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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

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

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 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

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

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

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

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)

An open eyes and a closed mind

Look at the suit in suspended animation

A faded outline that used to be a man

A piece of paper that's fallen out a window

Has got a better chance to know where it will land

(Repeat Chorus)

To bleed in vain, to bleed in vain--under my eyes are painted skies

Down at the boneyard, they're diggin' up the relics

Handfuls of parasites thrown into machines

I got the phone call they're tearin' down the mission

The zombies had a ball, but they don't know what it means

They don't know what it means

Beat yourself blind

Forever

1988 Previously Unreleased

Remember when we were young

Just two kids on the run

With a fist full of dreams

Drinking wild

Playing cool

Stay out late

Caught in school

While cigarettes lie and chase

In the backseat of my Chevrolet

Where the radio would play like rain

And all the world would fade away

Together we stand

Well it's just you and me

So Baby hold on and you'll see

Forever we stand

And we'll make it through

'Cause I know I can't live without you

No, no, no, no

They said we're growing up too fast

What we had would never last

So we left without goodbyes

And then sometimes we got tough

Roads ahead look kind of rough

And all we had was you and I

We'd pray to God on those cool dark nights

And then we knew that it would be alright

We'd go through hel! just to hold each other tight

Together we stand

Well it's just you and me

So baby hold on and you'll see

Forever we stand

And we'll make it through

'Cause I know I can't live without you

As long as the world keeps turning

For as long as it's another day

Together forever

We'll stand

In the backseat of my Chevrolet

Where the radio would play like rain

And all the world fade away

Together we stand

Well it's just you and me

So baby hold on and you'll see

Forever we stand

And we'll make it through

'Cause I know I can't live without you

Forever, forever, forever we stand

Fire In The Hole

Demo 1991 Previously Unreleased

Why not just skin me like a yankee pig?

This neo-nazi stuff just ain't my gig

Still ain't sure what you had in mind

I picked it from the stench you left behind

Steady drip of memory for my head

Bet you got jealousidal tendencies

Could I wind up dead

Something going around

Then there's fire in the hole

Cover me I'm going down

Then there's fire in the hole

Unlucky white kid didn't leave with the blues

Paintballs of fire

He had a ball with Dio

Give us love while we're covered in blood

Flying high but ain't sure which way is up

Crash landing in the submarines

Belly up to the enemy

Something going around

Then there's fire in the hole

Am I even sinking fast on the ship of souls

Cover me I'm going down

Then there's fire in the hole

There's something going around

Then there's fire in the hole

Cover me I'm going down

Then there's fire in the hole

Am I even sinking fast on the ship of souls

Cover me I'm going down