Dizzy Reed - Keyboards, Background Vocals
Ted Andreadis - Harmonica
Paulinho da Costa - Percussion
Party Girls...? - Background Vocals
NEITHER CAN I (Slash/Dover) I once had a friend They found him in a car A hose to the window And the motor running hot Seems he couldn't take it The rhetoric of life Someone found him named With a note right by his side A note right by his side He can't take it back Neither can I No, neither can I Mommy and daddy I've borrowed the car to sleep on the floor I'm sorry so much For bringing my own living hell to your door Thanks for all the flowers At the ringside seat Thanks for nothing everyone The prayers were too weak This is the way It happens all the time Can you pay attention To everyone that cries Remember you can make it through And make it new Only if you try You gotta try Cause you can't take it back Neither can I No, neither can I Mommy and daddy I've borrowed the car to sleep on the floor I'm sorry so much For bringing my own living hell to your door But things had gotten heavy Everything was deep Nothing really mattered So I just went to sleep I just went to sleep And I can't take it back I won't try I won't try I won't try I won't try I won't try Mommy and daddy I've borrowed the car to sleep on the floor Mommy and daddy I'm sorry to tell you, life is a bore Don't send any flowers Don't send anymore Cause I can't give no more Top Of Page
DIME STORE ROCK (Clarke/Dover/Slash) Ain't it scary deep inside Aren't you naked with no pride Let me turn you on Oh, I can feed you lies Let me turn you on It's no longer a game And under your skin I am ready to dive in Parasites on television screens Hide in the cracks and Underneath the seams Dime store rock Has warped your mind Melting faces, deep set eyes Let me turn you on Hey baby what's your sign? Let me turn you on Goes along with the territory She wants to fuck you tonight Please, smelling like a wino on her knees Please, selling you her gothic rocket dreams She's gonna burn you out To make it seem Like nobody wants anything from you Cause you're a has-been on TV It's no longer a game And under your skin I am ready to dive In Let me turn you on Turn you, turn you on Yeah Top Of Page
BEGGARS & HANGERS ON (Slash/Dover/McKagan) Well I know, you couldn't love me Cause you're promised to a wealthy man Take a look, what are you seein'? Is that a noose or a wedding band Should I go to see a healer Nervous twitchin' in my hands Nervous twitchin' in my head God help me rid this feelin' Cause I'm fallin' all to pieces And I can't get out of bed Beggars and hangers on Try to take you from me Someone with a Bible in his pocket Clouding everything you see Beggars and hangers on They chip it away Bury your soul in the river Cause the end is here to stay God help me rid this feelin' Cause I'm fallin' all to pieces And I can't get out of bed I was wrong I don't need you It seems reckless And unfair Better days Are far behind Guess that's another cross I'll have to bear I know that there's a time and a reason To take the ghost and lock it up inside And maybe I am down But I'm not beaten Like anything We were born to die Beggars and hangers on Try to take you from me Someone with a Bible in his pocket Clouding everything you see Beggars and hangers on They chip it away Bury your soul deep in the river Cause the end is here to stay Beggars and handers on Beggars and handers on No no no no No no no no No no no no Top Of Page
GOOD TO BE ALIVE (Slash/Clarke/Dover) You told me you're an orphan The same old standard line Then when we moved in together All you did was moan and cry Talkin' like you'd made it On life's big movie screen I had to say I loved you Just to try and keep the peace Hustler What are you doin' with your time I'm slow to catch on But I think you wasted time You're running low tonight Jack up and get it right You know you're going down Ain't it good to be alive I couldn't make excuses about everything you said You wanna show your bruises Lets throw a party for the band Now here they come a dancin' Like the powder to your nose Why don't you cut your head off Spite your face let's do the show Hustler What are you doin' with your time I'm slow catchin' on But I think you wasted time Hustler You're running low tonight The station's right close by Pack up your car and drive Ain't it good to be alive Tearing at the membrane Of the first new thing in years Found a nagging consolation In a glass of Everclear And the ugly truth has raped you They're saying you're a lousy lay But isn't everything that way Ain't it good to be alive So good to be alive Top Of Page
