tonight, on a special "20/20" -- as music fans cry. >> i couldn't believe it. i didn't believe it. ♪ this is what it sounds like when doves cry ♪ >> they also danced. from the superdome to san francisco to australia, the world turns purple. >> anyone who ever cooed into a microphone and harmonized it owes it to prince. >> we're live outside the legendary paisley park and inside from someone who was just there, the mystery of his final days. >> he said, wait a few days before you waste any prayers.

>> and now remembering prince from his closest friends and collaborators. >> he'd be embarrassed that i told you that. >> the innovator that caused a revolution. with his own brand of shock and awe. funk and fashion. >> there's not an artist alive that could wear lace and a midriff and have every girl. it's true, who could do that? >> all the monster hits from the icon who invited an entire generation to his party. ♪ tonight i'm going to party like it's 1999 ♪ >> but who was he off stage? >> i'm prince. i haven't given you enough time to freak out yet. you may do so now. >> a rare glimpse into his private life. and the man that got out of a contract that he said made him a slave. >> and if he says if you get me free from warner brothers i'll

take "slave" off my face. >> and, "purple rain," from screen to super bowl extravaganza. the autobiography and the anthem. >> you been waiting for me? i've been waiting for this, too. come on, y'all. >> prince, the legend, the mystery. >> good evening. i'm elizabeth vargas. david is away tonight. icon, legend, phenom, wizard, trail blazer, rule breaker, prodigy. just some of the words used to describe prince. he wrote a haunting song called "comeback" after the death of his baby son and one lyric says spirits come and spirits go some stick around for after the show, don't have to say i miss you because i think you already know. fans tonight are saying i miss you. and our dan harris is with them now, right outside paisley park. dan? >> reporter: good evening to you from paisley park studios, where

prince worked, lived and ulmately died. behind me, you can see a growing memorial. to the global pop icon so beloved by the people right here in his hometown waving to the camera tonight. look at the fence there, you can see a sea of purple balloons and flowers, a fitting tribute to the man known as the purple one. and the complex, sitting on more than 9 acres of land. this is where prince recorded nearly 30 records and where he was found dead on thursday morning inside an elevator on the first floor. and tonight so many questions swirling around the case with the local sheriff promising to leave no stone unturned. ♪ ♪ dearly beloved we are gathered here today to get through this thing called life ♪ >> reporter: they gathered here in minneapolis today to celebrate the life of prince -- but also to try to make sense of his mysterious and untimely death. here at paisley park, where

prince both lived and worked, they came to honor a native son who became a global pop icon. >> how did you feel when you heard the news today? >> devastated. >> reporter: it was 9:43 central time thursday morning when sheriff's deputies found the music legend unresponsive inside of an elevator that led to his living quarters. it was sudden -- but not entirely shocking. while just last month, prince appeared the picture of health, showing up courtside at this golden state warriors game, april brought the first signs of trouble. at the fox theater in atlanta on april 7th, organizers cancelled two concert appearances saying the entertainer was battling the flu. but just last thursday, prince was back in atlanta to make up for those missed shows. by all accounts, he gave his usual strong performance. >> he left everything on the stage. he gave us his all. he did around four encores. >> reporter: just hours after the show, however, as prince's private jet was winging its way

home to minneapolis -- a medical crisis. the plane was forced to make an emergency landing at 1:30 in the morning in moline, illinois. an "unresponsive person" aboard. >> moline, uh, 990 downwind 2-7. >> reporter: the celebrity gossip site tmz broke the story. >> they took him to the hospital. and after doctors looked at him they said, "look, you're going to have to stay for 24 hours." >> reporter: curiously, tmz's harvey levin says because no private room was available, prince left the hospital after just three hours, and flew home. >> the reps for prince told us it was because of the flu. that never made sense to us because with the flu you tough it out for 48 minutes so you can get home and you're comfortable rather than in some strange city. >> reporter: however, the next day, after returning to minneapolis, prince tweeted out this flyer, announcing a dance party that very night at paisley park. "2 give thanx 4 the good weather and 4 all the love and support." sharyn jackson who works for the local paper the "star tribune" attended the event, not as a reporter, she says, but as a

