Stand Back & Little Red Corvette

[LiquidBlue5000]

Ok... so me and my friend Matt went to this bar in NYC the other night... we were hanging out and we happened to bump into this guy who was a huge Stevie fan... so, we get to talking and he starts telling us this story about Prince's "Little Red Corvette" and the reason why Stevie wrote "Stand Back"...

He said that he heard from an inside source that Prince wrote "Little Red Corvette" about Stevie Nicks.. He said when Stevie heard about it, she listened to it and was inspired to write "Stand Back" as a response to Prince..

Basically Prince wanted to be with Stevie but she wasn't really interested in him...

I was fascinated while he was telling me all of this, because I had never heard anything like that before.. it may be true or it may not be... but i found it pretty interesting nonetheless..

The story about how Stevie was supposedly inspired to write "Stand Back" was that she was getting married that day, and was in a car and heard "Little Red Corvette" on the radio.. she liked it so much and developed this story line in her head about a ficticious relationship and arguement.. and then she called Prince and he just came over right away and played keyboards on it, then disappeared.. but like many things that comes out of Ms. Nicks' mouth, take that with a grain of salt...

Anyhoo... here are lyrics to both "Little Red Corvette" and "Stand Back"... you can all draw your own conclusions...


Little Red Corvette

I guess I should’ve known by the way you parked your car
sideways that it wouldn't last
See, You're the kinda person that believes in makin' out once
Love 'em and leave 'em fast
I guess I must be dumb cuz you had a pocket full of horses
Trojan and some of them used
But it was Saturday night, I guess that makes it all right
And you say - "What have I got to lose?"

And honey, I say Little Red Corvette
Baby, you're much too fast (Oh)
Little Red Corvette
You need a love that's gonna last

I guess I should've closed my eyes when you drove
me to the place where your horses run free
Cuz I felt a little ill when I saw all the pictures
Of the jockeys that were there before me
Believe it or not, I started to worry
I wondered if I had enough class
But it was Saturday night, I guess that makes it all right
And you say - "Baby, have you got enough gas?"
Oh yeah!

Little Red Corvette
Baby, you're much too fast (Yes you are)
Little Red Corvette
You need to find a love that's gonna last (Oh, oh)

A body like yours oughta be in jail
Cuz it's on the verge of bein' obscene
Move over, baby, gimme the keys
I'm gonna try to tame your little red love machine

Little Red Corvette
Baby, you're much too fast
Little Red Corvette
Need to find a love that's gonna last, hey hey

Little Red Corvette
Honey, you got to slow down (Got to slow down)
Little Red Corvette
Cuz if you don't, you’re gonna run your little red corvette
right in the ground
(Little Red Corvette)
Right down to the ground (Honey, you got to slow down)
you, you, you got to slow down
(Little Red Corvette)
You're movin' much too fast, too fast
Need to find a love that's gonna last!

Girl, you got an ass like I never seen, ow!
And the ride...
I say the ride is so smooth, you must be a limousine

Ow!
Baby, you're much too fast
Little Red Corvette
You need a love, you need a love that's, uh, that's gonna last
(Little Red Corvette)
Babe, you got to slow down (You got to slow down)
Little Red Corvette
Cuz if you don't, cuz if you don't
You’re gonna run your body right into the ground
(Right into the ground)
Right into the ground (Right into the ground)
Right into the ground (Right into the ground)

Little Red Corvette, oh


Stand Back

No one looked...as I walked by
Just an invitation would have been just fine
Said no to him...again and again
First he took my heart...then he ran

No one knows how I feel
What I say unless you read between my lines
One man walked away from me
First he took my hand...take me home

Stand back...stand back
In the middle of my room
I did not hear from you
It's alright...it's alright
To be standing in a line
(Standing in a line)
I would cry...

Do not turn away my friend
Like a willow I can bend
No man calls my name
No man came

So I walked on down away from you
Maybe your attention was more
Than you could do
One man did not call
He asked me for my love
And that was all

Stand back...stand back
In the middle of my room
I did not hear from you
It's alright...it's alright
To be standing in a line
(Standing in a line)
(Standing in a line)

So I walked on down the line
Away from you
Maybe your attention was more
Than I could do
One man...did not call
Well he asked me for my love
That was all