I came from midnight just to sing my song

So come on !

My magic is sweet and the spell last long

I said so long

I've been walking over thorns and it's raining frogs

Say right on !

I've been out beyond the valley of the dawn

Don't get me wrong

My pedigree and debauchery is my claim to fame

This profane prophecy has got me in it sweet embrace

So I sing my lovesick blues and sip my sour grapes

Hoping one day soon I get to see your pretty face

Well I slept all night in a hollow log

Hoo - Hoo

I took the meat out the mouth of a rabid dog

Who's that ?

I took 1 but I needed 2 more

2 more 3 more

I eat casino breakfast off the kitchen floor

Yea , what some more ?

For sure!

My pedigree and debauchery is my claim to fame

This profane prophecy has got me in it sweet embrace

So I sing my lovesick blues and sip my sour grapes

Hoping one day soon I get to see your pretty face

Lawdy Lawdy Lawdy girl what's got into you?

Is this the French Revolution of do you just got the blues ?

Pound of feathers or a pound of lead

Pound of feathers or a pound of lead

Guided by the hand of the selector

All my self-destruction redeemed

Not one to surrender to devotion

But there's a first time for everything

I didn't get tired eyes from the sunshine now it's showtime

So Laissez faire with my tangled hair, so devil make care

To live the dream, you gotta feed the fiend

You gotta make the scene

Just close your eyes if you get scared

Cruel streak, you need a cruel streak

If you wanna play nice with me

Cruel streak yeah you need a cruel streak

If you wanna play nice with me

I've heard the guilty beg for mercy

I've seen the forgiven rise again

Said the dead are in no hurry

They know the song never ends

I didn't get tired eyes from the sunshine now it's showtime

So Laissez faire with my tangled hair, so devil make care

To live the dream, you gotta feed the fiend

You gotta make the scene

Just close your eyes if you get scared

Cruel streak, you need a cruel streak

If you wanna play nice with me

Cruel streak yeah you need a cruel streak

If you wanna play nice with me

Side two fillers prescribed painkillers

Drowning in the grease paint and the mirror don't lie

A minor scale in a skeleton key, the words sound wise,

but they mean nothing to me

And it's lust that they remember

Perfume , champagne and sin

the good times never end

Don't call the doctor don't call the priest

Tell old Saint Michael there ain't no feast

Leave it all behind you

Let the demons find you

Lying, grinning, pinpricks and villains

It only takes one time then you're never the same ,

sick beds and tea cups masterpiece or rough cut

It's all cold honey and clean rain

And it's lust that they remember

Perfume , champagne and sin

the good times never end

Don't call the doctor don't call the priest

Tell old Saint Michael there ain't no feast

Leave it all behind you

Let the demons find you

The good times never end they never end

Do the parasite!

Sharing fleas and hotel keys

A sacrifice to the gods of sleep

Won't you wake me up for sweet release?

Be sure not to disturb the beast

I'm down again, wearing thin out on the rails again listen to me scream

Down the drain like the pain don't tell me you are sane

Just listen to me scream

Everybody's doing the parasite

All the young villains and thieves

Talk as cheap and revenge is in

I got an ace hidden up my sleeve

Yes, I do

Dry your tears and draw your knife

Well, it's eye for eye and strife for strife

Bread and circus lies and wine

A dandy dresses to the nines

Everybody's doing the parasite

All the young villains and thieves

Talk is cheap and revenge is in got an ace up my sleeve

Everybody's doing the parasite

Don't you know what I mean?

Hit the door when the lights go out

And forget about what you've seen

Let us toast to sweet sorrow

Let us touch the cold hand of fate

And let us forget all tomorrows in the shadow of today

And let us forgive their trespass

For they know not what they've done

In the ruins of the garden, the ground is blistered from the sun

And try to keep what's buried in the ground and cry until the walls all tumble down

And I make a high and lonesome sound

Come, you rogues come you vultures and taste the devil's own delights

There are thrills and tortures

See all manor  of strange sights

And the moonlight falls narcotic

As we wait for the undertow

Speaking words forbidden

As the candles all glow

And try to keep what's buried in the ground

And cry until the walls all tumble down

And I make a high and lonesome sound

And as we kissed along the riverside

The twilight came alive

The water flowed, and the birds did sing

I knew I'd always be by your side

There's no joy without sorrow

This much is true

But that really don't matter when you're broke down stoned and blue

If you can't find a new Love, an accomplice will do

Let 'um read all about it in the razor blade news

I know the deal I took. I know how this all goes down. I'm not as dumb as I look. Just ask any fool in town.

