Prince

Released: January 29, 1998

Songwriter: Prince

Producer: Prince

[Intro]
Well, well, well
Maybe I'll meet you tomorrow
Oooh
(The most beautiful girl in the world)
On the deep blue sea

[Verse 1]
Perhaps you noticed that I never look you in the eye
I'm just afraid that I might die of my love for you
I want to kiss you, but baby, I dare not try
Or my dreams most surely will come true
So that's why

[Chorus 1]
Please don't hold my hand because I will
Damn sure understand and kill
The other boys in the band who want you tomorrow, tomorrow

[Interlude]
They can't tap it - not tomorrow
(The most beautiful girl in the world)
You are mine tomorrow

[Verse 2]
On a deep blue sea I want to be swept away
With you I could pass the time of every night and every day
(All time)
Never remembering the songs to sing
Let alone what notes to play
I'm going to die of my love for you, baby

[Chorus 2]
Stay with me tonight, my dear
But please don't hold me tight because I fear
My heart just might feel joy instead of sorrow tomorrow

[Interlude]
I don't want to be happy - not tomorrow (not tomorrow)
(The most beautiful girl in the world)
I would rather cry tomorrow

[Bridge]
Tomorrow is the day I say after today
That you and I can play like we want
With under garments thrown, the seed can be sown
Slippery in the sauna
(Oh)

[Verse 3]
If I could just look you in the eye
But baby, I dare not try
Because then my dreams will surely come true (All time)

[Chorus 1]
Please don't hold my hand because I will
Damn sure understand and kill
The other boys in the band who want you tomorrow, tomorrow

[Outro]
Tomorrow
(The most beautiful girl in the world)

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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