The Ballad Of Dorothy Parker Lyrics - One Nite Alone...live! - Prince

Dorothy was a waitress on the promenade 

She worked the night shift 

Dishwater blonde 

Tall and fine 

She got a lot of tips 

Well... 

Earlier I'd been talkin' stuff in a violent room 

Fightin' with a lover's past 

I needed someone with a quicker wit than mine 

Dorothy was fast 

Well... 

I ordered 

"Yeah, lemme get a fruit cocktail 

I ain't 2 hungry" 

Dorothy laughed 

She said "sound like a real man 2 me 

U're kinda cute 

Do u wanna take a bath?" 

Oh, I said "cool, but I'm leaving my pants on cuz I'm kinda going with someone" 

She said "sound like a real man 2 me 

Mind if I turn on the radio? 

Oh, my favorite song!" she said, and it was Joni singing "Help me, I think I'm falling..." 

Ring! 

The phone rang and she said "whoever's calling can't be as cute as u" 

Right then and there I knew I was through 

Dorothy Parker was cool 

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Well... 

Photos 

My pants were wet 

They came off but she didn't see the movie cuz she hadn't read the book first 

Instead, she pretended she was blind - an affliction brought on by the witch's curse 

Dorothy made me laugh 

I felt much better so I went back to the violent room 

Let me tell u what I did... 

I took another bubble bath with my pants on 

All the fighting stopped 

Next time I'll do it sooner 

This is the ballad of Dorothy Parker 

Well...