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Alice Cooper


Albums
Brutal Planet | DragonTown


Songs

Brutal Planet

Brutal Planet

we're spinning 'round on this ball of hate
there's no parole, there's no great escape
we're sentenced here until the end of days
and then my brother there's a price to pay

we're only human, we were born to die
without the benefit of reason why
we live for pleasure, to be satisfied
and now it's over there's no place to hide

why don't you come down to
it's such a brutal planet, it's such an ugly world
why won't you come down to

this world is such perfection
it's just like paradise
a truly grand creation
from up here it looks so nice

it's such a brutal planet
it's such a living hell
it was a holy garden
that's right where adam fell

it's where the bite was taken
it's where we chose to sin
it's where we first were naked
this is where our death begins

we took advice from that deceiving snake
he said don't worry, it's a piece of cake
and sent us swimming in a burning lake
now we're abandoned here for heaven's sake

why don't you come down to
it's such a brutal planet, it's such an ugly world
why won't you come down to

this world is such perfection
it's just like paradise
a truly grand creation
from up here it looks so nice

here's where we keep the armies
here's where we write their names
here's where the money got us
here's our famous hall of shame

here's where we starve the hungry
here's where we cheat the poor
here's where we beat the children
here is where we pay the whores

why don't you come down to
it's such a brutal planet, it's such an ugly world
why won't you come down to

this world is such perfection
it's just like paradise
a truly grand creation
from up here it looks so nice

right here we stoned the prophets
built idols out of mud
right here we fed the lions
christian flesh and christian blood

down here is where we hung him
upon an ugly cross
over there we filled the ovens
right here the holocaust




Wicked Young Man

cold blue swastika tattooed on my skin
the ice in my veins, the staples in my chin
i've got it carved in my forehead "slave to my sin"
too violent for the brotherhood to ever take me in

gonna write down my law in blood upon the street
to the cadence of a goose-step heavy metal beat
wanna purify my race, gonna turn up the heat
just wanna make 'em die and make the job complete

i am a vicious young man
oh, i am a wicked young man
it's not the games that i play,
the movies i see, the music i dig
i'm just a wicked young man

i like to run my body on heavy heavy fuel
i can punch through a wall, i can kick like a mule
i got a pocketful of bullets and a blueprint of the school
i'm the devil's little soldier, i'm the devil's little tool

i am a vicious young man
oh, i am a wicked young man
it's not the games that i play,
the movies i see, the music i dig
i'm just a wicked young man

i got every kind of chemical pumpin' through my head
i read mein kampf daily just to keep my hatred fed
i never ever sleep, i just lay in my bed
dreamin' of the day when everyone is dead

i am a vicious young man
oh, i am a wicked young man
it's not the games that i play,
the movies i see, the music i dig
i'm just a wicked young man
i am a vicious young man
oh, i am a vicious young man
i am a vicious young man
oh, i am a wicked young man




Sanctuary

your world, full of creeps
zombies walk the street
9 to 5, barely alive
have a beer, go to sleep and start all over again

same gray suit, same brown shoes, same headache, same pills
he goes home, thinks about suicide
but he's got his diploma, ya gotta give him that

i've got a radical place, got my own private space
it's my sanctuary
it's a castle of doom, i'm the king of my room
just a quasimodo
let the world go away, this is where i will stay
in my sanctuary
got my mess on the floor, got my lock on the door
go away, sanctuary
go away, sanctuary

someday i gotta get out of here, got put on a shirt
put on a tie, get a job, buy a car, get some insurance
cuz i'll probably have a heart attack by the time i'm 40

i guess i'll find the perfect wife and i'll have 2.3 perfect kids
and if i work real hard and i die real fast,
they'll all turn out just like me

i've got a radical place, got my own private space
it's my sanctuary
it's a castle of doom, i'm the king of my room
just a quasimodo
let the world go away, this is where i will stay
in my sanctuary
got my mess on the floor, got my lock on the door
go away, sanctuary
go away, sanctuary
go away, sanctuary
go away, sanctuary

i've got a radical place, got my own private space
it's my sanctuary
it's a castle of doom, i'm the king of my room
just a quasimodo
let the world go away, this is where i will stay
in my sanctuary
got my mess on the floor, got my lock on the door
go away, sanctuary
go away, sanctuary
go away, sanctuary
go away, sanctuary




