In "The Truth" Prince sings, "What if half the things ever said turned out to be a lie?"

Up until very recently I thought the line was "What if half the things I said turned out to be a lie."

And with what has transpired it suddenly seemed so self aware.

But, now I read the lyrics - he wasn't talking about himself telling lies, but merely others.

Just not the same.

My heart broke a little when I saw the correct lyrics.

And y'all?

Here's a goody! First few times I heard Controversy on the radio...couldn't catch the name of the song:

Am I black or white?

Am I straight or gay?

Count your blessings

emby said:

I've wondered for a long time if the last line of "Sometimes it Snows in April" says/means "passed" rather than "past" -- it makes more sense to me: "Love it isn't love until it's passed".." Anyone have an ultra official lyric sheet?

The official songbook for Parade says "past".

LadyLayla said:

Here's a goody! First few times I heard Controversy on the radio...couldn't catch the name of the song:

Am I black or white?

Am I straight or gay?

Count your blessings

I.AM. SCREAMING LAUGHING.!!! I actually sung "count your blessings" to the Controversy tune! Too funny.Will never hear the song the same again! lol

flyscdiva said:

LadyLayla said:

Here's a goody! First few times I heard Controversy on the radio...couldn't catch the name of the song:

Am I black or white?

Am I straight or gay?

Count your blessings

I.AM. SCREAMING LAUGHING.!!! I actually sung "count your blessings" to the Controversy tune! Too funny.Will never hear the song the same again! lol

Laugh away! So did my group of friends at the time when we were together and the song came on and I merrily sang along with it.

LadyLayla said:

Here's a goody! First few times I heard Controversy on the radio...couldn't catch the name of the song:

Am I black or white?

Am I straight or gay?

Count your blessings

Starfish and coffee 'Made with serpent jam' - I thought this wa logical since the kids thought there was a witch in her lunchbox.

C'MON - I can't be the only one that thought this? anyone?

emby said:

I've wondered for a long time if the last line of "Sometimes it Snows in April" says/means "passed" rather than "past" -- it makes more sense to me: "Love it isn't love until it's passed".." Anyone have an ultra official lyric sheet?

Had to look it up too.

meagemini2 said:

Starfish and coffee 'Made with serpent jam' - I thought this wa logical since the kids thought there was a witch in her lunchbox.

C'MON - I can't be the only one that thought this? anyone?

You are the only one.

TrivialPursuit said:

emby said:

I've wondered for a long time if the last line of "Sometimes it Snows in April" says/means "passed" rather than "past" -- it makes more sense to me: "Love it isn't love until it's passed".." Anyone have an ultra official lyric sheet?

The official songbook for Parade says "past".

I confused it was past or had

purplepolitician said:

TrivialPursuit said:

The official songbook for Parade says "past".

I confused it was past or had

You're saying you thought the line was "love isn't love until it's had"???

Here, for everyone:

Back in the 90s, after The Hits/The B-Sides came out, I was playing one of the cassettes in my friend's car. We had her two kids in the backseat. They were 4 and 5 years old. "Controversy" was playing.

At one point, she leans over to me and says, "I don't think this is okay to play in front of the kids." I had a confused look on my face, and asked "Why?".

She emphasized: "Uh, county pussy?"

22 years later and I've yet to let her live that one down.

TrivialPursuit said:

Back in the 90s, after The Hits/The B-Sides came out, I was playing one of the cassettes in my friend's car. We had her two kids in the backseat. They were 4 and 5 years old. "Controversy" was playing.

At one point, she leans over to me and says, "I don't think this is okay to play in front of the kids." I had a confused look on my face, and asked "Why?".

She emphasized: "Uh, county pussy?"

22 years later and I've yet to let her live that one down.