fan. >> he seemed great. he seemed totally fine, energetic. >> reporter: it just strikes me that what you're describing does not sound like a man on death's door. >> i certainly did not get that impression when i was there. he spoke for a couple more minutes. he said, "wait a few days before you waste any prayers." >> reporter: after the show, prince tweeted out this picture of the crowd, and a message -- "thanx everybody 4 ur extra time." on wednesday night, outside this walgreens drug store near his home, prince was seen in this photo that tmz says it obtained -- perhaps the last image of him alive. just hours later, on thursday morning, prince was found dead at his home. as his body was released to his family today by the medical examiner, we learn that the riddle of what caused his sudden death almost certainly won't be solved until he get back the results of that autopsy. and that could take weeks. >> we are going to leave no stone unturned with this, and make sure the public knows what happened. >> reporter: what the sheriff

said over and over today, we should not expect any quick answers in this case. interestingly, he and the other local officials volunteered that they, too, are prince fans which is why they are treating this case so carefully. as the sheriff told the gathered reporters, to you he was a celebrity, to us he was a community member and good neighbor. >> a beloved community member. >> an early manager of prince once said, the thing he feared most was being normal. no worry there. he sold his first song at the age of 7, "funk machine." here's chris conley on what happened after that. >> reporter: his music fused funk, r&b, & rock & roll into the most adrenalized sound of the 1980's. his hyper-sexual image redefined masculinity for a new age. ♪ my name is prince and i am funky ♪ >> reporter: he was a rock star who didn't look like what some people thought a rock star

was supposed to look like. blessed with swagger, seductive allure, and a level of technique that his peers knew was off the charts. ♪ >> he's the best pop musician that ever lived. >> he could do it all. prince would take the instrument from you and play it better. >> reporter: a prolific, ceaselessly creative musical visionary on every front. >> he was a game changer. when the rare combination of great musician, great singer, great song writer, and great conceptualist. >> if you had a picture of the word prolific and had to put someone's picture next to it, it would be prince. >> he was not confined by rules of race, sexuality, style, music. he had his freedom. ♪

>> reporter: pushing limits, in total control of his groundbreaking look and sound. with the aura of danger that cutting-edge artists are meant to have. ♪ when he was young, what were his dreams? >> he wanted to be elvis. ♪ dig if you will the picture >> reporter: the child of a jazz singer mother and a pianist father. >> my father was so hard on me. i was never good enough. >> reporter: prince rogers nelson grew up in minneapolis with musical influences that spanned genres. from joni mitchell to james brown. a whiff of minnesota's scandinavian melancholy and the twin-cities hit "funkytown." ♪ won't you take me to funkytown ♪ >> prince was shy as a kid. i never thought of him like that. whenever there was music involved, he was the exact opposite of shy.

i mean, he really loved music. you could just tell that it was just in him. >> you're very sweet, but very much to yourself. and shy? >> i wouldn't say that. >> reporter: he didn't say much of anything, and publicly, never would. but from the jump, what he sang was risky, different and just dripping with sex. ♪ i wanna be your lover wanna be the only one you come for ♪ >> every song was either a prayer or foreplay. you either wanted to drop to your knees or you wanted to drop to your knees. >> reporter: it was off-the-rails, and irresistible. yet not everyone liked it. when he opened for the rolling stones in 1981 in los angeles, he was booed off the stage. ♪ i guess i should have known by the way you parked your car outside the way ♪ >> no big. just two years later, he would have his first big hit single. on a song he nearly gave to another singer.

>> he wanted someone else to sing "little red corvette." i said, no, no, no. and i'm, like, i'm having a heart attack. >> reporter: its success set the stage for "purple rain," the album which would make prince an undeniable superstar in everyone's eyes. >> who was top in the pops in 1984? christopher connolly -- >> prince was the critic's artist of the year. both the critics and the artists believed he was the soul and r & b artist of the year. >> reporter: he would go on to amass seven grammys and sell more than 100 million records. and see his popularity put him in the cultural crosshairs. ♪ i met her in a hotel lobby masturbating with a magazine ♪ >> reporter: this "darling nikki" verse, deemed public enemy number one by the parents music resource center -- with tipper gore and susan baker eager to slap a sticker on albums with explicitly sexual lyrics. ♪ won't you please let me lao

