Songwriter: Prince

Producer: Sufjan Stevens

[Verse 1]
I’m going down to Alphabet Street
I’m gonna crown the first girl that I meet
I’m gonna talk so sexy
She’ll want me from my head to my feet
(Yeah she will)
I’m gonna drive (I’m gonna drive) my daddy’s thunderbird (My daddy’s thunderbird)
A white rad ride (White rad ride) ‘67 (‘67) it’s absurd
I’m gonna put her in the back seat
And drive her (White rad ride) to Tennessee

[Verse 2]
Excuse me, baby
I don’t want to be rude
But tonight I guess, I guess I’m (Just not) just not in the mood
So if you don’t mind, I would like to (White rad ride) watch, can I?
We’re going down, down, down, if that’s the only way
To make this cruel, cruel world hear what we’ve got to say
Put the right letters together and make a better day
Baby it’s the only way (Watch, can I?)

(Hey! Can I? Hey! Watch?)

Sufjan Stevens

Sufjan Stevens is an American singer-songwriter and musician born in Detroit, Michigan. Stevens first began releasing his music on the Asthmatic Kitty label, which he formed with his stepfather, beginning with the 2000 release of A Sun Came. He is best known for his 2005 album Illinois, which hit number one on the Billboard Top Heatseekers chart and was certified Gold by the RIAA in 2017. His best known single is the song “Chicago” from the album.

He is also a member of Danielson with Daniel, Elin, Andrew, David, Lenny, Ida and Lilly Smith, Megan and Jedidiah Slaboda, Rachel Galloway and Christiaan and Melissa Palladino. Elin, Daniel and Megan have been featured as backing vocalists on several of his songs and Daniel has produced for Sufjan as well.

He also used to be a member of Marzuki (a group named after Sufjan’s brother, Marzuki Stevens). The group was comprised of Shannon Stephens, Jamie Kempkers and Matthew Haseltine.