GUNS N' ROSES

GUNS N' ROSES

USE YOUR ILLUSION 1 (1991)

  1. Right Next Door To Hell
  2. Dust N' Bones
  3. Live And Let Die
  4. Don't Cry (Original)
  5. Perfect Crime
  6. You Ain't The First
  7. Bad Obsession
  8. Back Off Bitch
  9. Double Talkin' Jive
10. November Rain
11. The Garden
12. Garden Of Eden
13. Don't Damn Me
14. Bad Apples
15. Dead Horses
16. Coma

GUNS N' ROSES

USE YOUR ILLUSION 1

1. RIGHT NEXT DOOR TO HELL

I'll take a nicotine, caffeine, sugar fix
Jesus don't ya get tired of turnin' tricks
But when your innocence dies
You'll find the blues
Seems all our heroes were born to lose
Just walkin' through time
You believe this heat
Another empty house, another dead end street
Gonna rest my bones and sit for a spell
This side of heaven, this close to hell

Right next door to hell
Why don't you write a letter to me
I said I'm right next door to hell
And so many eyes are on me
Right next door to hell
I got nowhere else to be
Right next door to hell
Feels like the walls are closing in on me

My mama never really said much to me
She was much too young and scared to be
Hell, Freud might say that's what I need
But all I really ever get is greed
And most my friends they feel the same
Hell, we don't even have ourselves to blame
But times are hard and thrills are cheaper
As your arms get shorter
Your pockets get deeper

Right next door to hell
Why don't you write a letter to me
I said I'm right next door to hell
And so many eyes are on me
Right next door to hell
I never thought this is where I'd be
But I'm right next door to hell
Thinkin' time'll stand still for me

Fuck you

Bitch

Not bad kids, just stupid ones
Yeah, thought we'd own the world
And gettin' used was havin' fun
I said we're not sad kids, just lucid ones
Flowin' through life not collectin' anymore
So much out there
Still so much to see
Time's too much to handle
Time's too much for me
It drives me up the walls
It drives me out of my mind
Can you tell me what this means
Come on.

2. DUST N' BONES

He lost his mind today
He left it out back on the highway
On '65

She loved him yesterday
Yesterday's over
I said okay
That's all right

Time moves on
That's the way
We live and hope to see the next day
That's all right

Sometimes these things they are so easy
Sometimes these things they are so cold
Sometimes these things just seem
To rip you right in two
Oh no man don't let 'em get to you

Yeah

She loved him yesterday
He laid her sister
She said okay
And that's all right

Buried her things today
Way back out deep
Behind the driveway
And that's all right

Sometimes these women are so easy
Sometimes these women are so cold
Sometimes these women seem
To rip you right in two
Only if you let 'em get to you

Ya get out on your own
And you
Take all that you own
And you
Forget about your home
And then you're
Just fuckin' gone

There's no logic here today
Do as you got to, go your own way
I said that's right

Time's short, your life's your own
And in the end we are just
Dust n' bones
Dust n' bones
Dust n' bones

It's alright
Dust n' bones
It's alright
Dust n' bones
It's alright
Dust n' bones
It's alright
Dust n' bones
It's alright
Dust n' bones
It's alright
Dust n' bones
It's alright
Dust n' bones
It's alright
Dust n' bones
It's alright
Dust n' bones

It's alright
Just dust n' bones.

3. LIVE AND LET DIE

When you were young and your heart
Was an open book
You used to say live and let live
You know you did
You know you did
You know you did

But if this ever changin' world in which we live in
Makes you give in and cry
Say live and let die
Live and let die

What does it matter to ya
When ya got a job to do ya got to do it well
You got to give the other fella hell

You used to say live and let live
You know you did
You know you did
You know you did

But if this ever changin' world in which we live in
Makes you give in and cry
Say live and let die
Live and let die.

