Prince - Batman
© 1989 Warner Bros. Records Inc.

• The Future
• Electric Chair
• The Arms Of Orion
• Partyman
• Vicki Waiting
• Trust
• Lemon Crush
• Scandalous
• Batdance
"The Arms Of Orion" is a duet with Sheena Easton.

The Future

"I'm not gonna kill U
I want U 2 do me a favor
I want U 2 tell all your friends about me"
"What are U?"
"I'm Batman!"
CHORUS:
I've seen the future and it will be
I've seen the future and it works
If there's life after, we will see
So I can't go like a jerk
Systematic overthrow of the underclass
Hollywood conjures images of the past
New world needs spirituality that will last
I've seen the future and it will be
CHORUS
Yellow Smiley offers me X
Like he's drinkin' 7-Up
I would rather drink 6 razor blades
Razor blades from a paper cup
He can't understand, I say 2 tough
It's just that I've seen the future and, boy, it's rough
I... I've seen the future and it will be
I've seen the future and it works
If there's life after, we will see
So U can't go like a jerk - no, no
I've seen the future and it will be
Wait a minute
Pretty pony standin' on the avenue
Flashin' loaded pistol, 2 dumb 2 be true
Somebody told him playin' cops and robbers was cool
Would our rap have been different if we only knew?
I've seen the future and it will be
I've seen the future and it works
And if there's life after, we will see
Don't go out like a jerk
Systematic overthrow of the underclass
Hollywood conjures images of the past
New world needs spirituality that will last
I've seen the future and it will be, alright
I've seen the future and it will be {x2}
Oh!
I've seen the future and it will be {x3}
"Think about the future!"
© 1989 Controversy Music - ASCAP

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Electric Chair

I saw your friend first
That's who I danced with
All the time I was watchin' U
The music rocked us
Our eyes locked thus
Makin' us see a trippy picture shoo
CHORUS:
Oh, if a man is considered guilty 4 what goes on in his mind
Then give me the electric chair 4 all my future crimes, oh!
U whispered something
It took my mind out
Like a G (G flat) major with the E in the bass
Your face looked so good
I wanted 2 touch your mouth
My brain is jackin' all over the place
CHORUS
Yeah, yeah {x2}
Let's take a drive, love
So we can make up our minds, love
2 commit the crimes of passion that sets us free
Me lovin' U, U lovin' me
Ow!
The electric chair!
I saw your friend first
That's who I danced with
All the time I was watchin' U (I was watchin' U)
The music rocked us
Our lives shocked us
Makin' us see a trippy picture shoo
I've got 2 have it! (Said I've got 2... yeah!)
If a man is considered guilty 4 what goes on in his mind (Guilty)
Then give me the electric chair 4 all my future crimes, oh!
U know I'm guilty, yeah? (4 all my future crimes, oh!)
I'm guilty, yeah! (4 all my future crimes, oh!)
And if U don't really love me! (Then give me the electric chair)
Ow!
The electric chair
© 1989 Controversy Music - ASCAP

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The Arms Of Orion

Orion's arms are wide enough 2 hold us both 2gether
Although we're worlds apart, I'd cross the stars 4 U
In the heart of a sleepless moon, I'll be with U 4ever
This is my destiny till my life is through
CHORUS:
The Arms of Orion, that's where I wanna be
Since U've been gone
I've been searching 4 a lover in the Sea of Tranquility
Drowning without U here, my dear
When I am lost or feeling lonely, I just look 2 heaven
I find my comfort there
God only knows where U are 2night
God only knows where U are 2night
Maybe time will tell me
Till then I close my eyes, say a prayer 4 U
(Say a prayer 4 U 2)
CHORUS
Orion's heart is bright enough 2 shine on both of us
The constellations never fail 2 light the way 4 love
Orion's arms are wide enough 2 hold us both 2gether
Although we're worlds apart (I'd cross the stars 4 U)
I'd cross the stars 4 U
CHORUS
(Oh)
The Arms of Orion, that's where I wanna be
Since U've been gone I've been drowning (Lost)
In the Sea of Tranquility (Lonely)
Drowning without U here (Baby)
My dear (Drowning without U, oh)
Arms of Orion
That's where I wanna be (Where I...)
That's where I wanna be (The Arms of Orion) {x2}
Since U've been gone, babe
Since U've been gone, I've been drowning (Drowning)
Drowning, drowning without your love
The Arms of Orion (Arms of Orion)
© 1989 Controversy Music - ASCAP