Blow Me A Kiss

take one in the leg (think about your baby)
take one in the side (think about your girl)
take one in the head (think about your mother)
take one in the heart (it's the end of the world)

so blow me a kiss, cuz i'm black
blow me a kiss, cuz i'm gay
blow me a kiss, cuz i'm shakin'
say goodnight...
then blow me away
blow me away
blow me away
tell me what you're thinkin', tell me why
blow me a kiss, then blow me away

take one in the face (think about your life)
take one in the eye (think about your soul)
take one in the mouth (think about your saviour)
take one in the thigh (are you ready to go)

so blow me a kiss, cuz i'm lonely
blow me a kiss, cuz i'm afraid
blow me a kiss, cuz you don't know me
say goodnight...
then blow me away
blow me away
blow me away
tell me what you're thinkin', tell me why
blow me away

i'm in my room, i'm dr doom
cuz i'm not me, i'm someone else
why should you die, don't ask me why
you know it, you know it, you know it
blow me away

i turn the page, i am the rage
i'm coming from a darker place
a much darker place...

so blow me away
blow me away
yeah, blow me away
tell me what you're thinkin', tell me why
blow me a kiss, then blow me away
yeah, blow me away
c'mon and blow me away
tell me what you're thinkin', tell me why
blow me a kiss, then blow me away




Eat Some More

sixty million tons of meat, spoiling in the stinkin' heat
trainloads full of mouldy bread, millions will still go unfed
acres full of dying wheat, burning brightly at our feet
a billion tons of ocean fish, some with nothing on their dish

we can't see, we're going blind
we're just dying on the vine
we're all sinking from the weight
open wide and salivate

do you like the taste, stuff it in your face
it's not nice to waste
we're not happy til we're choking
so we eat some more, throw up on the floor
go back to the store
we're so hungry, so pathetic

lots of melting cheddar cheese, spreading its unique disease
rotting veggies on the ground, where little hungry kids are found
worms in fruit, an ugly sight. they're begging for a single bite
our garbage dumps are mountains high, while other people sadly die

we can't see, we're going blind
we're just dying on the vine
we're all sinking from the weight
open wide and salivate

do you like the taste, stuff it in your face
it's not nice to waste
we're not happy til we're choking
so we eat some more, throw up on the floor
go back to the store
we're so hungry, so pathetic

we can't see, we're going blind
we're just dying on the vine
we're all sinking from the weight
open wide and salivate

do you like the taste, stuff it in your face
it's not nice to waste
we're not happy til we're choking
so we eat some more, throw up on the floor
go back to the store
we're so hungry, so pathetic




Pick Up The Bones

collecting pieces of my family in an old pillow case
this one has a skull but it don't have a face
these look like the arms of my father so strong
and the ring on this finger means my grandmother's gone

here's some legs in a pile where my sister once played
here's some mud made of blood and these teeth are decayed
the ear of my brother, the hand of a friend
and i just can't put 'em back together again

pick up the bones and set them on fire
follow the smoke going higher and higher
pick up the bones and wish them goodnight
pray 'em a prayer and turn out the light

there are stains on the floor where the kitchen once stood
there are ribs in the fireplace mixed with the wood
there are forces in the air, ghosts in the wind
some bullets in the back and some scars on the skin

there were demons with guns who marched through this place
killing everything that breathed, they're an inhuman race
there are holes in the walls, bloody hair on the bricks
and the smell of this hell is making me sick

pick up the bones and set them on fire
follow the smoke going higher and higher
pick up the bones and wish them goodnight
pray 'em a prayer and turn out the light

pick up the bones and set them on fire
follow the smoke going higher and higher
pick up the bones and wish them goodnight
pray 'em a prayer and turn out the light

now maybe someday the sun's gonna shine
flowers will bloom and all will be fine
but nothin' will grow on this burnt cursed ground
cuz the breath of the death is the only sound...




