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  • Civil War 
  • 14 Years 
  • Yesterdays 
  • Knocking On Heaven's Door 
  • Get In The Ring 
  • Shotgun Blues 
  • Breakdown 
  • Pretty Tied Up 
  • Locomotive 
  • So Fine 
  • Estranged 
  • You Could Be Mine 
  • Don't Cry (Alt) 
  • My World 

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    Civil war

         What we've got here is a failure to communicate
         Some men you just can't reach
         So, you get what we had here last week
         Which is the way he wants it
         Well, he gets it
         And I don't like it any more than you men.

         Look at your young men fighting
         Look at your women crying
         Look at your young men dying
         The way they've always done before

         Look at the hate we're breeding
         Look at the fear we're feeding
         Look at the lives we're leading
         The way we've always done before

         My hands are tied
         The billions shift from side to side
         And the wars go on with brainwashed pride
         For the love of God and our human rights
         And all these things are swept aside
         By bloody hands time can't deny
         And are washed away by your genocide
         And history hides the lies of our civil wars
     

         Would you wear a black armband
         When they shot the man
         Who said "Peace could last forever"
         And in my first memories they shot Kennedy
         I went numb when I learned to see
         So I never fell for Vietnam
         We got the wall of  D.C. to remind us all
         That you can't trust freedom
         When it's not in your hands
         When everybody's fighting
         For their promised land

         I don't need your civil war
         It feeds the rich while it buries the poor
         Your power hungry selling soldiers
         In a human grocery store
         Ain't that fresh?
         I don't need your civil war

         Look at the shoes your filling
         Look at the blood we're spilling
         Look at the world we're killing
         The way we've always done before
         Look in the doubt we've wallowed
         Look at the leaders we've followed
         Look at the lies we've swallowed
         And I don't want to hear no more

         My hands are tied
         For all I've seen has changed my mind
         But still the wars go on as the years go by
         With no love of God or human rights
         'Cause all these dreams are swept aside
         By bloody hands of the hypnotized
         Who carry the cross of homicide
         And history bears the scars of our civil wars.

        We practice selective annihilation
        Of mayors and Government officials
        For example to create a vacuum
        Then we fill that vacuum
        As popular war advances
        Peace is closer

         I don't need your civil war
         It feeds the rich while it buries the poor
         Your power hungry selling soldiers
         In a human grocery store
         Ain't that fresh?
         And I don't need your civil war
         I don't need your civil war
         I don't need your civil war
         Your power hungry sellin' soldiers
         In a human grocery store
         Ain't that fresh
         I don't need your civil war
         I don't need one more war

         I don't need one more war
         What's so civil about war anyway                                                                                                    Back To Menu



    14 years

         I try and feel the sunshine
         You bring the rain
         You try and hold me down
         With your complaints
         You cry and moan and complain
         You whine a tear
         Up to my neck in sorrow
         The touch you bring
         You just don't step inside to 14 years
         So hard to keep my own head
         That's what I say
         You know I've been the beggar
         I've played the thief
         I was the dog they all tried to beat

         But it's been 14 years of silence
         It's been 14 years of pain
         It's been 14 years that are gone forever
         And I'll never have again

         Your stupid girlfriends tell you
         That I'm to blame
         Well they're all used up, has beens
         Out of the game
         This time I'll have the last word
         You hear what I say
         I tried to see it your way
         It won't work today
         You just don't step inside to 14 years
         So hard to keep my own head
         That's what I say
         You know I've been the dealer
         Hangin' on your street
         I was the dog they all tried to beat

         But it's been 14 years of silence
         It's been 14 years of pain
         It's been 14 years that are gone forever
         And I'll never have again

         Bullshit and contemplation
         Gossip's their trade
         If they knew half the real truth
         What would they say
         Well I'm past the point of concern
         It's time to play
         These last 14 years of madness
         Sure put me straight
         Don't get back 14 years
         In just one day
         So hard to keep my own head
         Just go away
         You know just like a hooker she said
         Nothin's for free
         Oh I tried to see it your way
         I tried to see it your way                                                                                                                      Back To Menu