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Partyman

"Gentlemen, let's broaden our minds! Lawrence!"
Oh, yeah yeah!
All hail the new king in town
Young and old, gather 'round (Yeah)
Black and white, red and green (Yeah, funky)
The funkiest man U've ever seen
Tell U what his name is
Partyman, Partyman
Rock a party like nobody can
Rules and regulations, no place in this nation
Partyman, Partyman
Party people say it now (Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah)
Somebody holla if U wanna party {crowd noise}
"Ladies and gentlemen, no pictures please"
Get it up, oh yeah!
Partyman, P-Partyman
Get it up, g-get it up, yeah
"Ohh, I love purple!"
I rock the party, I rock the house
I rock the whole world north, east and south
In the west, 17 horns blowin'
Partyman, Partyman [Lose me old boy]
Get it up, sing!
"All hail the new king in town!"
Ain't nuthin but a muffin
We got a lotta butter 2 go (Say I oughta knock U in, but don't come no)=
If it break when it bend
U better not put it in
Get it up (Ride 'em, boy)
Partyman, P-Partyman (P-P-Partyman, Partyman)
Partyman, Partyman
Young and old gather 'round
Everybody hail the new king in town!
© 1989 Controversy Music - ASCAP

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Vicki Waiting

"I'm of a mind 2 make some mookie, heh heh... phonebook"
The phone rings - it's Vicki callin'
She wants me 2 come 2 the crib
U see, conversation's better than being lonely
So I try my best 2 ad lib
I tell her the joke about the woman
Who asked her lover - "Why is your organ so small?"
He replied, "I didn't know I was playin' in a cathedral"
Vicki didn't laugh at all
This is where she wants 2 be
And I am what she wants 2 see
I've never known a love so sweet
But still I keep Vicki waiting
Alright
All is well in Gotham City
The sound of terror is all U hear
Sometime a pistol take the place of her body
Sometimes her body's here
U see, when crime is your only love
All that matters - the present, the here and now
People, people - whatever floats this Joker's boat
Is whatever this Joker will bang
CHORUS:
This is where she wants 2 be (I...)
I am what she wants 2 see
Never known a love so sweet
Still I keep Vicki waiting
Oh yeah
Wait on, mama
Talk of children still frightens me
Is my character enough 2 be? (Never)
One that deserves a copy made? (Never, never)
This I one day, I hope 2 see
Until then she's held at bay by my animal-like persistence
Or maybe she's just 2 proud 2 say
That fate (fate) brought us 2gether
And this is where she wants 2 stay
CHORUS {x2}
(Oh)
(Oh yeah)
(Ah yeah, yeah, yeah)
All is well in Gotham Town (This is where she wants 2 be)
I am what she wants 2 see
I've never known a love so sweet
But still I keep Vicki...
Still I keep Vicki...
Still I keep Vicki waiting, oh yeah (Waiting)
Uh-huh, uh-huh
Still I keep Vicki...
Still I keep Vicki waiting
This is where she wants 2 be
© 1989 Controversy Music - ASCAP

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Trust

(W, X, Y, Z)
"Hey, it's the man!"
"Yeah, let's see what's going on!"
Hey, hey
CHORUS:
Trust - who do ya?
Trust - what makes U a real lover?
Trust - I put this question 2 ya cuz I want U 2 be with me
Love - U cannot imagine
How much I wanna give 2 U
Hot - I get so excited
Just thinkin' about all we could do
Dig it now
Another world awaits us
Another power 2 see
Close - don't worry about nobody else
From now on U'll be here with me
CHORUS
Money - how much'll make U happy?
U can have it all if it'll suit U right
Nothin', I said nothin' can take the place
Of U and me kickin' it tight, tight
Come - it's easy
Just let yourself go, don't put up a fight
Sex - it's not that type of party (Higher, higher, higher)
Girl, we're gettin' higher 2 night (Oh Lord)
CHORUS
Yeah, ooh
Come on
Alright
Sho'nuff tell it everybody
"Get 'em! Take the pictures!"
"Gotham's greed"
Ooh!
Yeah
Trust
Hot and close, dig it now
Ooh, that feels good
Ha, ha, ha
CHORUS
Oh yeah
Ow! My Lord! (Trust)
When I'm on, I feel good (Trust)
Good Lord
When I'm, when I'm on, I feel good (Trust)
Who do ya trust if U can't trust God?
Who can U trust - who can ya?
Who do ya trust if U can't trust God?
Who can U trust - who can ya?
Come and see
Trust - who do ya?
Trust - what makes U a real lover?
Trust - I put this question 2 ya cuz I want U 2 be.... wait
Want cha with me, ooh
{Repeat 2 fade}
(Trust)
Who do ya trust if U can't trust God?
Who can U trust - who can ya?
© 1989 Controversy Music - ASCAP

