Sheila E.

Released: November 29, 1985

Songwriter: Sheila E. Prince

Producer: Sheila E. Prince

[Intro]
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A B C D

[Verse 1]
The moon up above
It shines down upon our skin
Whispering words that scream of outrageous sin
We all want the stuff that's found in our wildest dreams
It gets kinda rough in the back of our limousine

[Chorus]
That's what we are
We all want a love bizarre
That's what we are
We all want a love bizarre

[Verse 2]
A strawberry mind
Abody that's built for two
A kiss on the spine
We do things we never do
Come swallow the pride and joy of the ivory tower
We'll dance on the roof
Make love on a bed of flowers

[Chorus]
That's what we are
We all want a love bizarre
That's what we are
We all want a love bizarre

[Verse 1]
The moon up above
It shines down upon our skin
(It shines down... on... our... skin)
Whispering words that scream of outrageous sin
(Whispering words that scream of... scream of sin)
We all want the stuff that's found in our wildest dreams
(We all want the stuff that's found in our wildest... wildest dreams, yeah)
It gets kinda rough in the back of our limousine

[Chorus]
That's what we are
We all want a love bizarre
That's what we are
We all want a love bizarre
That's what we are
We all want a love bizarre
That's what we are
We all want a love bizarre
That's what we are
We all want a love bizarre
That's what we are
We all want a love bizarre
That's what we are
We all want a love bizarre
That's what we are
We all want a love bizarre
That's what we are
We all want a love bizarre
That's what we are
We all want a love bizarre
That's what we are
We all want a love bizarre
That's what we are
We all want a love bizarre
That's what we are
We all want a love bizarre
That's what we are
We all want a love bizarre
That's what we are
We all want a love bizarre
That's what we are
We all want a love bizarre

Sheila E., born Sheila Escovedo on December 12, 1957, is a singer, songwriter, and percussionist from Oakland, California. Her honorific title is “The Queen of Percussion”.

The daughter of a Mexican jazz percussionist and Creole/African-American factory worker, Sheila comes from a family of musical royalty – father Pete Escovedo and uncle Coke were members of the Santana band for a time. Her other uncles are Alejandro, who has had a sustained alt-punk career; Javier, who led the early punk pioneer band The Zeros; and Mario, who fronted the 90s group The Dragons and MEX, aka Mario Escovedo Xperience. Sheila’s brothers Juan and Peter Michael are also percussionists, with Peter working on The Wayne Brady Show. Sheila is the goddaughter of Tito Puente, a Latin Jazz pioneer and Spanish Harlem legend.

“Before I had language, I had rhythm,” she wrote in The Beat Of My Own Drum, a 2014 memoir. “I learned it before I learned my mother tongue.” At the age of 20, Sheila became a member of George Duke’s R&B jazz band, and worked with him from 1976 to 1980, during Duke’s early Epic/CBS years. By the age of 26, she had already worked or toured with Marvin Gaye, Herbie Hancock, Diana Ross, and family friend Lionel Richie.

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