Contents:
Around the World in a Day
Paisley Park
Condition of the Heart
Raspberry Beret
Tamborine
America
Pop Life
The Ladder
Temptation
She's Always in My Hair
Hello
Girl (long version)
4 the Tears in Your Eyes
Around the World in a Day [Controversy Music, ASCAP - 1985]
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Open your heart, open your mind
A train is leaving all day
A wonderful trip through our time
And laughter is all U pay
Around the world in a day
Around the world in a day
Now dig
Loneliness already knows U
There ain't no reason 2 stay
Come here and take my hand, I'll show U
I think I know a better way, y'all
Around the world in a day
(listen 2 me, babe)
Around the world in a day
(all the babies sing it now)
ooh-la-la
ooh-la-la-la-la-la-la
no-sha-sha
no shouting
no shouting
no - no shouting
The little 1 will escort U
2 places within your mind
The former is red, white, and blue
The latter is purple, come on and climb
Around the world in a day
Around the world in a day
come on, sing
Around the world in a day
Say papa, I think I wanna dance
(summer she is sweet)
Around the world in a day
Around the world in a day
all the little babies, sing around the world
Around the world in a day
A government of love and music boundless in its unifying power
a nation of alms, the production, sharing ideas, a shower of flowers
Paisely Park [Controversy Music, ASCAP - 1985]
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1, 2, 1, 2, 3
There is a park that is known
4 the face it attracts
colorful people whose hair
On 1 side is swept back
The smile on their faces
It speaks of profound inner peace
Ask where they're going
They'll tell U nowhere
They've taken a lifetime lease
On Paisley Park
chorus:
The girl on the seesaw is laughing
4 love is the color
This place imparts (Paisley Park)
Admission is easy, just say U
Believe and come 2 this
Place in your heart
Paisley Park is in your heart
There is a woman who sits
All alone by the pier
Her husband was naughty
And caused his wife so many tears
He died without knowing forgiveness
And now she is sad, so sad
Maybe she'll come 2 the park
And forgive him
And life won't be so bad
In Paisley Park
chorus
See the man cry as the city
Condemns where he lives
Memories die but taxes
He'll still have 2 give
(who) Whoever said that elephants
were stronger than mules?
Come 2 the park
And play with us
There aren't any rules
In Paisley Park
chorus repeated 2 times
your heart, your heart
Paisley Park
your heart, your heart, your heart (sing, sing it)
Paisley Park
Paisley Park
Paisley Park
Condition of the Heart [Controversy Music, ASCAP - 1985]
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There was a girl in Paris
Whom he sent a letter 2
Hoping she would answer back
Now wasn't that a foolhardy notion
On the part of a sometimes
Lonely musician
Acting out a whim is only good
4 a condition of the heart
There was a dame from London
Who insisted that he love her
Then left him 4 a real prince
From Arabia, now isn't that
A shame that sometimes money
Buys U everything and nothing
Love, it only seems 2 buy a
Terminal condition of the heart
Thinking about U driving me crazy
My friends all say it's just a phase, but ooh-ooh
Every day is a yellow day
I'm blinded by the daisies in your yard
There was a woman from the ghetto
Who made funny faces just like
Clara Bow, how was I 2 know
That she would wear the same
Cologne as U and giggle the same
Giggle that U do?
Whenever I would act a fool, the fool
With a condition of the heart
Thinking about U driving me crazy
My friends all say it's just a phase, but ooh-ooh
Every single day is a yellow day
I'm blinded by the daisies in your yard
There was a girl (There was a girl in Paris)
whom he sent a letter to... (Whom he sent a letter 2)
(Hoping she would answer back)
She never answered back and now (wasn't that a foolhardy)
He's got a condition of the heart. (notion ...)
Raspberry Beret [Controversy Music, ASCAP - 1985]
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1,2,1,2,3,uh
I was working part time
In a five-and-dime
My boss was Mr. McGee
He told me several times
That he didn't like my kind
'Cause I was a bit 2 leisurely
Seems that I was busy
Doing something close 2 nothing
But different than the day before
That's when I saw her, ooh, I saw her
She walked in through the out door (out door)
She wore a
Raspberry beret
The kind U find in a second hand store
Raspberry beret
And if it was warm she wouldn't wear much more
Raspberry beret
I think I love her
Built like she was, uh
She had the nerve 2 ask me
If I planned 2 do her any harm
So, look here, I put her on the back of my bike
And-a we went riding
Down by old man Johnson's farm
I said now, overcast days never turned me on
But something about the clouds
And her mixed
She wasn't 2 bright but I could tell
When she kissed me
She knew how 2 get her kicks
She wore a
Raspberry beret
The kind U find in a second hand store
Raspberry beret
And if it was warm she wouldn't wear much more
Raspberry beret
I think I love her
The rain sounds so cool
When it hits the barn roof
And the horses wonder
Who U are
Thunder drowns out
What the lightning sees
U feel like a movie star
Listen, they say the first time ain't the greatest
But I tell ya, if I had the chance 2 do it all again
I wouldn't change a stroke
'Cause baby I'm the most
With a girl as fine as she was then
chorus repeated to fade
(Tell me where have all the raspberry women gone)
Tamborine [Controversy Music, ASCAP - 1985]
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Oh my God here U are
Prettiest thing in life I've ever seen
Close my eyes what's it like,
What's it like inside your tamborine?
