Released: August 24, 1979
Songwriter: Prince
Producer: Prince
[Verse 1]
I ain't got no money
I ain't like those other guys you hang around
And it's kinda funny
But they always seem to let you down
And I get discouraged
'Cause I never see you anymore
And I need your love, babe, yeah
That's all I'm living for, yeah
[Pre- Chorus]
I didn't wanna pressure you, baby
But all I ever wanted to do
[Chorus]
I wanna be your lover
I wanna be the only one that makes you come running
I wanna be your lover
I wanna turn you on, turn you out, all night long, make you shout
Oh, lover! yeah
I wanna be the only one you come for
[Verse 2]
I wanna be your brother
I wanna be your mother and your sister, too
There ain't no other
That can do the things that I'll do to you
And I get discouraged
'Cause you treat me just like a child
And they say I'm so shy, yeah
But with you I just go wild, woo!
I didn't wanna pressure you, baby, no
But all I ever wanted to do
[Chorus]
I wanna be your lover
I wanna be the only one that makes you come running
I wanna be your lover
I wanna turn you on, turn you out, all night long, make you shout
Oh, lover! yeah
I wanna be the only one you come for, yeah
[Instrumental Outro]
I ain't got no money
I ain't like those other guys you hang around
And it's kinda funny
But they always seem to let you down
And I get discouraged
'Cause I never see you anymore
And I need your love, babe, yeah
That's all I'm living for, yeah
[Pre- Chorus]
I didn't wanna pressure you, baby
But all I ever wanted to do
[Chorus]
I wanna be your lover
I wanna be the only one that makes you come running
I wanna be your lover
I wanna turn you on, turn you out, all night long, make you shout
Oh, lover! yeah
I wanna be the only one you come for
[Verse 2]
I wanna be your brother
I wanna be your mother and your sister, too
There ain't no other
That can do the things that I'll do to you
And I get discouraged
'Cause you treat me just like a child
And they say I'm so shy, yeah
But with you I just go wild, woo!
I didn't wanna pressure you, baby, no
But all I ever wanted to do
[Chorus]
I wanna be your lover
I wanna be the only one that makes you come running
I wanna be your lover
I wanna turn you on, turn you out, all night long, make you shout
Oh, lover! yeah
I wanna be the only one you come for, yeah
[Instrumental Outro]
Ultimate
- 1999
- Pop Life (Fresh Dance Mix)
- Little Red Corvette (Special Dance Mix)
- Raspberry Beret (12" Version)
- Hot Thing (Extended Remix)
- Thieves in the Temple (Remix)
- Let’s Work (Dance Remix)
- Nothing Compares 2 U
- Let’s Go Crazy (Special Dance Remix)
- Cream (N.P.G. Mix)
- Sign O’ the Times (7" Single Edit)
- I Could Never Take The Place of Your Man (Fade 7” Edit)
- When Doves Cry (7" Single Edit)
- U Got the Look (Long Look)
- Kiss (Extended Version)
- My Name is Prince
- Purple Rain
- 7
- I Wanna Be Your Lover
- Controversy
- Diamonds and Pearls
- Uptown
- Delirious
- Alphabet St.
- Gett Off
- Money Don’t Matter 2 Night
- She’s Always in My Hair (New Mix)
- I Would Die 4 U (7" Single Version)
- Prince (1979)
- The Hits/The B-Sides (1993)
- The Very Best of Prince (2001)
- Ultimate (2006)
- Ready Player One: Songs From the Motion Picture (2018)
- 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