down ♪ >> i asked him about the lyrics and he just said, my generation will understand the real reality of my lyrics. >> reporter: whatev. prince remained a witty provocateur, from his diverse, sometimes lingerie-clad band -- to his famous "rear-window" jumpsuit. ♪ now move your big ass round this way ♪ >> at the mtv vmas, where, like the oscars, fashion was another opportunity for cheeky individuality and defiance of the norm. >> using fashion and clothing to further illustrate his creativity. i don't think t-shirts and jeans were his thing. too pedestrian. >> reporter: the power of all of his work would endure, even as musical tastes changed. and the hits stopped coming with such frequency. was it difficult for him when hip-hop and rap came on board and the-- >> yeah. he asked me. "should i learn to rap?" see, he'd be embarrassed that i told you that. but i said, "i don't think so."

>> reporter: yet as the career honors started to roll in, he proved his musicianship remained without equal. ♪ purple rain purple rain he was back-to-back glam with beyonce at the grammys. and jammed with tom petty. >> prince. >> reporter: the night he was inducted into the rock & roll hall of fame in 2004. >> thank you. this is definitely an honor. >> reporter: the performer with song titles too lubricious to say on network television, became a jehovah's witness, asking pals not swear around him. what did matter to him, bob? >> that when he did a show the band was good, the dancers were good and that the audience went nuts. that was his greatest joy in life, was playing. it's what he thought he was put

on earth to do. >> reporter: in recent years, he wrote songs about the devastation of hurricane katrina and the racial strife in the city of baltimore. ♪ >> reporter: through his final shows, prince never lost his belief in freedom. for his own creativity, for other artists, and for his fans, the millions he liberated every time he strapped on a guitar and started to play. ♪ tonight i'm gonna party like it's 1999 ♪ >> ourhanks to chris. with fans listening all over again to those songs, the very best of prince is already slated to be number one on billboard next week. what's your favorite prince song? let us know, using #abc2020. when we come back, prince's private life. eat a hamburger in front of him? watch out. we take you to commercial with

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nothing with parents and nothing with eyes. >> reporter: but he did have a sweet tooth. >> we had to carry tootsie rolls. >> reporter: impatient, impulsive and easily, easily irritated, prince was about control. from new york i spoke with berry who was in los angeles. >> he wanted us to be classy all the time. we called it the no-jeans rule. so we all had to stay fly. i work for prince. like, i have to be. >> reporter: there's so much we never knew about prince because he lived so famously behind this gate. elvis had his graceland, and prince had paisley park. >> prince was very much was about creating his own world, that world had a name. it was called paisley park. >> reporter: this was his sanctuary. >> there he could do him. he created it. every room was tailor made for what he wanted. everything was custom made to

his liking. >> these exclusive photos in "the daily mail" takes us inside. the rooftop pyramid also lit in purple whenever the artist was inside. but it was definitely not neverland. >> there was no ferris wheel. there was no menagerie. there's no monkey. there's no zebra. >> reporter: it did have a basketball court, where it turns out, prince was the king. >> and he could make every shot, any shot with his left or his right hand. you know, i mean, amazing. >> reporter: in this classic comedy skit dave chappelle spoofs prince's basketball skills. the fiercely competitive singer found the skit funny, but had resentment for those who failed to recognize his basketball talents earlier in life. >> he said to me, "i knew i was the best basketball player in high school that they could've had on that team, but that guy never let me play because i was too little." >> reporter: but prince clearly found lasting confidence in his music. ♪ could you be e most

beautiful girl in the world ♪ >> reporter: prince had one woman in mind when he penned this smash hit back in 1994. a belly dancer half his age named mayte garcia, who told vh1 her meddling mom connected her with prince at a concert in spain. >> he performed a number that was kind of arabic style and my parents were like, "mayte, you should give him a tape!" two weeks later, prince is at a concert in germany where we lived, and my mom hands a tape to the dancer and five minutes later, i met him. >> reporter: the couple would marry on valentines day 1996. >> he lost two children with mayte during their marriage, and also his own parents, but he never really spoke out about it and almost kept it very, very tight in his own circle. >> reporter: the marriage ended in 2000, but garcia says she'll always love the music icon.

prince's second marriage would also in divorce. though there seemed to be a never-ending list of beautiful women who found prince charming. ♪ did you want to come to me >> his protege vanity, calling him the only man she ever truly loved. she too was just 57 years old when she died earlier this year. >> sheila e says that she was engaged. >> he turned around and looked at me, and asked me to marry him. >> reporter: kim basinger, madonna, sheena easton, susanna hoffs from the bangles, and a young girl from ohio named tara leigh patrick, who prince thought would benefit from a name change to carmen electra, are all rumored to have dated prince. >> he just never stopped being interested in, well, in women and in beautiful women and in their talent.

