Civil War (7:36)
"What we've got here
is 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!
N' 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
D'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 fightin'
For their promised land
And
I don't need your civil war
It feeds the rich while it
buries the poor
Your power hungry sellin'
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 sellin'
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' FFFF">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 4 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
Yesterdays (3:13)
Yesterday, There was so
many things
I was never told
Now that I'm startin' to
learn
I feel I'm growing old
'Cause yesterday's got
nothin' for me
Old pictures that I'll
always see
Some things could be better
In my book of memories
Prayers in my pocket
And no hand in destiny
I'll keep on movin' along
With no time to plant my
feet
'Cause 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
Knockin' on Heaven's
Door (5:36)
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 in 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 'CAUSE
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
(repeated several times)
Get in the Ring (5:29)
Why do you look at me when
you hate me
Why should I look at you
when you make me hate you to
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 yeah
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 ya know
I can't conceal it
'Cause I know you'd never
cut it in my game- Oh no
And when you're talkin'
about a vasectomy- Yeah
I'll be writin' down your
obituary-
HISTORY
You got your bitches with
the silicone 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 wanta 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,
Oh yeah! Ohyeah!
You may not like our
integrity yeah
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
Yeah
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
Shotgun Blues (3:23)
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
Breakdown (6:58)
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"
* Cleavon Little-from the
film Vanishing Point -as recited by Axl
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Pretty Tied Up (4:46)
(The Perils of Rock n'
Roll Decadence)
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 sayin')
Locomotive (8:42)
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
So Fine (4:09)
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
Estranged (9:20)
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
You Could Be Mine (5:48)
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 nuthin' done
I said you could be mine
You should be
You could be mine
Yeah!
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