1999
KITCHEN - Prince Lyrics

I was dreamin' when I wrote this
I had an imaginative vision when I composed this song

Forgive me if it goes astray
Please pardon any deviations

But when I woke up this mornin'
However, upon awakening today

Could've sworn it was judgment day
I could have sworn it was the end of the world

The sky was all purple
The atmosphere had a purple hue

There were people runnin' everywhere
Individuals were fleeing in every direction

Tryin' to run from the destruction
Attempting to escape the devastation

You know I didn't even care
You see, I didn't even have concern

'Cause they say two thousand zero zero
Since they proclaim the year to be two thousand zero zero

Party over, oops out of time
Celebration has concluded, oh no, time has run out

So tonight I'm gonna party like it's 1999
Therefore, this evening I will merrymake as if it were 1999

So sue me if I go too fast
Thus, feel free to take legal action against me if I proceed at an excessive pace

But life is just a party
Nevertheless, existence is simply a festive gathering

And parties weren't meant to last
Furthermore, celebrations were not intended to endure indefinitely

War is all around us
Conflict surrounds our vicinity

My mind says prepare to fight
My thoughts instruct me to ready myself for combat

So if I gotta die
Therefore, if I must perish

I'm gonna listen to my body tonight
I will heed my physical instincts this evening

Lemme tell ya somethin'
Allow me to inform you

If you didn't come to party
If you haven't arrived with the intention of revelry

Don't bother knockin' on my door
There's no point in knocking on my entrance

I got a lion in my pocket
You should know that I possess a great amount of confidence

And baby he's ready to roar, yeah yeah
And that confidence is eager to manifest itself, yes indeed

Everybody's got a bomb
Every person carries within them a metaphorical explosive

We could all die here today, uhh
There exists the possibility that all of us could succumb today, oh

But before I'll let that happen
However, before I allow such a fate

I'll dance my life away, oh
I shall engage in lively dancing until the end, oh

We're runnin' outta time
We are rapidly depleting the available time

So tonight we gonna, we gonna
Therefore, this evening we shall, we shall

(tonight I'm gonna party like it's 1999)
(tonight I will celebrate as if it were the year 1999)

Say it one more time
Express it once more

Two thousand zero zero
The year two thousand zero zero

Yeah, yeah
Indeed, indeed

1999 (1999)
Nineteen ninety-nine (nineteen ninety-nine)

Don't ya want to go (1999)
Do you not desire to depart to (nineteen ninety-nine)

Don't ya want to go (1999)
Do you not desire to depart to (nineteen ninety-nine)

We could all die here today (1999)
It is feasible that we could all perish today (nineteen ninety-nine)

I don't want to die
I have no desire to expire

I'd rather dance my life away
Instead, I would prefer to dance until the end of my days