Richie did say he was going to do one of the shows in Europe without trousers!

Enjoy reading the interpretations - the Prince is perfect but we don't know if this may have been written prior to his death. I don't think it is Richie as somewhere in one of these multitudes of recent interviews Jon referred to Living With the Ghost and looking over and Richie was not there. Seems that is "his" song. I can't wrap my head around a SK connection either but there is much we do not know.