Pessi-Mystic

don't need a crystal ball for me to see clearly
no astrology or tarot cards
watching cnn and holding my breath
to face the daily news scares me to death

i'm pessimistic, i'm so fatalistic
i'm pessimistic, i don't believe a thing
i'm pessimistic, i'm so nihilistic
i'm pessimistic of what tomorrow brings

i can't hear a word you say
so shut up, shut up, shut up, shut up
i like being sick this way
so shut up, shut up, shut up, shut up

everybody's mind is badly infected
everybody feeds the parasite
everything is dark so why not accept it
everything is so much more black than white

i'm pessimistic, i'm so fatalistic
i'm pessimistic, i don't believe a thing
i'm pessimistic, i'm so pisstoffistic
i'm pessimistic of what tomorrow brings

i can't hear a word you say
so shut up, shut up, shut up, shut up
i like feeling sick this way
so shut up, shut up, shut up, shut up
shut up, shut up, shut up, shut up
shut up, shut up, shut up, shut up

i'm pessimistic, i'm so fatalistic
i'm pessimistic, i don't believe a thing
i'm pessimistic, i'm so nihilistic
i'm pessimistic of what tomorrow brings

i can't hear a word you say
so shut up, shut up, shut up, shut up
i like feeling sick this way
so shut up, shut up, shut up, shut up
i can't hear a word you say
so shut up, shut up, shut up, shut up
i like feeling sick this way
so shut up, shut up, shut up, shut up
shut up, shut up, shut up, shut up




Gimme

i know all your desires
your heart is so full of pain
is there something i can provide
when you feel like life's passed you by
i'm on your side...

gimme this, gimme that
gimme this, gimme that
gimme this, gimme that
gimme this, gimme that

please don't ask me my name
does it matter, i'm just here for you
trust me, just let yourself go
and that's all that you need to know
i'm on your side
sincerely...
i'm your only friend
yes, i'm on your side
sincerely...

don't you wish you had it all
don't you deserve to have it all
kneel down and tell me what you need
fame and money all for you
i can make your every dream come true

gimme this, gimme that
gimme this, gimme that
gimme this, gimme that
gimme this, gimme that

tell me, who's more important than you
you're the apple of my ancient eyes
how could the world be so cruel
i'll make you my own precious jewel
i'm on your side
sincerely...
i'm the only one that cares
yes, i'm on your side
sincerely...

don't you wish you had it all
don't you deserve to have it all
kneel down and tell me what you need
fame and money all for you
i can make your every dream come true

there is one thing...
i mean, everything has a price
i really hate to repeat myself...
but nothing's free

yes, i'm on your side
sincerely...
i'm the only one that cares
oh, i'm on your side
sincerely...

don't you wish you had it all
don't you deserve to have it all
kneel down and tell me what you need
don't you deserve to have it all
don't you wish you had it all
don't you deserve to have it all
kneel down and tell me what you need
fame and money all for you
i can make your every dream come true

gimme this, gimme that
gimme this, gimme that
gimme this, gimme that
gimme this, gimme that




It's The Little Things

you can burn my house, you can cut my hair
you can make me wrestle naked with a grizzly bear
you can poison my cat, baby, i don't care
but if you talk in the movies i'll kill you right there

it's the little things, it's just the little things
oh, it's the little things, it's just the little things
yeah, it's the little things that drive me wild

i'm like a mad dog, i'm on a short leash
i'm on a tight rope, hangin' by a thread
i'm on some thin ice, you push me too far
welcome to my nightmare, no more mr nice guy

you can steal my car, drive it into the lake
you can stick me in the oven and put it on bake
you can throw a big brick through my window pane
but if i ever hear ya ask me how i got my name

it's the little things, it's just the little things
oh, it's the little things, it's just the little things
yeah, it's the little things that drive me wild

i'm like a mad dog, i'm on a short leash
i'm on a tight rope, hangin' by a thread
i'm on some thin ice, you push me too far
welcome to my nightmare, no more mr nice guy

i've done it all, and i've been everywhere
i've been beaten, i've been stabbed
i've been hung, i've been buried alive
and i can deal with that
but it's the little things

it's the little things, it's just the little things
oh, it's the little things, it's just the little things
yeah, it's the little things that drive me wild

i'm like a mad dog, i'm on a short leash
i'm on a tight rope, hangin' by a thread
i'm on some thin ice, you push me too far
i'm just a psychopathic psychopathic
i'm like a mad dog, i'm on a short leash
i'm on a tight rope, hangin' by a thread
i'm on some thin ice, you push me too far
welcome to my nightmare, no more mr nice guy

