Skid Row ~ 40 Seasons

Youth Gone Wild   (Bolan, Snake) Since I was born they couldn't hold me down Another misfit kid, another burned-out town Never played by the rules!  Never really cared My nasty reputation takes me everywhere   I look and see it's not only me   So many others have stood where I stand   We are the young so raise your hands They call us problem child We spent our lives on trial We walk an endless mile We are the youth gone wild We stand and we won't fall We're the one and one for all The writing's on the wall We are the youth gone wild Boss screamin' in my ear about who I'm supposed to be Getcha a 3-piece Wall Street smile and son you'll look just like me I said "Hey man, there's something that you oughta know, I tell ya Park Avenue leads to Skid Row."   I look and see it's not only me   We're standin' tall ain't never a doubt   We are the young, so shout it out They call us problem child We spent our lives on trial We walk an endless mile We are the youth gone wild We stand and we won't fall We're the one and one for all The writing's on the wall We are the youth gone wild Solo They call us problem child We spent our lives on trial We walk an endless mile We are the youth gone wild We stand and we won't fall We're the one and one for all The writing's on the wall We are the youth gone wild We are the youth gone wild

18 And Life   (Bolan, Snake) Ricky was a young boy, he had a heart of stone Lived 9 to 5 and worked his fingers to the bone Just barely out of school, came from the edge of town Fought like a switchblade so no one could take him down   He had no money, ooh no good at home   He walked the streets a soldier and he fought the world alone   And now it's... Eighteen and life you got it Eighteen and life you know Your crime is time and it's Eighteen and life to go Eighteen and life you got it Eighteen and life you know Your crime is time and it's Eighteen and life to go Tequila in his heartbeat, his veins burned gasoline It kept his motor running, but it never kept him clean They say he loved adventure, Ricky's the wild one He married trouble and had a courtship with a gun   Bang, bang shoot 'em up, the party never ends   You can't think of dying when the bottle's your best friend   And now it's... Eighteen and life you got it Eighteen and life you know Your crime is time and it's Eighteen and life to go Eighteen and life you got it Eighteen and life you know Your crime is time and it's Eighteen and life to go   "Accidents will happen" they all heard Ricky say   He fired his six-shot to the wind   That child blew a child away Solo Eighteen and life you got it Eighteen and life you know Your crime is time and it's Eighteen and life to go Eighteen and life you got it Eighteen and life you know Your crime is time and it's Eighteen and life to go

Piece Of Me   (Bolan) Sleazin' in the city Lookin' for a fight Got my heals and lookin' pretty On a Saturday night, night, night   Good God, bless my soul   I need a fix of rock 'n' roll   Come on baby you gotta wait and see   You better hurry To get a piece of me Caught a lonely lady Crying on a cigarette I got nasty, nasty habits And that's all she's gonna get   One for the money, two for the show   So 'round and 'round and 'round we go   Take a look at what-a you might need   You better hurry To get a piece of me I don't have looks, I don't have money But I know one thing's for sure One night ain't enough of my love She wanted more, more, more Solo Sleazin' in the city Lookin' for a fight Got my heals and lookin' pretty On a Saturday night, night, night   One for the money, two for the show   So 'round and 'round and 'round we go   Take a look at what-a you might need   You better hurry To get a piece of me To get a piece of me To get a piece of me

I Remember You   (Bolan, Snake) Woke up to the sound of pouring rain The wind would whisper and I'd think of you And all the tears you cried, that called my name And when you needed me I came through I paint a picture of the days gone by When love went blind and you would make me see I'd stare a lifetime into your eyes So that I knew that you were there for me Time after time you were there for me Remember yesterday - walking hand in hand Love letters in the sand - I remember you Through the sleepless nights and every endless day I'd wanna hear you say - I remember you We spent the summer with the top rolled down Wished ever after would be like this You said I love you babe, without a sound I said I'd give my life for just one kiss I'd live for your smile and die for your kiss Remember yesterday - walking hand in hand Love letters in the sand - I remember you Through the sleepless nights and every endless day I'd wanna hear you say - I remember you   We've had our share of hard times   But that's the price we paid   And through it all we kept the promise that we made   I swear you'll never be lonely Solo Woke up to the sound of pouring rain Washed away a dream of you But nothing else could ever take you away 'Cause you'll always be my dream come true Oh my darling, I love you Remember yesterday - walking hand in hand Love letters in the sand - I remember you Through the sleepless nights and ever endless day I'd wanna hear you say - I remember you Remember yesterday - walking hand in hand Love letters in the sand - I remember you Through the sleepless nights and every endless day I'd wanna hear you say - I remember you

