I Could Never Take the Place of Your Man ( LP Version) - Prince

It was only last June

When her old man ran away

She couldn't stop cryin'

'Cause she knew he was gone to stay

10: 35 on a lonely Friday night

She was standing by the bar

Hmm, she was looking alright, yea

I asked her if she

Wanted to dance?

An' she said that

All she wanted

Was a good man

An' wanted to know

If I thought I was qualified, yea

I said, "Baby, don't waste your time

I know, what's on your mind

May be qualified

For a one night stand

But I could never take the place

Of your man"

It hurt me so bad, when she told me

With tears in her eyes

(Tears in her eyes)

He was all she ever had

An' now she wanted to die

He left her with a baby

An' another one on the way, yea

She couldn't stop cryin'

'Cause she knew he was gone to stay, yea

She asked me, if we could be friends

An' I said, "Oh, honey, baby

That's a dead end

You know 'n' I know

That we wouldn't be satisfied"

No, no

An' I said, "Baby don't waste your time

I know what's on your mind

Wouldn't be satisfied

(Wouldn't be satisfied)

With a one night stand

(Oh, oh, oh)

An' I could never take the place

Of your man"

Yea, yea, the place of your man

(Ooo, ooo, ooo, ooo)

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