Wasted Kisses
CHORUS:
Why did I waste my kisses on U, baby?
Why did I waste my kisses on U now?
Why did I waste my kisses on U, baby?
Why did I waste my kisses on U now?

Overdue – that's how I described the hour
The minute, the moment that I first laid eyes on U
I guess I knew that sooner or later this power
Would manifest itself into a rendezvous

Small dark room – that's where I let U smother
In front of your [gut, tell another]
Why should I care?
Cheap perfume all over those burgundy stockings
The ones I tied U up with
I shoulda just left 'em there (Shoulda just left 'em there)
Why'd I waste my kisses on U?

Why did I waste my kisses on U, baby?

CHORUS

Why'd I waste my kisses on U, baby? (On U)
Why did I waste my kisses on U now?
Why'd I waste my kisses on U, baby? (On U)
Why did I waste my kisses on U now?

best song on NPS.

Milty said:

Along with Come On and The One.

Truly magnificent songs.

Milty said:

This song gave me the faith that Prince still had some genius left in him!

Come2getheras1 said:

yeah me too kinda. he's superb at these little pop/soul ditties like ..And God Created Woman and TMBGITW.
kinda of bleak lyrics as well.

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dammit RDHULL, if you got these lyrics from the DTT, tell them to correct them finally...I tried for ages to get Ted to fix 'em...

It should be:
"In front of your gat totin' other..."


Thank you.

Serena said:

Ha! This is a new interpretation of that lyric.

Gat Totin
Gut Totin
Gun Totin
Gut Torn

Any others?

Oh yeah, truly a moment of brilliance in the sea of mediocrity Prince swam in during the years.

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[This message was edited Fri Jan 9 9:44:49 PST 2004 by SupaFunkyOrgangrinderSexy]

SupaFunkyOrgangrinderSexy said:

If you listen closely on headphones, it's pretty clear he says "gat totin' other". Makes more sense than "gut totin or gut torn" anyways...

Serena said:

Time to break out Supa's interpretation of this song




My interpretation of the song is not about a failed relationship but about the death of his baby.

Overdue, that's how I describe the hour, the minute the moment that I first laid eyes on you...

The first time Prince sees his baby. Think about how much Prince must have wanted kids and think of how agonizing it must have been for him to have to wait 9 months for this moment. Certainly "overdue" could describe the length of time for him to finally be able to lay eyes on his own child for the first time.


I guess I knew, that sooner or later this power, would manifest itself into a rendezvous...

The song is about kisses right? The power he is speaking of is the power of the kiss. Think of the power that a kiss holds. Enough to make two people want to be inside each other. Power enough to lead him and his wife in the DANCE ELECTRIC-sexual union. Kissing...leading to sex...leading to pregnancy...leading to the baby's birth...leading to the moment he first laid eyes on the baby.

Small dark room, that's where I let you smother, in front of your gut torn (lyrics are questionable as to gut torn) mother, why should I care?...


Wasn't Prince's baby on life support at some point? So say that this part of the song Prince is reminiscing of being in the hospital where he and Mayte are faced with making the final decision on whether to keep the little baby alive on machines or let him rest in peace and pull the plug. If the baby's life support system was finally shut off, most likely this would have caused the baby to smother and gasp for final breaths.

Why does he say Gut torn? I think this lyric is Gut Torn and can be taken in two ways. Gut torn--Mayte's gut is torn from having to make this decision on her precious son. Have you never been gut torn over a situation? I'm sure like most of us, you have. OR Gut torn...literally. Having just given birth, her gut is torn from the experience of child birth. I think it would be both at the same time. Also, he says "Why should I care", I take this as him not wanting to care because it is just too much but you can tell by the way he sings the word "CARE" in the song that he really does care.


Cheap perfume all over those burgundy stockings, the ones I tied you up with I should have just left em there...

Perhaps this line is directed at Mayte. Remember how scripted Prince's marriage and the pregnancy were? They got married on Valentines day, that night conceived, 9 months later thay had a baby. What if on the night they conceived, Prince tied Mayte up with those perfumed burgundy stockings? If he had just "left em there", they may not have had the sexual union that led to the conception of their doomed child.

Why did I waste my kisses on you...

Sounds cold but those kisses led to death. They were wasted...

Well Supa, can't say I agree with you, but interesting. I think it's definitely about the end of their relationship, not the baby. He covered that in Comeback & Until You're In My Arms Again. As jerky as he can be, I don't think he'd say he 'wasted' anything on their son.

Definitely the best song on New Power Soul, and the song that kept my hope alive during that period. Never could get much into the rest of this album, but the performance of "Come On" on The Tonight Show was WAY more happenin'. Wish it was like that on the record!

Stormbringer

Serena said:

I agree, good theory supa but I dont buy it.

It's the start of his doubts about Mayte I think.

~fabulous~

Definitely makes the CD more worthwhile, eh?

My favourite Prince album of the 90s.



No contest.