Call My Name – English Lyrics

• By: Prince
• Album: Musicology

Lyrics & Translation

[English]

Call, call my name

Call it, call my name

Heard your voice this morning calling out my name

It had been so long since I heard it

That it didn't sound quite the same, no

But it let me know that my name had never really been spoken before

Before the day I carried you through the Bridle Path door

And ever since that day I haven't wanted anyone but you

And anybody who really knows me knows the truth

I just can't stop writing songs about you

I love you so much

I just can't wait to get my arms around you

And feel your touch

Yeah

If I don't see you real soon baby girl, I might go insane

I know it's only been about three hours but I love it when you call my name, yes I do

Heard a voice on the news saying people want to stop the war (stop the war, hmm!)

If they had a love as sweet as you they'd forget what they were fighting for

What's the matter with the world today?

The land of the free? Somebody lied

They can bug my phone and people 'round my home

They'll only see you and me making love inside

I just can't stop writing songs about you

I love you so much

I just can't wait to get my arms around you (I just can't wait)

And feel your touch (feel your touch)

If I don't see you real soon baby girl, I might go insane

I know it's only been about three hours but I love it when you call my name

I've never seen the moon look so lovely as the night I saw it with you

It let me know I'd never seen the moon before

(Never seen the moon before)

So many speak of the moon as though it had no flaws

But to compare it to a beauty like yours would give one pause

Nothing about you is false, that's why your love is real

(Talking 'bout real) that's why your love is real

God forbid if you belonged to another, I'd have to steal you (take you from your man)

I might be tempted to break the law (break the law 'round here)

Because your beauty, it gives one pause (yes, it does)

It slows me down

Just can't stop writing songs about you

I love you so much

I just can't wait to get my arms around you

And feel your touch

If I don't see you real soon baby girl, I might go insane

I know it's only been about three hours but I love it when you call my name

Honey, wynch'a call

Call my name

Call, call my name

That's right, call my name

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
call /kɔːl/ A1	verb - to speak loudly to get someone's attention
name /neɪm/ A1	noun - a word or phrase by which someone is known
love /lʌv/ A1	verb - to have deep affection for someone noun - deep affection for someone
touch /tʌtʃ/ A1	verb - to feel or handle with the hands noun - the act of feeling with the hands
write /raɪt/ A2	verb - to compose text or music
song /sɒŋ/ A1	noun - a musical composition with vocals
moon /muːn/ A1	noun - the natural satellite of Earth
beauty /ˈbjuːti/ A2	noun - a combination of qualities that pleases the senses
real /riːl/ A1	adjective - actually existing as a thing
pause /pɔːz/ B1	verb - to stop temporarily noun - a temporary stop
sweet /swiːt/ A2	adjective - having the taste of sugar
steal /stiːl/ B1	verb - to take something without permission
flaw /flɔː/ B2	noun - a mark or defect
tempt /tɛmpt/ B1	verb - to attract or entice
insane /ɪnˈseɪn/ B1	adjective - mentally ill or crazy
speak /spiːk/ A1	verb - to talk or communicate