Mr. Brownstone
(Guns N' Roses)

I get up around seven
Get outta bed around nine
And I don't worry about nothin' no
Cause worryin's a waste of my...time

The show usually starts around seven
We go on stage around nine
Get on the bus about eleven
Sippin' a drink and feelin' fine

We been dancin' with
Mr. Brownstone
He's been knockin'
He won't leave me alone
No no nooh, he wont leave me alone

I used ta do a little but a little wouldn't do
So the little got more and more
I just keep tryin' ta get a little better
Said a little better than before
I used ta do a little but a little wouldn't do
So the little got more and more
I just keep tryin' ta get a little better
Said a little better than before

We been dancin' with
Mr. Brownstone
He's been knockin'
He won't leave me alone
No no nooh, he wont leave me alone

Now I get up around whenever
I used ta get up on time
But that old man he's a real muthafucker
Gonna kick him on down the line

I used ta do a little but a little wouldn't do
So the little got more and more
I just keep tryin' ta get a little better
Said a little better than before
I used ta do a little but a little wouldn't do
So the little got more and more
I just keep tryin' ta get a little better
Said a little better than before

We been dancin' with
Mr. Brownstone
He's been knockin'
He won't leave me alone
No no nooh, he wont leave me alone
Ooh leave me alone

Stuck it in a little and I shot it in a little
And it, it drove me outta my mind
Shoulda known better, said I wish I never met her
Said I, I leave it all behind
Yowza!


"Mr. Brownstone" appears on the following albums:
"Appetite For Destruction", "Live Era '87 - '93"

Live
"Mr. Brownstone" was played at almost all Guns N' Roses shows after 1985.

The story behind the song
Axl - "When we moved out of our place on Fountain and La Cienga, I was the last one to leave, and found this piece of yellow paper wadded up in the corner where Izzy's and Steven's room was. It had the lyrics to Brownstone on it. I read it and went, "this is great". They said they had music for it and we ended up starting to rehearse this thing."
Slash - "A lot of people have a misconception about this song. They think it's about drugs. It's not so much a statement about our drug habits; it's a more a statement about other people's drug habits. It's a good little ditty that people can listen to and maybe think about what they're doing. Try and get themselves in perspective. I know one thing, a lot of people who are doing a lot of fucking drugs all the time don't have any kind of..."
  "It's not preaching. Just a statement-you can listen to it or not. You can just listen to the guitars or the drums...whatever you want." Izzy - "It can mean a million different things to a million different people. It's like when you listen to a Zeppelin song, what do you think? I have all kinds of fucking wild ideas about what "Custard Pie" is about."