    Yesterday

         Yesterday
         There was so many things
         I was never told
         Now that I'm starting to learn
         I feel that I'm growing old

         Cos' yesterday's got nothin' for me
         Old pictures that I'll always see
         Some things could be better
         In my book of memories
         Hands in my pocket
         And no hand in destiny
         I'll keep on movin' along
         With no time to plant my feet

         Cos' yesterday's got nothin' for me
         Old pictures that I'll always see
         Some things could be better
         If we'd all just let them be

         Yesterday's got nothin' for me
         Yesterday's got nothin' for me
         Got nothin' for me

         Yesterday
         There was so many things
         I was never shown
         Suddenly this time I found
         I'm on the streets
         And I'm all alone

         Yesterday's got nothin' for me
         Old pictures that I'll always see
         I ain't got time to reminisce old novelties

         Yesterday's got nothin' for me
         Yesterday's got nothin' for me
         Yesterday's got nothin' for me
         Yesterday
         Yesterday                                                                                                                                        Back To Menu



    Knocking on heaven's door

         Mama take this badge from me
         I can't use it anymore
         It's getting dark ,too dark to see
         Feels like I'm knockin' on heaven's door

         Knock, knock,knockin' on heaven's door
         Knock,knock,knockin' on heaven's door
         Knock,knock,knockin' on heaven's door
         Knock,knock,knockin' on heaven's door

         Mama put my guns on the ground
         I can't shoot them anymore
         That cold black cloud is comin' down
         Feels like I'm knockin' on heaven's door

         Knock, knock,knockin' on heaven's door
         Knock,knock,knockin' on heaven's door
         Knock,knock,knockin' on heaven's door
         Knock,knock,knockin' on heaven's door

         "YOU JUST BETTER START SNIFFIN' YOUR OWN RANK SUBJUGATION JACK
         COS' IT'S JUST  YOU AGAINST YOUR TATTERED LIBIDO, THE BANK AND THE MORTICIAN,FOREVER MAN AND IT WOULDN'T BE LUCK IF YOU COULD GET OUT OF LIFE ALIVE"

          Knock,knock,knockin' on heaven's door.                                                                                        Back To Menu



    Get in the Ring

         Why do you look at me when you hate me
         Why should I look at you
         When you make me hate you too
         I sense a smell of retribution in the air
         I don't even understand why the fuck you even care
         And I don't need your jealousy
         Why drag me down in your misery
         And when you stare don't you think I feel it
         But I'm gonna deal it back to you in spades
         When I'm havin' fun you know I can't conceal it
         Cos' I know you'd never cut it in my game
         Oh no
         And when you're talkin' about a vasectomy
         I'll be writing down your obituary history

         You got your bitches with the silicon injections
         Crystal meth and yeast infections
         Bleached blond hair, Collagen lip projections
         Who are you to criticize my intentions
         Got your subtle manipulative devices
         Just like you I got my vices
         I got a thought that would be nice
         I'd like to crush your head tight in my vice
         PAIN!

         And that goes for all you punks in the press
         That want to start shit by printin' lies
         Instead of the things we said
         That means you
         Andy Secher at Hit Parader
         Circus Magazine,
         Mick Wall at Kerrang,
         Bob Guccione Jr. at Spin,
         What you pissed off cuz your dad gets more pussy than you?
         Fuck you
         Suck my fuckin' dick

         You be rippin' off the fuckin' kids
         While they be payin' their hard earned money
         To read about the bands they want to know about
         Printin' lies ,startin' controversy
         You want to antagonize me
         Antagonize me motherfucker
         Get in the ring motherfucker
         And I'll kick your bitchy little ass
         PUNK!

         I don't like you, I just hate you
         I gonna kick your ass,

         You may not like our integrity
         We built a world out of anarchy
         Oh yeah!

         "AND IN THIS CORNER WEIGHING IN AT 850 POUNDS- GUNS N' ROSES"

         Get in the ring
         Get in the ring....

