Has anyone heard this, its from the aborted Dream Factory album (July 18 1986 test pressing), a friend sent me a copy (So happy) and it has Wendy n Lisa doing vocals with only Prince adding background, but wow, what a great song, so deep and orchestral. Its a shame he sacked them, because this is head and shoulders above anything that came before it. I also really love Witness for the Prosecution, In all of my Dreams and earlier and funkier versions of Strange Relationship (Why did he lose the sitars, they make the track), Crystal ball and Movie Star without Jam of the year playing in the front, seriously if he had dropped this album on his, we would have been in heaven. Its that good.

Who else really loves it.

I like all the versions. I find it haunting.

My take is a woman, is considering suicide following the death of her child.

OnlyNDaUsa said:

I like all the versions. I find it haunting.

My take is a woman, is considering suicide following the death of her child.

interesting. break that down for me.

Nvncible1 said:

OnlyNDaUsa said:

I like all the versions. I find it haunting.

My take is a woman, is considering suicide following the death of her child.

interesting. break that down for me.

it is a bit of a stretch: but

She wants a place in heaven - she wants to die
But she cannot face the truth - something bad happened she can not handle
She lives on a rope of self-pity - she it walking a tight rope struggling to not fall
It only requires a noose - she is thinking suicide

then all the stuff about children in heaven.

reading the lyrics I am rethinking it, the rest of the song seems to be about something else.

You should get yourself Box Of Chocolates, it has most of these tracks (inc A Place In Heaven) in the best quality available right now.

OnlyNDaUsa said:

Nvncible1 said:

interesting. break that down for me.

it is a bit of a stretch: but

She wants a place in heaven - she wants to die
But she cannot face the truth - something bad happened she can not handle
She lives on a rope of self-pity - she it walking a tight rope struggling to not fall
It only requires a noose - she is thinking suicide

then all the stuff about children in heaven.

reading the lyrics I am rethinking it, the rest of the song seems to be about something else.

A perspective to consider. I need to hear it again.

I have to say that I love Lisa's version better than Prince's. But, both are really good.

"...let's not be lazy, there's no room service. It's all up to me and you."

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I never found this lullaby particularly attracting.

I always thought this tune was dead boring. The melody makes me Zzzzzzz. Such an overrated tune honestly.

Love this song, love the album too. I like when Lisa sings this . Such a pretty voice

MIGUELGOMEZ said:

I have to say that I love Lisa's version better than Prince's. But, both are really good.

"...let's not be lazy, there's no room service. It's all up to me and you."

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As much as I love her, never really cared for her voice(or Wendy's) unless it was in the background.

Now if we're gonna talk piano, thats a whole another discussion

Never been a fan of this song.

vitriol said:

I never found this lullaby particularly attracting.

You like environmental records? Crickets chirping, water rushing...

Strangely, I liked the song better when I only had it in muffled quality on a run-down cassette tape... all those '86-era outtakes had more "mystery"... now that they're all cleaned up, they've lost some of their mystique. "Witness" still kicks ass though

My thoughts are that Prince pulled this song because the line "suites at that level are few" is too clunky.

And a world with 3-year-olds in control??? Prince must not hang around many toddlers. Oy vey!

Harlepolis said:

MIGUELGOMEZ said:

I have to say that I love Lisa's version better than Prince's. But, both are really good.

"...let's not be lazy, there's no room service. It's all up to me and you."

[Edited 5/23/11 7:50am]

As much as I love her, never really cared for her voice(or Wendy's) unless it was in the background.

Now if we're gonna talk piano, thats a whole another discussion

Yeah, she' an amazing pianist.

one of my favorite bootleg songs and it perfectly segues from "Moviestar" where the girl falls asleep and this dreamy song begins.

I prefer Prince's vocals, they just seem so much more expressive and moody to me than Lisa's.

ufoclub said:

one of my favorite bootleg songs and it perfectly segues from "Moviestar" where the girl falls asleep and this dreamy song begins.

I prefer Prince's vocals, they just seem so much more expressive and moody to me than Lisa's.

That June configuration of Dream Factory is great

A classic.

billymeade said:

Strangely, I liked the song better when I only had it in muffled quality on a run-down cassette tape... all those '86-era outtakes had more "mystery"... now that they're all cleaned up, they've lost some of their mystique. "Witness" still kicks ass though

My thoughts are that Prince pulled this song because the line "suites at that level are few" is too clunky.

And a world with 3-year-olds in control??? Prince must not hang around many toddlers. Oy vey!

I said this so many times i lost count.

I wonder could a new artist do an album and purposefully dump it down to make it sound like a murky bootleg tape. that would be cool huh?

Possibly worst Prince 80s track not given to other artists.

ohYeeeeeah said:

I always thought this tune was dead boring. The melody makes me Zzzzzzz.

If this song was recorded in the last 15 years, everyone would argee with you.

802 said:

Possibly worst Prince 80s track not given to other artists.

Big Tall Wall

errant said:

802 said:

Possibly worst Prince 80s track not given to other artists.

Big Tall Wall

It's even worse than that one.

802 said:

errant said:

Big Tall Wall

It's even worse than that one.

Love it. I never gave the lyrics much thought, but the above mentioned suicide slant gives it a whole different feeling now.