Overall about difficult moments of disappointment and vulnerability. Having hope and longing, while remaining optimistic for the future. Encourages the belief that with each new morning there is a chance for things to improve.
The chorus offers a glimmer of optimism and a chance at a resolution and redemption in the future.
Captures the rollercoaster of emotions of feeling lost while loving someone who is not there for you, feeling let down and abandoned while waiting for a lover. Lost with no direction, "Now I'm up in the air with the rain in my hair, Nowhere to go, I can go anywhere"
The bridge shows signs of longing and a plea for companionship. The Lyrics express a desire for authentic connection and the importance of Loving someone just as they are. "Just in passing, I'm not asking. That you be anyone but you”
No!
I'm going down 2 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 2 my feet
Yeah, yeah, yeah
Yes she will
Yeah, yeah, yeah (yeah)
Yeah, yeah, yeah
I'm gonna drive my daddy's Thunderbird (my daddy's Thunderbird)
A white rad ride, '66 ('67) so glam it's absurd
I'm gonna put her in the back seat
And drive her 2 Tennessee
Yeah, yeah, yeah
Yeah, yeah, yeah, Tennessee
Yeah, yeah, yeah, drive her
Excuse me, baby
I don't mean 2 be rude
But I guess tonight I'm just not, I'm just not in the mood
So if u don't mind (yeah, yeah, yeah)
I would like to watch
Yeah, yeah, yeah, can I?
Yeah, yeah, yeah
Yeah, yeah, yeah (can I, can I, can I, can I)
We're going down, down, down, if that's the only way
2 make this cruel, cruel world hear what we've got to say
Put the right letters together and make a better day
Yeah, yeah, yeah, better days
Yeah, yeah, yeah, it's o-o-k
Yeah, yeah, yeah
Maybe it's the only way
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
Cat, we need u 2 rap
Cat, we need u 2 rap
Don't give 2 us slow
Cause we know u know
New power soul
Gotta gotta gotta go
Talk 2 me lover
Come on tell me what u taste
Didn't your mama tell u
Life is 2 good 2 waste? (put your love down)
Didn't she tell u
That Lovesexy was the glam of them all?
If u can hang, u can trip on it
U surely won't fall (put your love down)
No side effects and
The feeling last 4-ever
Straight up, it tastes good
It makes u feel clever (put your love down)
U kiss your enemies
Like u know u should
Then u jerk your body
Like a horny pony would (put your love down)
U jerk your body like a horny pony would
Now run and tell your mama about that
And while u're at it tell your papa about this
Yeah-yeah
Put your love down there when u wanna get shot
No (yeah, yeah)
Put your love down there when u wanna get shot
Put your love down there when u wanna get shot
Put your love down there when u wanna get shot
Put your love down there
Get home, alphabet street
No!
L-L-L-L-Lovesexy
Yea, oh, alphabet street
Yea, oh, alphabet street
A B C D E F H I love u
I'm going down 2 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 2 my feet
Yeah, yeah, yeah
Yes she will
Yeah, yeah, yeah (yeah)
Yeah, yeah, yeah
I'm gonna drive my daddy's Thunderbird (my daddy's Thunderbird)
A white rad ride, '66 ('67) so glam it's absurd
I'm gonna put her in the back seat
And drive her 2 Tennessee
Yeah, yeah, yeah
Yeah, yeah, yeah, Tennessee
Yeah, yeah, yeah, drive her
Excuse me, baby
I don't mean 2 be rude
But I guess tonight I'm just not, I'm just not in the mood
So if u don't mind (yeah, yeah, yeah)
I would like to watch
Yeah, yeah, yeah, can I?
Yeah, yeah, yeah
Yeah, yeah, yeah (can I, can I, can I, can I)
We're going down, down, down, if that's the only way
2 make this cruel, cruel world hear what we've got to say
Put the right letters together and make a better day
Yeah, yeah, yeah, better days
Yeah, yeah, yeah, it's o-o-k
Yeah, yeah, yeah
Maybe it's the only way
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
Cat, we need u 2 rap
Cat, we need u 2 rap
Don't give 2 us slow
Cause we know u know
New power soul
Gotta gotta gotta go
Talk 2 me lover
Come on tell me what u taste
Didn't your mama tell u
Life is 2 good 2 waste? (put your love down)
Didn't she tell u
That Lovesexy was the glam of them all?
If u can hang, u can trip on it
U surely won't fall (put your love down)
No side effects and
The feeling last 4-ever
Straight up, it tastes good
It makes u feel clever (put your love down)
U kiss your enemies
Like u know u should
Then u jerk your body
Like a horny pony would (put your love down)
U jerk your body like a horny pony would
Now run and tell your mama about that
And while u're at it tell your papa about this
Yeah-yeah
Put your love down there when u wanna get shot
No (yeah, yeah)
Put your love down there when u wanna get shot
Put your love down there when u wanna get shot
Put your love down there when u wanna get shot
Put your love down there
Get home, alphabet street
No!
L-L-L-L-Lovesexy
Yea, oh, alphabet street
Yea, oh, alphabet street
A B C D E F H I love u
Lyrics submitted by rocknrollgirl47, edited by Mellow_Harsher
Alphabet St. Lyrics as written by Prince Rogers Nelson
Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group
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