers 2 the right
There'll be bread 4 all, y'all
If we can just, just bear the cross, yeah

We all have our problems
Some are BIG, some are small
Soon all of our problems, y'all
Will be taken by the cross

The cross

The cross


© 1987 Controversy Music - ASCAP


It's gonna be a beautiful night

(Oh-we-oh-oooh)

(groove!)
(drop out them horns)

It's gonna be a beautiful
It's gonna be a beautiful night
U got your world together
Everything's lookin' alright
Tonight there's no tomorrow
This is gonna be the one (alright, Paris, we gonna see how)
Tonight we're gonna lose our sorrow (soulful you are, are you ready?)
Tonight we're gonna have some fun (come on, say it...)

(Oh-we-oh-oooh)
It's gonna be a beautiful
It's gonna be a beautiful night (keep singin, y'all)
(Oh-we-oh-oooh)
It's gonna be a beautiful
It's gonna be a beautiful night (verse, clap your hands)

Little boy got the notion, get some love tonight
Get yo rap in motion, 4 she out o' sight
Little girl at the party, 
maybe she'd like 2 dance
Ring around the rosie (Paris, are you ready?)
Pocket full of chance (horns, do it)

(Oh-we-oh-oooh) (sing it, y'all)
It's gonna be a beautiful
It's gonna be a beautiful night 
(Oh-we-oh-oooh)
It's gonna be a beautiful
It's gonna be a beautiful night (guitars and drums, groove)
(dance, come on)
They say that there's nothing's better
Than sleeping on a rainy day
We could spend the night together
Come on baby what U say?

It's gonna be a beautiful
It's gonna be a beautiful night, oh
It's gonna be a beautiful
It's gonna be a beautiful night, oh
It's gonna be a beautiful
It's gonna be a beautiful night, oh
It's gonna be a beautiful, beautiful night (say it)

No time 4 politics, no we don't wanna fight
Everybody get up, it's gonna be a beautiful night
No time 4 sorrow, this is gonna be the one
Tonight there's no tomorrow
Tonight we're gonna have some fun (Are you ready Paris?)

(Oh-we-oh-oooh) (say it, y'all)
It's gonna be a beautiful
It's gonna be a beautiful night (c'mon)
(Oh-we-oh-oooh)
It's gonna be a beautiful
It's gonna be a beautiful night (two times)

We are beautiful, it's gonna be a beautiful night
We are beautiful, it's gonna be a beautiful night
We are beautiful, it's gonna be a beautiful night
We are beautiful, it's gonna be a beautiful night
We are beautiful, it's gonna be a beautiful night
We are beautiful, it's gonna be a beautiful night
We are beautiful, it's gonna be a beautiful night
We are beautiful, it's gonna be a beautiful night
(Paris, say it once more time, uh!)

(Oh-we-oh-oooh) (say it)
It's gonna be a beautiful
It's gonna be a beautiful night (night, y'all, yeah)
(Oh-we-oh-oooh)
It's gonna be a beautiful
It's gonna be a beautiful night (just the drums, just the drum -- Bobby)

Oh-we-oh-oooh) {{repeated in the background}}

Everybody get way down, 
Tonight we're gonna ball
Tonight we're gonna get the bomb, y'all
I'm talkin' 'bout the Detroit crawl

Everybody in the west
Everybody in the east
[Every man I'll injure]
With my chicken grease
Get with it

(one more)

(are you ready Paris - Soul Clap)
(ah yeah, ah yeah)

(gimme the bass, gimme the bass, one time)

Said the table 2 the chair 
"You can hardly be aware
How I suffer from the heat
And from chillblains on my feet!
If we took a little walk
We might have a little talk!
Pray let us take the air!"
Said the table to the chair (can't nobody)

Said the chair to the table
"Now you know we are not able! (fuck with us)
How foolishly you talk
When you know we cannot walk!" (can't nobody)
Said the table with a sigh 
"It can do no harm to try (fuck with us)
I've as many legs as you
Why can't we walk on two?" (say, can't nobody) 

So they both went showly down (fuck with us)
And walked about the town
With a cheerful bumpy sound (can't nobody)
As they toddled round and round
And everybody cried
As they hastened to their side (fuck with us)
"See the table and the chair 
Have come 2 take the air!" (y'all - say it y'all)

But in going down an alley
To a castle in the valley
They completely lost their way
And wandered all the day
Till, to see them safely back
They paid a ducky-quack
And a beetle and a mouse
Who took them to their house.

When they whispered to each other
"O delightful little brother! (can't nobody fuck with us)
What a lovely walk we've taken!
Let us dine on beans and bacon!"
So the ducky and the little browny- (say it, y'all)
mousey and the beetle dined,
And danced upon the heads
Till they toddled to their beds. (can't nobody fuck with us)
Good God [repeated in the background]

 Revolution, baby way down low
beautiful night, y'all say it
beautiful night, y'all say it
say what a beautiful night, y'all say it
beautiful night, y'all say it
come on

(oh-we-oh-ooh)
say it 
(oh-we-oh-ooh)
say it louder, y'all
(oh-we-oh-ooh)
say it louder, y'all
(oh-we-oh-ooh)
Miko, Miko, hit me in the back with funk

beautiful night, y'all say it
beautiful night, y'all say it
everbody feelin' alright, y'all say it
gonna be a beautiful night, y'all say it
everybody, (oh-we-oh-ooh, oh-we-oh-ooh)
say it (oh-we-oh-ooh, oh-we-oh-ooh)
say it (oh-we-oh-ooh, oh-we-oh-ooh)
(oh-we-oh-ooh, oh-we-oh-ooh)

get the horns in here

keep singin' y'all

everybody clap your hands
everybody clap your hands

everbody, groove, come on

Confusion!

Yeah!


© 1987 Controversy Music - ASCAP


Adore

Baby, yes

Until the end of time
I'll be there 4 U
U own my heart and mind
I truly adore U
If God one day stroke me blind
Your beauty I'd still see
Love is 2 weak 2 define
Just what U mean 2 me

From the first moment I saw U
Ooh, I knew U where the 1
That night I had 2 call U
I was rappin' till the sun came up
Tellin' U just how fine U look
In a word, U were sex
All of my cool attitude U took
My body was next
U made love 2 me
Like U where afraid
Was U afraid of me?
Was I the first?
Was I your every fantasy?
That's why

Until the end of time
I'll be there 4 U
U own my heart and mind
I truly adore U
If God one day stroke me blind
Your beauty I'd still see
Love is 2 weak 2 define
Just what U mean 2 me

When we be makin' love
I only hear the sounds
Heavenly angels cryin' up above
Tears of joy pourin' down on us
They know we need each other
They know U are my fix
I know, that U know that I ain't cheatin' baby
They know this is serious
I ain't funkin' just 4 kicks, no
This condition I got is crucial, crucial baby
U could say that I'm a terminal case
U could burn up my clothes
Smash up my ride, well maybe not the ride
But I got 2 have your face
All up in the place
I'd like 2 think that I'm a man of exquisite taste
A hundred percent Italian silk imported Egyptian lace
But nothin' baby, I said nothin' baby could compare
2 your lovely face
Do U know what I'm sayin' 2 ya this evening
I'm just tryin' 2 say
I'm just tryin' 2 say
That until, until the end of time
I'll be there 4 U
I'll be there 4 U
On my heart, on my mind, (truly adore U) 
I truly adore U (darlin')
U don't know what you're mean 2 me
Baby, (until the end of time)
Baby, (I'll be there 4 U)
Baby, (U own my heart and mind)
'Til the end of time I'll be there 4 U
(I truly adore U)
Adore U (adore U)

Can I talk 2 U? {{chorus repeated in background}}
Tell U what U mean 2 me
Every time U wander
I'll be your eyes so U can see
I wanna show U things
That I show no other, I wanna be
More than, more than your mother
More than your brother
I wanna be (like no) like no other
If U need me, I'll never leave
I know, that U know, without U there is no me
There is no me
Without U there is no sea
There is no shore
Love is 2 weak 2 define how much I adore
U, child
U, child
The last words U hear
The last words U hear

