Spin Doctors Songs - Two Princes Lyrics

Spin Doctors - Two Princes

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Album: Pocket Full of Kryptonite
Released: 1991

Two Princes Lyrics

Yeah
One, two, princes kneel before you
That's what I said, now
Princes, Princes who adore you
Just go ahead, now
One has diamonds in his pockets
That's some bread, now
This one, said he wants to buy you rockets
Ain't in his head, now

Aah,

This one, got a princely racket
That's what I said, now
Got some big seal upon his jacket
Ain't in his head, now
You marry him, your father will condone you
How 'bout that, now
You marry me, your father will disown you
He'll eat his hat, now

Marry him or marry me,
I'm the one that loves you baby can't you see?
I ain't got no future or a family tree,
But I know what a prince and lover ought to be,
I know what a prince and lover ought to be

Said, if you want to call me baby
Just go ahead, now
And if you like to tell me maybe
Just go ahead, now
And if you wanna buy me flowers
Just go ahead, now
And if you like to talk for hours
Just go ahead, now

Said

One, two, princes kneel before you
That's what I said, now
Princes, Princes who adore you
Just go ahead, now
One has diamonds in his pockets
That's some bread, now
This one, he wants to buy you rockets
Ain't in his head, now

Marry him or marry me,
I'm the one that loves you baby can't you see?
I ain't got no future or a family tree,
But I know what a prince and lover ought to be
I know what a prince and lover ought to be

Said, if you want to call me baby
Just go ahead, now
And if you like to tell me maybe
Just go ahead, now
And If you wanna buy me flowers
Just go ahead, now
And if you like to talk for hours
Just go ahead, now

And if you want to call me baby
Just go ahead, now
And if you like to tell me maybe
Just go ahead, now
And If you like buy me flowers
Just go ahead, now
And if you like to talk for hours
Just go ahead, now

And if you want to call me baby
Just go ahead, now
If you like to tell me maybe
Just go ahead, now
If you wanna buy me flowers
Just, go ahead, now
And if you like to talk for hours
Just go ahead, now

Whoa whoa baby
Just go ahead now
Whoa, just, just go ahead now
Just go ahead now
Whoa you're majesty
Come forget the king and marry me
Just go ahead now
C'mon
C'mon
Just go ahead now
Yeahh
If you want to buy me flowers
Just go ahead now

Writer/s: GROSS, CHRISTOPHER / SCHENKMAN, ERIC / WHITE, MARK / COMESS, AARON
Publisher: Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
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Two Princes

The Spin Doctors are a New York group led by Chris Barron, who rocked a very disheveled look at the time. They were tagged an "Alternative" band, which was good for marketing purposes, since it made them sound edgy. Really, they were a Rock band with Pop appeal, and in 1993 there was a huge demand for their sound, especially among Top-40 radio stations who were pushing back against the tide of Hip-Hop.

Their first single, "Little Miss Can't Be Wrong," was a modest hit, climbing to #17 in the US. "Two Princes" did far better, becoming their biggest hit and best-known song. Both songs were composed by the entire band: Baron, Aaron Comess, Eric Schenkman and Mark White.

In this song, Chris Barron takes the voice of a poor prince (must be a pretty lame kingdom) trying to convince a girl that she should marry him instead of his wealthy counterpart. The underdog theme shows up a lot in Barron's lyrics; something he attributes to his itinerant childhood - he spent time in Australia and Europe before settling in New Jersey.

The song was originally played a lot faster but when the band came to record it, they slowed it down. Drummer Aaron Comess recalled to Mikedolbear.com : "There are certain songs when you find the right tempo, all of a sudden the lyrics come out, it feels right and I think with 'Two Princes' we really lucked out. It's one of those things, we got in the studio, found a good tempo, we recorded it, everything just really came together. It's very simple, there's not a lot of stuff on it, somehow the sound and feel we got, we just lucked out and found the perfect thing."

This featured prominently in the Sarah Silverman Program episode "Maid to Border," as the only song her friend and neighbor has on his iPod. It also was played in Futurama as an example of 'college rock' as opposed to 'alternative rock.'

Spin Doctors performed a parody version of this song on Sesame Street in which two princes (Elmo and Telly) ask for a play date.

This soundtracked a Peugeot 307 advert called "Demands Attention," which was shown in Australia, Argentina, Brazil and the United Kingdom.