4. DON'T CRY (Original)

Talk to me softly
There's something in your eyes
Don't hang your head in sorrow
And please don't cry
I know how you feel inside I've
I've been there before
Something is changin' inside you
And don't you know

Don't you cry tonight
I still love you baby
Don't you cry tonight
Don't you cry tonight
There's a heaven above you baby
And don't you cry tonight

Give me a whisper
And give me a sigh
Give me a kiss before you tell me goodbye
Don't you take it so hard now
And please don't take it so bad
I'll still be thinking of you
And the times we had... baby

And don't you cry tonight
Don't you cry tonight
Don't you cry tonight
There's a heaven above you baby
And don't you cry tonight

And please remember
That I never lied
And please remember
How I felt inside now, honey
You gotta make it your own way
But you'll be alright now, sugar
You'll feel better tomorrow
Come the morning light now, baby

And don't you cry tonight
And don't you cry tonight
And don't you cry tonight
There's a heaven above you baby
And don't you cry
Don't you ever cry
Don't you cry tonight
Baby maybe someday
Don't you cry
Don't you ever cry
Don't you cry
Tonight.

5. PERFECT CRIME

Kickin' back in the shadows
Got no need for the light
Who's sorry now old timer
Look at how you've spent your life
Scroungin' for change
To put some money in your pocket
My, how scratch does burn
Laughin' at the suckers as you pissed it away

But I got the time and I got the muscle
I got the need to lay it all on the line
I ain't afraid of your smoke screen hustle
It's a perfect crime
Goddamn it, it's a perfect crime
Motherfucker, it's a perfect crime
I said it's perfect

Keep the demons down and drag the skeletons out
I got a blind man followin' me in chains
I said he's fun to watch when the world has stopped
And I think he's got somethin' to say
"You wanna fuck with me, don't fuck with me
'Cause I'm what you'll be so don't fuck with me
If you had better sense
You'd just step aside from the bad side of me
Don't fuck with the bad side o' me
Stay away from the bad side o' me
Don't fuck with the bad side"

T minus 1:09 and counting

Ostracized but that's all right
I was thinkin' about somethin' myself

1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8

Call on everybody who's got last rites
Said it's better if you locked 'em away
Runnin' through the visions at the speed of light
Won't ya let me be
Motherfucker, just let me be
Goddamn it, better let me be
Don't ya know ya better let me...

Perfect crime
Goddamn it, it's a perfect crime
Motherfucker it's a perfect crime
Don't cha know
It's a perfect crime.

6. YOU AIN'T THE FIRST

I tried so hard just to get through to you
But your head's so far from the realness of truth
Was it just a come on in the dark
Wasn't meant to last long
I think you've worn your welcome, honey
I'll just see you along
As I sing you this song

Time can pass slowly, things always change
Your day's been numbered and I've read your last page
You was just a temporary lover
Honey, you ain't the first
Lots of others came before you, woman
Said but you been the worst
Said you been the worst

So goodbye to you girl
So long, farewell
I can't hear you cryin'
Your jivin's been hell
So look for me walkin'
Down your street at night
I'll be in with another
Deep down inside

Deep down inside.

7. BAD OBSESSION

I can't stop thinkin'
Thinking 'bout sinkin'
Sinkin' down into my bed
I call my mother
She's just a cunt now
She said I'm sick in the head
She said you ain't special
So who you foolin'
Don't try to give me a line
But I can't stop thinkin' 'bout seein' ya one more time
(Oh no)
But I already left you and you're better off left behind

It's a bad obsession
It's always messin'
It's always messin' my mind
It's a bad obsession
It's always messin'
It's always messin' my mind

Too bad you're all fucked up

I used to be wasted
Always tried to take it
Take it down into my vein
I call the doctor
He's just another
He said I'm sick in the brain
He said you ain't special
So who you foolin'
Don't try to give me a line
But I can't stop thinking 'bout doin' it one more time
(Oh no)
But I already left you and you're better off left behind
(Oh yeah)

It's a bad obsession
It's always messin'
It's always messin' my mind
It's a bad obsession
It's always messin'
It's always messin' my mind

So bad...

