Released: November 19, 1996
Songwriter: Prince
Producer: Prince
[Sampled AOL Greeting]
Welcome, you've got mail
[Pre-Chorus]
It was Sunday night
Instead of doing what I usually do...
[Chorus]
I scan my computer looking for a site
Somebody to talk to, funny and bright
I scan my computer looking for a site
Make believe it's a better world, a better life
[Verse 1]
Nothing on TV I ain't seen before
Another murder on the news, I can't take no more
Evil Incorporated, blowing up bombs and things
I have a child, huh, I have a lot to explain
I could write a letter but who would I send it to?
[Pre-Chorus]
It was Sunday night
Instead of doing what I usually do...
[Chorus]
I scan my computer looking for a site
Somebody to talk to, funny and bright
I scan my computer looking for a site
Make believe it's a better world, a better life
[Verse 2]
I called an old friend of mine just the other day
No congratulations, no respect paid
All she did was wonder if the rumors were true
I said - "No, I ain't dead yet, but uh.. what about you?"
I can count my friends with a peace sign: 1, 2
[Pre-Chorus]
It was Sunday night
Instead of doing what I usually do...
[Chorus]
I scan my computer looking for a site
Somebody to talk to, funny and bright
I scan my computer looking for a site
Make believe it's a better world, a better life
[Bridge]
I got no mail, my computer
I told them I don't want to see a doctor unless he's lonely too
[Pre-Chorus]
It was Sunday night
Instead of doing what I usually do...
[Chorus]
I scan my computer looking for a site
Somebody to talk to, funny and bright
I scan my computer looking for a site
Make believe it's a better world, a better life
[Outro]
A better life
A better life
A better life
A better life
A better life
[Sampled AOL Farewell]
Goodbye
Welcome, you've got mail
[Pre-Chorus]
It was Sunday night
Instead of doing what I usually do...
[Chorus]
I scan my computer looking for a site
Somebody to talk to, funny and bright
I scan my computer looking for a site
Make believe it's a better world, a better life
[Verse 1]
Nothing on TV I ain't seen before
Another murder on the news, I can't take no more
Evil Incorporated, blowing up bombs and things
I have a child, huh, I have a lot to explain
I could write a letter but who would I send it to?
[Pre-Chorus]
It was Sunday night
Instead of doing what I usually do...
[Chorus]
I scan my computer looking for a site
Somebody to talk to, funny and bright
I scan my computer looking for a site
Make believe it's a better world, a better life
[Verse 2]
I called an old friend of mine just the other day
No congratulations, no respect paid
All she did was wonder if the rumors were true
I said - "No, I ain't dead yet, but uh.. what about you?"
I can count my friends with a peace sign: 1, 2
[Pre-Chorus]
It was Sunday night
Instead of doing what I usually do...
[Chorus]
I scan my computer looking for a site
Somebody to talk to, funny and bright
I scan my computer looking for a site
Make believe it's a better world, a better life
[Bridge]
I got no mail, my computer
I told them I don't want to see a doctor unless he's lonely too
[Pre-Chorus]
It was Sunday night
Instead of doing what I usually do...
[Chorus]
I scan my computer looking for a site
Somebody to talk to, funny and bright
I scan my computer looking for a site
Make believe it's a better world, a better life
[Outro]
A better life
A better life
A better life
A better life
A better life
[Sampled AOL Farewell]
Goodbye
Emancipation
- Jam of the Year
- The Holy River
- Let’s Have A Baby
- Saviour
- Friend, Lover, Sister, Mother/Wife
- Slave
- New World
- The Human Body
- Face Down
- La, La, La Means I Love U
- Style
- Sleep Around
- Da Da Da
- My Computer
- One of Us
- The Love We Make
- Emancipation
- Joint 2 Joint
- Dreamin’ About U
- Right Back Here In My Arms
- Somebody’s Somebody
- Get Yo Groove On
- Courtin’ Time
- Betcha By Golly Wow!
- We Gets Up
- White Mansion
- I Can’t Make U Love Me
- Damned If Eye Do
- Mr. Happy
- In This Bed Eye Scream
- Sex In the Summer
- One Kiss at a Time
- Soul Sanctuary
- Curious Child
- Emale
- The Plan
- Emancipation (1996)
- 1999
- Little Red Corvette
- Adore
- Sign O’ the Times
- If I Was Your Girlfriend
- P. Control
- I Wanna Be Your Lover
- Nothing Compares 2 U
- The Most Beautiful Girl In The World
- Head
- Controversy
- When You Were Mine
- Do Me, Baby
- Sister
- Starfish and Coffee
- Soft and Wet
- 1000 X’s & O’S
- The Ballad of Dorothy Parker
- U Got the Look
- Call My Name
- I Could Never Take the Place of Your Man
- How Come U Don’t Call Me Anymore?
- Dirty Mind
- Gold