Skid Row Album

(Rollin'...)

Woah yeah...

Since I was born, they couldn't hold me down,
Another misfit kid, another burned-out town,
I never played by the rules and I never really cared,
My nasty reputation takes me everywhere.

Well I look and see it's not only me,
So many others, have stood where I stand,
We are the young (hey!) so raise your hands!

They call us problem child,
We spend our lives on trial,
We walk an endless mile,
(We are the youth gone wild!)
We stand and we won't fall,
We're one and one for all,
The writing's on the wall,
(We are the youth gone wild!)

My boss screamin' my ear 'bout who I'm s'posed to be,
"Get a three-piece Wall Street smile, and son you'll look just like me"
I said "Hey man, there's somethin' you oughta know, well I'll tell ya Park Avenue leads to (Skid Row)!!"

Well I look and see it's not only me,
We're standing tall, ain't never a doubt,
We are the young (hey!) so shout it out!

They call us problem child,
We spend our lives on trial,
We walk an endless mile,
(We are the youth gone wild!)
We stand and we won't fall,
We're one and one for all,
The writing's on the wall,
(We are the youth gone wild!)

Well lemme hear ya get wild!

[Guitar solo]

They call us problem child,
We spend our lives on trial,
We walk an endless mile,
(We are the youth gone wild!)
We stand and we won't fall,
We're one and one for all,
The writing's on the wall,
(We are the youth gone wild!)

Woah (Woah) Woah
(We are the youth gone wild!)
Woah (Woah) Woah
(We are the youth gone wild!)
Yeah (Yeah) Yeah
(We are the youth gone wild!)
Woah (Woah) Woah
(We are the youth gone wild!)

Ricky was a young boy,
He had a heart of stone,
Lived 9 to 5 and he worked his fingers to the bone.
Just barely out of school,
Came from the edge of town,
Fought like a switchblade so no one could take him down (oh no)

He had no money,
No, no good at home,
Walked the streets a soldier and he fought the world alone
And now it's

18 and life you got it,
18 and life you know,
Your crime is time
And it's 18 and life to go.
18 and life you got it,
18 and life you know,
Your crime is time
And it's 18 and life to go.

Tequila in his heartbeat,
His veins burned gasoline,
It kept his motor running,
But it never kept him clean.
They say he loved adventure,
"Ricky's the wild one",
He married trouble,
Had a courtship with a gun.

Bang bang, shoot 'em up,
The party never ends,
You can't think of dying when the bottle's your best friend
And now it's

18 and life you got it,
18 and life you know,
Your crime is time
And it's 18 and life to go.
18 and life you got it,
18 and life you know,
Your crime is time
And it's 18 and life to go.

"Accidents will happen",
They all heard Ricky say,
He fired his six-shot to the wind
That child blew a child away.

18 and life you got it,
18 and life you know,
Your crime is time
And it's 18 and life to go.
18 and life you got it
18 and life you know
Your crime is time
And it's 18 and life to go

Sleazin' in the city,
You know I'm lookin' for a fight.
Got my heels and lookin' pretty,
On a Saturday night, night, night.
Good God, bless my soul,
I need a fix of rock 'n roll.
Come on baby you gotta wait and see.
You better hurry, To get a piece of me.
Caught a lonely lady,
Crying on a cigarette.
I got nasty, nasty habits,
And that's all she's gonna get from me.
One for the money, two for the show,
Round and 'round and 'round we go.
Take a look at what you might need,
You better hurry, To get a piece of me.
I don't have looks, I don't have money,
But I know one thing's for sure,
One night ain't enough of my love,
She wanted more, more, more.
Sleazin' in the city, You know I'm lookin' for a fight.
I got my heels and lookin' pretty,
On a Saturday night, night, night.
One for the money, two for the show,
'Round and 'round and 'round we go.
Take a look at what you might need.
You better hurry, To get a piece of me,
Get a piece of me! To get a piece of me

Woke up to the sound of pouring rain,
The wind would whisper and I'd think of you.
And all the tears you cried, that called my name.
And when you needed me I came through.

I paint a picture of the days gone by,
When love went blind and you would make me see.
I'd stare a lifetime into your eyes.
So that I knew that you were there for me,
Time after time, you were there for me.

Remember yesterday, walking hand in hand.
Love letters in the sand, I remember you.
Through the sleepless nights, through every endless day,
I'd wanna hear you say, I remember you.

We spent the summer with the top rolled down,
Wished ever after would be like this.
You said "I love you babe," without a sound.
I said I'd give my life for just one kiss.
I'd live for your smile, and die for your kiss.

Remember yesterday, walking hand in hand.
Love letters in the sand, I remember you.
Through the sleepless nights, through every endless day.
I'd wanna hear you say, I remember you.

We've had our share of hard times,
But that's the price we paid.
And through it all, we kept the promise that we made.
I swear you'll never be lonely.

Woke up to the sound of pouring rain,
Washed away a dream of you.
But nothing else could ever take you away,
'Cause you'll always be my dream come true,
Oh my darling, I love you!

Remember yesterday, walking hand in hand.
Love letters in the sand, I remember you.
Through the sleepless nights, through every endless day.
I'd wanna hear you say, I remember you.