WHAT DO YOU WANT TO BE (Slash/Sorum/Dover) Sour, this affliction If it was me I'd have it fixed And with everywhere you've been You're much to old to be so naive So what the hell do you want to be Following the trends that never end I can't stand the parties you attend So what the hell do you want with me Oh, you're so underground Oh, ain't that swell Well the word is on the street You're collecting sympathy and then you hide And ya ain't been out in days Will the sunshine burn your face Preserve your precious skin I'll go out, you stay in What the hell do you want to be Following the trends that never end I can't stand the parties you attend So what the hell do you want with me Please don't feed the pigeons Out of the same sad bag of tricks I've heard it all a million times You make me sicker than the wine you drink So if you think I need some help Climb out of your own shell It'll make you think So what the hell do you want to be Following the trends that never end Why is it that I can't stand your friends So what the hell do you want with me What the hell do you want to be Following fashion in the sheets Chasing every other flavor of the week So what the hell do you want from me What do you want to be What do you want to be What do you want to be What do you want from me Looking for anyone who's somebody What do you want from me Looking for anyone who's somebody What do you want from me What do you want from me Top Of Page
MONKEY CHOW (Clarke) I got this dirty politician In my pocket full of greed I take him out for parties And let him do his thing Did you see that silver T.S. Showing off his new glam, man Then he pushed his platform boots I'm gonna, wanna get it I'm gonna, wanna spank it I'm gonna, wanna depend it Faster than you can I'm gonna, wanna get it I'm gonna, wanna spank it I'm gonna, wanna depend it Faster than you can Smash, fast, smash Let the monkey do his thing Smash, fast, smash Let the monkey do his thing What you gonna do When you got everything you want Someone's gonna tell you Everything you want is wrong I'm gonna, wanna get it I'm gonna, wanna spank it I'm gonna, wanna depend it Faster than you can I'm gonna, wanna get it I'm gonna, wanna spank it I'm gonna, wanna depend it Faster than you can Smash, fast, smash Let the monkey do his thing Smash, fast, smash Let the monkey do his thing Gonna, wanna buy it Gonna, wanna try it Why you wanna take it Cause you know you can Chorus Smash, fast, smash Let the monkey do his thing Smash, fast, smash Let the monkey do his thing Smash, fast, smash Let the monkey do his thing Smash, fast, smash Let the monkey do his thing Top Of Page
SOMA CITY WARD (Slash/Sorum/Dover) Skinny kid flippin' out A prissy little thing with a tan Was an outcast in the basement Tryin' anything he can The skirts spit words like razor blades To keep him off their trail He keeps a chant of silence For a moment in his cell The dirty rat is sellin' things he can't afford He leaves his misery to play In the Soma City Ward Soma City Ward Pieces of the son-of-a-bitch Float around the crowd He wears his bad intentions like a cape or a shroud Then he blew his mind on Drano From his third story hotel room Yeah he missed the pool by inches So he won't be walkin' soon The dirty rat is seein' things he can't ignore He left his body for a day In the Soma City Ward Soma City Ward All these people in his head Sayin' to jump out and you'll be free Some sleep in my demon bed Hope that you want it as bad as me The dirty rat is seein' things he can't ignore He leaves his misery to play In the Soma City Ward Soma City Ward Soma City Ward Top Of Page
JIZZ DA PIT (Slash/Inez) Instrumental Top Of Page
LOWER (Slash/Sorum/Dover) Lower than the bottom Swallowed by the ride Floating in the bathtub Children play outside So tell me how to do it How to do what I'm gonna do How to take the knife From inside you Baby, now you're lower too You looked so unhappy Squatting in some stall And it gets even better When all the lights are off So tell me how to do it How to do what I'm gonna do How to keep the life inside of you Baby, now you're lower too What were you really thinking What did you need Cause all those wounds forever bleed Drink me It's a nightmare It's the needle in your veins So tell me how to do it How to do what I'm gonna do How to keep the life inside of you Baby, now you're lower too Burning every memory It's gonna eat your insides out and throw it out on me Struggling, heaven help you Staring down the barrel of your own gun And now you're lower too It's gonna eat your insides out and throw it out on me Struggling, heaven help you Staring down the barrel of your own gun And now you're lower too Top Of Page
TAKE IT AWAY (Slash/Dover/Sorum) You and I Have been playing this game For so damn long And I don't know why These cards are too old So I'm gonna fold Bye bye Bye bye Bye bye Party's over and all our friends are gone Was it something I said, did we have too much fun Guess you missed it, look around It's never you who's to blame for bringing everyone down It's never you who's to blame For setting the stage You want it your way C'mon, C'mon, C'mon Why don't you take it away Take it away Come on, take it away Take it away Take it away Take it away Why don't you take it away Take it away Bad rumors goin' round Nothing said from my mouth Why would you think It's you It's hitting to close to home now Is it me or you Who carries the weight To deal with your pain And don't you hate it too It smothers and drains all the same C'mon, Take it away Take it away Why don't you take it away Take it away Why don't you take it away Take it away C'mon, Take it away Take it away Take it away Chorus You and I Have been doin' the time For all of your crimes And I don't know why It doesn't make sense it seems such a waste of time Bye bye Bye bye Bye bye Chorus Top Of Page
