Finally, we get to hear the chorus. I thought it was going to be a much bigger to be honest. Still a sweet song.

U've reached the party 2 whom U R speaking

I can't come 2 the phone right now

But if U want, U can leave a message

All by myself

I wouldn't trust my heart 2 anyone

Cuz somebody let me down

So hard I fell

Happiness, one day, must surely come

And if not, I wear a frown

Because 4 everyone, there's someone

Who will care

And time has proved ur love will

Still be there

Chorus: Love never has 2 say goodbye

Let's find that place in paradise

Where we first made a plan

Love never has 2 say goodbye

Let's go back where we said hello

And never say goodbye again

I didn't realize

Until U found this place of bitterness

Deep down inside my heart

I wouldn't feel right

If U should ever change your street address

How that would leave a scar

We were destined long ago 2 be as one

And now I know R time has finally come

Chorus: Love never has 2 say goodbye

Let's find that place in paradise

Where we first made a plan

Love never has 2 say goodbye

Let's go back where we said hello

And never say goodbye again

Love never has 2 say goodbye

Let's find that place of happiness

Where we forgive again

Love never has 2 say goodbye

Let's cherish what was heaven sent

And never doubt R love again

Oh, love...

In so many ways

Seems like we're always looking 4 that righteous one

That we forget sometimes

That we all have 2 cry real tears

And most of us, we have real fears

That bear rejection scars

That leave us searching 4 a hiding place

Where we won't let anyone else, anyone else in

But I just wanna say

That it's time 4 healing

It's time 4 forgiveness

We can learn from these experiences

And no one and nothing can ever own us

Cuz love is a mutual caring and sharing

And life is a glorious journey through time and space

And please, please just enjoy it

Just, just try 2, just try 2 groove

Don't say goodbye

Come on, baby

Don't tell me we're though

Love never has 2 say goodbye

[Edited 9/19/14 11:07am]

'Sweet' is a good description. Better than some of the songs he released on Emancipation.

i think its great. i would love to hear more from this era

Listening now. I like.

Never heard a snippet before, though. I might guess Emancipation era, but what do we know for sure?

Never even read about this in The Vault. Nice surprise.

Moving lyrics to main post edit.

[Edited 9/19/14 11:08am]

he sure wrote a lot of balads for Emancipation and i like almost all of them.

i'm still miffed that "journey 2 the center of your heart" didn't make the cut.

this one has all the watermarks of the Emancipation era so i think it's a safe

bet it is from those sessions.

great vocals, nice melody and i love that it goes on for more than 5 minutes

and just breathes a bit toward the end.

good stuff! i love when these nuggest trickle down to us, mere mortals, when

the collectors decide to let go of another song.

weird timing though, with PE and AOA probably about to leak any day now.

The song may get a little corny, but I really when he puts himself out there lyrically like this. I find the sentiment in this song much more believable than in The Breakdown.

Beautiful. Classic Prince. Much better than the recent stuff. I like it a lot.

i love the way he makes the ringing phone noise and later the "beep" for the message.

IstenSzek said:

i love the way he makes the ringing phone noise and later the "beep" for the message.

Just like these birds:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tXE6aUGb4zw

ludwig said:

IstenSzek said:

i love the way he makes the ringing phone noise and later the "beep" for the message.

Just like these birds:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tXE6aUGb4zw

oh that bird! i remember seeing him on tv the first time and immediately,

when he made that camera shutter sound i thought "sounds like a sample

prince uses a lot (it's in The Greatest Romance, for instance)

/

this clip though, is an altered version of the original. i LOL-ed so hard at

the Seinfeld theme

[Edited 9/19/14 11:37am]

Way too cheesy. So outdated too....those synths are horrndous.

This is very nice.

Would have perferred this to Betcha By Golly Wow.

It's pretty bad. It would have sounded dated already around the time Emancipation came out.

I love this song already.

SchlomoThaHomo said:

Still looking....

I consider myself a loyal member of the Org family. I'm friendly and tolerant and contribute my opinions or observations in the hope they may benefit others. But every now and again I realise that I'm a nobody because I DON'T get leaks - I DON'T finally get to hear the chorus - I'M NOT 'in the loop' or whatever I need to be in to hear this stuff. For the love of God, where is it? I know you can't tell me but...

^ edit....

[Edited 9/19/14 14:10pm]

Just downloaded it. Never heard the snippet so this is all new to me, gonna listen shortly.

I like it. Sounds a lot like a remake of Betcha By Golly Wow to me, very similar feel. Was probably a toss up which of the two he put on Emancipation. If that was the case, he made the right choice but I definitely like this.

calciumpaul said:

I consider myself a loyal member of the Org family. I'm friendly and tolerant and contribute my opinions or observations in the hope they may benefit others. But every now and again I realise that I'm a nobody because I DON'T get leaks - I DON'T finally get to hear the chorus - I'M NOT 'in the loop' or whatever I need to be in to hear this stuff. For the love of God, where is it? I know you can't tell me but...

I'm probably the biggest nobody on the site. Leaks don't always end up in the hands of somebodies.

I've stumbled on a few before. And trust me, I'm a nobody. You'd be shocked how some things just end up in your lap. How these things work out is more difficult to understand. It all starts with somebody who gets the song only if they promise not to share it. Then you have to figure somebody can't control themselves, and it leaks. I hope the leaker doesn't have mafia guys after them, but they probably have outted themselves. And sometimes the songs were possibly leaked by Prince, but the person who got hold of the leak wants to be special, and brag about what they have and won't share.

Again, just theories, but who really knows?

Romeoblu said:

I've been dying to hear this. As usual I can't find it online, not since the old haunts got shut down.

I agree, it used to be a lot easier to get kind of stuff. Maybe I'm just getting old.

TheEnglishGent said: