"The Guilty Ones" lyrics - PRINCE

[Intro:]
You know what it is
Yeah
Oh, oh

Walkin' down a corridor in an introverted daze
He said, "Watch out, the night is young"
He sent the soldiers home, much to their dismay
All except the guilty ones
Time to teach a lesson with the six-string and the sticks
That he was still the master and not some magic trick, no, uh
Hear me now

Step into a phone booth where all illusions die
The truth comes out to acknowledge or deny
Movie stars and bank tellers, single moms and the drunk fellas
Some easier to tease, some harder to please (Still he tries, oh yeah)
The whispering of tyrants, their selves are going heard
He's about to win them over without a single word
Watch him now

[Breakdown:]
Oh, watch him go (Watch him now)
Uh
Yeah, that's it
Oh, uh-uh
Guilty ones
Oh
Ah

Generation to generation, let it be upheld
Who I really am, only time will tell
To the almighty life force that grows stronger with every course
Yes, give praise lest she be among the guilty ones
Oh
Come on
Oh

Behold the damage done
Walking down a corridor, the battle has been won
All hail to the matadors that give praise to the sun

[Chorus:]
The guilty ones
The guilty ones
The guilty ones
The guilty ones
Go

[Instrumental break]

[Outro:]
Na, na, na
Oh, yeah
Oh yeah
Na, na