I have been a Prince fan since 1982 and, on YouTube, have finally heard "Computer Blue (extended version)". I know many of you have loved this extended song for years. Could anyone help me with the spoken word portion of the song? I appreciate your help.

anangellooksdown said:

Michael7 said:

I have been a Prince fan since 1982 and, on YouTube, have finally heard "Computer Blue (extended version)". I know many of you have loved this extended song for years. Could anyone help me with the spoken word portion of the song? I appreciate your help.

Glad you brought this up, never knew this existed! And somebodys saying there is sped up version and maybe a version in the songs original speed/key. When did this man ever rest?

Wendy?

Yes Lisa

Is the water warm enough?

Yes Lisa

Shall we begin?

Yes Lisa

Ow!
Where is my love life?
Where can it be?
There must be something wrong with the machinery

Where is my love life?
Tell me, where has it gone?
Somebody please, please tell me what the hell is wrong

CHORUS:
Till I find the righteous one
Computer blue
Till I find the righteous one
Computer blue

Oh

Where is my baby?
Where can she be?
Somebody please, please tell me what is wrong with me

Where is my baby?
Where has she gone?
Somebody please, please tell me what the hell is wrong

CHORUS

Yeah

The computer's on the verge of breakdown!

Come on
Oh baby, don't make me

Poor lonely computer
It's time someone programmed U
It's time U learned love and lust
They both have 4 letters
But they're entirely different words
Poor lonely computer
Poor, poor lonely computer
Do U really know what love is?

(Na, na, na, na, na)
Wave your hands in the air!
Now everybody sing it! (Na, na, na, na, na)
Everybody work out
Work out, work out (Na, na, na, na, na)
Everybody work out
Work out, work out (Na, na, na, na, na)
Everybody work out

He didn't like living alone
The house where he lived had many hallways
It was a long walk 2 his bedroom
Because 2 him each hallway represented an emotion
Every one vastly different from the next
One day while she was with him
He decided 2 name each one
She walked by his side, one hand on his thigh
No - she was sort of half a step behind him
Yeah, the grip on his thigh intensified
As they walked slowly through the corridor
He named the hallway "Lust"
And as they passed through the next one
He named it "Fear"
The grip she now loosened
So he walked faster
Her hands now trembling
She let dropped 2 her side as he wrote the word "Insecurity"
He looked into her eyes and smiled a demon smile
And quickly walked onto the next
Corridor after corridor
He named almost all when suddenly… he stopped
He picked up the word "Hate"
She was gone
So he picked up another – "Pain"

On the verge of a breakdown
What is life without love?
It's hell, Computer Blue!

Father, Father, the sun is gone
(Father, Father) The Dawn, the Dawn
Father, Father, where is the Dawn?
(Where is the Dawn, Father?)
(Na, na, na, na, na) {x2}
Na, na, na, na, na

Shall I go 2 church on Sundays?
Shall I stay home and pray?
Shall I try 2 make her happy?
Shall I try 2 make her stay?

Where is my love life?
Tell me, where can it be?

Narrow-minded computer
(Somebody please, please tell me…)
It's time someone programmed U
(Somebody please, please tell me what's wrong with me)
It's time U learned women are not butterflies
They're computers 2
Just like U Computer Blue
(Where is my baby?)
Chauvinistic computer
It's time someone programmed U (Na, na, na, na, na)
U fall in love 2 fast and hate 2 soon

And take 4 granted the feeling's mutual
(The feeling's mutual!)
We're computers 2
Just like U, Computer Blue

Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah!

berniejobs said on the 2009 thread, "I have a copy of the "hallway speech" version, except my copy is sped up a little, which makes the entire song in a different key. The song is BAD ASS but it's kind of annoying sped up like that. I'd like to hear it in it's proper key. Does a version of the "hallway speech" version exist that is at the correct tempo and pitch?"

I would like to know also?

Anybody got this "hallway speech) version?

perfume said:

anangellooksdown said:

Now that we have the lyrics, the important thing is this: What is he saying? In other words, what does he mean?

Good question. What's your interpretation?

impotent

luvsexy4all said:

luvsexy4all said:

perfume said:

luvsexy4all said:

impotent

Sad to hear that you are impotent. Have you tried Yohimbe?

dumbass...

perfume said:

luvsexy4all said:

impotent

Sad to hear that you are impotent. Have you tried Yohimbe?

"theres something wrong with the machinery" ...dumbass

From the lyrics above, it sounds like he singing about the programing we go through in life and that it is our own minds that need to be programmed to understand the difference between love and lust. The hallways that he is naming, sounds as though he is talking about remembering the direction of a relationship, that it started as lust and notice at that point, her hand is kept on his thigh, but then became fearful (perhaps fearful that he was falling in love) and her grip on his thigh loosened, began to tremble, until she finally let them drop to her sides, then insecure (because when her hands dropped, he had not expected that after showing her his vulnerability) but maybe it wasn't unexpected and he smiled a demon smile as he looked into her eyes (perhaps he became mean as a result of his insecurity), in his remembrances, he could see how it all unfolded until he eventually grew to hate her, and noticed then that she was gone. And he hurt. So, his lust, fear, insecurities, caused the relationship to end, he pushed her away and he could see how it all unfolded but he forgot during all this that women are programmed too from childhood (They're computers 2) and our original programming can lead the direction the relationship will go.

We should ask Toure.