Demolition 23.
Lyrics reproduced by kind permission of Michael Monroe and Jude Wilder
NOTHIN'S ALRIGHT
(Monroe/Wilder/Van Zandt)
Born in the age of Altamont
Mommy was a hippie and Daddy was a drunk
They really believed all you need is love
While they we're looking for God
the streets we're runnin' with blood
Now there ain't no one to trust
YOU'RE A 60'S
BABY
AND NOTHIN'S ALRIGHT
Born in the age of disco junk
Mommy liked reptiles Daddy was a punk
They said there'll be no future for you
They did too much drugs
and made sure it came true
Now you're really born to lose
YOU'RE A 70'S
BABY
AND NOTHIN'S ALRIGHT
Born in the age of take what you can get
Mommy and Daddy was a TV set
All they left to you remember them by
Is some poisoned water
and a hole in the sky
And Russian Roulette sex
YOU'RE A 80'S
BABY
AND NOTHIN'S ALRIGHT
YOU'RE A 60'S
BABY
YOU'RE A 70'S BABY
YOU'RE A 80'S BABY
AND NOTHIN'S ALRIGHT
HAMMERSMITH PALAIS
(Monroe/Wilder/Van Zandt)
Do you want to hear the story of my life
Got no reason to go home tonight
I ain't complaining what's the use
It's just me and the boys and a pint or two
Telling lies about things we used to do
I AIN'T HAD NO FUN IN LONDON
SINCE THE HAMMERSMITH PALAIS
NEW YORK CITY'S BORING
SINCE THE PUNKS ALL WENT AWAY
TOKYO'S GONE TECHNO
AND BERLIN'S GOING CRAZY
I AIN'T HAD NO FUN SINCE HAMMERSMITH PALAIS
Once upon a time the world made sense
Now there's nothin' straight enough to rebel against
Ain't been no work since '82
There's only one thing left to do
Make sure they know we've been here when we're through
Do you want to hear the story of my life
Got no reason to go home tonight
Well life's a drag and then you're dead
It's just me and the boys and a bottle of red
Telling lies about better days ahead
THE SCUM LIVES ON
(Monroe/Wilder/Van Zandt)
Well my misery's without company
My partners in crime have been taken from me
We used to laugh about our legacy
Couldn't get arrested on MTV
Johnny Thunders was a New York Doll
He cared so much he didn't care at all
Stiv Bator went to catholic school
Turned his sins into something cool
AND THE SCUM LIVES ON
ALL MY FRIENDS ARE GONE
WHY THEY GOTTA DIE SO YOUNG
AND THE SCUM LIVES ON
Brian Jones
and Keith Moon had style
Bon Scott was a problem child
Rob Tyner bugged the F.B.I.
Was Abbie Hoffman really suicide?
Jesse Helms' gonna live forever
Jimmy Swaggart's gonna live forever
Dan Quayle's gonna live forever
Ronald Reagan already lived forever
Reverend Donald Wildmon will live forever
Rush Limbaugh's gonna live forever
All the politician's gonna live forever
Nixon taught them all how to live forever
I'd hate to think it's conspiracy
No one's left who makes sense to me
The immoral majority adding insult to my injury
DYSFUCTIONAL
(Monroe/Wilder/Van Zandt)
I reach out but no one's there
You name it I hate it why should I care
Your mouth is moving but I don't hear you
You're the face of death and I don't fear you
I'M IMPOSSIBLE
DYSFUNCTIONAL
NEVER COMFORTABLE
DYSFUNCTIONAL
Why is life so complicated?
No point getting aggravated
Doors keep slamming in my face
Who made this planet anyways?
