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Automatic

Release date: 27th October 1982

From 1999
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"Automatic" is a track by Prince, from the album 1999, released 27th October 1982. Full lyrics are available below.

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Lyrics

Automatic

[Verse 1]

You ask me if I love you, it's automatic

'Cause every time you leave me, I die, that's automatic, too

You ask me to forgive you when you know I'm just an addict

So stop the music, baby, you know you're all I want to do

Hey

[Chorus]

A-U-T-O-matic, just tell me what to do

A-U-T-O-matic, I'm so in love with you

[Verse 2]

You ask me if I'll kiss you, it's automatic

And if you cry, me cry, boo-hoo, that's automatic, too

I would never leave you, no matter what you do

Stop the music, baby, you know I'm an automatic fool

Hey

[Chorus]

A-U-T-O-matic, just tell me what to do

(Until it’s done)

A-U-T-O-matic, ooh, I'm so in love with you, ooh

[Verse 3]

I'll rub your back forever, ooh, it's automatic (A-U-T-O-matic)

I'll look for a needle in a haystack, that's automatic, too, ooh (A-U-T-O-matic)

I'll go down on you all night long, it's automatic

(You will? Yes, I will, babe)

And even when I'm right, I'll be wrong

That's automatic, too (A-U-T-O-matic)

Hey

[Chorus]

A-U-T-O-matic, ooh, just tell me what to do

(Tell me what to do, babe)

A-U-T-O-matic, I'm so in love with you

[Verse 4]

Hey

So in love with you, yeah (A-U-T-O-matic, just tell me what to do)

Tell me what to do, babe (A-U-T-O-matic, so in love with you)

Hey

So in love with you, baby, yeah (A-U-T-O-matic, just tell me what to do)

All right, all right

Tell me what to do, baby (A-U-T-O-matic, I’m so in love with you)

Yeah, yeah, yeah

Hey

[Chorus]

A-U-T-O-matic

A-U-T-O-matic

C'mon, baby

A-U-T-O-matic, tell me what to do

A-U-T-O-matic, so in love with you

[Verse 5]

Don't say no man has ever tasted your ice cream

Baby, you're the purple star in the night supreme

You'll always be a virgin for no man deserves your love

I only pray that when you dream, I'm the one you dream of

I pray that when you dream, you dream of how we kissed

Not with our lips, but with our souls

Stop me if I bore you

Why is it that I think we'd be so good in bed?

Can you hear me? Why do I love you so much?

It's so strange, I'm more comfortable around you when I'm naked

Can you hear me?

I wonder if you have any mercy, don't torture me

Stop the music, baby, automatic fool

When it comes to you, I'm automatic, baby

There's no one else like me

I'm the best you'll ever find

No one else could understand you, you're too complex

They say nothing's perfect, but they don't know you

That's automatic, too

Can you hear me? (A-U-T-O-matic)

Yes, I'm addicted to your pleasure

I'm addicted to your pain

It's automatic (A-U-T-O-matic)

Automatically insane

Undress me (A-U-T-O-matic)

[Chorus]

(A-U-T-O-matic)

Hey (A-U-T-O-matic)

(A-U-T-O-matic)

(A-U-T-O-matic)

(A-U-T-O-matic)

[Outro]

Hey

Fasten your seat belts

Prepare for take-off

(I remember how you kissed me)

(Not with your lips, but with your soul)

(With you, I'm never bored, talk to me some more)

(I can hear you, I'm going to have to torture you now)

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    Bernie Grundman
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