         Yeah this song is dedicated to
         All the Guns n' fuckin' Roses fans
         Who stuck with us through all the fucking shit
         And to all those opposed
         Hmm...well....                                                                                                                                       Back To Menu



    Shotgun blues

         I got the shotgun blues,shotgun blues
         I said I don't know what I did
         But I know I gotta move
         I got the shotgun blues
         Shotgun blues
         I can't wait here forever
         I got too much here to lose

         An now you're blowin' smoke
         I think you're one big joke
         Me...I gotta lot to learn
         An I'm still waitin' for the heads to turn
         You say I walk a line
         Fuck they move it every time
         You walk a mile in my shoes
         And then you tell me 'bout singin' the blues
         You get what you pay for
         An freedom's real high priced
         An while your rippin' off children
         Somebody's fuckin' your wife
         It's never made a difference
         It's only how you survive

         I got the shotgun blues
         Shotgun blues
         I said I don't know what I did
         But I know I gotta move
         I got the shotgun blues
         Shotgun blues
         I can't wait here forever
         I got too much here to lose
         An now you ask me why
         I said it's do or die
         I'll stick it right in your face
         And then I'll put you in your motherfuckin' place
         And you...you can suck my ass
         An I think it's so low class
         Me...I'm just so concerned
         I'm still waitin' for your ass to burn
         Ooooh you want a confrontation
         I'll give you every fuckin' chance
         With your verbal masturbation
         Me...I just like to dance
         How's that for provocation
         I'm just makin' a stance
         An I'm tired of the frustration
         Of livin' inside of your lies
         And I'm wired on indignation
         I said somebody's got to die

         I got the shotgun blues
         Shotgun blues
         I said I don't know what I did
         But I know I gotta move
         I got the shotgun blues
         Shotgun blues
         I can't stay here forever
         I got too much here to lose
         I got the shotgun blues
         Shotgun blues
         Listen motherfucker
         You're about to pay your dues
         I got the shotgun blues
         Shotgun blues
         If you're goin' up against me
         Then you know you're gonna lose
         I know
         I know (there's ways- that we- can find)
         I know
         I know

         You think anyone with an I.Q. over 15
         Would believe your shit...fuckhead
         Nothin' but a fuckin' pussy                                                                                                                     Back To Menu



    Breakdown

        We all come in from the cold
         We come down from the wire
         An everybody warms themselves
         to a different fire
         When sometimes we get burned
         You'd think sometime we'd learn
         The one you love is the one
         That should take you higher
         You ain't got no one
         You better go back out and find her

         Just like children hidin' in a closet
         Can't tell what's goin' on outside
         Sometimes we're so far off the beaten track
         We'll get taken for a ride
         By a parlor trick or some words of wit
         A hidden hand up a sleeve
         To think the one you love
         could hurt you now
         Is a little hard to believe
         But everybody darlin' sometimes
         Bites the hand that feeds

         When I look around
         Everybody always brings me down
         Well is it them or me
         Well I just can't see
         But there ain't no peace to found
         But if someone really cared
         Well they'd take the time to spare
         A moment to try and understand
         Another one's despair
         Remember in this game we call life
         That no one said it's fair

         BREAKDOWN
         Let me hear it now
         BREAKDOWN
         let me hear it now
         Yeah
         BREAKDOWN
         Let me hear it now
         BREAKDOWN
         let me hear it now
         Get down with yo' bad self
         Alright

         I've come to know the cold
         I think of it as home
         When there ain't enough of me
         To go around
         I'd rather be left alone
         But if I call you out of habit
         I'm out of love and I gotta have it
         Would you give it to me
         If I fit you needs
         Like when we both knew we had it
         But now the damage's done
         And we're back out on the run
         Fun how ev'rything was Roses
         When we held on to the Guns
         Just because you're winnin'
         Don't mean you're the lucky ones

         BREAKDOWN
         Let me hear it now
         BREAKDOWN
         Yeah
         BREAKDOWN
         BREAKDOWN
         let me hear it now