Oh my God, there I go
Falling in love with the face in a magazine (uh oh, not again)
All alone by myself
Me and I play my tamborine
Tamborine
Tamborine
Tamborine
Tamborine
Long days, lonely nights
Tamborine
Long days, lonely nights
Tamborine
I don't care 4 1 night stands
With trolley cars
That juggle 17
I just want 2 settle down and
Play around
My baby's tamborine
Tamborine what are U
Why are U the star of
All my dreams
(Star of all my dreams, are U a good tamborine)
Are U good, are U bad
Are U just unnecessary means
Tamborine
Tamborine
Tamborine
Trolley cars
Long days, lonely nights
2 bad we're not allowed 2 scream (yeah, yeah, too bad)
Guess that I'll stay at home
All alone and play my tamborine (aww)
Tamborine
Tamborine
Tamborine
Tamborine
The tamborine
America [Controversy Music, ASCAP - 1985]
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Yeah
Peace!
Aristocrats on a mountain climb
Making money, losing time
Communism is just a word
But if the government turn over
It'll be the only word that's heard
America, America
God shed his grace on thee
America, America
Keep the children free
Little sister making minimum wage
Living in a 1-room jungle-monkey cage
Can't get over, she's almost dead
She may not be in the black
But she's happy she ain't in the red
America, America
God shed his grace on thee
America, America
Keep the children free
Freedom
Love
Joy
Peace
Jimmy Nothing never went 2 school
They made him pledge allegiance
He said it wasn't cool
Nothing made Jimmy proud
Now Jimmy lives on a mushroom cloud
America, America
God shed his grace on thee
America, America
Keep the children free
America, America
God shed his grace on thee
America, America
Keep the children free
Freedom
Love
Joy
Peace
boom, boom, boom, boom
the bomb go
boom, boom, boom, boom
the bomb go boom.
Teacher, why won't Jimmy pledge allegiance?
Pop Life [Controversy Music, ASCAP - 1985]
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What's the matter with your life
Is the poverty bringing U down?
Is the mailman jerking U 'round?
Did he put your million dollar check
In someone else's box?
Tell me, what's the matter with your world
Was it a boy when U wanted a girl? (boy when u wanted a girl)
Don't U know straight hair ain't got no curl (no curl)
Life it ain't real funky
Unless it's got that pop
Dig it
Pop life
Everybody needs a thrill
Pop life
We all got a space 2 fill
Pop life
Everybody can't be on top
But life it ain't real funky
Unless it's got that pop
Dig it
Tell me, what's that underneath your hair?
Is there anybody living there? (anybody living there)
U can't get over, if U say U just don't care (don't care)
Show me a boy who stays in school
And I'll show U a boy aware!
Dig it
Pop life
Everybody needs a thrill
Pop life
We all got a space 2 fill
Pop life
Everybody can't be on top
But life it ain't real funky
Unless it's got that pop
Dig it
What U putting in your nose?
