Janet Jackson — The Pleasure Principle

[Verse 1] 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 [Chorus] 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 [Verse 2] 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 [Chorus] 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 [Bridge] 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) [Bridge 2] 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 [Outro] 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