         "There goes the challenger being chased
         By the blue blue meanies on wheels
         The vicious traffic squad cars are
         After our lone driver
         The last American hero
         The-the electric sintar
         The demi-god,
         The super driver of the golden west!
         Two nasty Nazi cars are close behind
         The beautiful lone driver
         The police cars are getting closer-closer...
         Closer to our soul hero in his soul mobile- Yeah baby!
         They about to strike, They gonna get him, SMASH! RAPE!
         The last beautiful free soul on this planet

         But...it is writen if the Evil Spirit
         Arms the Tiger with claws
         Brahman provided wings for the Dove
         Thus spake the Super Guru"
         "Did you hear that"                                                                                                                               Back To Menu



    Pretty tied up

        I know this chick she lives down on Melrose
         She ain't satisfied without some pain
         Friday night is goin' up inside her...again
         Well crack the whip
         'Cause that bitch is just insane
         I'm serious

         She's pretty tied up
         Hangin' upside down
         She's pretty tied up
         An you can ride her
         She's pretty tied up
         Hangin' upside down
         I can't tell you she's the right one
         Oh no,oh no,oh no
         Once there was this rock n' roll band rollin' on the streets
         Time went by and it became a joke
         We just needed more and more fulfilling- Uh-huh
         Time went by and it all went up in smoke
         But check it out

         She's pretty tied up
         Hangin' upside down
         She's pretty tied up
         An you can ride her
         She's pretty tied up
         Hangin' upside down
         Ohh I can't tell you she's the
         right one
         Oh no,oh no,oh no
         Once you made that money it costs more now
         It might cost a lot more than you'd think
         I just found a million dollars
         That someone forgot
         It's days like this that push me o'er the brinks
         Cool and stressing
         (pronounced:Kool ranch dres'ing)

         She's pretty tied up
         Hangin' upside down
         She's pretty tied up
         An you can ride her
         She's pretty tied up
         Hangin' upside down
         And I can't tell you she's the
         right one
         Oh she's the right one...(etc.)

         (But I can tell you a thing or two
         'Bout somethin' else
         If you really wanna know-Know what
         I,m-)                                                                                                                                             Back To Menu



    Locomotive

    Gonna find a way to cure this loneliness
         Yeah I'll find a way to cure the pain
         If I said that you're my friend
         And our love would never end
         How long before I had your trust again
         I opened up the doors when it was cold outside
         Hopin' that you'd find your own way in
         But how can I protect you
         Or try not to neglect you
         When you won't take the love I have to give
         I bought me an illusion
         An I put it on the wall
         I let it fill my head with dreams
         And I had to have them all
         But oh the taste is never so sweet
         As what you'd believe it is-
         Well I guess it never is
         It's these prejudiced illusions
         That pump the blood
         To the heart of the biz

         You know I never thought
         That it could take so long
         You know I never knew how to be strong
         Yeah, I let you shape me
         But I feel as though you raped me
         'Cause you climbed inside my world
         And in my songs
         So now I've closed the door
         To keep the cold outside
         Seems somehow I've found the will to live
         But how can I forget you
         Or try not to reject you
         When we both know it takes time to forgive

         Sweetness is a virtue
         And you lost your virtue long ago
         You know I'd like to hurt you
         But my conscience always tells me no
         You could sell your body on the street
         To anyone whom you might meet
         Who'd love to try and get inside
         And bust your innocence open wide

         'Cause my baby's got a locomotive
         My baby's gone off the track
         My baby's got a locomotive
         Got ta peel the bitch off my back
         I know it looks like I'm insane
         Take a closer look I'm not to blame
         No

         Gonna have some fun with my frustration
         Gonna watch the big screen in my head
         I'd rather take a detour
         'Cause this road ain't gettin' clearer
         Your train of thought has cut me off again
         Better tame that boy 'cause he's a wild one
         Better tame that boy for he's a man
         Sweetheart don't make me laugh
         You's gettin' too big for your pants
         And I's think maybe you should
         Cut out while you can
         You can use you illusion-
         Let it take you where it may
         We live and learn
         And then sometimes it's best to walk away
         Me I'm just here hangin' on
         It's my only place to stay at least
         For now anyway
         I've worked too hard for my illusions
         Just to throw them all away