Remember yesterday, walking hand in hand.
Love letters in the sand, I remember you.
Through all the sleepless nights, through all every endless days.
I'd wanna hear you say,
I remember
I remember you
ohhh uhhh yeah!

I've been convicted with and without reason
Tarred and feathered like a piper on a killing spree
And felt the anger of generations
And been the target of the cheap shots of authority

So you think you cut me down to size
Well there's something you should realize
It's gonna take more than a break in the law
To make me smile pretty for the wreckin' ball

Won't beg, won't bleed
The end of sacrifice is a threat to society
Hard line, you'll see
Once you've made a mark, you've made a threat to society

I wasn't put here to be treated
Like some disease you hoped would go away if left alone
You can sweep me under the carpet
But, I'll still infect your need to use me as a steppin' stone

So you think you cut me down to size
Well there's something you should realize
It's gonna take more than a break in the law
To make me smile pretty for the wreckin' ball

Won't beg, won't bleed
The end of sacrifice is a threat to society
Hard line, you'll see
Once you've made a mark, you've made a threat to society

So you think you cut me down to size
Well there's something you should realize
It's gonna take more than a break in the law
To make me smile pretty for the wreckin' ball

Check out Clementine
Cleanin' needles in her wine
Face down in her one-eyed world
With her brain-dead valentine

She'll be your zombie, your livin' dead
Her sweet corruption
It's gonna make you, gonna break you
Ohh yeah, she said...

Haunt my house of pain
And feel my psycho love
We'll shine and pray for rain
To heal my psycho love

Legs at ten and two
Chain her down that's what you do
King Tut and snake-eyed slut
In the pink but screamin' blue

I'll taste your crazy, you smell insane
I'm just another ghost
Inside your spirits hall of fame

Haunt my house of pain
And feel my psycho love
We'll shine and pray for rain
To heal my psycho love

As the warm smooth soul
Chases through the cold silence of a body
A body of touch not feel
One question is she a stone in the devil's garden
Or a speck in an angel dust
Ashes to ashes
And lust to lust

She'll teach you true love
Watchin' you turn blue love
She'll wrap you in a chokehold
And suck your symptom dry

Outside my window there's a whole lot of trouble comin'
The cartoon killers and the rag cover clones
Stack heels kickin' rhythm of social circumcision
Can't close the closet on a shoe box full of bones

Kangaroo lady with her bourbon in a pouch
Can't afford the rental on a bamboo couch
Collecting back her favors 'cause her well is running dry
I know her act is terminal,
But she ain't gonna die

Slim intoxicado drinkin' dime store hooch
Is always in a circle with his part-time pooch
Little creepy's playing dollies in the New York rain
Thinkin' Bowie's just a knife
Ooh the pain

I ain't seen the sun since I don't know when
The freaks come out at nine and it's twenty to ten
What's this funk
That you call junk
To me it's just monkey business

Blind man in the vox that will probably die
The village kids laugh as they walk by
A psycho is on the edge of this human garbage dump
And the vultures in the sewers are telling him to jump

Into the fire from the frying pan
Tripping on his tongue
For a cool place to stand
Where's this shade
That you've got it made
To me it's just monkey business

Monkey business
Slippin' on the track
Monkey business
Jungle in black
Ain't your business if I got
No monkey on my back

Monkey business
Slippin' on the track
Monkey business
Jungle in black
Ain't your business if I got
No monkey on my back

The vaseline gypsies and silicone souls
Dressed to the society
Hypocrite heartbeat and cheap alibis
Can't get you by that monkey

She caught the melting sky:
It burned but still the winter passes by and by
To the other side...
A slow parade of wind that blows through trees that wilted
With the season's children
Are we saved by the words of bastard saints?
Do we live in fear or faith,
Tell me now, who's behind the rain?

A maze of tangled grace
The symptoms of “for real” are crumbling from embrace
But still we chase...
The shadows of belief,
A new religion clouds our visions of the roots of our souls

Are we ashamed of our own fate?
Or play the fool for our own sake?
Tell me who's behind the rain?

What do we need? Where do we go when we get where we don't know?
Why should we doubt
The virgin white of fallen snow,
When faith's our shelter from the cold?

Quicksand Jesus I'm so far away without you
Quicksand Jesus I'm so far away without you
Quicksand Jesus I'm so far away... away
Quicksand Jesus I'm so far away

Quicksand Jesus I need you
Quicksand Jesus I believe you
Quicksand Jesus I'm so far away

You got me forced to crack my lids in two
I'm still stuck inside the rubber room
I gotta punch the clock that leads the blind
I'm just another gear in the assembly line-oh no

The noose gets tighter around my throat
But I ain't at the end of my rope

CHORUS
'Cause I won't be the one left behind
Can't be king of the world If you're slave to the grind
Tear down the rat racial slime
Can't be king of the world if you're slave to the grind.

Get it?