Ha! Too much. At least my moment was G rated! The P man would have gotten a big kick out of the range of interpretations

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Look here Marsha, I'm not sayin' this just 2 be nasty -- Metro Lyrics

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or

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Look you Martian, I'm not sayin'this just to be nasty -- LyricWiki

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Can anyone find out which of these are the real lyrics to 'Let's Pretend We're Married'

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QueenofCardboard said:

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Look here Marsha, I'm not sayin' this just 2 be nasty -- Metro Lyrics

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or

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Look you Martian, I'm not sayin'this just to be nasty -- LyricWiki

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Can anyone find out which of these are the real lyrics to 'Let's Pretend We're Married'

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When I was on the DTTLyrics team, it was "look here Martian..."

LadyLayla said:

Those song books are generaly filled with mistakes.

The lyric is 'love it isn't love, until it's had'. You can hear this clearer on live versions of the song.

bluegangsta said:

Those song books are generaly filled with mistakes.

The lyric is 'love it isn't love, until it's had'. You can hear this clearer on live versions of the song.

That's the way it's written in The Ultimate Listening-Retrospect, a 319 page collection of lyrics from his official releases from 1978-2015. I find that they are pretty good compared to some of the others (and compared to the online lyric sites)

In TMBGITW, I used to think instead of "but when I do I see U and I'm devoured" that he was saying "but when I do I see U 9 to 5"

Also, in Nothing Compares 2 U for the longest time I thought it was "like a bird without a love song" instead of just "without a song"

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flyscdiva said:

LadyLayla said:

Here's a goody! First few times I heard Controversy on the radio...couldn't catch the name of the song:

Am I black or white?

Am I straight or gay?

Count your blessings

I.AM. SCREAMING LAUGHING.!!! I actually sung "count your blessings" to the Controversy tune! Too funny.Will never hear the song the same again! lol

LOL same. that's a great misheard lyric haha

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eightiesbrat said:

flyscdiva said:

I.AM. SCREAMING LAUGHING.!!! I actually sung "count your blessings" to the Controversy tune! Too funny.Will never hear the song the same again! lol

LOL same. that's a great misheard lyric haha

Knowing Prince, maybe he just threw one 'count your blessings' in there! You funny.

LadyLayla said:

Here's a goody! First few times I heard Controversy on the radio...couldn't catch the name of the song:

Am I black or white?

Am I straight or gay?

Count your blessings

Maybe he put it in as a subconscious message and you got it!

meagemini2 said:

Starfish and coffee 'Made with serpent jam' - I thought this wa logical since the kids thought there was a witch in her lunchbox.

C'MON - I can't be the only one that thought this? anyone?

I also misheard that line, but as "made with surf and jam". Obviously my version is quite nonsensical but to my mind it fitted the dreamlike and slightly surreal lyrics of the song quite well, I also thought it made sense given that it continued the sea theme from the titular starfish.

LadyLayla said:

Here's a goody! First few times I heard Controversy on the radio...couldn't catch the name of the song:

Am I black or white?

Am I straight or gay?

Count your blessings

That's classic!

In the 80s, I never got that he was saying "elevator" in Let's Go Crazy. I never really knew what he was saying until much later. I just mumbled through that part when I was singing along. Oh and the purple banana. Didn't catch that either way back when.

One of the videos I found awhile ago must have bee translated by a non-English speaker because the line "I know you ain't no concubine", which is onscreen in the official video, was translated as "I know you ain't no pumpkin pie".

bluegangsta said:

Those song books are generaly filled with mistakes.

The lyric is 'love it isn't love, until it's had'. You can hear this clearer on live versions of the song.

Actually, I not only heard him sing "past" with my own ears in concert, but if you Google his P&M tours you can hear him clearly sing "past", which would be correct grammar as well.

LBrent said:

bluegangsta said:

Those song books are generaly filled with mistakes.

The lyric is 'love it isn't love, until it's had'. You can hear this clearer on live versions of the song.

Actually, I not only heard him sing "past" with my own ears in concert, but if you Google his P&M tours you can hear him clearly sing "past", which would be correct grammar as well.

Doesn't he say both? I feel like I've heard him say both (at different times).

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