The Threat   (Bolan, Snake) I've been convicted with and without reason Tarred and feathered like a piper on a killing spree And felt the anger of generations And been the target of the cheap shots of authority So you think you cut me down to size Well there's something you should realize It's gonna take more than a break in the law To make me smile pretty for the wreckin' ball Won't beg, won't bleed The end of sacrifice is a threat to society Hard line, you'll see Once you've made a mark, you've made a threat to society I wasn't put here to be treated Like some disease you hoped would go away if left alone You can sweep me under the carpet But, I'll still infect your need to use me as a steppin' stone So you think you cut me down to size Well there's something you should realize It's gonna take more than a break in the law To make me smile pretty for the wreckin' ball Won't beg, won't bleed The end of sacrifice is a threat to society Hard line, you'll see Once you've made a mark, you've made a threat to society So you think you cut me down to size Well there's something you should realize It's gonna take more than a break in the law To make me smile pretty for the wreckin' ball

Psycho Love   (Bolan) Check out Clementine Cleanin' needles in her wine Face down in her one-eyed world With her brain-dead valentine She'll be your zombie, your livin' dead Her sweet corruption It's gonna make you, gonna break you Ohh yeah, she said... Haunt my house of pain And feel my psycho love We'll shine and pray for rain To heal my psycho love Legs at ten and two Chain her down that's what you do King Tut and snake-eyed s!*t In the pink but screamin' blue I'll taste your crazy, you smell insane I'm just another ghost Inside your spirits hall of fame Haunt my house of pain And feel my psycho love We'll shine and pray for rain To heal my psycho love As the warm smooth soul Chases through the cold silence of a body A body of touch not feel One question is she a stone in the devil's garden Or a speck in an angel dust Ashes to ashes And lust to lust She'll teach you true love Watchin' you turn blue love She'll wrap you in a chokehold And su@k your symptom dry

Monkey Business   (Bolan, Snake) Outside my window there's a whole lot of trouble comin' The cartoon killers and the rag cover clones Stack heels kickin' rhythm of social circumcision Can't close the closet on a shoe box full of bones Kangaroo lady with her bourbon in a pouch Can't afford the rental on a bamboo couch Collecting back her favors 'cause her well is running dry I know her act is terminal, But she ain't gonna die Slim intoxicado drinkin' dime store hooch Is always in a circle with his part-time pooch Little creepy's playing dollies in the New York rain Thinkin' Bowie's just a knife Ooh the pain I ain't seen the sun since I don't know when The freaks come out at nine and it's twenty to ten What's this funk That you call junk To me it's just monkey business Blind man in the vox that will probably die The village kids laugh as they walk by A psycho is on the edge of this human garbage dump And the vultures in the sewers are telling him to jump Into the fire from the frying pan Tripping on his tounge For a cool place to stand Where's this shade That you've got it made To me it's just monkey business Monkey business Slippin' on the track Monkey business Jungle in black Ain't your business if I got No monkey on my back Monkey business Slippin' on the track Monkey business Jungle in black Ain't your business if I got Monkey's on my back The vaseline gypsies and silicone souls Dressed to the society Hypocrite heartbeat and cheap alibis Can't get you by that monkey

Quicksand Jesus   (Bolan, Snake) She caught the melting sky It burned but still the winter passes by and by To the other side A slow parade of wind That blows through threes That wilted with the season's children Are we saved by the words of bastard saints Do we live in fear or faith Tell me now who's behind the rain A maze of tangled grace The symptoms of 'for real' are crumbling from embrace But still we chase ... the shadows of belief And new religion clouds our visions of the roots of our souls Are we ashamed of our own fate Or play the fool for our own sake Tell me who's behind the rain What do we need where do we go When we get where we don't know Why should we doubt the virgin white of fallen snow When faith's our shelter from the cold What do we need where do we go When we get where we don't know Why should we doubt the virgin white of fallen snow When faith's our shelter from the cold Quicksand Jesus I'm so far away without you Quicksand Jesus I'm so far away without you Quicksand Jesus I'm so far away without you Quicksand Jesus I need you Quicksand Jesus I believe you Quicksand Jesus I'm so far away

