(Party Like It's Day) Nine Ninety-Nine

(adapted by Laurie Davidson & Will Quale,
from orig. words and music by / Prince Rogers Nelson)

I was nostalgic when I wrote this, 
  Forgive me if it goes astray
But when I woke up on that mornin', 
  Could've sworn it was judgment day
  
The news was terrifyin', 
  People scared of everything
Tryin' to hide from the pandemic, 
  But you know I just had to sing

	Well, they said in Twenty Twenty
	  Party over, oops out of time
	But today we're gonna party like it's 
	  Day Nine Ninety-Nine

If we take care of each other other
  We just might get out of here alive
As long as I know how to sing
  I know that I will survive

Fear was all around us, 
  And we had to stand six feet apart,
But if I'm gonna live, 
  I'm gonna sing (and bake!) with all my heart

	Well, they said in Twenty Twenty
	  Party over, oops out of time
	But today we're gonna party like it's 
	  Day Nine Ninety-Nine

When it's two o'clock in Montague, 
  Don't bother knockin' on my door
I got a song in my pocket, 
  And I'll be on the Common once more
    
Between COVID, Trump, and Russia, 
  There are hard times most every day
But I will go down to the well
  And I will sing my life away

	Well, they said in Twenty Twenty
	  Party over, oops out of time
	But today we're gonna party like it's 
	  Day Nine Ninety-Nine

	Yeah, they said in Twenty Twenty
	  Party over, oops out of time
	But today we're gonna party like it's 
	  Day Nine Ninety-Nine

recording: Prince (1982 music video) [YouTube]