I'd like to understand this song. He sang it at the Target Center with so much feeling as with all of his songs. Thx

4bjb said:

This is Prince's song about the death of this boyfriend.

Tracey was Prince's first love, and they often hid in their private skiing lodge away from the media in the Illinois mountains. They had been spending the weekend hiding Prince's purple headed colon ferret so they decided to go out for a walk.

When they left the lodge, they realised that it had been snowing, unusual for April. Prince got some snow on his purple high heals, so he tapped them against the door to knock it off. Suddenly, the huge amount of snow shifted off the roof and killed poor Tracey. If only they had known that sometimes it snows in april.

Tracey was a human rights lawyer who battled through the civil courts for gay rights before dying shortly afterwards.

Hence "Tracey died soon after a long fought civil law". and "Those kind of barrs don't pass you every day".

He was also a part time hypnotist and race car driver.

Sad, very sad.

SquirrelMeat said:

youre creative, but i think its about the loss of someone you loved and only knowing what it feels like once you fell in love...

Tracy was terminally ill. He fought a civil war.. his own body was shutting down.

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

adorable2 said:

kinky!!!

and cause i've never really knew the lyrics:

[Edited 7/11/07 12:47pm]

sosgemini said:

so u think its kinky?

adorable2 said:

sosgemini said:

This has always been one of my favourite prince songs, after all these years it still never fails to make me cry! April last year I was sat home alone listening to this song and we got the biggest snow fall. It was magical!

4bjb said:

This is Prince's song about the death of this boyfriend.

Tracey was Prince's first love, and they often hid in their private skiing lodge away from the media in the Illinois mountains. They had been spending the weekend hiding Prince's purple headed colon ferret so they decided to go out for a walk.

When they left the lodge, they realised that it had been snowing, unusual for April. Prince got some snow on his purple high heals, so he tapped them against the door to knock it off. Suddenly, the huge amount of snow shifted off the roof and killed poor Tracey. If only they had known that sometimes it snows in april.

Tracey was a human rights lawyer who battled through the civil courts for gay rights before dying shortly afterwards.

Hence "Tracey died soon after a long fought civil law". and "Those kind of barrs don't pass you every day".

He was also a part time hypnotist and race car driver.

Sad, very sad.

It's about vagina's.

Prince was totally obsessed with vagina's at that point in his life. His theory is that men can become so obsessed with them that they can lose their life. In that song, his friend, Christopher Tracy passes away over a vagina.

Imago said:

lmao!!! leave it to imago to always find a way to bring up pussy

purplonia said:

Do you think? I'm still guessing skiiing accident.....