Vanity

Released: May 24, 1986

Songwriter: Tommy Faragher Robbie Nevil Mark Mueller

[Verse One:]
You're always surrounded
Camouflage
Is there some way of seeing you
Without your entourage
I leave you a message
I do my best
To tell you how I feel for you
In fifteen words or less

Can't you see we need some time alone
Some close communication
I never get you to myself

[Chorus:]
(Confidential)
What I feel
(Confidential)
We need to be
(Confidential)
Oh, just you and me
Here tonight

[Verse Two:]
Midnight emotions
Just surging
We're just about to sort them out
When the phone begins to ring
I'm getting impatient
Ooh, so upset
What I planned to say to you
I'm starting to forget

Can't you see we need some time alone
Some close communication
I never get you to myself

[Chorus:]
(Confidential)
What I feel
(Confidential)
We need to be
(Confidential)
Oh, just you and me
Here tonight
(Confidential)
Oh, can't you see
(Confidential)
Some privacy
(Confidential)
Yeah, just you and me
Would be so nice

[Bridge:]
Confidential
Would be so nice
Confidential

Can't you see we need some time alone
Some close communication
I never get you to myself

[Chorus:]
(Confidential)
Oh I need, Oh I need
(Confidential)
We need to be
(Confidential)
Ooh, just you and me
Here tonight
(Confidential)
Can't you see what I feel
(Confidential)
Can't you see
(Confidential)
Oh, just you and me
Here tonight
(Confidential)
All alone, all alone
(Confidential)
No telephone
(Confidential)
Would be so nice

Denise Katrina Matthews, p/k/a Vanity, was born January 4, 1959 in Niagara Falls, Canada. After achieving minor success in Canada on the beauty pageant circuit, Denise moved to New York at age 17 and began work as a print model, eventually booking a series of gigs in Japan and returning to Canada to film the movies Terror Train and Tanya’s Island.

Denise’s music career began after a chance encounter with Prince at the American Music Awards in 1982. Prince changed her name to Vanity, and grouped her with Brenda Bennett and Susan Moonsie, calling the trio Vanity 6. Vanity 6 released their self-titled debut in 1982. Vanity left the group in 1983, and signed with Motown Records as a solo artist, where she released the albums Wild Animal and Skin On Skin. She also cultivated a fairly lucrative acting career, shooting over twenty film and TV appearances before she retired from the entertainment industry in the late 90s, after battling drug addiction and enduring resulting health complications.

After retiring from the entertainment industry, Denise founded Pure Heart Ministries and began preaching at different Christian churches across the country. She also wrote and independently published an autobiography that chronicled her journey from entertainer to evangelist, titled Blame It On Vanity, in 2010. On February 15, 2016, she passed away due to complications from renal failure.

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