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I must say that Prince has had some witty lyrics, but I don't really think his
writing has been his strength. So lets' all post what we think are his best written lyrics.

>Two of the most profound statements that had an impact on my thinking were
Hello & Let's Pretend

I know in my heart I would try 2 love U
I wouldn't try 2 hurt U despite all the ways U try 2 hurt me
U call me a fraud, an uncaring wretch
But I'm an artist and my only aim is 2 please
Between U and yours, myself and mine
Isn't life cruel enough without cruel words, cruel words?
U see, words are like shoes
They're just something 2 stand on
I wish U could be in my shoes
But they're probably so high, U'd fall off and die
4 U words are definitely not shoes
They're weapons and tools of destruction
And your time is boring unless U're putting something down
What would life be if we believed what we read
And a smile is just hiding a frown?
Come now, isn't life a little better with a pair of good shoes?

© 1985 Controversy Music - ASCAP

Whatever U heard about me is true
I change the rules and do what I wanna do
I'm in love with God, He's the only way
Cuz U and I know we gotta die some day
If U think I'm crazy, U're probably right
But I'm gonna have fun every motherfuckin' night
If U like 2 fight, U're a double-drag fool
I'm goin' 2 another life, how 'bout U?

© 1982 Controversy Music - ASCAP

Anna Stesia

Save me Jesus, I've been a fool
How could I forget that You are the rule?
You are my God, I am your child
From now on, for You I shall be wild
I shall be quick, I shall be strong
I'll tell Your story no matter how long

We're just a play in Your master plan
Now my Lord I understand

Love is God, God is Love
Girls and boys Love God above

Words to live by.

Brother dear brother i came quickly as i could
the digital haze is broken, the banished ones are gone for good
bla bla bla
a feast a feast a smorgasboard at least, a junk a luch bla bla is just a feast
bla bla we are what you eat we will dine udner the tree
unless it snowssss..

it touches my soul

Writing not his strength? WTF?!

Open Book:

U said my heart's just like an open book
But there are lines U've never seen
U said that U could tell in a single look
But U never looked in between
Sometimes I wanted 2 keep U, sometimes I wanted your love
But I've awakened 2 the reality that sometimes is not enough
Oh, our separate dreams pulled us our separate ways
We were so different from the very start
2 me it was 4ever, 2 U it was just a phase
I'll give back your name if U give back my heart

CHORUS:
U said U'd take me 2 another world
I said U were only posing
U'd never be able 2 read this girl
So the open book is closing, closing, closing
Closing

Sometimes it felt so natural, sometimes it felt so right
It doesn't seem fair that U and I ever had a fight ... no!
Sometimes I wanted 2 keep U, sometimes I wanted your love
But I've awakened 2 the reality that sometimes is not enough
Oh, now your touch is a reminder like the thorns upon a rose
The beauty is mine if I can stand the cut

CHORUS {x2

And Joy In Repetition:

All the poets and the part time singers
Always hang inside
Live music from a band plays a song called
Soul-psych-adeli-cide
The songs were a year long
And had been playing 4 months
When he walked in2 the place
No one seemed 2 care
An introverted distant look on most of their faces
Upon the mic repeating 2 words over and over again
Was this woman he had never noticed b4
He lost himself in the articulated manner
In which she said them
These 2 words
A little bit behind the beat
I mean just enough 2 turn u on
4 every time she said the words
Another 1 of his doubts were gone
Should he try 2 rap 2 her?
Should he stand and stare?
No one else was watching her
She didn't seem 2 care
So over and over she said the words
'Til he could take no more
He dragged her from the stage
And 2gether they ran thru the back door
In the alley over by the curb
He said, "Tell me what's ur name?"
She only said the words again
And it started 2 rain
2 words falling between the drops
And the moans of his condition
Holding someone is truly believing
There's joy in repetition
There's joy in repetition
There's joy in repetition
There's joy in repetition
There's joy in repetition

She said, "Love me"
"Love me"
That's what she said, she said
"Love me"
"Love me"

There's joy in repetition

Marrk said:[quote]Writing not his strength? WTF?!

Open Book:

U said my heart's just like an open book
But there are lines U've never seen
U said that U could tell in a single look
But U never looked in between
Sometimes I wanted 2 keep U, sometimes I wanted your love
But I've awakened 2 the reality that sometimes is not enough
Oh, our separate dreams pulled us our separate ways
We were so different from the very start
2 me it was 4ever, 2 U it was just a phase
I'll give back your name if U give back my heart

CHORUS:
U said U'd take me 2 another world
I said U were only posing
U'd never be able 2 read this girl
So the open book is closing, closing, closing
Closing

Sometimes it felt so natural, sometimes it felt so right
It doesn't seem fair that U and I ever had a fight ... no!
Sometimes I wanted 2 keep U, sometimes I wanted your love
But I've awakened 2 the reality that sometimes is not enough
Oh, now your touch is a reminder like the thorns upon a rose
The beauty is mine if I can stand the cut

((Awe))
I've never heard open book where is it from?
What type of song is it fst or slow or midtempo?

His writing has certainly taken a turn for the worse over the last decade. 'Musicology' is a clear example of this.

But if you want examples of how good his lyrics can be just take a listen to some of his mainstream tracks;


nothing compares 2u:

All the flowers that U planted mama in the backyard
All died when U went away (oh oh oh oh oh oh)
I know that living with me baby was sometimes hard
But I'm willing 2 give it another try


when doves cry:

How could U just leave me standing
Alone in a world so cold? (World so cold)
Maybe I'm just 2 demanding
Maybe I'm just like my father - 2 bold
Maybe U're just like my mother
She's never satisfied (She's never satisfied)
Why do we scream at each other?
This is what it sounds like when doves cry



if i was your girlfriend:

If I was your one and only friend
Would U run 2 me if somebody hurt U even if that somebody was me? Yeah
(Even if that somebody was me?)


There are many more. For example:

little red corvette
raspberry beret
sometimes it snows in april
the love we make


Peace.
[This message was edited Sat Jun 19 16:28:57 2004 by Sly]

Upon the mic repeating 2 words was this woman he had never noticed until he lost himself in the articulated manner in which she said them.

"Call My Name" showcases some of his best songwriting in years.

"So many speak of the moon
as if it has no flaws
But to compare it to a beauty like yours
would give one pause"