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Listen to The Greatest Romance Ever Sold (Remixes) - Single by Prince
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PERFORMING ARTISTS
Prince
Prince
Performer
Q-Tip
Q-Tip
Rap
The Neptunes
The Neptunes
Remixer
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Prince
Prince
Arranger
Pharrell Williams
Pharrell Williams
Arranger
Chad Hugo
Chad Hugo
Arranger
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
Prince
Prince
Producer
The Neptunes
The Neptunes
Producer
Andrew Coleman
Andrew Coleman
Recording Engineer
Rich Travali
Rich Travali
Mixing Engineer
Hans-Martin Buff
Hans-Martin Buff
Engineer

Lyrics

[Verse 1]
The greatest romance that's ever been sold
[Verse 2]
So what do you know?
You and me
Finally face-to-face
Checking each other up and down (Up and down, baby)
In all the obvious places
[Verse 3]
All the places in the world we live
They can't hold a candle to light you give
For real, for real
I have an outlook that's truly uncommon (Say the word)
And if you follow me
You're more than an honored man
The reason why I'm placed on the Earth's face
Is spitting rhymes, getting mines
Watching your waist, hourglass
Then you give me hot flash
This romance give heat of a sonic blast
[Verse 4]
So this is where you end
And you and I begin
This is where you and I, you and I begin (C'mon, c'mon)
[Verse 5]
The greatest romance that's ever been sold (I ain't gon' thug tonight)
(I'ma stay home and make love tonight)
The greatest romance that's ever been sold (I ain't tryna bang)
(Maybe this song will help me change, c'mon)
[Verse 6]
Now your mind is open
(Your mind is open, baby)
To poetry seldom heard
(Seldom heard)
Your heart has never been broken
(Never broken, baby)
Until you've heard these words
(These words, these words)
[Verse 7]
Giving off the air like your thing don't smell
You better answer all of that love
Inside your heart right now
Shorty, look, in the scheme of it all
We could really make it work
When our back's on the wall
For real, for real
[Verse 8]
Give a week and let your mans know, I'll come runnin'
He's heartless
Hold my hand, yo, he just fronting
It's time now, let's dance eternally
They looking at us, laughin'
But our love is what's concerning me
[Verse 9]
In the middle of it all
We kiss and the rain falls
[Verse 10]
Into the greatest romance that's ever been sold (I ain't gon' thug tonight)
(Greatest romance, baby, soldier)
(I'ma stay home and make love tonight)
The greatest romance that's ever been sold (I ain't tryna bang)
(Greatest romance, baby)
(Maybe this song will help me change, c'mon)
[Verse 11]
(I ain't gon' thug tonight)
(I'ma stay home and make love tonight)
(I ain't tryna bang)
(Maybe this song will help me change)
[Verse 12]
(I ain't gon' thug tonight)
(I'ma stay home and make love tonight, baby)
(I ain't tryna bang)
(Maybe this song will help me change, c'mon)
[Verse 13]
Oh, I know you feel me
I know that you can dance
But what do you know about the greatest romance?
Not what you think
But what you believe
What was the real reason that Adam never left Eve? (Never left Eve)
[Verse 14]
And if the truth sounds like a memory
Then you know it was meant to be, meant to be
Leave your inhibitions behind
(I ain't gon' thug tonight)
Come on, come on, let's see
[Verse 15]
Greatest romance (I ain't gon' thug tonight)
So this is where you end
This is where you end (End)
You and I begin (You)
(It's the greatest, baby, c'mon)
[Verse 16]
The greatest romance that's ever been sold (I ain't gon' thug tonight)
(Hey baby, don't worry)
(I'ma stay home and make love tonight)
The greatest romance that's ever been sold (I ain't tryna bang)
(Got my word)
(Maybe this song will help me change, c'mon)
[Verse 17]
(I ain't gon' thug tonight)
(I'ma stay home and make love tonight, baby)
(I ain't tryna bang)
(Maybe this song will help me change, c'mon) Let me holler at you, baby
[Verse 18]
I know you can feel me
I know you can dance
But what do you know about the greatest romance?
(Greatest romance, baby)
Not what you think (Not what you think)
But what you believe
Can you tell me the real reason Adam never left Eve?
[Verse 19]
(I ain't gon' thug tonight) I gon' leave, baby
(I'ma stay home and make love tonight, baby)
(I ain't tryna bang)
(Maybe this song gonna help me change, c'mon)
[Verse 20]
(I ain't gon' thug tonight)
(I'ma stay home and make love tonight)
(I ain't tryna bang)
Written by: Prince

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