>> yet, it was prince's talent that mesmerized so many. the driven star performing on stage for hours at a time. giving fans their money's worth and more. >> it was always whatever they wanted. whatever took them higher, that's what he was going to do. he wanted to give them every ounce he had. so i know when he got to the gates of heaven, he can tell god, i left it there. i gave them all you gave me. >> a wonderful thought. thanks so much, debra. and so many hit songs came from that album "purple rain." it was filmed at the minneapolis nightclub, first avenue where you can see more prince fans have gathered tonight. and we send you to commercial with another song, "i would die for you." ♪ today, i'm going to fight hunge♪

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♪ back now live at paisley park, as fans gather to sign a memorial for prince. they've been packed in that park since news of his death broke. we listen to "thieves in the temple," one of prince's top hits. fans have been there all night long since yesterday when news broke. and paisley park is the hit factory where prince recorded so many of his songs. he wasn't just a ground breaking artist in the music he created he also broke ground in the way music was sold. fought an epic battle against the record industry and he won. ♪ >> reporter: "when doves cry" was one of prince's most iconic hits. the song spent five weeks at the top of the charts, selling two million copies. ♪ and you just leave me standing

alone in a world so cold ♪ >> but even though he wrote it, you might be surprised to know that he didn't own it. most people think a singer writes a song. it's an amazing hit. it's his song. it's not quite that simple. >> the record company owns the record. so when you want to use that record you have to get the permission of the record company. >> reporter: and for prince that was a problem. in 1993 he began an epic and unprecedented battle with his music label warner brothers, and announced he would no longer be known as prince, but by this symbol. >> and a lot people scratched their heads, "what is he doing?" >> reporter: prince began appearing in public with the word "slave" written on his cheek. >> this was incendiary. he wanted people to be unable to look at him without understanding what the record industry did to artists. >> reporter: prince wanted out of his massive contract and

attorney londell mcmillan was hired to make it happen. when you met prince, he had the word, slave, written on his cheek. >> and i said to him, how do we get "slave" off of your face?" and he said, "well, if you get me free from warner brothers records, i'll take slave off of my face." he wasn't in control of his creative output. he didn't own his masters. we have a saying if you don't own your masters, your masters own you. >> reporter: prince discussed the problem during an appearance on "good morning america." >> you know, i don't own, "purple rain," and i don't own, "when doves cry." >> reporter: how risky was this move to take on warner brothers, in this epically public battle? >> it was a very, very dangerous move. >> reporter: dangerous why? >> he had to be willing to walk away from so much. >> reporter: because we have to remember. at that time in the music industry, record labels controlled everything. >> absolutely. >> reporter: he began a partnership, and a friendship. with a man who had no name, dubbed by the media, "the artist

formerly known as prince." you also didn't call him prince. >> prince was very serious about his stuff. this was not a game for him. i actually started calling him "the artist." >> he started calling me the artist before anybody. >> reporter: so you'd walk in and say, "hey, the artist"? >> i would say, "what's up, artist?" >> reporter: it took almost a year for mcmillan to get prince out of his contract. prince's first album post warner brothers was fittingly titled emancipation. in the decades to come, prince only worked on his own terms, he reclaimed his name. >> i will now go back to using my name instead of the symbol i had adopted as a means to free myself from all undesirable relationships. >> i said, "oh, you wanna be a prince now?" [ laughter ] >> reporter: he pioneered new ways to release his music using the internet before anyone else. but without a record label's support and promotion it was more difficult to sell cds. do you think he paid a price by

taking on warner brothers? >> prince absolutely paid a price. some would say, "well, he didn't sell as much. and his records didn't receive as much air play." >> reporter: so it's a flop. >> so it's a flop. but we would go to shows. and the shows would be all sold out in an hour. >> reporter: so he came up with the idea to include the cd along with his concert tickets, which ultimately returned him to the top of the charts. prince would eventually return to warner brothers. two years ago, he signed a new deal that gave him what he wanted most, ownership of his biggest hits like "1999." . and his victory transformed not only his own creative freedom, but that of the entire industry. >> prince really challenged a lot of the kind of preconceived notions of what it was to be an artist and really knocked down a lot of barriers.

