St. Vincent - Prince Johnny Lyrics

i dont know why but this song just emanates fleabag energy

One millionth view

Got it to mill

Who's johnny ?

Meu Deus, achei esta reliquia!!@

I always thought the 'real boy' line was a metaphor. It just occurred to me that it could actually be literal in the sense that a female she was dating (maybe Cara Delevigne) was trying hard to be more 'boy-like' and she sees this as problematic. And then maybe the reoccurring character of 'John' is just a metaphor for her current love interest in an attempt to keep some privacy while still writing about personal material. I don't know, this was probably a dumb thought, although I like the idea of the John metaphor.

It melts my heart. I love John.

I hear Bjork and my beating heart in this.......thanks x

La lange apoartient à un pays, à une époque, à une société: le style est la façon originale dont un écribain se sert de la lange commune.
(Classisit conception; not obssesed with Góngora)
Sorry for my bad english; I'm still learning.

So fuckin good

I hate myself for not discovering this since it was released.

This song kills me every time ! LOL sob sob sob !!

Sueño con un trabajo en conjunto entre St vincent y Bjork.... Sería perfección pura.... Love!!!

Hura Inahai Honaki Enaho Domevano Nish

the intro sound like soul love by bowie

every time she hits that...you...know...THAT...part...I want to cry.

the references to coke and the name prince "johnny" makes me think of john belushi.

I recently discovered St. Vincent, and have been listening to the back catalog. I must say. I haven't felt such excitement and admiration over another musician for over a decade. Such beautiful singing, stunning instrumental playing and great songwriting, very few musicians can successfully ride this profoundly powerful triangle. Thank you so much for all that you have created so far. You have inspired and encouraged me to start writing songs again. If you ever play in the UK, I will be there. I cannot fully express in words how your music has effected me, but at the very least I can say that it has changed my life, and it feels great. You have my love, support and best wishes.

[Intro]
Prince Johnny, you're kind but you're not simple
By now, I think I know the difference
You wanna be a son of someone

[Verse 1]
Remember the time we went and snorted
That piece of the Berlin Wall that you'd extorted
And we had such a laugh of it?
Prostrate on my carpet

[Verse 2]
You traced the Andes with your index
And brag of when and where and who you gonna bed next
All with sons of someone's
All with sons of someone's

[Chorus 1]
Saw you pray to all to make you a real boy
Saw you pray to all to make you a real boy

[Verse 3]
Prince Johnny, you're kind, but do be careful
By now I know just when to stand clear
When all your friends and acolytes are holding
Court in bathroom stalls

[Chorus 2]
Where you pray to all to make you a real boy
Saw you pray to all to make you a real boy

[Bridge]
But honey, don't mistake my affection
For another spit-and-penny style redemption
Cause we're all sons of someone's
We're all sons of someone's
I wanna mean more than I mean to you
I wanna mean more than I meant to him

[Chorus 3]
So I pray to all to make me a real girl
So I pray to all to make me a real girl
So I pray to all, all, all, all

Prince Johnny you're kind but you're not simple
By now I think I know the difference
You wanna be a son of someone
Remember the time we went and snorted
That piece of that berlin wall that you extorted
And we had such a laugh of it
Prostrate on my carpet
You traced that andes with your index
And brag of when and where and who you're going to bed next
Oh we're sons of someone's
Oh we're sons of someone's
I saw you pray to, oh oh oh oh oh, to make you a real boy
Saw you pray to oh oh oh oh oh, to make you a real boy
Prince Johnny you're kind but do be careful
By now I know just when to stand clear
When all your friends and acolytes
Holding court in bathroom stalls
Where you pray to, oh oh oh oh oh, to make you a real boy
Saw you pray to oh oh oh oh oh, to make you a real boy
But honey, don't mistake my affection
For another spit in penny style redemption.
Cause we're all sons of someone's
We're all sons of someone's
I'll mean more than I mean to you
I'll mean more than I meant to him
So I pray to, oh oh oh oh oh, to make me a real girl
So I pray to, oh oh oh oh oh, to make me a real girl
So I pray to, oh oh oh oh oh, oh oh oh oh oh, oh oh
Oh oh oh, oh oh oh oh oh

Yo rezo mientras escucho a St. Vincent

oh my Fucking god

this song hits me so deeply

Marry Me- Prince Johnny- Happy Birthday Johnny

Gonna play this at my cult meeting tonight

This LP is great. Prince Johnny, Huey Newton & Digital Witness one after the other. As good as it gets.

This song is fantasmic

always sons of someone's ....+++

Who's Johnny? There's another track with that name on Masseduction

There's also 'Marry me' that features her singing "marry me, john" a bunch
John/Johnny is a lucky person.

TheDemonLilith johnnys homeless now so not lucky

I want to say perhaps her brother? I do believe a song in Masseduction was saying something about it...I can't recall which, I might have to re-listen to it.

happy birthday johnny

OooOoooOoo Oo ooooooo xdd!!

new york and happy birthday johnny

Happy birthday johnny

This whole song gives me Johnny Rotten feels. Ohmaugau.

Happy Birthday, Johnny

По какой-то причине не могу открыть не одного ее клипа 😕

happy birthday johnny...? i wanna know who johnny is now

coming back to this after listening to happy birthday, johnny.

yeeeeeee same

Reminds me of creepy love by them are us too

Reminds me of Bel Canto. Same vocal style. That's a good thing.

