PRINCE - ONE NITE ALONE:


ONE NITE ALONE...
In a pale blue spotlite
a figure spins around a voice calls out 2 u,
“Baby...do you like the sound?”
The undulating acrobat ready 2 do ur bidding says,
“Come, U must let me dress u
but 1st must do a fitting...
Do u like fast? Or do u like it slow?”

know it’s better if we make it up as we go...
and oh, by the way tell me now what’s ur name?
‘ll let it sweeten my tongue just once
and never speak it again
since this is our little secret
Untarnished memory in a pale blue spotlite
Let me hear u scream, if u’re ready 4...
One nite alone...with me


U’RE GONNA C ME
know that ‘m not gonna sleep 2nite
cuz u’re not by my side and that ain’t right
thought that we bought this bed 4 two,
but what good is it if ‘m not with u

CHORUS:
Gimme a page on my 2-way
‘ll hit u back with no delay
When u hear all ‘ve got 2 say
U’re gonna C me
Whether in person or the phone
‘ve got 2 get u all alone
and when do baby it’s on
U’re gonna C me...U’re gonna C me

There’s never a minute that find
that u don’t ever cross my mind
if u could just hold me tight u’d c...
there’s nothing harder 4 u than me

(CHORUS)

Gimme a page on my 2-way
‘ll hit u back with no delay

U’re the reason took a rope and lassoed the moon
2 prove that when it comes 2 u
there’s nothing won’t do...
‘d stare in2 the sun if u would be mine
It’s not so great a leap since 2 all others am blind

know that ‘m not gon’ sleep 2nite


HERE ON EARTH
Imagine a young woman running 4 her very life
Tryin’ 2 get away from the one who loves her
this young woman ur wife
In2 an alley cold and rainy
October just b4 dawn...
Leaping atop a mountain of bricks
her clothes now covered with sick,
The danger hardly gone
She turns and curses the day she met u
and that she wishes she was never born...
Say it’s just a dream...
U open up ur eyes and come 2 realize
u simply imagined this
So u lean over and give her a kiss
Here on earth, here on earth,
with u it’s not so bad
Here on earth, here on earth
don’t feel so sad
Stay right here
Here on earth


A CASE OF U
am a lonely painter
live in a box of paints
used 2 b frightened by the devil
and drawn 2 those who weren’t afraid
Remember when u told me
that love was touching souls?
Well, surely u touched mine
Part of u pours out of me from time 2 time in these lines
U’re in my blood like holy wine...u’re so bitter and so sweet
could drink a case of u darling
and still b on my feet...still b on my feet


HAVE A HEART
heard the news from a friend of mine and urs
She said the smell of missing me
was coming from ur pores!
She said broke ur heart so bad
didn’t deserve u back
But don’t u have 2 have a heart 1st b4 u get it broken?
Don’t u have 2 wanna tell the truth b4 a word is spoken?
So what about the heartbreak?
Everybody’s had one c
The fault of mine goes from L.A. 2 the streets of N.Y.C.
but ain’t cryin’ about payments overdue
got some milk but no drop is spilled
over things u put me thru
Can’t u c we’re all just tryin’...
Tryin’ 2 get this hustle on...
Lookin’ 4 the righteous 2 buy in...
til we right everyone the wrongs
So what about the heartbreak?
Everybody’s had one c...
Have a heart


OBJECTS IN THE MIRROR
That’s my favorite time with u
just after we make a movie,
the kind that requires the title
“Parental Advisory”

Let’s brush r teeth in the same sink,
don’t worry girl it’s cool
We can pose in the mirror,
‘m diggin’ u diggin’ on me
yea, me diggin’ on u
We’re hooked up now, can try her
can put my load in the dryer
So much we can share
the same height, weight, and body fluid

We’re hooked up now, we can do it
Been waitin’ baby...
it’s hard 2 bear

the objects in the mirror r closer
than they appear...


AVALANCHE
He was not or never had been in favor
of setting r people free
if it wasn’t 4 the 13th Amendment
we woulda been born in slavery
He was not or never had been in favor
of letting us vote so u c...
Abraham Lincoln was a racist who said
“U cannot escape from history”

CHORUS:
Like the snow comin’ down the mountain
that landed on Wounded Knee
nobody wants 2 take the weight-
the responsibility

Hear the joyous sound of freedom
The Harlem Renaissance
Hear the Duke Ellington and his band
kick another jungle jam
Ooh, do u wanna dance?
Who’s that lurking in the shadows?
Mr. John Hammond with his pen in hand...
sayin’ “Sign ur kingdom over 2 me
and b known throughout the land!”
But, u ain’t got no money, U ain’t got no cash,
So u sign yo name and he claims innocence
just like every snowflake in an avalanche..

(CHORUS)


PEARLS B4 THE SWINE
If leave my front door open
would u come and visit me?
Just 2 slander my name hopin’
that would pack my bags and leave...
If did would u remember
2 feed the dove and clean the cage?
And never count in front of the children
lest they die of old age

don’t really know y we have 2 go r separate ways
Whether or not we grow sfter the seeds r sown
Only time can say...

Can offer u baklava
or a bagel with cream cheese?
Will we say grace 2 r father
holding hands down on r knees?
R we better off just fighting?
U on ur side, me on mine
R the words that keep writing...
only pearls b4 the swine?
What makes a man claim that u’re a friend
when u’re not at all?
They knock u down and then,
they lift u up again, just 2 c u fall...
But like a bird ‘ll keep on singing...
a song that never leaves ur mind
If nothing else u’ve taught me one thing...
“Never cast ur pearls b4 the swine”


YOUNG AND BEAUTIFUL
U’re so young and beautiful
U’re so full of life- everybody knows
That’s y they try 2 take advantage of u...
but u don’t have 2 do what the other ones do
U’re so cool- the world at ur feet,
they only want ur virginity
Keep ur clothes on and ur chastity
until u find the one that’s worth it baby

So young and beautiful
So young and beautiful

U’re so fine my heart’s just pounding
If :I: had the chance 2 lay u down,
‘d probably take a rain check ‘til next summer
cuz :I: don’t wanna b like all ur other lovers
So young and beautiful
‘m hippin’ u 2 the game darlin’
so that u’ll always remain
young and beautiful

Wooo, an official post from Paisley Park! And I'm the first to respond!



Does that make me special?
[This message was edited Fri May 17 4:34:32 PDT 2002 by Saxjedi]

Thank you.

Wow..the complete lyrics, and strange enough these aren't posted at NPGMC itself yet
But it's all good, the cd, the lyrics, the music....all of it. Maybe you dig this cd even more when u r in love

Cool, thanks for the lyrics, I appreciate it. Now if I would only get that darn CD already!

Is this only to obtain at the NPGMusic Club or also in stores????? Hans, Netherlands

ohh cool! thanx for the lyrics PP7 but tahhh..I thought there were 10 songs on this disk? oh wait a minute...isn't Xenaphobia on this disk too?? that must be it huh? ok nevermind
I wish I had mine!! maybe today

Shorty said:

The 10th track is an instrumental called Arboretum, and the lyrics are like this:

LOL @ serpan99

haha very funny ok then..what about xenophobia?? isn't that song on there too??

Xenephobia is from a different album called Xenephobia. Xenephobia isn't on One Night Alone.

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[This message was edited Wed Feb 26 0:26:58 PST 2003 by IstenSzek]

fam1914 said:

Thank from me too, I could never get them... Thanx PP7

Love ya.-