It's a

It's a

It's a
It's a bad obsession
It's always messin'
It's always messin' my mind
Now it's a bad obsession
It's always messin'
It's always messin' my mind

But I can't stop thinking 'bout doin' it one more time
(Oh no)
See I already left you and you're better off left behind
(Oh no, oh no)
It's a bad obsession and you're always messin' my mind
See I already left you and you're better off left behind
Uh huh
Uh huh
No

Maybe you'll do better next time
Punk!!

8. BACK OFF BITCH

Oh baby
Pretty baby
Oh honey
You let me down honey
I ain't layin' childhood games no more
I said it's time for me to even the score
So stake your claim, your claim to fame
But baby call another name
When you feel the fire
And taste the flame

Back off, back off bitch
Down in the gutter dyin' in the ditch
You better, back off, back off bitch
Face of an angel with the love of a witch
Back off, back off bitch
Back off, back off bitch

Makin' love
Cheap heartbreaker
Broken backed, nasty ballbreaker,
Stay out of my bed, outta my head
If it's lovin' you, I'm better off dead

Back off, back off bitch
Down in the gutter dyin' in the ditch
You better, back off, back off bitch
Face of an angel with the love of a witch
Back off, back off bitch
Back off, back off bitch

Emotions ripped, gone on a binge
Life lipped, I said you're off the hinge
Tellin' lies of such fame and glory
I don't even wanna hear your story

Back off, back off bitch
Down in the gutter dyin' in the ditch
You better, back off, back off bitch
Face of an angel with the love of a witch
Back off, back off bitch
It's such a pity that you're such a bitch
Back off, back off bitch
Back off, back off bitch
Back off, back off bitch
Back off, back off bitch
Bitch
Bitch
Bitch
Bitch

Hey wha'd'ya think he's tryin' to say there, anyway?
I think it's something each person's s'posed to take in their own special way
Fucking bitch.

9. DOUBLE TALKIN' JIVE

Found a head and an arm in da garbage can
Don't know why I'm here
Livin' on the run for oh so long
I gotta go collect
Double talkin' jive
Get the money motherfucker
'Cause I got, no more patience
Double talkin'
- I got (lies) -
No more patience, man

Back in town an' all new friends
They sayin' how ya been?
Fucked up and out of place
That's how I felt back then
Double takin' jive
Get the money motherfucker
'Cause I got no more patience
Double talkin'
- I got (lies) -
No more patience man
You dig what I'm sayin'?!

10. NOVEMBER RAIN

When I look into your eyes
I can see a love restrained
But darlin' when I hold you
Don't you know I feel the same

'Cause nothin' lasts forever
And we both know hearts can change
And it's hard to hold a candle
In the cold November rain

We've been through this such a long long time
Just tryin' to kill the pain

But lovers always come and lovers always go
An no one's really sure who's lettin' go today
Walking away

If we could take the time to lay it on the line
I could rest my head just knowin' that you were mine
All mine
So if you want to love me
Then darlin' don't refrain
Or I'll just end up walkin'
In the cold November rain

Do you need some time... on your own
Do you need some time... all alone
Everybody needs some time... on their own
Don't you know you need some time... all alone

I know it's hard to keep an open heart
When even friends seem out to harm you
But if you could heal a broken heart
Wouldn't time be out to charm you

Sometimes I need some time... on my own
Sometimes I need some time... all alone
Everybody needs some time... on their own
Don't you know you need some time... all alone

And when your fears subside
And shadows still remain
I know that you can love me
When there's no one left to blame
So never mind the darkness
We still can find a way
'Cause nothin' lasts forever
Even cold November rain

You're not the only one
You're not the only one

Don't you think that you need somebody
Don't you think that you need someone
Everybody needs somebody
You're not the only one
You're not the only one

Don't you think that you need somebody
Don't you think that you need someone
Everybody needs somebody
You're not the only one
You're not the only one

Don't you think that you need somebody
Don't you think that you need someone
Everybody needs somebody
You're not the only one
You're not the only one

Don't you think that you need somebody
Don't you think that you need someone
Everybody needs somebody.

11. THE GARDEN

Now I know...

