Little Red Corvette

It was fittingly freezing for our U of M tour

Oh man, how I love Prince. And as I drove my firstborn up to the Twin Cities (my own place of birth), to tour the University of Minnesota, I was feeling a whole lotta things when this song came on the radio.

Most significantly: It's hard to wrap my head around the fact that it is here already -- the year I say goodbye to my firstborn, when he moves to a new city, when the time in our lives where we spend the bulk of it together is coming to an end.

I'm happy for him. He's looking forward to the next chapter. Ready to figure out what he wants to do with his life, to begin again in a new city.

I know that I will adjust. I always do. It's just going to be a monumental loss. Each life contains some of these, and I'm ok with that: it means I'm fully engaged in my life and my son is fully engaged in his. Wouldn't want it any other way.

So glad that I still have three more years with my daughter at home. So glad my man came back.

And always and forever, so, so glad, whenever Prince (RIP) fills the airwaves:

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

A little state park time on the way home!

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 too 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 too slow down (you got too 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!