Aside from "Under The Influence" this is my 2nd favorite Vanity song. It's so hauntingly beautiful. I was just wondering if this was written by Vanity? And for or about Prince? Such clues in the song "this is your lover calling" and "I'm calling my shadow"....makes you wonder. Didn't Prince get quoted as saying Vanity was the mirror image of him? I's been 3 years since I heard this song, I had the Vanity casette tape and put it up some place. Who else likes this song and can anyone post the lyrics. Thanks !

I've always assumed that this song was about Prince.At one point,she even mentions "the Prince and the showgirl" The song is sad and wistful,as if she hasn't (yet) come to grips with losing him.

Oh...I'm not at home right now but when I get home I will find the album and post the lyrics for you.The album includes a lyric sheet.

And it's one of the sloppiest lyric sheets I've ever seen. It's handwritten and some of the words are scratched out where an error previously was.

Yes, most definitely it was about Prince its very obvious.

vainandy said:

yeah,the lyric sheet is a mess! It looks like sloppy writing from somebody's diary or journal

"Samuelle" lyrics:

(written by Vanity,1984)



Samuelle,this is your lover calling,Samuelle
Samuelle,this is your lover calling
Samuelle,do you belong to Marilyn?
I know she could never love your heart like me
I'm quite sure we belong together

Oh Samuelle,you cannot tell a lie
it echoes across the moon and the sky
Valerie,Valerie,Valerie,this is your conscience calling
Valerie,Valerie,Valerie,I don't wanna hear ya
I do recall carnivals were filled up with
crazy guys and paper dolls
Thought it would last forever

Oh Samuelle,I'm running down the aisle
wedding lace was written all over
I really want you,I really do
I really love you,rap on door
rap on door,ring bell,ring bell
naughty little thing,we may never know
the prince and the showgirl
wonders if never,ever

Oh Samuelle,I cannot tell
if I sing to you,will you ring my doorbell?
Ring my doorbell,I really want you
Ring my doorbell,I really do
Ring my bell,I really love you

Time will tell
all those nights I sat up alone
and stared at the phone
well I'm calling my shadow,calling Samuelle
I cannot let you go
I've thrown all the snowballs I can throw
Oh! Oh! Ooh hoo hoo
I know you love me,you can have me if you want to

Vanity wrote the lyrics to all of those songs....it's her own personal copy of the lyrics...she just had them print it as it was to give you something more personal. Vanity is an Enigma...so original. No-one was like her at that time. The gorilla fur and lace...who would've thougt of that? So beautiful in everyway. So bad Ass for the Pirate outfit she wore on American Bandstand. She did it her way. She was so witchy...wasn't she? I loved that about her, so withcy and haunting...alot of her songs were haunting....I so love Vanity and what she was all about. I cannot see Apples even coming close to her in anyway.
Vanity knew what she was and what she was capable of. So gorgeous was she. No one else like her....no one could dance like her...she left Susan and Brenda in the dust...on stage while performing...Makeup...did you see how Vanity effortlessly did those dance moves...and had so much style and sass to it...while susan/brenda were struggling to keep up. She left Vanity 6 because she knew she could do more and was woth more than what Prince was giving her. She was a leader just like he was and two leaders always crash and burn...
Vanity's beauty was unearthly. Her eyes are so large and clear...very dream like....she had the perfect lips and the perfect ass....so pretty...so fine...so perfect was she. Her face was perfection...her cheekbones were out to here.....her peferct smile and her vampire teeth.....i so loved her Goth side. She was a total Goth....so eeerie and vampiric....so much like a vampire witch....mirror mirror tu relflect cest moi.....

SoulAlive said:

Thanks for the lyrics. You always come thru!
I don't know if it was for P. But I think it might have been. I remember a Playboy interview on TV where she was talking about him being one of the most romantic men she'd been with. Then she said, 'I've had a few'. So who knows> If that book ever comes out, perhaps we will know. Wishful thinking!!

vanityforever said:

lol i 100% agree