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Thread started 04/20/04 10:13pm

Byron

Her Name Was Doris, But He Called Her Flo..



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Reply #1 posted 04/20/04 10:20pm

johnnyj

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Byron said:



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Isn't it Florence/Flo?
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Reply #2 posted 04/20/04 10:23pm

CandaceS

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LOL, good one!!
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"I would say that Prince's top thirty percent is great. Of that thirty percent, I'll bet the public has heard twenty percent of it." - Susan Rogers, "Hunting for Prince's Vault", BBC, 2015
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Reply #3 posted 04/20/04 11:00pm

mentalist

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I love that line. Got a point wi the Florence thing although I've been singing Doris for the last 2 weeks.

Anyone with the lyric sheet?
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Reply #4 posted 04/20/04 11:20pm

Byron

johnnyj said:

Byron said:



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Isn't it Florence/Flo?

Nope...it's Doris/Flo... nod
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Reply #5 posted 04/20/04 11:23pm

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Byron said:

johnnyj said:



Isn't it Florence/Flo?

Nope...it's Doris/Flo... nod


Flo - as in recent (Flourecent every night)
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Reply #6 posted 04/20/04 11:58pm

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She knew which fork 2 use but she couldn't dance
So he hipped her 2 the funk in xchange 4 the finance
Who's pimpin' who if nobody gets a second chance?
This is the story of illusion, coma, pimp & circumstance

She was older but rich beyond compare
She'd drop a thousand dollars at the saloon just 2 get her hair dyed
He was good at compliments, better in the bunk
She laced him with a crib in Paris, he hipped her 2 the funk

Way 2 fine he was 4 her
A dirty dog in expensive fur
As long as she's providing chips and whips
We can do this funky thang
As long as she was playing the host
He figured he would make the most of them hips and lips
He hooked her up, rocked her coast 2 coast

Ugly...
So ugly, rich beyond compare
She's dropped a couple hundred thousand dollars on a silver whip
Just 2 match the color of her hair
She said "Eye got plenty of what U need.
Put the spoon down honey, c'mon, let mama feed U"

She knew which fork 2 use but she couldn't dance
So he hipped her 2 the funk in xchange 4 the finance
Who's pimpin' who if nobody gets a second chance?
This is the story of illusion, coma, pimp & circumstance

Where was Eye? Oh yeah...
A gentleman he was
He never spoke about her nose
So prominent because in the dark it'd glow
If she was only tan instead of so lily white
Her name was Doris but he called her "Fluo"
As in "-Rescent" -
That ain't right
Fluorescent every night
A situation bound 2 fail As sure a Doris' skin was pale

Money might talk, but what does it say?
U better get busy if U wanna get paid
"Boy, Eye was fine back in the day"

She knew which fork 2 use but she couldn't dance
So he hipped her 2 the funk in xchange 4 the finance
Who's pimpin' who if nobody gets a second chance?
That's the story of illusion, coma, pimp & circumstance

Now, dance
Dance

He spent her money oh so well
Take a bath in cold Kristal
He took a trip 2 burn an old flame in 'Frisco, like wow
But Doris caught him in her arms
She shrugged her shoulders and said "No harm"
Just put Ur name on this pre-nup and we can all hit the disco

She knew which fork 2 use but she couldn't dance
So he hipped her 2 the funk in xchange 4 the finance
Who's pimpin' who if nobody gets a second chance?
This is the story of illusion, coma, pimp & circumstance

She knew which fork 2 use but she couldn't dance
So he hipped her 2 the funk in xchange 4 the finance
Who's pimpin' who if nobody gets a second chance?
This is the story of illusion, coma, pimp & circumstance

Now, dance
Dance


This is definitely one of the best and wittiest song in Prince's new album "Musicology"
"Just like the sun, the Rainbow Children rise."



"We had fun, didn't we?"
-Prince (1958-2016) 4ever in my life
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Reply #7 posted 04/21/04 12:06am

lazycrockett

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i like the pic but shes not a doris shes Bea or Dorothy from the golden girls, unless some can do wome research and find if Bea has every played a character named Doris, then you can revock my street cred.
The Most Important Thing In Life Is Sincerity....Once You Can Fake That, You Can Fake Anything.
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Reply #8 posted 04/21/04 7:07am

TheBluePrince

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yup as in rescent, dat ain't right disbelief
Blue music
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Reply #9 posted 04/21/04 7:24am

OdysseyMiles

This really is a cool song with great lyrics. A day after the L.A. simulcast, a friend of mine was quipping, "Just put Ur name on this pre-nup and we can all hit the disco!". razz
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