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The Beautiful Ones Lyrics
baby, baby, baby
what's it gonna be?
baby, baby, baby
is it him or is it me?
don't make me waste my time
don't make me lose my mind, baby
baby, baby, baby
can't you stay with me tonight?
oh baby, baby, baby
don't my kisses please you right?
you were so hard to find
the beautiful ones, they hurt you every time
paint a perfect picture
bring to life a vision in one's mind
the beauitiful ones
always smash the picture
always, every time
if i told you, baby
that i was in love with you
oh baby, baby, baby
if we got married would that be cool?
u make me so confused
the beauitiful ones
u always seem to lose
what's it gonna be, baby?
do you want him?
or do u want me?
'cause i want you
said I want you
tell me baby, do u want me?
I gotta know, I gotta know
baby, baby, baby
listen 2 me
I may not know where I'm going, baby
said I may not know where I'll be
but one thing, one thing is for certain
I know what I want, yeah
and it's to please you, baby
please you, baby
I'm beggin' down on my knee
I want u
yeah, I do
baby, baby, baby
I want you
yes, I do
what's it gonna be?
baby, baby, baby
is it him or is it me?
don't make me waste my time
don't make me lose my mind, baby
baby, baby, baby
can't you stay with me tonight?
oh baby, baby, baby
don't my kisses please you right?
you were so hard to find
the beautiful ones, they hurt you every time
paint a perfect picture
bring to life a vision in one's mind
the beauitiful ones
always smash the picture
always, every time
if i told you, baby
that i was in love with you
oh baby, baby, baby
if we got married would that be cool?
u make me so confused
the beauitiful ones
u always seem to lose
what's it gonna be, baby?
do you want him?
or do u want me?
'cause i want you
said I want you
tell me baby, do u want me?
I gotta know, I gotta know
baby, baby, baby
listen 2 me
I may not know where I'm going, baby
said I may not know where I'll be
but one thing, one thing is for certain
I know what I want, yeah
and it's to please you, baby
please you, baby
I'm beggin' down on my knee
I want u
yeah, I do
baby, baby, baby
I want you
yes, I do
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if u havnt listened to this song b4,do! and listen to the bit at the end when prince asks do u want him?or do u want me? cus i want u?....very nice!
LET ME FINISH THOSE LYRICS FOR YOU right from where you left off 2 years ago:
Said I want you tell me baby, do u want me I gotta know, I gotta know baby baby baby listen 2 me I may not know where Im goin baby Said I may not know where I'll be but one thing, One thing is for certain I know what I want, yeah and its to please yu baby, please yu baby Im beggin' down on my knee I want u Yeah I do baby baby baby I want you yes I do.
I had to write that down to cause thats where all the passion is. Thats when the girls go nuts at the concert. I was amazed when I heard/saw this live.
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@violectrica I think he says “I may not know where I’m going baby, I may not know what I need” but I could be wrong
@violectrica I think he says “I may not know where I’m going baby, I may not know what I need” but I could be wrong
The lyrics are pretty self expanitory. He wants to be with her and she can't seem to make up her mind. It's like she feels like there is something more beyond her life with him, but he's sort of tired of waiting.
It sort of applies to how the pretty people (the beautiful ones) tend to not settle right away because they play the field so long. It's hard to put in words but i'm sure you understand.
This is my favorite Prince song that so many don't even think about. It's from Purple Rain and I will forever remember him laying on the stage singin'/belting the last part of the song. Thanks for adding those violectrica. What an incredible song!
oh gosh. this song's so pretty :)
Well said sixedheart
This is really an underrated song and it's grown on me from when this album/move were released. The lines that resonate me with are: "the beautiful ones will hurt you every time"-especially with unrequited love "If I told you baby....that I was in love with you"-there's a sweetness in telling the object of your affection how you feel about them.
Honestly, I think this is a fantastic song telling of love rising to the surface where the person has to tell the object of their affection how they feel about them.
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pedestrian
I think the whole thing's a metaphor myself. I've heard it's a Messianic song, and if it's true then it would explain a lot. The "him" is a metaphor for the material, physical world; the "me" is whatever god you may believe in. The "beautiful ones" are materialistic, vain, shallow, and so forth. The narrator believes this woman he's talking to is above those kinds of people and is too good for any of them. I don't know, maybe it is just a love song, but when taken into that context the ending's much too epic. By the way, this may seem like some right-wing conservative fundamentalist shooting off, but I'm not that way, though I'm far from a materialist either. I rest somewhere in between the two. Regardless of what it's about, it's my favorite Prince song, if just for that ending.