And somewhere in my dream you come back to me, Softly

Queen of the B - sides

So aloof

Accused of treason, but you'll never find any proof

Blood red regrets-

Flick a switch

Get it lit

Shake a hip

Ears pricked

Pocket picked

Lip bit

In between the guillotine

And desperate means

On the coast, you caught a dose

Of blasphemy

And the wind, it blows and blows

Is it real or is it show?

Ask the stranger he will know

It's just the same sad story

Of giving better than you get

I gave you pearls and diamond

You gave me bruises and blood red regrets

Saving grace twisted fate

Peel the paint

Chronic use self abuse

Cut it loose

Poison path do the math

First is last

Hard mile sly smile, all the while

And the wind, it blows and blows

And the sky, it snows and snows

Ask the stranger he will know

Oh baby, can you help me?

Can't you see that I'm in need

Oh yeah, my girl has gone and left me

And she took all my luxury

It's happened before it will happen again

I need a lover. I don't ne d a friend.

Come on baby won't you let me in?

I said lick a shot hot is hot

On and on, oh yeah, it's like that it's like that

Tell me, baby, why I got to suffer

Why does Love come with so much pain?

Yeah, I'm digging what you offer

No strings, no shame

So if you got the feeling that you want to touch

the ceiling come get high with me

And if you like it sho- nuff I'll try it

Anything , everything !

On and on, oh yeah, it's like that it's like that

Come and find me on the 13th floor

Gold star painted on a black door

The sirens shriek and the lion roars

And the snakes are here to stay

On and on, oh yeah, it's like that it's like that

So, flick a switch, get it lit
Just shake a hip
Ears pricked, pocket picked
Lip bit
In between the guillotine
And desperate means
On the coast, you caught a dose
Of blasphemy
And the wind, it blows and blows
Is it real or is it show?
Ask the stranger, he will know
It's just the same sad story
Of giving better than you get
I gave you pearls and diamonds
You gave me bruises and blood-red regrets
It's a saving grace, twisted fate
So, peel the paint
Chronic use, self-abuse
So, cut it loose
So, poison path, do the math
First is last
Hard mile, sly smile
All the while
And the wind, it blows and blows
And the sky, it snows and snows
Ask the stranger, he will know
It's just the same sad story
Of giving better than you get
I gave you pearls and diamonds
You gave me bruises and blood-red regrets
And the wind, it blows and blows (blows and blows and blows)
And the sky, it snows and snows (snows and snows)
Ask the stranger, he will know
It's just the same sad story
Of giving better than you get
Said, I gave you pearls and diamonds
You gave me bruises and blood-red regrets
You gave me bruises and blood-red regrets
You gave me bruises and blood-red regrets

Broken glass shattered mirror

Lipstick all over the wall

I just can't remember what went on in that bathroom stall

Yeah, but I'm not worried. I'm not afraid at all.

Cocaine, milk, and aspirin

Sweet vermouth and silver chains

Well, if you don't mind me asking, were you on the list or did you pay?

Either way, I hope you like the way we play

Too much drama on the dance floor

I'll sit this next one out

Yeah, you call this a good time?

Do you know what you're talking about?

Do you know what you're talking about?

Feeling right looking ragged

I'm talking, just how I please

Words they cut when they're jagged

And the truth can make you bleed

Just bleed and bleed

Sometimes the hard truth makes you bleed

If I find my way to morning

Feel the sweet sunlight

Yeah, you won't find me moaning

About my downward plight

You won't catch me begging

With a mouthful of please

I won't seek forgiveness

While you got me down on my knees

Do you remember the first time I called you by your name?

I remember the last time we said goodbye

Goodbye

Love forgets the loveless

Passions, burn and fade

My lonely needs no compass

To help me find my way

Well, I remember the first time you saw me cry

Oh baby baby, I remember all the broken things

You laughed at me while you lie pierced my side

Walked away and left me here to die

Here I am my heart in my hand

My soul laid bear to all

Lessons learned lovers spurned

See me rise and fall

Kingdom of mud and their toothless king

Leopards in lilies and other bloodthirsty things

Sweet meat on the doorstep

Eyes as black as Wine

A front row seat to the end of times

I ain't no Sidestepper back scratcher rat catcher

I said flow river flow

Said I'm a chain breaker rain maker soul shaker

And I know what I know

Said I'm looking at you looking at you and all I see are empty eyes

You, you can smell the city burning

See the bleeding man

Walk the road of ruin get by hand to hand

You can drink from a needle

Stumble, dizzy down the hall

They've taken to the streets so they can watch their idols fall

Mouthful of sugar room full of flies, black leather curtain what's behind?

Claw and fang , bullet wounds

Spit out the bones