>> reporter: his legacy now may include even more music. he leaves behind a vault filled with music yet to be released. >> right. >> reporter: would he want that music to be out? >> i think that prince did not create music for it not to be heard. >> reporter: for mcmillan, there is a sense of pride at having a front row seat to the transformative time in prince's life. and a sense of profound loss. >> we're going to miss him terribly. ♪ nothing compares -- >> but he'll have the heavens jamming and having a great time listening to his -- his music. ♪ >> wonderful tape of prince jamming to "nothing compares 2 you." which could certainly be said about prince himself. and here's a different take, an acoustic version from someone who is a huge fan, got pretty

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>> reporter: last night, real recognizing real. the cast of the broadway show "hamilton," currently at the center of the culture's beating heart with a post-curtain tribute to another heroic figure -- prince. on social media, "hamilton" creator lin-manuel miranda giving props to a kindred creative soul. "today we laughed, we cried, we mourned, we danced. what more could we ask of that electric word, life?" for the 57-year-old who set the pop world ablaze in the '80s. respect and admiration. from those who found their lives shaped by his work. the musicianship, along with the showmanship, along with the songs. the level of virtuosity, that was really unique. >> everything that prince did you can't think about it without thinking about the talent. >> reporter: singer/songwriter/guitarist john mayer, eager to acknowledge the

broad extent of prince's cultural reach from a time steeped in stars. >> you had all these great musicians. i think prince is sort of the pinnacle of greatness when it comes to musicians making pop music in the early '80s. i remember a song called "how come u don't call me anymore." ♪ i keep your picture beside my bed ♪ ♪ i still remember everything you said ♪ >> if he only played the piano you would have said he's one of the best piano players. >> reporter: mayer says he was still a young child the first time he heard prince. what'd it mean to hear guys sing that way about sex? >> i was too young, i didn't understand sexual innuendo. and so i just was like, "he's singing about cream, people." [ laughter ] you know? ♪ cream get on top cream you will cop ♪ ♪ cream >> this is in a lot of ways, a masculine sort of fantasy of being a guitar hero. you know?

while also decked out in -- in the sort of "purple rain" thing. you know? ♪ purple rain >> reporter: as an influencer, he extended even beyond the confines of music. >> i don't ever expect genius not to come with madness stapled to its back, so i'm easy to please when it comes to somebody being a genius. a true genius. >> that genius could transform the work of those with whom he collaborated. >> he brought the best out of people. you know, if he wrote a song for you, he would help you to go into a place that you've never experienced. >> reporter: for the woman we came to know as sheila e. that meant some big hit singles. ♪ ♪ she don't need a man's touch >> reporter: grammy-winning artist yolanda adams was a friend for 20 years. >> there is not a person whether they were in country music or jazz or even in symphonic music that has not heard prince and has not been influenced by

something that he did. >> reporter: artists like lenny kravitz, beyonce and usher. >> there is just something about a falsetto that i think women go crazy over. you know, if you are able to hit that high-high note, they go crazy. so, thanks prince. >> because of artists like prince, my generation can understand "sex machine" and "get up offa that thing." there is no "uptown funk" without prince. >> reporter: bruno mars, another heir to the throne. ♪ don't believe me just watch >> i think bruno is definitely the torch carrier to me for just really great music that is global, that transcends that everybody likes. >> reporter: in his paisley park home, this portrait of prince embracing those who came before him and those he inspired. his passing robs the world of an

outsider's voice, someone who understood loneliness and alienation. >> i don't know why. when -- when it comes to artists passing away, i just mourn the young version of them. when they just went, "i wanna be that." >> reporter: as with so many who changed so much, the hope that they realized. what a difference they'd made in people's lives along the way. >> my thought today, when i sat there and really took it in, was i hope he knew that he did it. and he did it better than anybody else ever did it. that's all that matters. >> reporter: hours after our nighttime conversation, john mayer put this performance on social media, a final acknowledgment of prince. ♪ >> our thanks again to chris. and taking a look once again at paisley park. fans are still leaving tributes. you can see all the purple balloons, the packs, the throngs all leaves mementos all wanting

to be together. when we come back, the song that prince thought was maybe his most autobiographical. and an interesting fact. prince did not sing along in the fundraising anthem "we are the world" but he did record his own song for africa "for tears in your eyes." take a listen. ♪ introducing the fusion of exceptional taste

