Name: Little Red Corvette (demo) by Flamingo Lane
Duration: 3 min 54 s
Description: Music and lyrics by Prince © Warner Bros. 1999

The greatest man you’ve ever seen
Embodiment of king and queen
The soaring spire’s resident
Became the country’s president

But four years later down the line
Between a steak and a glass of wine
I’m sorry to report
There’s something wrong with your design

Your feet, they walked on marble stones
Your streets were paved in solid gold
You babies fed with silver spoons
And cared for in the finest schools
You never shared a drop of sweat
With someone who had really had
To fight for a piece of this great American soil

Those manners you brought to the verge of extinction
Soldiers you sent for some smoke in the sky
Oh how you beautifully blurred the distinction
Between truth, between a truth and a lie

From city blocks to shining seas
You got rid of those refugees
And ever since your wall was built
You’ve been looking for new enemies

Arabs, Blacks and Indians
All blown into oblivion
Do you really think you made it
Any greater than before?

Those manners you brought to the verge of extinction
Soldiers you sent for some smoke in the sky
Oh how you beautifully blurred the distinction
Between truth, between a truth and a lie

Abraham Lincoln brought us abolition
Franklin Delano, he brought us back hope
So if you believe you’re in touch with this nation
You’re losing your grip on the slippery rope

Everyone knows how to pay for admission
To wander around in your god-given land
Everyone knows how to beg for permission
To live… to breath… to be…
In your home of the brave
And your land of the free

Land Of The Free

Isolation, trust me
Can play funny tricks on you
Conversations with the truth

This situation calls on everyone
To reinvent their views
Who will you be when it’s through?

And this fog will lift, I’m sure
All this evil can be cured
By a strong and stubborn heart

We can turn this around if we wanna
We've got time to make a change
Turn this around if we wanna
We just need a man to lead the way

A Narcissus rashly cheers
The echo chamber’s lies
The look of hunger in his eyes

While Ulysses hides in tears
And weeps for the lost world
Mountains crumbled, cities burned

But from the dust we’ll rise, my friend
If only you could meet me when
The wings of faith will fly again

We can turn this around if we wanna
We’ve got time to make a change
Turn this around if we wanna
We just need a man to lead the way

Turn this around
Turn this around
Turn this around
Turn this around

If you are willing
If your heart is true
If your good intentions
Have made it through

If you’ve got the love
To conquer the fright
If you’ve got the power
To do what is right

Then we can turn this around if we wanna
We’ve got time to make a change
Turn this around if we wanna
We just need a man to lead the way

Little Red Corvette (demo)

Flamingo Lane

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