@ALBUM: Around the World in a Day @SONG: About Prince and The Revolution - Around the World in a Day PRiNce Lyric Transcription Team presents ----------------------------------------------------- Prince and The Revolution - Around the World in a Day ----------------------------------------------------- Prince's 7th album, his 2nd with the Revolution Year: 1985 US Chart Info pop black/r&b ------------- --- --------- Around The World In a Day 1 4 Raspberry Beret 2 3 Pop Life 7 8 America 46 35 Contents: Around the World in a Day Paisley Park Condition of the Heart Raspberry Beret Tamborine America Pop Life The Ladder Temptation B-Sides/Mixes: She's Always in My Hair Hello Girl 4 the Tears in Your Eyes (c)1999 PRiNce Lyric Transcription Team (pltt@umich.edu) @SONG: Around the World in a Day Around the World in a Day [Controversy Music, ASCAP - 1985] ------------------------- 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 @SONG: Paisley Park Paisley Park [Controversy Music, ASCAP - 1985] ------------ 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 @SONG: Condition of the Heart Condition of the Heart [Controversy Music, ASCAP - 1985] ---------------------- 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 ...) @SONG: Raspberry Beret Raspberry Beret [Controversy Music, ASCAP - 1985] --------------- 1 2 1 2 3 Yeah 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 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 (Raspberry beret) The kind U find (The kind U find) The kind U find (In a second hand store) Oh no no (Raspberry beret) (And if it was warm) Where have all the raspberry women gone? (She wouldn't wear much more) Yeah (Raspberry beret) I think I... I think I... I think I love her (Raspberry beret) No No No No No No (The kind U find) (In a second hand store) (Raspberry beret) Tell me Where have all the raspberry women gone? (And if it was warm she) (Wouldn't wear much more) (Raspberry beret) I think I love... @SONG: Tamborine Tamborine [Controversy Music, ASCAP - 1985] --------- 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 @SONG: America America [Controversy Music, ASCAP - 1985] ------- 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? @SONG: Pop Life Pop Life [Controversy Music, ASCAP - 1985] -------- 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 Pop life Everybody needs a thrill Pop life We all got a space 2 fill Pop life Everybody wants to be on top But 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 @SONG: The Ladder The Ladder [Controversy Music, ASCAP - 1985] ---------- 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) @SONG: Temptation Temptation [Controversy Music, ASCAP - 1985] ---------- 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 @SONG: She's Always in My Hair She's Always in My Hair [Controversy Music, ASCAP - 1985] ----------------------- [U.S. flipside of Raspberry Beret] 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 @SONG: Hello Hello [Controversy Music, ASCAP - 1985] [US flipside to Paisley Park] ----- 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 @SONG: Girl Girl [Controversy Music, ASCAP - 1985] [US flipside to America] ---- 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 (Ooh 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 a-all over me) Oh, girl 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.... Ooh, girl (Girl) (Girl) U like the dreamy ice cream Girl, your lips r so wet (Girl) Feel my hands, they're all sweaty (Girl) [*single version fades here*] 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-- @SONG: 4 the Tears in Your Eyes 4 the Tears in Your Eyes [Controversy Music, ASCAP - 1985] ------------------------ [From "We Are the World"] 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)