it's the little things, oh, it's the little things
it's just the little things




Take It Like A Woman

i bet you never thought that it would turn out like this
mama's little girl and daddy's little princess
but somewhere in your fairy tale everything went wrong
now the sun don't shine, the words don't rhyme, you're out of time

you've been beaten down, kicked around, on the ground
but you took it like a woman
victimised, terrorised, paralysed
but you took it like a woman
pushed too far, pulled too hard, deeply scarred
i know you must have felt the pain
but you took it like a woman

you thought you had your mr right, but he was really mr hyde
you gave him your most precious gift, you were his bleeding bride
he tied you up, pulled your hair, slapped your innocent face
yeah, you were black and blue, he laughed at you, so what d'ya do

you've been beaten down, kicked around, on the ground
but you took it like a woman
victimised, terrorised, paralysed
but you took it like a woman
pushed too far, pulled too hard, deeply scarred
i know you must have felt the pain
but you took it like a woman

so it's over now, your fantasy life is finally at an end
and the world above is still a brutal place
and the story will start again

you've been beaten down, kicked around, on the ground
but you took it like a woman
victimised, terrorised, paralysed
but you took it like a woman
pushed too far, pulled too hard, deeply scarred
i know you must have felt the pain
felt the pain, i know you must have felt the pain
but you took it like a woman, you took it like a woman
i know you must have felt the pain
you took it like a woman
i know you must have felt the pain
you took it like a woman
i know you must have felt the pain
but you took it like a woman




Cold Machines

i see you working at your station
radiation burns my eyes
love's forbidden, so is passion
this whole place is sterilised

i just want to see tomorrow
day by day to just survive
but this place is built to kill me
no one here gets out alive

i don't wanna be, i don't wanna be
just a memory
i don't wanna be, i don't wanna be gone
you don't know my name
you don't know my number
you don't know my face at all
we walk right past each other
every single day
like cold machines we're marching
on and on and on and on and on

got your thumbprint always with me
got your barcode memorised
they came here to electroshock me
they can't erase you from my mind

i don't wanna be, i don't wanna be
just a memory
i don't wanna be, i don't wanna be gone
you don't know my name
you don't know my number
you don't know my face at all
we walk right past each other
every single day
cold machines we're marching
on and on and on and on and on

i don't wanna be, i don't wanna be
just a memory
i don't wanna be, i don't wanna be gone
you don't know my name
you don't know my number
you don't know my face at all
we walk right past each other
every single day
we're cold machines, we're marching
on and on and on and on and on


DragonTown

Triggerman

I ain't got a name
I don't got a face
no fingerprints
or dna
I ain't got no eyes
I don't got a tongue
but I know what's goin' on
I'm deaf and dumb

I'm pure non-entity
don't even look for me
I watch you when you sleep

I am the triggerman
I am the underhand
I'll keep you on your knees
I am the brain police

I am the triggerman
I am the underhand
I'm full of dirty tricks
I'm twice as smart and certainly twice as sick

I'm always out of sight
a shadow in the mist
I don't need an alibi cuz
I don't exist

[well, I am invisible to the naked eye
I never leave a trace can't be identified]

I'm pure non-entity
don't even look for me
I watch you when you sleep

I am the triggerman
I am the underhand
I'll keep you on your knees
I am the brain police

I am the triggerman
I am the underhand
I'm full of dirty tricks
I'm twice as smart and certainly twice as sick
he's sick, he's really really sick
he sick, he's sick, he's really really sick
he's sick, he's really really sick
he sick, he's sick, he's really really sick

I'm pure non-entity
don't even look for me
I watch you when you sleep

I am the triggerman
I am the underhand
I'll keep you on your knees
I am the brain police

I am the triggerman
I am the underhand
I'm full of dirty tricks
I'm twice as smart and certainly twice as sick

he sick, he's sick, he's really really sick
he sick, he's sick, he's really really sick
he sick, he's sick, he's really really sick
he's sick, he's really really sick