Is that where all your money goes (is that where your money goes)
The river of addiction flows
U think it's hot, but there won't be no water
When the fire blows
Dig it
chorus repeated to fade
The Ladder [Controversy Music, ASCAP - 1985]
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Once upon a time in the land of Sinaplenty
There lived a king who didn't deserve 2 be
He knew not where he came from
Nor where he was going
He never once said thank U, never please
Now this king he had a subject named Electra
Who loved him with a passion, uncontested
4 him each day she had a smile
But it didn't matter
The king was looking 4 the ladder
Everybody's looking 4 the ladder
Everybody wants salvation of the soul
The steps U take are no easy road
But the reward is great
4 those who want 2 go
A feeling of self-worth (everybody's looking)
will caress U (for the answers)
The size of the whole wide world will decrease (how the story started)
(and how it will end)
The love of God's creation will undress U
And time spent alone my friend, will cease
Everybody's looking 4 the answers
How the story started and how it will end
What's the use in half a story, half a dream
U have 2 climb all of the steps in between (yeah, we ride)
Everybody's looking 4 the ladder
Everybody wants salvation of the soul
The steps U take are no easy road (the steps you take are no easy road)
(it's not that easy)
But the reward is great
4 those who want 2 go (I do)
everybody... everybody's looking (Everybody's looking 4 the answers)
for the answers
everybody wants to know how the story (How the story started)
started and how it will end (started and how it will end)
What's the use in half a story, (What's the use in half a story)
half a dream (half of a dream)
U, U gotta climb, U gotta climb (U have 2 climb all)
all of the steps in between (the steps in between)
everybody,
Everybody's looking 4 that ladder (Everybody's looking 4 the ladder)
Everybody wants salvation of the soul (Everybody wants salvation of the soul)
(salvation)
The steps U take are no easy road (the steps you take are no easy road)
(that's for sure)
But the reward is great (the reward is great)
4 those who want 2 go, (4 those who want 2 go)
those who want 2 go
everybody... everybody wants (Everybody's looking 4 the answers)
an answer
anyone who know how the story (How the story started)
started, how it will end (started and how it will end)
will it be lonely in the world (What's the use in half a story)
What's the use? (half of a dream)
(have 2 climb all)
(the steps in between)
Temptation [Controversy Music, ASCAP - 1985]
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Sex
Temptation
Lust
Pop go mama
Everybody on this earth has got a vice
And mine, little darlin', mine is the opposite of ice
Mine is the running hot water of the daughter of morality
In other words, this little prince thinks a lot about U, see?
Baby, baby, baby
I'm guilty in the first degree
Temptation
Working my body with a hot flash of animal lust
Temptation
All my fingers in the pool go splash we must
Everybody in this room
Everybody in this room has got an urge
What's yours, baby?
Mine is temptation, it reigns at a party where lovers splurge
Pop go mama when daddy gets a little 2 much
You know what I'm talkin' 'bout?
Purplelectricity whenever our bodies touch
Ooh baby, I love it when our bodies touch
Temptation
Working my body with a hot flash of animal lust
Temptation
All my fingers in the pool go splash we must
Temptation, temptation, temptation
Wait a minute now
Temptation
Working my body with a hot flash of animal lust
Temptation
All my fingers in the pool go splash we must
Temptation
Working my body, working my body, working my body
Temptation
I'm not talkin' about just ordinary temptation, people. I'm talking
about the kind of temptation that'll make U do things.
Oh, oh, temptation.
Oh, darling, I can almost taste the wetness between your...
temptation, temptation
I'm not talking about any ol' kind of temptation, people, I'm talkin'
about, I'm talkin' about... sexual temptation.
A lover
I need a lover, a lover, I need a...right now.
U, I want U.
I want U in the worst way.
I want U.
"Oh, silly man, that's not how it works.
You have 2 want her 4 the right reasons.
"
I do!
U don't, now die!
No! No!
Let me go, let me go.
I'm sorry.
I'll be good.
This time I promise,
Love is more important than sex.
Now I understand.
I have 2 go now.
I don't know when I'll return.
Good-bye
She's Always In My Hair [Controversy Music, ASCAP - 1985] [US flipside of Raspberry Beret]
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Whenever I feel like givin' up
Whenever my sunshine turns 2 rain
Whenever my hopes and dreams
Are aimed in the wrong direction
She's always there
Tellin' me how much she cares
She's always in my hair
She's always in my hair, my hair
Whenever I feel like not 2 great at all
Whenever I'm all alone
And even if I hit the wrong notes
She's always in my boat
She's always there
Tellin' me how much she cares
She's always in my hair
She's always in my hair, my hair
Maybe I'll marry her (Maybe I'll marry her)
Maybe I won't (Maybe I won't)
Maybe I will not (Maybe I will not)
Lemme tell ya (Even if I was a gigolo)
If I was a gigolo all my life (All my life)
She'd still be there (She'd still be there)
Tellin' me just how much she really cares (She cares)
She's always in my hair
She's always in my hair, my hair
Listen
Whenever I feel like givin' up
Whenever my sunshine turns 2 rain
Whenever my hopes and dreams
Are aimed in the wrong direction
She's always there
Tellin' me just how much she cares (Tellin' me how much she cares)
Tellin' me, she's always in my hair (always in my hair)
She's always in my hair, my hair
She's always in my hair
Hello [Controversy Music, ASCAP - 1985] [US flipside to Paisley Park]
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Hello, hello, hello, hello
Hello, hello, hello, hello
I tried 2 tell them that I didn't want 2 sing
But I'd gladly write a song instead
They said okay, and everything was cool
'Til a camera tried 2 get in my bed
Hello, my bed, hello, hello
I was sittin' pretty
with a beautiful friend ("Oh darling")
When this man tries
2 get in the car ("'Ey Prince, c'mon, give us a smile eh?")
No introduction, "How U been?"