You know you're all alone
Your friends they aren't at home
Everybody's gone to the garden
As you look into the trees
You can look but you don't see
The flowers seem to tease you at the garden
Everybody's there, but you don't seem to care
What's it with you man, and this garden

Turned into my worst phobia
A crazy man's utopia
If you're lost no one can show ya
But it sure was glad to know ya
Only poor boys take a chance
On the garden's song and dance
Feel her flowers as they warp around,
But only smart boys do without

You can find it all inside
No need to wrestle with your pride
No, you ain't losing your mind
You're just in the garden
They can lead you to yourself
Or you can throw it on the shelf
But you know you can look inside
For the garden

I wasn't really scared
Lost my virginity there
To a gypsy with blond hair
But now, no one seems to care
Like a mouse inside a maze
Wandering 'round for days
With a smile upon my face
I never wanna leave this place
Only poor boys take a chance
On this garden's song and dance
Feel her flowers as they wrap around
But only smart boys do without
Turned into my worst phobia
Its a crazy man's utopia
If you're lost no one can show ya
But it sure was glad to know ya
Bye bye
So long, bye bye
It's glad to know ya
Bye bye

Bye bye

Aw... so long.

12. GARDEN OF EDEN

It's a critical solution
And the east coast got the blues
It's a mass of confusion
Like the lies they sell to you
You got a glass jawed toothache
Of a mental disease
An they be runnin' round back
See 'em line up on their knees
'Cause the kiss ass sycophants
Throwin' penance at your feet
When they got nowhere to go
Watch 'em come in off the streets
While they're bangin' out front
Inside they're slammin' to the crunch
Go on an throw me to the lions
And the whole damn screamin' bunch
'Cause the pissed-off rip-offs
'R everywhere you turn
Tell me how a generation's
Ever s'posed to learn
This fire is burnin' and it's out of control
It's not a problem you can stop
It's 'rock n' roll

I read it on a wall
It went straight to my head
It said "dance to the tension
Of a world on edge"
We got racial violence
And who'll cast the first stone
And sex is used anyway it can be
Sometimes when I look out
It's hard to see the day
It's a feelin' you can have it
It's not mine to take away

Lost in the garden of Eden
Said we're lost in the garden of Eden
And there's no one's gonna believe this
But we're lost in the garden of Eden
This fire is burnin' and it's out of control
It's not a problem you can stop
It's rock 'n' roll
Suck on that

Looking through this point of view
There's no way I'm gonna fit in
Don't ya tell me what my eyes see
Don't ya tell me who to believe in
I ain't superstitious
But I know when something's wrong
I've been draggin' my heels
With a bitch called Hope
Let the undercurrent drag me along

Lost in the garden of Eden
Said we're lost in the garden of Eden
And there's no one's gonna believe this
But we're lost in the garden of Eden

Most organized religions make
A mockery of humanity
Our governments are dangerous
And out of control
The garden of Eden is just another graveyard
Said if they had someone to buy it
Said I'm sure they'd sell my soul

This fire is burnin' and it's out of control
It's not a problem you can stop
It's rock 'n' roll
Lost in the garden of Eden
And we ain't talkin' about no poison apple or some missin' rib ya hear
Said we're lost in the garden of Eden
Said there's no one's gonna believe this
Said we're lost in the garden of Eden
This fire is burnin' and it's out of control
It's not a problem you can stop
It's rock 'n' roll.

13. DON'T DAMN ME

Don't damn me when I speak a piece of my mind
'Cause silence isn't golden when I'm holding it inside
'Cause I've been where I have been and I've seen what I have seen
I put the pen to the paper 'cause it's alla part of me

Be it a song or a casual conversation
To hold my tongue speak of quiet reservations
Your words once heard, they can place you in a faction
My words may disturb but at least there's a reaction

Sometimes I wanna kill
Sometimes I wanna die
Sometimes I wanna distroy
Sometimes I wanna cry
Sometimes I could get even
Sometimes I could give up
Sometimes I could give
Sometimes I never give a fuck