Deeper

we must complete the trip
try not to lose your grip
no sight of solid ground
and never look straight down
deeper, deeper, deeper, deeper

your claustrophobic brain
sucking you down the drain
the walls are closing in
the air is getting thin

the elevator broke
it went right through the floor
it left a burning hole
down and down and down we go
we're in a deadly spin
hating this spin we're in
our helpless panic grows
down and down and down we go

daylight is at an end
you'll never see again
you'll soon embrace the sight
of this cold eternal light

the elevator broke
it went right through the floor
it left a burning hole
down and down and down we go
we're in a deadly spin
hating this spin we're in
our helpless panic grows
down and down and down we go

the elevator broke
it went right through the floor
it left a burning hole
down and down and down we go
we're in a deadly spin
hating this spin we're in
our helpless panic grows
down and down and down we go

the elevator broke
it went right through the floor
it left a burning hole
down and down and down we go
we're in a deadly spin
hating this spin we're in
our helpless panic grows
down and down and down we go




Dragontown

well, here you are
lying bleeding on a grimy street
see the broken glass
sparkling darkly as it cuts your feet

smell the rotting stench
the rancid odour of old cantonese
[reflections of the shattered dreams]
feel the toxic flames
all around you, you can hardly breathe
come with me

come on, I've got something to show you
come on, you thought that it was over
come on, you're really gonna love this
come on, come on, come on, come on, come on

we can dig you a hole deep in the ground
bury your soul down in dragontown
we'll be lower than low
spirallin' down
far as you want to go down in dragontown

open any door
remember everyone you met before
oh, there's a wicked young man
cooking slowly in the frying pan
and the family of bones
are back together sleeping all alone
then there's Alice, dear
and all the little things that got him here
now you're here

come on, I've got something to show you
come on, you thought that it was over
come on, you're really going to love this
come on, come on, come on, come on, come on

we can dig you a hole deep in the ground
bury your soul down in dragontown
we'll be lower than low
spirallin' down
far as you want to go down in dragontown

we can dig you a hole deep in the ground
bury your soul down in dragontown
we'll be lower than low
spirallin' down
far as you want to go down in dragontown

we can dig you a hole deep in the ground
bury your soul down in dragontown
we'll be lower than low
spirallin' down
far as you want to go down in dragontown




Sex, Death And Money

sex, death, sex, death, sex, death

when I go to the show
all I see on the screen is a stream of pure vulgarity
I wrote down a note
I complained for a day to the house of representatives
they laughed in my face
they said son: you're a one in a million minority
the name of the game is to titillate the brain,
stimulate the immorality

I was so offended as I sat for 3 hours
it was mental cruelty, I was so shocked
just a little more flesh, just a little more blood
a little closer to the edge, a little deeper in the mud
I'll never be the same

sex, death and money, sonny
makes this wicked world go 'round
sex, death and money
it's the gospel here in dragontown
sex, death and money, honey
grease the wheels and make them fly
sex, death and money, sonny
that is why we all are going to fry

stuck my nose in the door
ended up on the floor in the middle of a nudie show
she danced on my lap
a couple of hundred dollars later I was up on a morals rap

I was so offended as I sat for 3 hours
it was mental cruelty, I was so shocked
just a little more flesh, just a little more blood
a little closer to the edge, a little deeper in the mud
I'll never be the same

sex, death and money, honey
grease the wheels and make them fly
sex, death and money, sonny
that is why we all are gonna,
that is why we all are gonna fry
sex, death, sex, death, sex, death...
that is why we all are gonna fry
sex, death, sex, death, sex, death
sex, death, sex, death, sex, death, sex

sex, death and money
it's the gospel here in dragontown
sex, death and money, honey
that is why we all are gonna,
that is why we all are gonna fry
sex, death, sex, death, sex, death, sex




Fantasy Man

I don't drink tea or white chablis
I sit around and watch tv
don't send flowers or take showers
but I'll be there to pull your weeds
oh, yeah

I don't read books
I don't french cook or stroll around in galleries
I hate opera, I hate oprah
don't fill my head with poetry

you just want to squeeze my masculinity
why can't you leave it alone
hey, hey I ain't gonna change
hey, hey don't you love it this way
hey, hey I am what I am so please understand
I'm not your fantasy man

I don't do dishes and I'm suspicious
of any grown up man that does
I'm homophobic, don't do aerobics
just lay around and catch a buzz

you just want to squeeze my masculinity
why can't you leave it alone
hey, hey I ain't gonna change
hey, hey don't you love it this way
hey, hey I am what I am so please understand
I'm not your fantasy man

hey, hey I ain't gonna change
hey, hey don't you love me this way
hey, hey I am what I am
so please understand
I'm not your fantasy man
hey, hey hey
hey, hey hey

you just want to squeeze my masculinity
why can't you leave it alone
hey, hey I ain't gonna change
hey, hey don't you love it this way
hey, hey I am what I am so please understand
I'm not your fantasy man
hey, hey I ain't gonna change
hey, hey don't you love it this way
hey, hey I am what I am so please understand
I'm not your fantasy man




