dont worry i wont hurt you i only want you to have some funi was dreamin when i wrote this forgive me if it goes astray but when i woke up this mornin couldve sworn it was judgment day the sky was all purple there were people runnin everywhere tryin to run from the destruction you know i didnt even caresay say two thousand zero zero party over oops out of time so tonight im gonna party like its nineteen ninetyninei was dreamin when i wrote this so sue me if i go too fast but life is just a party and parties werent meant to last war is all around us my mind says prepare to fight so if i gotta die im gonna listen to my body tonight    meaning  byamandah   editor    only the musical genius that is prince could come up with a catchy single that doubles as a hardhitting protest song when the album 1999 hit shelved in 1982    see all   yeah hey they say two thousand zero zero party over oops out of time so tonight im gonna party like its nineteen ninetynine yeah yeah heypeople let me tell you somethinif you didnt come to party dont bother knockin on my door oww i got a lion in my pocket and baby hes ready to roar yeah hey everybodys got a bomb we could all die any day oh but before i let that happen ill dance my life away oh hothey say two thousand zero zero party over oops out of time were runnin out of time so tonight im gonna party like its nineteen ninetynine we gonna we gonna ohsay it one more time two thousand zero zero party over oops out of time no no so tonight im gonna party like its nineteen ninetynine we gonna we gonnaalright nineteen ninetynine you say it nineteen ninetynine mmm nineteen ninetynine oww nineteen ninetyninedont stop it dont stop it say it one more time two thousand zero zero party over oops out of time yeah yeah so tonight im gonna party like its nineteen ninetynine we gonna we gonna whoa yeah nineteen ninetynine dont you wanna go nineteen ninetynine dont you wanna go nineteen ninetynine we could all die any day nineteen ninetynine i dont wanna die id rather dance my life away nineteen ninetyninelisten to what im tryin to say everybody everybody say party come on now you say it party thats right everybody say party cant run from revelation no party sing it for your nation yall party ow dreamin when youre singin baby party say the telephone a ringin mama now party come on come on you say party everybody two times party ow work it down to the ground im sayin party oh baby say it again ooh hoo hoo party oh shake your body baby party thats right come on sing the song party ah aah ha party thats right party got a lion in my pocket mama say party ah and hes ready to roar partymommy why does everybody have a bomb mommy why does everybody have a bomb