(until the end of time)
I'll be there for you, baby
(until the end of time)

Be with me darlin' til the end of time (until the end of time)
I'll give U my heart
I'll give U my mind
I'll give U my body (until the end of time)
I'll give U my time (until the end of time)
(until the end of time)

4 all time I am with U
U are with me
(until the end of time)
U are with me, U are with me


© 1987 Controversy Music - ASCAP


La, la, la, he, he, hee

I am a dog outside your door
I have been there since a quarter to four
You are a cat licking intense
I bite your leg in self-defense

Say it! Uurh, uurh, uurh, uurh
Say it! Uurh, uurh, uurh, uurh

Get out my tree, grinning at me
Licking your tail like its cream
Stroking your whiskers, causing a scene
That's not the way to be to me (That's not the way)

Say it! Uurh, uurh, uurh, uurh
Say it! Uurh, uurh, uurh, uurh

And the doggy say to the kitty
La, La, La, He, He, Hee
I want you, you want me
Oh how sexy it will be
If we ever get together in my tree

Say it! Uurh, uurh, uurh, uurh
Say it! Uurh, uurh, uurh, uurh

Hey little pussy you sure look sweet
Knocking me off of my 4 feet (Knocking me off of my 4 feet) {My 4 feet}
Sure do wish dogs could climb (I wish, I wish) 
Then we could have a funky good time

Say it! Uurh, uurh, uurh, uurh
Say it again! Uurh, uurh, uurh, uurh

Why you wink at me? (Why you wink at me?)
I don't wanna see (I don't wanna see)
Nasty little cat up up in a tree (Up) {Up}
Is it really worth-a one night of fun?
You've got 9 lives, I only got one

Say it! Uurh, uurh, uurh, uurh

And the doggy say to the kitty
La, La, La, He, He, Hee
I want you, you want me
Oh how sexy it will be
If we ever get together in my tree

I'm picking up your scent


© 1987 Controversy Music - ASCAP


Shockadelica

Look'it here
(The lights go out)
The lights go out
The smell of doom
Is creepin' into your lonely room

The bed's on fire
Your fate is sealed
And you're so tired
And the reason is Camille-mille

Shockadelica
The girl must be a witch
She got your mind, body, and soul hitched

Shockadelica
You need a second opinion
But she never wears a stitch
So you can't take her home

She got you tied with a golden rope
She won't let you play your guitar

And when you've cried enough
Maybe she'll let you up
For a nasty ride in her shockadeli-car

She'll make you beg (Please) girl

Shockadelica
Got you in a trance
'Cause when this woman say dance you dance

Shockadelica
You need a second opinion
But you just can't leave her alone
As though you got no mind of your own

Shockadelica Shockadelica
Shockadelica Shockadelica 
Shockadelica

The lights go out
The smell of doom
Again is creepin' into your lonely room

Is this a dream
Or is this real (Or is this real)
Or is this just a mirage you feel

Shockadelica Shockadelica

Shockadelica
She must be witch
She got your mind, body, and soul hitched

Shockadelica
You need a second opinion
She never wears a stitch
You can't take her home

Shockadelica

She got you in a trance
When this girl say dance
Baby, baby, baby, you dance (Shockadelica)
You dance, you dance, you dance, you dance, you...

Shockadelica (She must be a witch) {Yeah}
Shockadelica (She got my mind, body, and soul hitched) 
Shockadelica (I need a second, I need a second opinion)
Shockadelica (I just can't leave here alone) 

The lights go out
The smell of doom
Again is creeping into your lonely room

(Is this a dream)
Is this a dream
Or is this real
(Or is it just a mirage) 
Or is this just a mirage you feel
(Is this just a mirage) (Or is it just a mirage)
(Is this just a mirage) (Or is it just a mirage) (Shockadelica)
(Is this just a mirage) (Or is it just a mirage)
(Or is this just a mirage) (Or is it just a mirage)
(Is it just a...)

Shockadelica


© 1987 Controversy Music - ASCAP