It's only for a while, I hope you understand
I never wanted this to happen, didn't want to be a man
So I hid inside my world, I took what I could find
I cried when I was lonely, I fell down when I was blind

But don't damn me when I speak a piece of my mind
'Cause silence isn't golden when I'm holding it inside
'Cause I've been where I have been and I've seen what I have seen,
I put the pen to the paper 'cause it's all a part of me

How can I ever satisfy you
And how can I ever make you see
That, deep inside we're all somebody
And it don't matter who you wanna be
But now I gotta smile I hope you comprehend
For this man can say it happened
'Cause this child has been condemned
So I stepped into your world
I kicked you in the mind
And I'm the only witness to the nature of my crime

But look at what we've done to the innocent and young
Who listen to who's talking 'cause we're not the only ones
The trash collected by the eyes and dumped into the brain
Said it tears into our concious thoughts you tell me who's to blame

I know you don't wanna hear me crying
And I know you don't wanna hear me dying
That your satisfaction lies in your illusions
But your delussions are yours and not mine
We take for granted we know the whole story
We judge a book by it's cover and read what we want
Between selected lines

Don't hail me and don't idolize the ink
Or I've failed in my attentions, can you find the missing link
Your only validation is in living your own life
Vicarious existence is a fucking waste of time

So I send this song to the offended
I said what I meant and I've never pretended
As so many others do intending just to please
If I damned your point of view could you turn the other cheek

Don't damn me when I speak a piece a mind
'Cause silence isn't golden when I'm holding it inside
I've been where I have been and I've seen what I have seen
Put the pen to the paper 'cause it's all a part of me
Don't damn me
I said don't damn me
I said don't hail me
Don't damn me.

14. BAD APPLES

Diamonds and fast cars
Money to burn
I got my head in the clouds
I got these thoughts to churn
Got my feet in the sand
I got a house on the hill
I got a headache like a mother
Twice the price of my thrills
And it's a cold day, it's a continental drift
I said this traffic is hell
Can you give me a lift
And I'll try to paint a story
Got your pictures to tell
Yeah you got to make a living
With what you bring yourself to sell

I got some genuine
Imitation
Bad apples
Free sample
For your peace o' mind
Only $9,95
I got my camera back from customs
Got my law fees up to date
Hell they musta seen me comin'
Ain't this life so fuckin' great

When the shit hit the fan
It was all I could stand
Yeah, well I'm a frequent flyer
My body's breathing while it can
But what I don't understand is that
My world ain't gettin' no brighter
If I could touch the sky
Well I would float on by
While everybody's talkin'
Hell I'm just another guy
If it were up to me
I'd say just leave me be
Why let one bad apple
Spoil the whole damn bunch

Gold and caviar
Now why'nt you pour my apathy
I'd have all my bases convered
If I could teach my hands to see
But now we're down in the deep end
Where they'd love to watch you drown
I said your laundry could use washing
We'll hang it up all over town
I said Hollywood's like a dryer
And were down on Sunset Strip
And you'll be suckin' down the clorox
'Til your life's all nice and crisp

When the shit hit the fan
It was all I could stand
Yeah, well I'm a fequent flyer
My body's breathin' while it can
But what I don't understand is that
My world ain't gettin' no brighter
If I could touch the sky
I would float on by
While everybody's talkin'
Hell I'm just another guy
If it were up to me
I'd say just leave me be
Why let one bad apple
Spoil the whole damn bunch

When the shit hit the fan
It was all I could stand
Yeah, well I'm a frequent flyer
My body's breathin' while it can
But what I don't understand is that
My world ain't gettin' no brighter
If I could touch the sky
I would float on by
While everybody's talkin'
Hell I'm just another guy
If it were up to me
I'd say just leave me be
Why let one bad apple
Spoil the whole damn bunch
Why let that one bad apple
Spoil the whole damn bunch
Boy!!