Never really asked to be here
All I think about is how to leave here
Disappear
I'm your worst nightmare I'm your ghost
I don't let no one get too close
You're so sincere that I don't trust you
I'm a teenage crime wave waiting to bust you
What's good for me yeah I've heard it before
It's the best advice I've ever ignored
A mind is a terrible thing to rot
I wanna be everything you're not
AIN'T NOTHIN' TO DO
(Bator/Chrome)
I'm so sick of tv
You know, i'm getting
bored of the tube
I'm so sick of romance
I'm gettin' real sick of you
I WANNA GET ON OUT OF HERE
AND FIND SOMETHIN' TO DO
YEAH GET ON OUT OF HERE
JUST AIN'T NOTHIN' TO DO
I'm so sick of FM
I don't play my stereo too
Just wanna get out
on the street fight
Just ain't nothin' to do
There ain't nothin' to do
Gonna beat up
the next juppie I see
Maybe I'll be beatin' up you
Look out
Here I come
Yeah, punch out
There ain't nothin' to do
Gonna knock down
the next suit I see
Maybe I'll be knockin' down you
Ain't nothin' to do
I WANNA BE LOVED
(Johnny Thunders)
Well, won't you listen, baby
To what I wanna say
I'm so crazy 'bout you
I don't wanna play
I WANNA BE LOVED
LOVED BY YOU
You can't change my mind
You can't change the times
You can do what you want
You better read between the lines
You crawled your way to the top
I don't care if you're a flop
I'll do what I gotta do
Gonna take care of you
YOU CRUCIFIED ME
(Monroe/Wilder/Van Zandt)
Good intentions pave the road to hell
Can't reform the faithful infidel
When's love's a creature comfort of the night
It leaves you cold to face the morining light
YOU DRINK MY BLOOD
YOU ATE MY FLESH
YOU ROLLED AWAY THE STONE
YOU WOKE THE DEAD
YOU SAID WE'D LIVE FOREVER
BUT INSTEAD
YOU CRUCIFIED ME
You came you saw you conquered now you fall
Everything for nothing none for all
Grand delusions up against the wall
The legend grows the picture just gets small
SAME SHIT DIFFERENT DAY
(Monroe/Wilder/Van Zandt)
The world goes by outside my window
The night is coming but it's so slow
I wanna talk but no one's listening
I wanna take but no one's giving
I wanna shoot my television
HEY HEY WHAT DO YOU SAY
SAME SHIT DIFFERENT DAY
I WANNA KNOW STUFF THAT I DON'T KNOW
I DON'T WANNA DIE BEFORE I GET OLD
HEY HEY WHAT DO YOU SAY
SAME SHIT DIFFERENT DAY
They canceled my credit at the groceria
The lady there thinks she's the queen
of Puerto Rico
Had to sell all my book on Broadway
They shut my phone off on Christmas Monday
Every morning seems like doomsday
Bullets fly like Tombstone on the Hudson
All the tourists think it's really something
Get outta my town
ENDANGERED SPECIES
(Harper/Garratt)
What makes you breed like rabbits
Is it just religious habit
What makes you die like flies
Have you ever sussed the reason why?
WE ARE THE ENDANGERED SPECIES
WE CAN BLOW OURSELVES TO PIECES
Human life
is cheaper now
It's time they killed that sacred cow
Sold to fear before the altar
Led just like a lamb to slaughter
WE ARE THE ENDANGERED SPECIES
WE CAN BLOW YOU ALL TO PIECES
You bury your head in the sand
You never try to understand
Why so much greed and corruption
Martial army's the lucky patron
DEADTIME STORIES
(Monroe/Wilder)
So now you left me too
Ain't it fun ain't nothin to do
Partners in crime
So damn dead and alive
You were so ready anytime
Last year couldn't make up your mind
Now you're gone and it's cold outside
DREAMS AND DESIRES
LIKE THE FIRE IN YOUR EYES
I WANT TO HEAR ALL YOUR
DEADTIME STORIES AGAIN
I've seen what I've seen
I know what I know but no one will believe
We know love can be like bondage
Unless you open your eyes to see
Living on a bad luck charm
It's too late to repair the harm
Like a storm before the calm
DREAMS AND DESIRES
LIKE THE FIRE IN YOUR EYES
I WANT TO HEAR ALL YOUR
DEADTIME STORIES
SO PLEASE DON'T YOU GO
DON'T YOU KNOW GOT TO STAY WITH ME
I WANT TO HEAR ALL YOUR
DEADTIME STORIES AGAIN
Nothing more to say
You're a million miles away
We always hurt the ones we love
But I won't look back
Not anymore
DREAMS AND DESIRES
LIKE THE FIRE IN YOUR EYES
I WANT TO HEAR ALL YOUR
DEADTIME STORIES
I NEVER BELIEVED
THIS COULD HAPPEN TO ME
I LONG TO HEAR ALL THOSE
DEADTIME STORIES AGAIN
