Ain't life grand

Have seen them raise an eye, I'm coming home 

Seedy and crawlin', seven years or more 

Now you know where I'm goin'

A beautiful shade of blue and pale

A color you bought at a junkie's yard sale 

Stop your cryin', Stop your cryin' 

Well I'm Lazy now - the summer crazy farm is all I own with... 



My Motor, my thrills, I needed my space 

My Prison, my drugs, let's go to my place



Ain't been there lately 

Ain't been there lately

Ain't been there lately - there's no room 



Well I sacrificed all the people

that were killin' me and since gone away

Three of them murdered, two livin'

Now even god's gone, not much left to say

If there's a day you wanna come by 

Everybody knows i'll just be sittin' here 

Drop on by now, let's get high now

The reverend reminded me your redemption can be paid with... 



My Motor, my thrills, I needed my space

My Prison, my drugs, let's go to my place



Ain't been there lately

Ain't been there lately 

Ain't been there lately - there's no room 



Ain't been there lately 

Ain't been there lately 

Ain't been there lately 

Ain't been there lately, lately

Captain Jack was a suicide pimp with a nonstop nosebleed 

Fell in love with a church choir tramp 

Found out she was a drag queen 



Crown him the hollywood kid 

Spent his time in another man's bed 

Does anybody care

He said - he said 



Jimmy Jaw took a ten story dive about sixteen thousand feet

I watched the body go slat and they scraped him off the street 

Now he's a hollywood kid tryin' to fly 

They found him dead was anybody there he said - he said 



Stars laid out on the Hollywood squares 

Going 'round and 'round like musical chairs

But be ready to rumble

Be ready to fight, if you wanna live through the boulevard night 

Get ready for problems, get ready for pain

If you wanna play the L.A. game

Where you got to hustle and nothing is fair 

Be a chalk outline on a Hollywood square 



Lady Faye back in '52 was a friend for fame

Not a lick of talent, paid dues, got fucked by John Wayne 



Crown her the Hollywood queen, she gives head in every scene 

Did anybody stare she said - she said 



Stars laid out on the Hollywood squares 

Going 'round and 'round like musical chairs 

But be ready to rumble 

Be ready to fight, if you wanna live through the boulevard night 

Get ready for problems, get ready for pain 

If you wanna play the L.A. game 

Where you got to hustle and nothing is fair 

Be a chalk outline on a Hollywood square

You turn me on like some midnight show, I'm so damn strung 

You burn me out, red line overload, then watch me blow 



Well I've been waiting hypnotized down on your floor

You can't save me

You don't have Adam and Eve to kick around anymore 

They really do write the song

They want everybody to... 



Shine, they want you to shine

Stand beneath the sun and you too can shine



I shed my skin, if you peel it back, unoriginal sin 



Well, I've been wasting, hypnotized down on your phone 

You can't save me 

You don't have Adam and Eve to kick around anymore 

You really do rock the show, 

They want everybody to...



Shine

They want you to shine

Everybody 

Shine if you're loaded baby

Shine any place that you're gonna be

Shine

Stand beneath the sun and you too can shine



So violated, the way we burned out from its fire

So violated, the way we killed the sun 

So violated, the way we burned out from its fire 

So violated, the way we killed the sun 



Shine 

They want you to shine

Everybody shine if you're loaded baby 

Shine any place that you're gonna be

Shine

Stand beneath the sun and you too can shine

You're dissin' me, I never show it

But you're always getting into my head, 

Dismissin' me I let you do it but you're doin' it

In front of my friends 



I'm not your doormat, I'm the leader of a kick-you

When you're down crusade, I'm not a part of that

I hear the rumors, goin' round that I'm not the man



I'm tired of playin' dumb

I'm tired of being pushed around 

And if you think that I'm going soft 

Here come some hard times



I got one mean bone in my body

I got one mean bone in my hand



You are a parasite, you latched on 

And now I'm up to my neck in pain

All we do is fight, you bitch and moan so much

I think I need a hearing aid 



My love won't overcome

The way you put me down 

And if you think that I'm goin' soft

Here come some hard times



I got one mean bone in my body

I got one mean bone in my hand

You say you don't wanna go but you've got to understand

That you're so far away from me and I'm all alone

Even when you're standing next to me

Deep inside, I feel you want to go free 



I wanted you eternally 

I see the truth, now that you've lied to me 



Can't you see that the pain breaks me in two

It takes me from you

I feel it stop my beating heart, with every little thing you do

It tears me apart, please make it stop and be mine again

So we can take it right back to the moment

Where we start again 



And baby, you say you already know

But you won't ever understand

What it's like to feel you slippin' away from me

I'm down on my knees

Even though I tried to carry on

Deep inside, I feel like I'm the only one



I wanted you eternally, but I see the truth

Now that you've lied to me

Oh and you lie to me 



Can't you see that the pain breaks me in two

It takes me from you

I feel it stop my beating heart, with every little thing you do

It tears me apart, please make it stop and be mine again 

So we can take it right back to the moment 

Where we start again



I feel like you're taking away 

My everything, my everything 

'Cause everything you say and do 

It's like your playing a part 

When the curtain finally closes

I wonder if you're going to take a bow 

Before you break my heart, before you break my heart 



Now listen to me

Can't you see that the pain breaks me in two

It takes me from you

I feel it stop my beating heart, with every little thing you do

It tears me apart, please make it stop and be mine again

So we can take it right back to the moment 



Can't you see that the pain breaks me in two

It takes me from you

I feel it stop my beating heart, with every little thing you do

It tears me apart, Baby please make it stop and be mine again

So we can take it right back to the moment...