15. DEAD HORSE

Sick of this life
Not that you'd care
I'm not the only one
With whom these feelings I share

Nobody understands,
Quite why we're here
We're searchin' for answers
That never appear

But maybe if I looked real hard I'd
I'd see you're tryin' too
To understand this life,
That we're all going through
Then when she said she was gonna like wreck my car...I didn't know what to do

Sometimes I feel like I'm beatin' a dead horse
And I don't know why you'd be bringin' me down
I'd like to think that our love's worth a tad more
It may sound funny but you'd think by now
I'd be smilin'
I guess some things never change
Never change

I met an old cowboy
I saw the look in his eyes
Somethin' tells me he's been here before
'Cause experience makes you wise
I was only a small child
When the thought first came to me
That I'm a son of a gun and the gun of a son
That brought back the devil in me

But sometimes I feel like I'm beatin' a dead horse
And I don't know why you'd be bringin' me down
I'd like to think that our love's worth a tad more
It may sound funny but you'd think by now
I'd be smilin'
I guess some things never change
Never change

I ain't quite what you'd call an old soul
Still wet behind the ears
I been around this track a couple o' times
But now the dust is startin' to clear

Sometimes I feel like I'm beatin' a dead horse
And I don't know why you'd be bringin' me down
I'd like to think that our love's worth a tad more
It may sound funny but you'd think by now
I'd be smilin'
Ooh yeah, I'd be smilin'
No way I'd be smilin'
Ooh smilin'

Sick of this life
Not that you'd care
I'm not the only one with whom these feelings I share.

16. COMA

Hey you caught me in a coma
And I don't think I wanna
Ever come back to this... world again
Kinda like it in a coma
'Cause no one's ever gonna
Oh, make me come back to this... world again
Now I feel as if I'm floating away
I can't feel all the pressure and I like it this way
But my body's callin'
My body's callin'
Won't ya come back to this... world again
Suspended deep in a sea of black
I've got the light at the end
I've got the bones on the mast
Well I've gone sailin', I've gone sailin'
I could leave so easily
While friends are calling back to me
I said they're, they're leaving it all up to me
When all I needed was clarity
And someone to tell me what the fuck is going on
Goddamn it!

Slippin' farther an farther away
It's a miracle how long we can stay
In a world our minds created
In a world that's full of shit

Help me
Help me
Help me
Help me
Bastard

Please understand me
I'm climbin' through the wreckage
Of all my twisted dreams
But this cheap investigation just can't stifle all my screams
And I'm waitin' at the crossroads, waiting for you
Waiting for you
Where are you?

No one's gonna bother me anymore
No one's gonna mess with my head no more
I can't understand what all the fightin's for
But it's so nice here down off the shore
I wish you could see this 'cause there's nothing to see
It's peaceful here and it's fine with me
Not like the world where I used to live
I never really wanted to live

Zap him again
Zap the son of a bitch again

Ya live your life like it's a coma
So won't you tell me why we'd wanna
With all the reasons you give it's
It's kinda hard to believe
But who am I to tell you that I've seen
Any reason why you should stay
Maybe we'd be better off without you anyway
You got a one way ticket on your last chance ride
Gotta one way ticket to your suicide
Gotta one way ticket and there's no way out alive
And all this crass communication that has left you in the cold
Isn't much for consolation when you feel so weak and old
But if home is where the heart is then there's stories to be told
No you don't need a doctor no one else can heal your soul

Got your mind in submission, got your life on the line
But nobody pulled the trigger, they just stepped aside
They be down by the water while you watch 'em waving goodbye

They be callin' in the morning, they be hangin' on the phone
They be waiting for an answer, but you know nobody's home
And when the bell's stopped ringing it was nobody's fault but your own

There were always ample warnings there were always subtle signs
And you would have seen it comin', but we gave you too much time
And when you said that no one's listening, why'd your best friend drop a dime
Sometimes we get so tired of waiting for a way to spend our time
And "it's so easy" to be social, "it's so easy" to be cool
Yeah it's easy to be hungry when you ain't got shit to lose
And I wish that I could help you with what you hope to find
But I'm still out here waiting watching reruns of my life
When you reach the point of breaking, know it's gonna take some time
To heal the broken memories that another man would need just to survive.

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