[Verse 1: Prince]

You say that you love me like a river

A river you say'll never run dry

I'd rather hear you say forever

Instead of a smile, I'd rather see you cry

[Pre-Chorus: Prince]

Don't use the magical

Mysterious, intoxicating, joy fantastic

Fascinating word called love

Unless you love me to the nines

This is the only kind of love

That I've been dreaming of

The kind of love that takes over your

Body, mind, and soul

[Chorus: Prince]

Love to the nines

Baby

(To the nines)

I wanna be loved to the nines

(To the nines)

I wanna be loved, sugar

(To the nines)

I wanna be loved for all time

(For all time)

[Verse 2: Prince]

Baby, take a real good look at my face

'Cause honey, it just might be the last time

Maybe you should have played an ace

Instead, you played the queen

You'd be better off cheating than trying to

Read my mind

[Pre-Chorus: Prince]

Don't use the magical

Mysterious, intoxicating, joy fantastic

Fascinating word called love

Unless you love me to the nines

This is the only kind of love

That I've been dreaming of

The kind of love that takes over your

Body, mind, and soul

[Chorus: Prince]

Love to the nines

Baby

(To the nines)

I wanna be loved

(To the nines)

I wanna be loved, sugar

(To the nines)

I wanna be loved for all time

(For all time)

[Bridge: Prince]

Love me to the...

Stay awake for fourteen hours

Listen to the band play New Power Soul

We got to get with this

Dancing to the beat 'til we lose our mind control

Can I get a witness?

I'm looking for a lover with a body that says some mo'

I want to see the booty boom before I even let

Her get close enough to smell perfume

I'm looking for a PhD

Ass piled high and deep you see

I can't help it, like a honey to a bee

If the booty boom, she gonna go with me

And then T will whip out a 37 questionnaire and

Machine gun a sister like he just don't care

Machine gun a sister like he just got to

Just got to, just got to

(Hit it!)

[Interlude: Tony M. and Mayte]

Name?

Arabia

Age?

Jailbait

Occupation, if any?

Sex symbol to many, but I really got a beautiful mind

Fine, fine. What sign you are?

Stop sign

Well, what's your favorite car?

Green Rolls-Royce

How many kids you got?

Egad, I'm shocked!

How many books you read?

Is Hemmingway dead?

Well, who's the President now!?

Does it matter? Wow

Then how you gonna make that booty boom?

How I'm gonna make that booty boom?

I said how you gonna make that booty boom

How I'm gonna make that booty boom?

Step back, give a girl some room!

Oh!

Dance, girl! Lemme see the booty boom!

Dance, girl! Lemme see the booty boom!

Dance, girl! Lemme see the booty boom!

Dance, girl! Lemme see the booty boom!

Dance, girl! Lemme see the booty boom!

Dance, girl! Lemme see the booty boom!

Dance, girl! Lemme see the booty boom!

Dance, girl! Lemme see the booty boom!

[Verse 4: Prince]

Yo, check this out

Would you hug me on a crowded street?

Could you keep your cool if I washed your feet?

Your soul a bath, what if I gave it?

Your body I ask, how long would you save it?

Could you lie down on a bed of thorns

While I drink your ocean dry?

And if we said we loved each other instead of smiling, would you cry?

Could you kiss three times with your dress upside-down stroked and laughing

Would you stay awake for fourteen hours listening to the grass grow?

I ask thee would you, could you

Would you love me to the nines?

I'll love you to the nines

Would you, could you

Will you love me for all time?

I'll love you for all time

Would you, could you

Will you love me to the nines?

I'll love you to the nines

[Outro: Prince]

(Love to the nines)

(Love for all time)

Wanna be loved, sugar

(Love to the nines)

Wanna be loved for all time (Love for all time)

Love me to the nines

(Love to the nines)

I wanna be loved to the nines

Love to the nines

(To the nines)

For all time

To the nines, to the nines, to the nines

To the nines, to the nines, to the nines

(Heyyy, yeahh, eeyyy)