Somewhere In The Jungle

there it stands way up high
a million bodies piled to the sky
arms and legs, feet and hands
impossible to understand

countless heads, ears and eyes
never hear, never cry
tribal chants, tribal war
tribal death, tribal gore

and the scavengers are feeding
cuz the killing fields are bleeding
not a single soul is breathing
cuz the Serengeti's bleedin'
and the scavengers are feeding
cuz the killing fields are bleeding
not a single soul is breathing
cuz the Serengeti's bleedin'
listen somewhere in the jungle you can hear the devil laughing
somewhere

african genocide
brother kill brother
side by side
wild animals show their teeth
and run away in disbelief

and the scavengers are feeding
cuz the killing fields are bleeding
not a single soul is breathing
cuz the Serengeti's bleedin'
and the scavengers are feeding
cuz the killing fields are bleeding
not a single soul is breathing
cuz the Serengeti's bleedin'
listen somewhere in the jungle you can hear the devil laughing
somewhere

somewhere the rivers will flow with blood
the mothers will cry their tears
they watch their sons die
listen somewhere in the jungle you can hear the devil laughing
somewhere
somewhere the rivers will flow with blood
the mothers will cry their tears
they watch their sons die
listen somewhere in the jungle you can hear the devil laughing
somewhere




Disgraceland

I wanna tell you a story
happened long ago
about a redneck boy
down from tupelo
I got slick black hair
I play rock guitar
I like to shake my hips, man
well, then I went too far

he ate his weight in country ham
killed on pills and woke in disgraceland
disgraceland, disgraceland, disgraceland

I had a lot of girls
yeah, I had a lot of guns
when they found me dead
the whole world was stunned
went to the pearly gates
said I'm here to sing
and peter said: well son, you see we've already got ourselves a king

he lived on southern deep-fried spam
killed on pills and woke in disgraceland
disgraceland, disgraceland, disgraceland

he finished his short life sweaty and bloated and stoned
he ruled his domain and he died on the throne
no yes-men, no colonel - he went all alone
hey man, that looks like me down there on the floor

I heard the devil cry
really loud and clear
you were a big man there
he's just a sideman here
now I know your face
and I've heard your name
looks like heaven's loss
is gonna be my gain
I got plans for you, boy

he ate his weight in country ham
killed on pills and woke in disgraceland
disgraceland, disgraceland, disgraceland
disgraceland, disgraceland, disgraceland
disgraceland
oh yeah, well, I woke up right up here in disgraceland
yeah, disgraceland
thank you, thank you very much




Sister Sara

now I don't know but I've been told
there's a nun having fun and she lost her soul
she got cash, she got laid
now she's dealin' with me and she gonna get paid
she got caught with the bishop
she got caught with the abbot
even cardinal sin tried to feel her habit
now we get whores and pimps and skanks
but when your judgement came down even he gave thanks

whatever happened to me
can't remember my name
flying so high on angelic wings
flew too close to the flame

sister sara
it's your penalty for eternity
did you think that you were saved
you forget your old identity who you used to be
sister sara
so depraved

oh, come all ye faithless, get in line
you're gonna drown in the water
turned to wine
and you're all going to wallow when you sin and shame
you had every opportunity to call his name
don't look surprised
don't be in shock
you'll be a lovely little demon in my private stock
I'm just doing my job to pull you down
cuz it's a one way ticket down to dragontown

you got caught in my web
(whatever happened to me)
you made your own bed here
(can't remember my name)
and now you must keep me well fed
(flying so high on angelic wings)
you're mine
too bad
(flew too close to the flame)
you're here for me
you're just here for me

sister sara
it's your penalty for eternity
did you think that you were saved
you forget your old identity who you used to be
sister sara
so depraved

moment to moment
hour to hour
forever and ever

time after time after time after time after time

sister sara
it's your penalty for eternity
did you think that you were saved
you forget your old identity who you used to be
sister sara
so depraved