Hey what you doin' out there

Did you tumble down and burn out in the fire

You, ain't going nowhere 

Stay with me now let's get higher and higher 



I, dead broke and blue take a look 

No, I ain't no rose

We, just you and me 

Got a little tied up and now

I'm indisposed



Keep it going once it's started 

Share a ride with everybody 



Life 

Such a sweet sweet drug

Complete my world

Come and make me numb 



He had a seven year itch 

Losin' and scratchin' himself 

She was a complicated bitch 

Fuck with your mind 

Put your balls on a shell 



Keep it going, once it started

Share a ride with everybody



Life 

Such a sweet sweet drug

Complete my world

Come and make me numb



Now at this moment

I can feel the ecstasy 

Live the life you're given

Leave the bag with me, please



Life 

Such a sweet sweet drug 

Complete my world 

Come and make me numb...

Here we are alone now, just you and me 

Down the halls we waltz, your end is in my dreams 



I wanna be like him, he had a dreadful life

I wanna learn to shoot, I wanna use the knife

I like the smell of fear that makes you paralyzed

I am the boy next door who put that fear in your eyes



I hope you can leave all this for yourself

I'll be your slave and then dig your grave

While we're makin' love I dream revolver



They say I'm crazy, falling apart

Do you like the way I murdered your heart

I'm smart and cagey, I come in the night

If you let me in, you'll give up your life 



He like to roll in mud, up to his chin 

Now I open my head and let his voodoo in

I rode those sissy bars all the way to hell 

Sweet mother justice, I've heard it all 

There's nothing left to tell



I hope you didn't need all this for yourself

And the man with the stars says he knows you are 

But I just keep singing' la dee dee dah 



They say I'm crazy, falling apart

Do you like the way I murdered your heart

I'm smart and cagey, I come in the night

If you let me in, you'll give up your life



Boom boom bang bang, screams in the dark 

If you let him in, he'll murder your heart 

Boom boom bang bang, screams in the dark

If you let him in, he'll murder your heart 



He's not the man you see at home

He's someone else inside 

His life's no longer his own 

He's someone else inside 

Creepin' up when you're alone

And now he stands inside

He want's to take you to hell 

But for him it's heaven 



Sorry to say but you're not the only one

You're not the lonely one that turned my light on

While I'll turned yours on, on, on...

She gets up with her head swung down low down 

Steps into the room

Please listen while I sing my song to you

'Cuz it all slips away, it ends too soon 



How in the hell did I get here 

Let me tell you all why I sing the blues

Been in a daze for ten years

But I still can sing the truth 



Heaven knows where we all go

All we have is what we get 

When it's gone when will I know

Because I haven't got it yet 



She's swayin' to the swing of the music 

Her arms wave in the air 

She turns her head, our eyes make contact

It lets me know 



How the hell did I get here 

Let me tell you all why I sing the blues

Been in a daze for ten years 

But I still can sing the truth



Heaven knows where we all go 

All we have is what we get 

When it's gone when will I know 

Because I haven't got it yet 



Did you find that ride? Did you finally fly?



While I sit here kickin' and bitchin'

Sayin' gimme gimme gimme

Gimme what's mine



I thought I had it all, I wanted more 

No need for you, I slammed the door

I cut you loose

What are the chances that I'd walk in here 

And find the truth...

Been climbin' the walls for days 

Baby I don't know why 

Girl you got my head in a haze

I can't see the sky 

You throw mud in my face, it's such a disgrace

Why you wanna shake my tree

I slip then I slide, you're laughing inside

I know who's going down, it's me 



And when you walk away

I know you're always sayin' something

Is everything okay? 

I see it in your eyes



It's just a landslide, that feeds my head, that makes it roll

It's just a landslide, keep it in mind, takes me out of control

It's like a landmine, steppin' out of time, ready to explode

I feel the landslide on me down in this hole



Now it just takes a look, did you read the whole book 

Did you study it between the lines

I don't need to explain, there's no pleasure no pain

It just comes with the prize 



And when you walk away

I know you're always sayin' something

Is everything okay?

I see it in your eyes



It's just a landslide, that feeds my head, that makes it roll

It's just a landslide, keep it in mind, takes me out of control

It's like a landmine, steppin' out of time, ready to explode

I feel the landslide on me down in this hole



I feel your earth shake

I feel your body quake, forever, forever

Oh, I see the walls break

I feel your heartache, whenever

Do you know how I feel inside

I feel like I'm caught in the tide

I'm caught in the landslide



And when you walk away 

I know you're always sayin' something

Is everything okay?

