The Ballad Of Dorothy Parker
Prince
Prince
[Intro]
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[Verse 1]
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Dorothy was a waitress on the promenade
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She worked the night shift
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Dishwater blonde, tall and fine
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She got a lot of tips
[Verse 2]
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Well, earlier I'd been talkin' stuff in a violent room
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Fightin' with lover's past
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I needed someone with a quicker wit than mine
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Dorothy was fast
[Verse 3]
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Well, I ordered - "Yeah, let me get a fruit cocktail, I ain't to hungry"
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Dorothy laughed
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She said - "It sound like a real man tome (you're kinda cute)
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You're kinda cute, you wanna take a bath?" (Do you wanna, do you wanna?) ... Bath?
[Verse 4]
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Oh, I said - "Cool, but I'm leavin' my pants on (What you say?)
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Cuz I'm kinda goin' with someone"
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She said - "Sound like a real man to me
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Mind if I turn on the radio?"
[Bridge 1]
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"Oh, my favorite song," she said
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And it was Joni singing, "Help me, I think I'm falling"
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(Drring) The phone rang and she said
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"Whoev er's calling can't be as cute as you"
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Right then and there I knew I was through (Dorothy Parker was cool)
[Interlude]
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[Verse 5]
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My pants were wet, they came off
But she didn't see the movie cuz she hadn't read the book first
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Instead she pretended she was blind
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An affliction brought on by a witch's curse
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Dorothy made me laugh (ha ha, ha ha)
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I felt much better so I went back to the violent room
(Tell us what you did, what you did) Let me tell you what I did
[Bridge 2]
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I took another bubble bath with my pants on
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All the fighting stopped
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Next time I'll do it sooner
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This is the bal lad of Dorothy Parker
[Outro]
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