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Lemon Crush

Ready 4 the crush {repeat throughout song}
CHORUS:
Ah, ah, every time U kiss me - lemon crush
Nay, I can't resist thee - lemon crush
Every time U do me - such a rush
Ooh, it goes right through me - lemon crush
All it takes, a little bitty
Of your, ooh - pretty, pretty
I'm the wildest in the city
Ooh - pretty, pretty one!
Come on, come on
I'm ready 4 the crush
CHORUS
(Ah yeah)
(Such a rush)
If I'm workin' at my jobba
I'm the victim, U're the robba
No matter how much I try 2 stoppa
I can't help thinkin' about cha
Lemon crush - I'm ready 4 the crush
CHORUS
(Everytime)
(Such a rush)
(Oh)
Every time we, ooh baby, I get such a rush (Such a rush)
Lemon crush
(Lemon crush)
(Oh)
I'm running out of things 2 call your... (Lemon crush)
Don't wanna do without your...
Ain't no doubt about your... (Lemon crush)
Let's scream and shout your... {'Crush' repeated in BG}
I said, let's scream and shout your... (Lemon crush)
I'm ready
Ready 4 the crush (Lemon crush)
I'm ready
(Ready 4 the crush) (Lemon crush)
Girl, I like it, I like it
Baby I'm ready, ready, ready
Oh, every time U do me - do me baby!
(Lemon crush)
Ah, that's her
I'm in the crush
{'Crush' and 'Ready 4 the crush' repeated in BG}
Naw!
CHORUS {x2}
Ready 4 the crush
© 1989 Controversy Music - ASCAP

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Scandalous

Come closer
Feel what U been dyin' 4
Don't be afraid, baby
Touch it and explode
Understand, understand that I love U
Ah, but more than that - I want U
Everybody always told me good things come 2 those who wait
But I've got so much on the menu
I just can't, I just can't, I can't wait, baby
I can't wait, baby
Till I can wrap my legs all around U girl
Cuz sugar, U know U're just the kind of lover
That I've been lookin' 4
2night why don't we skip all the foreplay, mama
And just get down here on the floor
CHORUS:
Scandalous - I'm talkin' 'bout U and me
Marvelous - baby, baby, can't U see?
Anything U ever dreamed of, I'm willing 2 be
2night is gonna be scandalous
Cuz 2night I'm gonna be your fantasy
(Dear, my, my)
My dearest, my dearest
(Whisper) Whisper a question
With my body (body), I'll scream a reply
Anything's acceptable
Just ask me and I'll try it
2 hell with hesitations
2 hell with the reasons why
CHORUS
Baby, baby, baby
Oh girl, the things U make me do
Genius is the only way 2 describe U
Anything U ever dreamed of, baby
Just ask me - I'll do, I'll do, I'll do it 4 U, baby
Anything at all
Spirits rise and spirits fall
Anything U ever dreamed of, I'm willing 2 be
2night is gonna be scandalous
Cuz 2night I'm, 2night I'm gonna be your fantasy!
CHORUS
Scandalous
Marvelous
© 1989 Controversy Music - ASCAP

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Batdance

"Oh, I got a live one here! Ha, ha, ha..."
Get the funk up! - Batman
Get the funk up! - Batman
Get the funk up!
"Go, go, go with a smile"
Batdance!
Do it
Keep bustin'
(Do it) {Repeat in BG}
I've seen the future and it will be
I've seen the future and it will be
Batman, Batman
I've seen the future and it will be
Batman (House, house)
"And where, and where is the Batman?"
(Do it) {repeat}
Let's do it {x2}
"Stop the press"
"Stop the press, who is that?"
"Vicky Vale"
"Vicky Vale"
"I like..." Batman, Batman, Batman
"Oh, bats"
"Hi, Bruce Wayne"
"I tried 2 avoid all this, but I can't"
"I just gotta know - are we gonna try 2 love each other?"
"Stop the press, who is that?"
"Vicky Vale"
"She is great, isn't she?"
Ooh yeah, ooh yeah
I wanna bust that body
Ooh yeah, ooh yeah
I wanna bust that body right ("I'd like 2")
Ooh yeah, ooh yeah ("But he's out there right now")
I wanna bust that body
Ooh yeah, ooh yeah
2night
"Well, Miss Vale"
"U ever dance with the devil in the pale moonlight?"
"I always ask that of all my prey"
"I just like the sound of it"
"I've gotta go 2 work" – Batman
"I've gotta go 2 work" – Batman
("Work') {Repeat in BG}
If a man is considered guilty 4 what goes on in his mind
Then gimme the electric chair 4 all my future crimes – oh!
Electric chair
Hey Ducky, let me stick this 7-inch in the computer
Ha, ha, ha...
Hey, we got the power
Oh, we got the soul
Hey, we got 2 sho'nuff get off
Make the devil go, go
"This town needs an enema!"
(Let's do it) {sampled in BG}
"I'm gonna kill U" - Power
"I'm not gonna kill U" - Soul
"I'm gonna kill U" - Power
"I'm not gonna kill U" - Soul
"I'm Batman" - Batman
Don't stop dancin'!
"I'm Batman" - Batman
Don't stop dancin'!
Batman {x3}
Don't stop, don't stop, don't stop dancin'!
Batman {x2}
Don't stop dancin'! {x2}
No, damn it!
Turn the music back up!
Oh, son of a bitch!
"Have U ever heard of the healing power of laughter?"
Who's gonna stop 200 balloons? Nobody!
"Ha, ha, ha..." {looped}
"Batman" - Stop!
© 1989 Controversy Music - ASCAP

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