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1999 Lyrics

Artist: Prince

I was dreamin' when I wrote this
Forgive me if it goes astray

But when I woke up this mornin'
Coulda sworn it was judgment day

The sky was all purple
There were people runnin' everywhere

Tryin' 2 run from the destruction
U know I didn't even care

'Cuz they say two thousand zero zero party over
Oops out of time
So tonight I'm gonna party like it's 1999

I was dreamin' when I wrote this
So sue me if I go 2 fast

But life is just a party
And parties weren't meant 2 last

War is all around us
My mind says prepare 2 fight

So if I gotta die
I'm gonna listen 2 my body tonight

Yeah, they say two thousand zero zero party over
Oops out of time
So tonight I'm gonna party like it's 1999
Yeah

Lemme tell ya somethin'
If U didn't come 2 party
Don't bother knockin' on my door
I got a lion in my pocket
And baby he's ready 2 roar

Yeah, everybody's got a bomb
We could all die any day
But before I'll let that happen
I'll dance my life away

They say two thousand zero zero party over
Oops out of time
We're runnin' outta time
So tonight we gonna, we gonna (Tonight I'm gonna party like it's 1999)

Say it 1 more time
Two thousand zero zero party over
Oops out of time
No, no
So tonight we gonna, we gonna (Tonight I'm gonna party like it's 1999)

Alright, it's 1999
You say it, 1999
1999
1999 don't stop, don't stop, say it 1 more time

Two thousand zero zero party over
Oops out of time
Yeah, Yeah
So tonight we gonna, we gonna (Tonight I'm gonna party like it's 1999)

Yeah, 1999 (1999)
Don'tcha wanna go (1999)
Don'tcha wanna go (1999)
We could all die any day (1999)
I don't wanna die
I'd rather dance

Comments/Interpretations

by Josh on 11/6/2008 11:06pm
Write out the fucking word 'too'.
Sorry, but it takes 1 second.

by Me Two on 1/14/2009 2:33pm
I agree, except that only some should be "too," the others "to."

by Jason on 3/30/2009 1:08pm
I'm guessing that Josh and Me Two are too youn to know this, but Prince always wrote his liner notes like that with 2 instead of too and U instead of you. That's just how he rolled.

by Stevo la on 7/15/2009 1:00pm
Josh, Me Two and Jason get a grip!!!!!

by mark niemela on 12/30/2010 3:34pm
First time reader of the lyrics - enhances it.

by Matthew Pitts on 6/1/2015 8:33pm
I was listening to this song in 1979, which was twenty years before the title of the song. Still love to hear it, or any of his songs; was listening to "Let's go crazy" on the radio today, in fact.