         I'm taking time for quiet consolation
         In passing by this love that's passed away
         I know it's never easy-
         So why should you believe me
         When I've always got so many things to say
         Calling off the dogs a simple choice is made
         'Cause playful hearts
         Can sometimes be enraged
         You know I tried to wake you-
         I mean how long could it take you
         To open up your eyes and turn the page

         Kindness is a treasure-
         And it's one towards me you've seldom shown
         So I'll say it for good measure
         To all the ones like you I've known
         Ya know I'd like to shave your head
         And all my friends could
         paint it red
         'Cause love to me's a two way street
         An all I really want is peace

         But my baby's got a locomotive
         My baby's gone off the track
         My baby's got a locomotive
         Got ta peel the bitch off my back
         I know it looks like I'm insane
         Take a closer look I'm not to blame
         No

         Affection is a blessing
         Can you find it in your sordid heart
         I tried to keep this thing
         ta-gether
         But the tremor tore my pad apart
         Yeah I know it's hard to face
         When all we've worked for's gone to waste
         But you're such a stupid woman
         And I'm such a stupid man
         But love like time's got its own plans

         'Cause my baby's got a locomotive
         My baby's gone off the track
         My baby's got a locomotive
         Got ta peel the bitch off my back
         I know it looks like I'm insane
         Take a closer look I'm not to blame
         Yeah
         If love is blind I guess
         I'll buy myself a cane

         LOVE'S SO STRANGE                                                                                                                   Back To Menu



    So fine

         How could she look so fine
         How could it be she might be mine
         How could she be so cool
         I've been taken for a fool
         So many times
         It's a story of a man
         Who works as hard as he can
         Just to be a man
         who stands on his own
         But the book always burns
         As the story takes it turn
         An leaves a broken man
         How could she be so cool
         How could she be so fine
         I owe a favor to a friend
         My friends they always come through for me- Yeah
         It's a story of a man
         Who works as hard as he can
         Just to be a man
         who stands on his own
         But the book always burns
         As the story takes it turn
         An leaves a broken man
         If you could only live my life
         You could see the difference you make to me- To me
         I'd look right up at night
         And all I'd see was darkness
         Now I see the stars alright
         I wanna reach right up and grab one for you
         When the lights went down in your house
         Yeah that made me happy
         The sweat I make for you
         Yeah...I think you know where that comes from

         Well I'd look right up at night
         And all I'd see was darkness
         Now I see the stars alright
         I wanna reach right up and grab one for you
         When the lights went down in your house
         Yeah that made me happy
         The sweat I make for you
         I think you know where that comes from

         How could she look so good(So good)
         How could she be so fine
         How could she be so cool
         How could it be she might be mine                                                                                                       Back To Menu



    Estranged

    When you're talkin to yourself
         And nobody's home
         You can fool yourself
         You came in this world alone
         (Alone)

         So nobody ever told you baby
         How it was gonna be
         So what'll happen to you baby
         Guess we'll have to wait and see
         ONE, TWO

         Old at heart but I'm only 28
         And I'm much too young
         To let love break my heart
         Young at heart but it's getting much too late
         To find ourselves so far apart

         I don't know how you're s'posed
         To find me lately
         An what more could tou ask from me
         How could you say that I never needed you
         When you took everything
         Said you took everything from me

         Young at heart an it gets so hard to wait
         When no one  I know can seem to help me now
         Old at heart but I musn't hesitate
         If I'm to find my own way out

         Still talkin' to myself
         and nobody's home
         (Alone)

         So nobody ever told us baby
         How it was gonna be
         So what'll happen to us baby
         Guess we'll have to wait and see