A routine injection, a lethal dose
But my day in the sun ain't even close
There's no need to waste your prayers on me
You better mark my words 'cause I'm history.
Yes indeed

You might beg for mercy to get by
But I'd rather tear this thorn from my side

They swallowed their daggers by turning their trick
They tore my intentions apart brick by brick
I'm sick of the jive
You talk verbal insecticide (Repeat)

CHORUS
I said slave to the grind
Slave to the grind
Slave to the grind

Slowly I heal the love that's found its way
Onto another path in times of change
Crossing a bridge unknown,
Hoping our strength will hold
Should they both let go then let me lay
Let me lay

(Chorus)
Show me a sign
To a light that shines
One direction into another,
Sheltered peace of mind

Somewhere I lost a piece of memory
Somehow I know my legs will carry me, yeah-hey
Searching for circles end,
Hoping the wounds will mend
Should this scar, then it was meant to be

(Repeat Chorus)

(Guitar Solo)

(Repeat Chorus) x2

As I stare into the fire
All my thoughts go up in flames
Here I stare into the fire
I'll be waiting on the rain

The box I keep myself in, closes out my air
So I build a fire, so I can sit and stare

(Chorus)
Can it be I'm frozen
Can it be I'm frozen
Can it be I'm frozen
Can it be I'm frozen

As I stare into the weather
My eyes drying from the cold
As I stare into the weather
I sense my thoughts growing old

I listen to the prophets predict the stem of tides
I stare into the weather that's keeping me inside

(Repeat Chorus)

As I stare into the fire
Will the prophets change my mind
While I stare into the fire
All the colors treat me kind

I'll dust away the fallings the winter leaves for me
I'll stare into the fire and set tomorrow free

(Repeat Chorus)

[Affuso / Bolan / Hill]

Play the fence, one way you're gonna fall
Sometimes I don't know who you are at all
Your opinion is something that you've got inside
But I see the loyalty has up and died

Your skeletons
My skeletons
Life is only getting shorter

You can be my enemy and I don't care
Keep throwin' stones at yourself

Stories run in circles that have no end
I hit on luck, then you bum me out again
There's a way that you keep the truth in check
Scratch the surface and treat it like a broken neck
Keep the peace when face to face with the scene
Got a hunch that ain't what you really mean
Weather's fair, does that change where you stand?
My back is turned and the knife is in your hand

Your genocide
My genocide
Life is only getting shorter

You can be my enemy and I don't care
Keep throwin' stones at yourself
You can be my enemy and I don't care
You try too hard and I can tell

[Snake]

What was it you once said
That there would be things in life that couldn't be
Not for a second did I believe you
Not for a minute did I believe that

Within your need you lie alone
This empty space you call your home

If you just let me in
I wouldn't let you break down
I'm breakin' down

As if you thought the rain could wash away the day
And could heal you
Not for a second did I believe it
Not for a minute did I believe that

Within your need you lie alone
This empty space you call your home

If you just let me in
I wouldn't let you break down
I'm breakin' down

What was it you once said
That there would be things in life that couldn't be
Not for a second did I believe you
Not for a minute did I believe that

If you just let me in
I wouldn't let you break down
I'm breakin' down

Give me a minute 'cause I'm wrapped in superstition
Pour me a chemical to take away the edge
Don't make up anything that's breaking all your fingers
Just slap around a bit of what it takes to pledge

Carry out another stone as a slave
Ask general-know-it-all "Who's juggling the earth?"
Tease all the natives that will walk across your grave
And shove aside your nation all for what it's worth

[Chorus]
Beat yourself blind [Repeat 6x]
An open eyes and a closed mind

Look at the suit in suspended animation
A faded outline that used to be a man
A piece of paper that's fallen out a window
Has got a better chance to know where it will land

[Repeat Chorus]

To bleed in vain, to bleed in vain--under my eyes are painted skies
Down at the boneyard, they're diggin' up the relics
Handfuls of parasites thrown into machines
I got the phone call they're tearin' down the mission
The zombies had a ball, but don't know what it means

Beat yourself blind

Remember when we were young
Just two kids on the run
With our fists full of dreams

Took it awhile, playin' it cool
Stayed up late cuttin' school
While lightin' cigarettes, like James Dean

In the backseat of my Chevrolet
Where the radio would play and play
And all the world would fade away

CHORUS
Together we stand
Well, its just you and me
So baby, hold on and you'll see
Forever we stand
And we'll make it through
'Cause I know that I can't live without you

No...

They said we're growin' up too fast
What we had would never last
So we left without goodbyes

And then some times, well, they got tough
Roads ahead looked kinda rough
And all we had was you and I

We prayed to God on those cold, dark nights
And then we knew that it would be alright
We'd go through hell just to hold each other tight

Together we stand
Well, its just you and me
So baby, hold on and you'll see
Forever we stand
And we'll make it through
'Cause I know that I can't live without you

BRIDGE
As long as the world keeps turning,
As long as there's another day
Together, forever we'll stay

Yeah!

In the backseat of my Chevrolet
Where the radio would play and play
And all the world would fade away

Yeah!

Together we stand
Well, its just you and me
So baby, hold on and you'll see
Forever we stand
And we'll make it through
'Cause I know that I can't live without you

Forever
Forever
Forever we stand
Forever
Forever
Forever we stand!

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