Slave To The Grind   (Bach, Bolan, Snake) You got me forced to crack my lids in two I'm still stuck inside this rubber room I gotta punch the clock that leads the blind I'm just another gear in the assembly line - oh no The noose gets tighter around my throat But I ain't at the end of my rope 'cause I won't be the one left behind Can't be king of the world If you're slave to the grind Tear down the rat racial slime Can't be king of the world If you're slave to the grind Get it? A routine injection, a lethal dose But my day in the sun ain't even close There's no need to waste your prayers on me You better mark my words 'cause I'm history Yes indeed You might beg for mercy to get by But I'd rather tear this thorn from my side I won't be the one left behind Can't be king of the world If you're slave to the grind Tear down the rat racial slime Can't be king of the world If you're slave to the grind They swallowed thier daggers by turning their trick They tore my intentions apart brick by brick I'm sick of the jive You talk verbal insecticide They swallowed thier daggers by turning their trick They tore my intentions apart brick by brick I'm sick of the jive You talk verbal insecticide I won't be the one left behind You can't be king of the world If you're slave to the grind Tear down the rat racial slime You can't be king of the world If you're slave to the grind I said slave to the grind Slave to the grind Slave to the grind

Into Another Remix   (Bolan, Snake) Slowly I heal the love that's found its way Onto another path in times of change Crossing a bridge unknown Hoping our strength will hold Should they both let go then let me lay ... Let me lay (Chorus) Show me a sign To a light that shines One direction into another Sheltered peace of mind Somewhere I lost a piece of memory Somehow I know my legs will carry me Searching for circles end Hoping the wounds will mend Should this scar, then it was meant to be (Repeat Chorus 3x)

Frozen Demo 1994   (Bolan, Snake) As I stare into the fire All my thoughts go up in flames Here I stare into the fire I'll be waiting on the rain The box I keep myself in, closes out my air So I build a fire, so I can sit and stare (Chorus) Can it be I'm frozen Can it be I'm frozen Can it be I'm frozen Can it be I'm frozen As I stare into the weather My eyes drying from the cold As I stare into the weather I sense my thoughts growing old I listen to the prophets predict the stem of tides I stare into the weather that's keeping me inside (Repeat Chorus) As I stare into the fire Will the prophets change my mind While I stare into the fire All the colors treat me kind I'll dust away the fallings the winter leaves for me I'll stare into the fire and set tomorrow free Can it be I'm frozen Can it be I'm frozen Can it be I'm frozen Can it be I'm frozen Can it be I'm frozen Can it be I'm frozen Can it be I'm frozen

My Enemy Remix   (Affuso, Bolan, Hill) Play the fence, one way you're gonna fall Sometimes I don't know who you are at all Your opinion is something that you've got inside But I see the loyalty has up and died Your skeletons My skeletons Life is only getting shorter You can be my enemy and I don't care Keep throwin' stones at yourself Stories run in circles that have no end I hit on luck, then you bum me out again There's a way that you keep the truth in check Scratch the surface and treat it like a broken neck Keep the peace when face to face with the scene Got a hunch that ain't what you really mean Weather's fair, does that change where you stand? My back is turned and the knife is in your hand Your genocide My genocide Life is only getting shorter You can be my enemy and I don't care Keep throwin' stones at yourself You can be my enemy and I don't care You try too hard and I can tell Your genocide My genocide Life is only getting shorter You can be my enemy and I don't care Keep throwin' stones at yourself You can be my enemy and I don't care You try too hard and I can tell

Breakin' Down Remix   (Snake) What was it you once said There would be things in life that can't be Not for a second did I believe you Not for a minute did I believe that Within your need you lie alone This empty space you call your home (Chorus) If you just let me in I wouldn't let you break down I'm breakin' down As if you thought the rain could wash away the day And could heal you Not for a second did I believe it Not for a minute did I believe that Within your need you lie alone This empty space you call your home (Repeat Chorus 2x) What was it you once said That there would be things in life that can't be Not for a second did I believe you Not for a minute did I believe that If you just let me in I wouldn't let you break down I'm breakin' down If you just let me in I wouldn't let you break down I'm breakin' down I'm breakin' down I'm breakin' down

Beat Yourself Blind Live from The Astoria, London, England 1995   (Bach, Bolan, Hill, Snake) Give me a minute 'cause I'm wrapped in superstition Pour me a chemical to take away the edge Don't make up anything that's breaking all your fingers Just slap around a bit of what it takes to pledge Carry out another stone as a slave Ask general-know-it-all "Who's juggling the earth?" The natives that will walk across your grave Shove aside your nation all for what it's worth (Chorus) Beat yourself blind (Repeat 6x)