         When I find out all the reasons
         Maybe I'll find another way
         Find another day
         With all the changing seasons of my life
         Maybe I'll get it right next time
         An now that you've been broken down
         Got your head out of the clouds
         You're back down on the ground
         And you don't talk so loud
         An you don't walk so proud
         Any more, and what for

         Well I jumped into the river
         Too many times to make it home
         I'm out here on my own, an drifting all alone
         If it doesn't show give it time
         To read between the lines
         'Cause I see the storm getting closer
         And the waves they get so high
         Seems everything We've ever known's here
         Why must it drift away and die

         I'll never find anyone to replace you
         Guess I'll have to make it thru, this time- Oh this time
         Without you

         I knew the storm was getting closer
         And all my friends said I was high
         But everything we've ever known's here
         I never wanted it to die                                                                                                                          Back To Menu



    You could be mine

    I'm a cold heartbreaker
         Fit ta burn and I'll rip
         your heart in two
         An I'll leave you lyin' on the bed
         I'll be out the door before ya wake
         It's nuthin' new ta you
         'Cause I think we've seen that movie too

         'Cause you could be mine
         But you're way out of line
         With your bitch slap rappin'
         And your cocaine tongue
         You get nuthin' done
         I said you could be mine

         Now holidays come and then they go
         It's nothin' new today
         Collect another memory
         When I come home late at night
         Don't ask me where I've been
         Just count your stars
         I'm home again

         'Cause you could be mine
         But you're way out of line
         With your bitch slap rappin'
         And your cocaine tongue
         You get nuthin' done
         I said you could be mine

         You've gone sketchin' too many times
         Why don't ya give it a rest
         Why
         Must you find
         Another reason to cry

         While you're breakin' down my back n' I been rackin' out my brain
         It don't matter how we make it
         'Cause it always ends the same
         You can push it for more mileage
         But your flaps r' wearin' thin
         And I could sleep on it 'til mornin'
         But this nightmare never ends
         Don't forget to call my lawyers
         With ridiculous demands
         An you can take the pity so far
         But it's more than I can stand
         'Cause this couchtrip's gettin' older
         Tell me how long has it been
         'Cause 5 years is forever
         An you haven't grown up yet

         You could be mine
         But you're way out of line
         With your bitch slap rappin'
         And your cocaine tongue
         You get nothin' done
         I said you could be mine
         You should be
         You could be mine

         Yeah!                                                                                                                                                Back To Menu



    Don't cry

    If we could see tomorrow
         What of your plans
         No one can live in sorrow
         Ask all your friends
         Times that you took in stride
         They're back in demand
         I was the one who's washing
         Blood off your hands

         Don't you cry tonight
         I still love you baby
         Don't you cry tonight
         Don't you cry tonight
         There's a heaven above you baby
         And don't you cry tonight

         I know the things you wanted
         They're not what you have
         With all the people talkin'
         It's drivin' you mad
         If I was standin' by you
         How would you feel
         Knowing your love's decided
         And all love is real

         An don't you cry tonight
         Don't you cry tonight
         Don't you cry tonight
         There's a heaven above you baby
         And don't you cry tonight

         I thought I could live in your world
         As years all went by
         With all the voices I've heard
         Something has died
         And when you're in need of someone
         My heart won't deny you
         So many seem so lonely
         With no one left to cry to baby

         An don't you cry tonight
         An don't you cry tonight
         An don't you cry tonight
         There's a heaven above you baby
         And don't you cry
         Don't you ever cry
         Don't you cry tonight
         Baby maybe someday
         Don't you cry
         Don't you ever cry
         Don't you cry
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    My world

    You wan'da step into my world
         It's a sociopsychotic state of bliss
         You've been delayed in the real world
         How many times have you hit and missed?
         You cat-scan shows disfiguration
         I wanna laugh myself to death
         With a misfired synapse
         with a bent configuration
         I'll hold the line while you gasp for breath
         You wanna talk to me
         So talk to me
         You wanna talk to me (7 times)
         You can't talk to me
         You don't understand your sex
         You ain't been mindfucked yet
         Let's do it (3 times)
         Oh my distorted smile

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