Released: October 1, 2012

Songwriter: Jeff Bhasker Emile Haynie Bruno Mars The Smeezingtons

Producer: Mark Ronson Emile Haynie Jeff Bhasker The Smeezingtons

[Intro]
(One, two, one, two, three)
Aw, yeah yeah
Aw, yeah yeah yeah yeah, ooh!
Aw, yeah yeah
Aw, yeah yeah yeah yeah, ooh!

[Verse 1]
Never had much faith in love or miracles (ooh!)
Never wanna put my heart on the line (ooh!)
But swimming in your water's something spiritual (ooh!)
I'm born again every time you spend the night (ooh!)

[Pre-Chorus]
'Cause your sex takes me to paradise
Yeah, your sex takes me to paradise
And it shows, yeah, yeah, yeah

[Chorus]
'Cause you make me feel like
I've been locked out of heaven
For too lo-o-ong, for too lo-o-ong
Yeah, you make me feel like
I've been locked out of heaven
For too lo-o-ong, for too lo-o-ong

[Post-Chorus]
Aw, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, ooh!
Aw, yeah, yeah
Aw, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, ooh!

[Verse 2]
You bring me to my knees, you make me testify (ooh!)
You can make a sinner change his ways (ooh!)
Open up your gates cause I can't wait to see the light (ooh!)
And right there is where I wanna stay (ooh!)

[Pre-Chorus]
'Cause your sex takes me to paradise
Yeah, your sex takes me to paradise
And it shows, yeah, yeah, yeah

[Chorus]
'Cause you make me feel like
I've been locked out of heaven
For too lo-o-ong, for too lo-o-ong
Yeah, you make me feel like
I've been locked out of heaven
For too lo-o-ong, for too lo-o-ong

[Bridge]
Oh-oh-oh-oh, yeah, yeah, yeah
Can I just stay here?
Spend the rest of my days here?
Oh-oh-oh-oh, yeah, yeah, yeah
Can I just stay here?
Spend the rest of my days here?

[Chorus]
'Cause you make me feel like
I've been locked out of heaven
For too lo-o-ong, for too lo-o-ong
Yeah, you make me feel like
I've been locked out of heaven
For too lo-o-ong, for too lo-o-ong

[Outro]
Aw, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, ooh!
Aw, yeah, yeah
Aw, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, ooh!

Bruno Mars

Peter Gene Hernandez (born October 8, 1985), known by his stage name Bruno Mars, is an American singer-songwriter and record producer.

Raised in Honolulu, Hawaii, by a family of musicians, Mars began making music at a young age and performed in various musical venues in his hometown throughout his childhood. He graduated from high school and moved to Los Angeles, California, to pursue a musical career.

His debut album Doo-Wops and Hooligans was released in 2010 with three hit singles. His second album, Unorthodox Jukebox, was released in 2012 and quickly reached the number one selling album in the U.S. at the time while spawning multiple hit singles of its own. On Friday, October 7th, 2016, he released the lead single and music video for “24K Magic,” from his third studio album of the same name.