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
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
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
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
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.
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....
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
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 written if the Evil Spirit
Arms the Tiger with claws
Brahman provided wings for the Dove
Thus
spoke the Super Guru"
"Did you hear
that"
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-)
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
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
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
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!
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
Tonight
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
Guess what I'm doing now