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in 1984, prince jumped from the concert stage to the silver screen, starring in "purple rain" and releasing an album of the same name. by the way, the song "purple rain" since last night has been number one on itunes. the movie turned a kid from minnesota into a worldwide superstar. ♪ >> reporter: prince roars into super-stardom aboard a customized honda motorcycle in

1984. starring in a low-budget movie called "purple rain." ♪ >> purple rain blew my mind, blew all my circuits. >> reporter: music journalist alan light wrote a book about the movie, titled "let's go crazy." "purple rain," the movie and the album mark an enormous and dramatic turning point in prince's career. >> this movie had no business getting made. prince was this kid with a couple of hits. he was not a household name celebrity. and they don't just go around handing out feature films to everybody who's got a song on the radio. >> reporter: the studio wanted to cast john travolta as the lead but it was a part only prince could play. ♪ i never meant to call you >> prince is the star, he's never acted -- first time director, most of the cast is the band, and we're going to film it in minneapolis in the winter. that doesn't sound like a blockbuster, that sounds like a disaster.

>> reporter: but it wasn't a disaster, it was a blockbuster. the movie that cost $7 million to make, grossed $70 million at the box office. >> the winner is prince for "purple rain". >> this is very unbelievable. i could have never imagined this in my wildest dreams. >> reporter: by any standard, it's an extraordinary success. and many big stars had tried to make movies. >> many much bigger names had tried and failed. ♪ ♪ maybe you're just like my mother ♪ >> reporter: the movie is semi-autobiographical. the song "when doves cry" is a poignant take on the real life family dysfunction and domestic violence from prince's childhood. there was plenty of sex and controversy in "purple rain" as well. was it shocking when it came out?

>> certainly "purple rain" was daring when it came out, for the sexuality. i mean, for, you know, obviously, 30 years down the road, that all looks pretty tame. ♪ i knew a girl named nikki >> reporter: people were appalled when they heard "darling nikki" and when they saw his performance of the song in the movie. >> there was this intense sexual charisma that was at the heart of what he did. you couldn't have prince without having that daring sexuality right at the center of it. >> it wasn't the sexuality or song that transcended, it was the movie's anthem "purple rain." ♪ purple rain purple rain >> evoking his favorite color as alan light reveals in his book. wendy, his guitarist told you about this, quote, "it's a new

beginning, purple, the sky at dawn, rain the cleansing factor." >> think of a prince song and you think of a prince moment i think most people would answer "purple rain" that they think of. >> "purple rain," the album sold 13 million copies going multiplatinum. but prince quickly tired of it. >> he cut the tour off after six months, he didn't do a second. >> reporter: why? >> i think he realized i can't play the same show for the next two years. >> prince never game up on that emblematic anthem. he would play "purple rain" for years and years and years to come in concert. >> he knew what that song did for him and meant to him and his fans. >> it says, i don't want anything from you, except to see you crying in the purple rain.

i don't even know what that is. at all. but i want to be crying in it. >> prince's final performance was in atlanta one week ago. his final song in that performance, the last song he would ever perform in his life. "purple rain." ♪ >> how amazing to have been there at that last performance in atlanta. never knowing it would be his final. now, we're taking a look at the first avenue club in minneapolis. where prince filmed "purple rain" you can see fans gathered there as they have been since news of his death yesterday. and as we go to commercial, we listen to another of his hits, "diamonds and pearls." ♪ ♪ i gave you diamonds and pearls ♪ ♪ would you be

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career, "purple rain." ♪ purple rain purple rain purple rain ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ purple rain purple rain ♪ only want to see want to see you in the purple rain ♪ ♪ ♪