[Verse]
         
    I never me

              
ant to cause y

      
ou any sorrow
          
    I never me

              
ant to cause y

      
ou any pain
         
    I only wan

              
ted to one tim

         
e see you laug

hing
          
    I only wan

              
ted to see you

              
 laughing in t

         
he purple rain

[Chorus]
              
    Purple rai

         
n purple rain
              
    Purple rai

       
n purple rain
              
    Purple rai

                         
n purple rain
          
    I only wan

              
ted to see you

              
 bathing in th

          
e purple rain

[Verse]
              
    I never wa

              
nted to be you

            
r weekend love

            
r
              
    I only wan

              
ted to be some

         
 kind of frien

d
         
   Baby I coul

              
d never steal 

         
you from anoth

er
         
   It is such 

              
a shame our fr

              
iendship had t

 
o end

[Chorus]
              
   Purple rain

        
 purple rain
              
   Purple rain

        
 purple rain
              
   Purple rain

                        
 purple rain
          
   I only want

              
ed to see you 

              
underneath the

       
 purple rain

[Verse]
         
Honey, I know,

              
 I know, I kno

            
w times are ch


angin'
          
  It's time we

              
 all reach out

              
 for something


 new, (that me

ans you too)
         
      You say 

              
you want a lea

  
der, but you c

an't seem to m

ake up your mi

nd
          
And I think yo

              
u better close

              
 it and let me

              
 guide you to 

          
the purple rai


n

[Chorus]
              
    Purple rai

         
n purple rain
              
    Purple rai

        
n purple rain
              
    Purple rai

                  
n purple rain
          
I only want to

              
 see you, only

              
 want to see y

            
ou in the purp


le rain