DOIN' FINE (Slash/Dover) Come on down to our house All the neighbors are away We're invitin' everyone We got to take out and everything The local P.D.'s been around That's one right over there And the chick that's sittin' on his face Is glad that he is here There isn't a time frame Been doing it all week long So come on by babe And bring your friends along Don't know what you're missing Having a hell of a time Don't know what we're doin' But I think we're doin' fine We got a band playin', the singer's really fat The cat is in the dryer Who's the asshole who did that Someone's in the backroom I think they're gettin' high If they don't unlock the bathroom I'll just have to go outside Got no worries Movin' right along And what a great night, babe To do what you think is wrong Don't know what you're missing Having a hell of a time Don't know what we're doin' But I think we're doin' fine Nobody is leavin' Cause we're all to drunk to drive Three days later we're still here And I think we're doing fine Don't know what you're missing Having a hell of a time Don't know what we're doing But I think we're doin' fine Nobody's leavin' Cause we're all too drunk to drive Three weeks later, we're still here And I know we're doing fine Top Of Page
BE THE BALL (Slash) Me and a friend decided To leave our lives behind Wife, child, credit cards Get in the car, good-bye Got some stuff packed in the trunk Pulled the plunger and closed our eyes Whatever lane, left or right It'll be the trip of our lives Be the ball - life is one big arcade Be the ball - the aim is to be the game Be the ball - the next four minutes are a total surprise Be the ball - Hell-bent, damn we love to drive Through all the pits and valleys Through the tunnels in the maze We don't know where we're going But we got the Stones cranked As fast as the orbit takes us Is just how fast we'll play Around the bumpers and down the drain We're so out there, we feel no pain Be the ball - don't you try to set your sights Be the ball - You'll never get it right Be the ball - gonna see the world tonight Be the ball - Hell-bent, damn we love to drive We love to drive Drive Be the ball - the last four minutes Be the ball - it's too late to change our minds Seen it all - we are so amazingly high Be the ball - Hell-bent, dammit we love to drive Top Of Page
I HAVE EVERYBODY (BUT YOU) (Slash/Dover) They filled me full of promises Till it burned the roof of my mouth I thought these jokers were my friends Until they sold me out Speed freaks at my door It's all the same to me Everybody's barkin' up the same ole tree I hate everybody but you And it won't get better soon You rub me all the right ways baby You'll probably screw me too When you were told you're too old To strip and pay the bills You moved in with your loser friends So you could take designer pills Take it how you want it Scream that you were framed Cause you beat My sister's looks and all But the sex is just the same I hate everybody but you And it won't get better soon You rub me all the right ways baby You'll probably screw me too Give it up you still want more I'll fight you to the end you still want more I put my heavy faith Into a karma sucker's safe Give it up Give it up I hate everybody but you Seems no matter what I do I can't help feelin' paranoid Of what's in it for you I hate everybody but you But I got no one else to turn to If I end up getting screwed I might as well get screwed by you Top Of Page
BACK AND FORTH AGAIN (Slash/Dover) Bow you've slipped away And found a place to stay Who do I congratulate But I'm happy for you Where are you today I sense that you're afraid And I don't know what to do I miss you, but what does it change This confusion feels the same Forget you and let you leave But I'm still thinkin' it through It's been the conflict between us That's kept me from sinking before You drove me crazy and I let you Come do it some more Put the past to bed, we've done it before Now we're back and forth again Can we help this pointless thing Swingin' like a hinge To the place we always meet There's nothing to say Except loneliness is strange Cause you wear the face That I never can leave And I know you're gonna call Cause you know just where I'll be Once you come and find me here I'll be happy for me So happy to be Not alone anymore We've done it before Now we're back and forth again Can we help this pointless thing And swingin' like a hinge To the place we always meet It's such a shame how little things Can change your minds Don't just sit there filing your nails And passing the time I can't let you bottle it up And take it too far Carrying all of that weight Is the hardest part Now we're back and forth again Can we help this pointless thing And swingin' like a hinge To the place we always meet Back and forth again Back and forth again Back and forth again Back and forth again Top Of Page