[Intro]
Prince Johnny, you're kind but you're not simple
By now, I think I know the difference
You wanna be a son of someone

[Verse 1]
Remember the time we went and snorted
That piece of the Berlin Wall that you'd extorted
And we had such a laugh of it?
Prostrate on my carpet

[Verse 2]
You traced the Andes with your index
And brag of when and where and who you gonna bed next
All with sons of someone's
All with sons of someone's

[Chorus 1]
Saw you pray to all to make you a real boy
Saw you pray to all to make you a real boy

[Verse 3]
Prince Johnny, you're kind, but do be careful
By now I know just when to stand clear
When all your friends and acolytes are holding
Court in bathroom stalls

PURE FIRE

what a great song..👌

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This song is fucking beautiful :')

why did she even attend college? if all she did was to prosper to write pop songs, why even bother to play chords she can't even name?

IndieRock?????? Not in my opinion!!!

This song is literally beauty put into words. 😻

St. Vincent nailed that 1980s top forty sound with this recording.

Some parts of the melody reminded me of another song and it bothered me for awhile, and I think I know what it is. it sounds familiar during some parts to Summer '68 by Pink Floyd from Atom Heart Mother.

The "we're all sons of someone" line also sounds like a line from a Death Cab for Cutie song. Not sure which.

can we just take a moment to realise that she got the word 'Prostate' to fit into a song so well. You go, you.

prostrate, not prostate lol. as in laying flat on the floor.

soooooooo good

This song represents me spiritually.

assuming the spiritual exists

Calm down Nietzsche

How could anyone possibly dislike this?

cantas bien y eres bonita :)

Lana del rey.

the genre???

Indie Rock!

Art Rock

Those drums.
Thanks, John.

Most beautiful song i ever heard.. seen her perform this live three times and it still brings a tears.. Long Live St. Vincent!!

forgot them rule. they told

over 18 you won't be doing any time.

we know to

I know what you did to her she was 13. her ass.
I know what you and your wife did with her and said don't look at my d fagg.
I know what they two did on their side of them building. I know what I want now.

Me encanta

I can't believe this song was on iZombie! :D I'm so happy!

The show is the reason why i'm here. Both awesome

I love this song, but it was never the same after I noticed the inhales.

Suck, sing, suck, sing, suck...

+rob poynter And now that's all I can hear... thanks!

Thanks for pointing that out [sarcasm]. Still, not even that could ever ruin this song for me.

haha, how are you since you know she's human!?

she never takes the breathing out of her songs but GOD IT IS ONE CUTE BREATHING sorry i just love her so much

Phuck izombie that show is shite.

WTF is iZombie? I dislike the zombie gimmick of things these days. Love St. Vincent.

a funny/dark humor show based on zombies. I don't like zombie stuff either but I like the show

The main character is a girl who got turned into a zombie at a party which turned into a massacre. She basically gives up everything to protect the people she cares for and solves crimes by eating the brains of murdered people because she gets their memories that way. It's based off of a comic series.

For a while I was just listening to her old stuff... But I love this song :)

This is great! First heard on BBC 6 Music a couple of weeks ago.

absolutely perfect

+ಠ_ృ Ohh that one did blow up. Lol, nice to hear from you (again)—Congrats on your music taste!

@Olivia Sun  Likewise! And an equally good taste in TV! *(> ^-^)> <3*

+Olivia Sun you are absolutely perfect

+Sean Justice aww shucks

@Olivia Sun . You are natural behind that camera lol sophisticated yet classy, I like.

Beautiful. As. Fuck.

+Lucas Mota absolutely agree. I could have this on repeat for hours.

Here because of iZombie. Thank you iZombie for introducing me to this awesome song. The show has a great music supervisor.

izombie + Shazam = This Moment of joy

Lionheart Mind Explosion I swear! ❤️👌🏾

Such a unique and talented artist. Glad we have such beauties like her making music with creativity and originality.

i fucking love your music.
you're fucking genius!
MORE MORE MORE

iZombie

@JWCollection Hey Major, you're kind but do be care- oh. You just got captured.

YAAAASSS!!! I was flipping out when I heard it!! I was like YAAASSS St. Vincent!!! 🙌💕

@JWCollection Yes. This put a really nice "night time drive" spin on it. Definitely entered my rotation after hearing it (AGAIN) on iZombie.

+kim melgar same when I heard it on iZombie I freaked out! I'm so happy that people are recognizing her music!!!

Big tune :)

I love you Annie.

I hate how she she's all it ruined the song for me

Temazo!

VERY NICE SONG ANNIE CLARK...SAY HALLO TO C D...!!!

Beautiful, u r mi queen

I adore this record.

St Vincent's music is so real and floaty and raw and I love it.

@r completely agrees

At the age of 17, I already understand this song (which is devastating)

that is the most beautiful thing I've ever heard. I could write a poem about that.

I just can't stop listen to this song ><

Such a class song. Best one on that album by miles. Not that the others were bad but they really didn't click with me like the rest of her albums did.

Kurtis Blow called. He wants his drum machine back.

please tell me i'm not the only one who feels softly strangled while listening this...

Your really not

Not alone

When this song ends, I feel an emptyness in my chest.

@marcelo ratzkowski are you still alive?

When my chest ends, i feel an emptyness in this song

god are you kidding? I feel an emptiness throughout the entire song. smh

St. Vincent is what happens when someone gives enough of a shit to write thoughtful, beautiful lyrics, and SICK, original beats.

TELL.IT.LIKE.IT.IS ! :') 👍

@Yekay yeke You know it, girl.

AND has incredible talent, AND is willing to be vulnerable to the public. She is my hero.

So beautiful I found this on PANDORA GURL YOU DO GOOD YAS BOO BOO.