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AutomaticPrince

Released: October 27, 1982

Songwriter: Prince

Producer: Prince

[Verse 1]
You ask me if I love you, it's automatic
Because every time you leave me, I die, that's automatic too
You ask me to forgive you, when you know, I'm just an addict
So stop the music baby, You know, You're all I want to do
Hey

[Chorus]
A-U-T-O-matic, just tell me what to do
A-U-T-O-matic, I'm so in love with you

[Verse 2]
You ask me if I'll kiss you, it's automatic
And if you cry, me cry, boo-hoo, that's automatic too
I would never leave you, no matter what you do
Stop the music baby, you know, I'm an automatic fool
Hey

[Chorus]
A-U-T-O-matic, just tell me what to do
A-U-T-O-matic, I'm so in love with you

[Verse 3]
I'll rub your back forever, it's automatic (A-U-T-O-matic)
I'll look for a needle in a haystack, that's automatic too (A-U-T-O-matic)
I'll go down on you all night long, it's automatic
(You will?, yes I will babe)
And even when I'm right, I'll be wrong
That's automatic too (A-U-T-O-matic)
Hey

[Chorus]
A-U-T-O-matic, just tell me what to do
A-U-T-O-matic, I'm so in love with you

[Verse 4]
Hey
So in love with you, yeah (A-U-T-O-matic, just tell me what to do)
Tell me what to do babe (A-U-T-O-matic, so in love with you)
Hey
So in love with you, baby, yeah (A-U-T-O-matic, just tell me what to do)
Alright, alright
Tell me what to do baby (A-U-T-O-matic, so in love with you)
Yeah yeah yeah
Hey

[Chorus]
A-U-T-O-matic
A-U-T-O-matic
Camon baby
A-U-T-O-matic, tell me what to do
A-U-T-O-matic, so in love with you

[Verse 5]
Don't say no man has ever tasted your ice cream
Baby you're the purple star in the night supreme
You'll always be a virgin for no man deserves your love
I only pray that when you dream, I'm the 1 you dream of
I pray that when you dream, you dream of how we kissed
Not with our lips but with our souls
Stop me if I bore you
Why is it that I think we'd be so good in bed?
Can you hear me? Why do I love you so much?
It's so strange, I'm more comfortable around U when I'm naked
Can you hear me?
I wonder if you have any mercy, don't torture me
Stop the music baby, automatic fool
When it comes to you I'm automatic baby
There's no 1 else like me
I'm the best you'll ever find
No 1 else could understand you, you're too complex
They say nothing's perfect, but they don't know you
That's automatic too
Can you hear me? (A-U-T-O-matic)
Yes, I'm addicted to your pleasure
I'm addicted to your pain
It's automatic (A-U-T-O-matic)
Automatically insane
Undress me (A-U-T-O-matic)

[Chorus]
(A-U-T-O-matic)
Hey (A-U-T-O-matic)
(A-U-T-O-matic)
(A-U-T-O-matic)
(A-U-T-O-matic)

[Outro]
Hey
Fasten your seat belts
Prepare for take-off
(I remember how U kissed me)
(Not with your lips but with your soul)
(With you I'm never bored, talk to me some more)
(I can hear you, I'm going to have to torture you now)

[Instrumental outro 6:56-9:28]

Prince

An American singer-songwriter, musician, multi-instrumentalist, and actor that produced 22 RIAA-platinum albums during his 40-year career, Prince may be known for one of many different things – his turn as “The Kid” in the iconic film/album/8 ½ minute ballad “Purple Rain”, being the writer behind the acclaimed anthem “Kiss,” rivaling Michael Jackson at the pinnacle of his career, being the inspiration behind censorship laws, or being the artist addressed as an unpronounceable symbol throughout the 1990s—but while many know of Prince, most don’t fully understand the impact his legacy left on this world.

Going by many aliases throughout his life, Prince Rogers Nelson was born in Minneapolis, Minnesota on June 7, 1958 with his father’s (John L. Nelson) stage name as his own given one. Growing up, Prince suffered from serious epileptic seizures at a very young age, but he had wrote his first composition of many by age seven, and outside of his love for basketball, he wanted music to be his purpose in life. His tumultuous childhood, witnessing alcoholism and abuse, caused him to find refuge in neighbor André Cymone’s home in his teens, where the two competed in local band competitions, leading to Prince’s introduction to Morris Day alongside music with his cousin’s band 94 East, leading him to be courted by record labels and ultimately signed to Warner Bros. Records with complete creative control; at 19, his debut album, For You (1978) was released – Prince played all 19 instruments on the record.

Influenced by the likes of Miles Davis, Rick James, and James Brown, Prince desired to form a music dynasty and after the success of his next albums – the platinum-selling Prince (1979), the sexually-charged Dirty Mind (1980), and politically-motivated Controversy (1981) – he negotiated for the ability to form his own label and manage artists of his own. Prince’s trademark sexual/religious rhetoric within pop-and-dance, funk-rock sound gained him a following, but his opening slates for Rick James and The Rolling Stones were both negatively received and facing bankruptcy, the young artist began to reach for mainstream popularity. Cashing on the drug-influenced doomsday mania of the times, 1982’s 1999 easily achieved that mainstream appeal, landing him on MTV, music charts, and radio stations across the world.

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