Just "Up yours, smile, that's right, you're a star!" (Star)
U call 'em bodyguards, but I call 'em my friends
I guess I'm used 2 havin' 'em around
And cameras by nature like rewards
That's the trouble I get when I'm Uptown
I'm not afraid to die (Don't be afraid)
Oh no, there's a better place ('Cuz there's a better place 2 go)
I eat what I want (U can eat what U want)
Whole wheat toast (Anything is cool in moderation)
And I'm happy, and that's for sure
We're against hungry children
Our record stands tall
There's just as much hunger here at home
We'll do what we can
If y'all try and understand
A flower that has water will grow
And the child misunderstood will go
Hello
Hello
Hello
Hello
Everybody we're against hungry children
Our record stands tall
There's just as much hunger here at home
We'll do what we can
If y'all try and understand
A flower that has water will grow
And the child misunderstood will go
Our record stands tall, u know
Give us time and love will show
Hello
Hello
Hello
Girl (Long Version) [Controversy Music, ASCAP - 1985] [US flipside to America]
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Girl
U excite me so
Oohwee baby, your body's like no other
Girl
It's U I gotta know (Gotta know)
Oohwee baby, I bet you're quite a lover
Girl (Ooooooh girl)
I wanna take U home
Oohwee baby U dream I scream inside U
I want U in the worst way
U make me....
Girl
Girl
Girl
Won't U kiss me?
Oohwee baby, my lips they want U so
Girl
How can U resist me? (How can U resist me?)
The smell of animal lust is a-all over me (The smell of animal lust is
Ohhh, girl a-all over me)
If I could hold your hand
I'd make U touch my body until U understand
I'm your man (I'm your man)
All night, all day (All night, all day)
I want U in the worst way
U make me.... (U make me)
Caress the flower--warm, warm
Bring it to the garden
The garden
Be poetic
Tell me what it feels like...
A sea of electricity?
Now that's wonderful
Talk 2 U? Talk 2 U?
What do U wanna hear?
If I was anything else I'd be the water in your bath, darling
(Girl) Girl U excite me so
Oohwee baby, my flesh is on fire (Oohwee baby, my flesh is on fire)
(Girl) Girl
The way U play with it
Oohwee baby, I think U desire me (Oohwee baby, I think U desire me)
Girl
Make a wish, baby (Make a wish, baby)
Anything (anything)
We'll make it come true (Come true, come true)
Me and U (me and U)
I want U in the worst way
U make me....
Oohaa, girl
(Girl)
(Girl)
U like the dreamy ice cream
Girl, your lips r so wet (Girl)
Feel my hands, they're all sweaty (Girl)
I don't know, I, I guess U frighten me
'Cuz I've never wanted anyone like this before
To feel this way it's like, I don't know, it's like a sin
'Cuz sometimes I feel bad
Sometimes I want U so much I can--
God. All I have 2 do is think about U and I can have an orgasm.
That sounds funny, doesn't it? Ha-ha.
Marry me.
Yeah that's right, marry me.
Girl
Don't U ever get lonely sometimes? (Girl)
Gir-girl, don't U ever--
Don't U ever want someone--
Don't U ever want someone just 2--
Don't U ever want someone just 2 talk 2?
Well U can talk 2 me, baby
I'm--I'm a good listener
U know what?
U know what else?
U know what else I am?
U know what else I am, I am?
I'm a good kisser 2.
C'mere. Closer.
C'mere, closer.
Closer.
C'mere. C'mere.
Your ass is so tight.
Shhhh. C'mere baby. C'mere.
That's it. Right there.
[...]
Darlin' I-- I'll never--
4 the Tears in Your Eyes [Controversy Music, ASCAP - 1985] [From "We Are the World"]
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Long ago, there was a man
Could change stone to bread
With one touch of his hand
Made the blind see
And the dumb understand
And he died 4 the tears in your eyes (your eyes)
Many people came from all around
To hear this man preach
The glorious sound
He spoke of man in harmony, and love abound
And he died 4 the tears in your eyes (your eyes)
Died 4 the tears in your eyes (your eyes)
4 the tears in your eyes, and the tears of sorrow
For 6 may be all that there were
For the rising sun each day assures us
The meek shall inherit the earth (the earth)
Faith is word, we all should try
In describing a man
Who willingly died
Believe that your sorrow, hunger, and fears
Is less than the tears in your eyes (your eyes)
(your eyes) (your eyes)
Less than the tears in your eyes (your eyes)
4 the tears in your eyes, and the tears of sorrow
For 6 may be all that there were
For the rising sun each day assures us
The meek shall inherit the earth (the earth)
4 the tears in your eyes, and the tears of sorrow
For 6 may be all that there were
For the rising sun each day assures us
The meek shall inherit the earth (the earth)
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