I see it in your eyes



It's just a landslide, that feeds my head, that makes it roll

It's just a landslide, keep it in mind, takes me out of control

It's like a landmine, steppin' out of time, ready to explode

I feel the landslide on me down in this hole

The end of the summer, down in New Orleans

Should've called, got caught up in the scene 

Ain't nothin' wrong, ain't a damn thing right

Gonna be comin' home but baby, not tonight 

The reason I'm stayin' is everythin's swayin'

It feels too good to leave 

Pay all the bullshit, send me the receipts

I don't know where I'll be 



The bayou's callin', the gypsy's out tonight 

French Quarter lamps are burnin' 

Lamps are burning bright 

Now I'm the kind of man 

That will throw caution to the wind, all night long

I'll be here 'til the end

The caravan awaits me in a place within my mind

Wish you could be here oh another time



Whoo, hoo, yeah, yeah,

Ain't life grand

All the pushin', and huggin', and pushin' and tuggin' 

And whoo, hoo, yeah, yeah, 

Ain't life grand 

All the pissin' and moanin' and jerkin' me off

I said Whoo, hoo, yeah, yeah, ain't life grand 

Ain't life grand, 

Ain't life grand 

Oh, ain't life grand 



Ohh whoo, hoo, yeah, yeah, ain't life grand 

All the drinkin' and takin' and fakin' it all

I said whoo hoo, yeah yeah, ain't life grand

All The touchin' and feelin' and bumpin' and squealin' 

Now whoo hoo, oh yeah ain't life grand

All the kickin' and screamin', all the lyin', and cheatin' 

Now whoo, hoo, yeah, yeah, ain't life grand

Ain't life grand, ain't life grand 

Ain't it grand baby? 

Ain't life grand baby 

Ain't life grand mama

Sweet daddy grand 

Mama grand, brother grand, woman grand

Papa grand, granny grand Baby grand 

Oh I need a damn gram

They come and they go when they want me

I sit and wait my turn

I want to let go but I can't see

All I know is from what I've learned 



Hitchhiker born to the side of the road 

Got your thumb out, climb in 

Shut your mouth, and do what you're told 

This is where the ride begins 



Heads up, the mountain's comin' down 

Like a ball and chain 

Stand up, the best is all around

The question is would you like to calm the insane



It goes on and on, just like a speed parade

It goes on and on, 'til the tail lights reached my head 



Here lies a rude instigator or so he says

Is he movin', movin', movin' 

Or does he lie there and just play dead? 



Heads up, the mountain's comin' down

Like a ball and chain 

Stand up, the best is all around 

The question is would you like to calm the insane



It goes on and on, just like a speed parade

It goes on and on, 'til the driver drops dead 



Gotta get on the road or get on your knees

See the boy play, he plays for speed 

Faster boy, put your foot on the floor 

Salivating, he just wants more 



Here come the calm with the bald insane

I can feel it like a ball and chain 

When the question stands, does the shit remain?



It goes on and on, just like a speed parade

It goes on and on, 'til the tail lights reached my head

Just what the hell has happened here,

Smelling smoke must be burning up the atmosphere.

Am I lost, have I found the right placeto be.

Better run, better clear, better be outta my way.

I'm comin' down and I'm hot

Yeah I'm hot like the sun, man I'm not of this earth

Yeah I'm somethin' to see 



I slowly touch down on the planet,

I'm the alien

Could be some trouble up ahead



Just got in today, landed in the USA

Hitched a ride on a rocket from Milky Way,



Just got in today, don't know if I want to stay,

Think I'm gonna shoot back home

Like a cosmic ray, oh, yeah, oh yeah.

They'll never take me alive,

They'll never take me alive.



Now they're making me cover boy,

standing in the aisles in the supermarket tabloids.

Check it out, checking in,

with inquiring minds need to know everything

Like how did I get here

Where will I go

Is he red, Is he white or a six foot negro afrodite



The CIA has got a file on everything I've done,

Take me to my friends in Hangar 51



Just got in today, landed in the USA

Hitched a ride on a rocket from Milky Way,

Just got into town, want to take a look around

Just arrived but I don't think I want to stay, oh no, oh no.



They'll never take me alive,

They'll never take me alive.



I don't have a phonecard to call home



They want to take me as a specimen,

dry me out, ground me into vitamins.

Oh my God, maybe I'm the cure



My future here it doesn't look too bright to me,

I know today I gotta leave and be free, be free.



Just got in today, landed in the USA

Hitched a ride on a rocket from Milky Way,

Just got into town, wanna take a look around

Just arrived but don't think I want to stay.

Just got in today, (just got in today),

Welcome to the USA (welcome to the USA).

Think I'm gonna shoot back home, like a cosmic ray

They'll never take me alive, They'll never take me alive.