This is on my playlist; I think this song is light-hearted and makes me happy.
What's your opinion about this one?


Strollin' Lyrics
Artist: Prince
Album: Diamonds & Pearls


Close the shop, let's take a drive
Take a break from 9 to 5
It's so great to be alive, oh yeah
We could rent some roller skates
We could skate around the lake
If we don't know how, we'll fake it, oh yeah

Strollin', strollin' we could have fun just strollin'
Rockin', rollin', oh yeah

Let's forget about the time (time)
Let's relax and ease our mind (mind)
We deserve to just feel fine, oh yeah
We could stroll the mezzanine (stroll)
Buy some dirty magazine
Laugh behind it while we're eatin' ice cream (ha ha ha ha)

Strollin', strollin' we could have fun just strollin'
Rockin', rollin' oh yeah

See the man with the blue guitar
Maybe one day he'll be a star
Give him your ice cream and
I'll give him the keys to my car
There's so much hate goin' round
Hard to not let it get you down
Least we can do is make a joyful sound, oh yeah

Strollin', strollin', we could have fun just strollin'
Rockin', rollin', oh yeah

Strollin', strollin'
Rockin', rollin' (we could have fun, we could have fun)
oh yeah (just strollin')

Close the shop, let's take a ride (strollin', strollin')
Take a break from 9 to 5 (we could have fun just strollin')
It's so great, so great to be alive (Rockin', rollin', oh yeah)

Oh yeah, strollin', strollin' (Strollin', strollin')
(we could have fun just strollin')
Rockin', Rollin' (Rockin', rollin', oh yeah)

Oh yeah, strollin', strollin' (Strollin', strollin')
(we could have fun just strollin')
(Rockin', rollin', oh yeah)

Oh yeah, strollin', strollin' (Strollin', strollin')
(we could have fun just strollin')
oh yeah

i like it. Paisely park is lighthearted like this one.

I love "Strollin'"

I love the Strollin/u want me section of the alladin set, pretty cool

this isn't a favourite of mine, but i like the 'dirty mag' reference. his naughty lyrics always make me chuckle. it reminds me of a time years ago when i was a teen, but old enuff 2 know better...
some friends & i bought 'playgirl' magazine & had such a laff on the bus 'reading' this thing. the other passengers responses were even funnier

Cool little song.Love it!

i Love that song, that song is one of my favorites

I rewrote a few of the lyrics to these songs as follows:

Bowlin', bowlin'
We can have fun just bowlin'
Strikin', scorin'
Oh yeah!

A friend and I went bowling recently, and I was singing this song. We were cracking up laughing.

psychodelicide said:

Realy fab song ..took me back to days gone by...if the truth be known we split up and got back together with this song. Not this song's falt but still we are still together with 2 lovely boys,2 much information eye no ...come on it is christmas.
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yeah, p's vocals, especially towards the end . i love this song, too. the video is like almost porn. diamond and pearl =
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Joyinrepatition said:

Quit with the bowling references already

One of my fave songs
I would like to hear more jazzy songs by Prince.

I love this song. Diamonds and Pearls is one of his most underrated albums. It´s so positive and uplifting, I wish he would revisit this album in some form and leave out the Tony M parts. There are some true gems on it, like Insatiable, Live 4 Love, Strollin, Diamonds and Pearls,Gett Off.

Push and Walk Don´t Walk had nice, uplifting lyrics but the delivery was not that great, he should re-arrange those songs like he did with lots of other songs for live shows.

This album was totally on point back then, really caught the zeitgeist of that era with all those Gulf War references ( and , unfortunately, the rapping...I dig real rap too much to forgive him for those ridiculous raps on D&P ) .

And Strollin is , in my opinion, an all time classic..so light, breezy and full of joy. This is probably his most positive album, ever, released at a time when things looked really gloomy.
"Everywhere" off TRC has a similar quality, though it is musically and lyricwise totally different but it has that uplifting , high spirited energy, too.

And I love that guitar toward the end ( Levi Seacer Jr. ? Or Prince himself ? )

I love a lot of the jazzy guitar playing that was going on back then, like the end of Clockin the Jizz, or Get Some Solo, or Strollin....those were some cool, sharp guitar sounds.
Also, I love songs about taking a walk round the lake with a beautiful girl..but that´s a personal thing.
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psychodelicide said:

i don't roll on shabbis

Twinkly1 said:

FlamingRaindrop said:

Shabbis?

psychodelicide said:

Dude: bowling - "i don't roll on shabbis"... I guess you had to see Big Lebowski to get it - every time i hear bowling mentioned i think of The Dude, Walter and Donnie - iconic

"Don't be so undude"
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FlamingRaindrop said:

Actually, I'm not a dude, I'm a lady. But thanks for the explanation. I never did see Big Lebowski, so I did not know what you meant by your post. But now I do.

i liked strollin better when it was called "yellow" on sheila e's romance 1600 album

One of the few tracks on D&P that doesn't sound like MC Hammer getting gang-raped by the New Kids On The Block.