Every Woman Has A Name

you were so beautiful
like a child, young and full of life
seems a hundred years ago
you saw everything so much more tragedy than good
you even watched the world grow cold
and even when your world was shakin'
even when your breath was taken
even when your blue eyes turned to gray

small town debutantes and queens
every woman has a name
cocktail waitresses with dreams
every woman has a name
and every girl whose love survives
a broken heart to stay alive
you signed your picture in the frame
every woman has a name

you had your love affair
some were perfect but most of them were pain
seems a hundred years ago
it took you to the highest hill
left you standing frozen in the rain
but still you feel the afterglow
and even when your world was shakin'
even when your breath was taken
even when your blue eyes turned to gray

housewives cryin' on the phone
every woman has a name
sacred sisters all alone
every woman has a name
and even on the coldest day
when the kids are gone, moved away
it's lonely now, there's no one there
to hold your hand and play
see it written on the grave
every woman has a name




I Just Wanna Be God

I'm in control
I got a bulletproof soul
and I'm full of self-esteem
I invented myself with no one's help
I'm a prototype supreme
I sit upon my private throne
and run my lifestyle all alone
me, myself, and I agree
we don't need nobody else

I never learned to bow, bend or crawl to any known authority
I really want to build my statue tall, that's all

I'm just trying to be god
I only wanna be god
I just wanna be god
why can't I be god

I got no time to take advice
I want to gamble my eternity with loaded dice
I don't need a preacher in my face
when I'm the omnipresent ruler of the human race
ain't gonna spend my life being no one's fool
I was born to rock and I was born to rule
but if I'm wrong on judgement day
I'm royally screwed with hell to pay

I never learned to bow, bend or crawl to any known authority
I really want to build my statue tall, that's all

I'm just trying to be god
I only wanna be god
I just wanna be god
why can't I be god

I'm just trying to be god
I only wanna be god
I just wanna be god
why can't I be god

I'm just trying to be god
I only wanna be god
I just wanna be god
why can't I be god

I'm just trying to be god
I only wanna be god
I just wanna be god
why can't I be god




It's Much Too Late

I never kicked a dog, a child or my wife
I never looked at pornography
I swear it on my holy saint mother's life
but somehow she's down here with me

the road to hell is littered with nice guys with good intentions
but once you're there, you're there it's much too late
I can cry and scream it's just not fair
to leave me here like you don't care
there must be some mistake up there in heaven

now it's much too late
my time has passed away
all my plans and dreams have all ended
now it's much too late to try and plead my case
and I don't know the god I've offended
it's too late

I never stole a thing, a toy or a kiss
my conscience is as clean as can be
and when I was a teen all the sex that I missed
was an abstinence in blessing to me

the road to hell is littered with nice guys with good intentions
but once you're there, you're there it's much too late
I can cry and scream it's just not fair
to leave me here like you don't care
there must be some mistake up there in heaven

now it's much too late
my time has passed away
all my plans and dreams have all ended
now it's much too late to try and plead my case
and I don't know the god I've offended
it's too late

now it's much too late
my time has passed away
all my plans and dreams all have ended
now it's much too late to try and plead my case
and I don't know the god I've offended
it's too late
it's much too late
my time has passed away
all my plans and dreams all have ended
now it's much too late to try and plead my case
and I don't know the god I've offended
it's too late
it's much too late




The Sentinel

I'm not a buddha boy, I'm not a muslim man
not a christian or a jew
I'm not a mormon freak, I'm not a catholic geek
and I'm nothing at all like you

my mind, my heart, my soul is calm
while I sit here soldering my c2 bomb
got some wires crossed in my twisted head
connect the green wire here or was it red

cuz it's my fate
I operate
on hate, hate, hate, hate, hate, hate, hate, hate
I go by many other names but now
I am the sentinel
I want the world to know
I'm sending you all to hell
I'm tired and I'm wired here to blow

there's somethin' disturbin' goin' on in my turban
I'm home, home on derange
I'm doin' my meditation so deep within
while my medication's kickin' in

cuz it's my fate
I operate
on hate, hate, hate, hate, hate, hate, hate, hate
I go by many other names but now
I am the sentinel
I want the world to know
I'm sending you all to hell
I'm tired and I'm wired here to blow

I am the sentinel
I want the world to know
I'm sending you all to hell
I'm tired and I'm wired here to blow




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