The Pleasure Principle

(album: Control - 1986)

You might think I'm crazy, but I'm serious
It's better you know now
What I thought was happiness was only part time bliss
You can take a bow
It was all just one big night out on the town
Riding in your limousine
We turned right and I said wrong which brings us to a stop
As the light is changing

Oh, my meters running, so I've got to go now
It's the pleasure principle, oh-oh, oh-oh, oh-oh
It's the principle of pleasure, oh-oh
It's the pleasure principle, oh-oh, oh-oh

It's true you want to build your life on guarantees
Hey, take a ride in a big yellow taxi
I'm not here to feed your insecurities
I wanted you to love me
This has become an all too familiar scene
It's not the first time I paid the fare
Where'd you get the idea of material possession?
Thank you for the ride, nowhere

And oh, my meters running, so I've really got to go
It's the pleasure principle, oh-oh, oh-oh, oh-oh-hoo
It's the principle of pleasure, oh-oh, ah
It's the pleasure principle oh-oh, oh-oh, oh-oh, oh, ah-ah

I know, what you mean to me
Baby, this is nowhere
You know, what became between you and me
Human differential
Di-da, di, da-da
It's the principle of pleasure
(Oh-oh-ah) It's the pleasure principle, principle (Oh-oh-ah)

You might say, that I'm no good for you
I wouldn't trust your looks, baby, if I could
I got so many, things I wanna do, before I'm through
Hey, yay, di-da, di, da-da
It's the pleasure principle, it's the pleasure principle
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
It's the pleasure principle

Baby, you can't hold me down
Baby, you can't hold me down
After all the love that we've been through
After all you've put me through
Yeah, yeah, hey, yeah (Oh-oh)
Love me, hey, yeah, love me, ooh-ooh
It's the pleasure principle
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah