Lyrics
Devil's Grippe:
LUCY’S ROOM
Remember when she went away
She then decided she had to stay
Gonna make a life of her own
So down south she will make her home
Things were pretty quiet ‘rond here
watch TV and drink lots of beer
but lately there’s been a change
and it’s getting very strange
Got themselves guitars today
They can’t sing and they sure can’t play
People say they should act their age
but they ain’t ready to turn that page
She called home just the other night
to let her folks know everything’s alright
Don’t think she’ll be coming home soon
So we will keep playing noise in
Lucy’s room.
WINTER
It’s a long cold summer
It’s a long cold winter
Be grateful it’s only winter
Be grateful it’s only winter
When the storm , the storm is coming
I’ll be gone, gone forever
Be grateful it’s only winter
Be grateful it’s only winter
DEVIL’S GRIPPE
Stabbed in the back
That’s how it felt
I could not breathe
That’s how it felt
From the depths of Hell
A succubus’s spell
That’s how far I fell
That’s how far I fell
Real late at night
You woke me up
I try to sleep
But you woke me up
From the depths of Hell
A succubus’ spell
I felt your Devil’s grippe
your Devil’s grippe
your Devil’s grippe
You’re warm and soft
With a heart of ice
I’m cold and hard
With a heart of ice
From the depths of Hell
A succubus’s spell
I felt your Devil’s grippe
BUBBLE
And the rain came, beautiful sound
And the clouds blew away the sun
And I sit back, until my time has come
In my bubble
I see through my bubble
Like I see through the clouds
I see how I got here
And I see clear (earth) now
I ran down to the ship you were on
I wanted to tell you that I was wrong
And I looked up
and you were gone
I see through my bubble
Like I see through the clouds
I see how I got here
And I see clear (earth) now
There’s a man who says:
“How do you come? For I know not from where you come.”
And I told him, and he was stunned
The Earth is my bubble
I see through my bubble
Like I see through the clouds
I see how I got here
And I see clear (earth) now
The Earth is my bubble
WATCH YOU DIE
You got the stuff
hope it’s enough
Times are rough
I got it tough
It won’t please you
and only tease you
Won’t release you
Gonna watch you die
She’s so fun
Might be the one
and now it’s done
Can’t see the sun
She won’t please you
and only tease you
Will always leave you
Gonna watch you die
Gone to work
Your body hurts
They steal your soul
and then you get old
They only use you
and then abuse you
Know what they’ll do?
Gonna watch you die
EIGHT HEADS HIGH
How big to you have to be?
you’re only eight heads high
your thumb matches
my finger
This is only talking to yourself
This is only speaking for yourself
You don’t know who’s
side your really on
LIVE FREE
I will live free
I won’t be a slave
You can’t intimidate me
You can’t push me around
I looked Death in the eye
and I wasn’t the one who blinked
I am no man’s slave
I’ll kill you before you’ll dominate me
I SHOULD CARE MORE
I should care more for my life
I should care more for my life
When it’s dark out at night
When it’s left up to me
I slip into a deep freeze
I should care more that’s for sure
It must be
I should care more for my life
I should care more for my life
When it’s left up to me
I slip into a deep freeze
I should care more that’s for sure
BALTIMORE PIKE
I live on Baltimore Pike
It’s full of traffic lights
Driving down in your car
you can’t get very far
Neon lights up the sky
from all the store signs
It’s got fast food galore
bars and liquor stores
I live on Baltimore Pike
used to be the Golden Mile
but it hasn’t been for a while
nowhere to run
nowhere to go
nowhere to park
I live on Baltimore Pike
I live on Baltimore Pike
fast food everywhere
I live on Baltimore Pike
ONLY HEAR MY THINKING
My source of course
has serious problems
Need I await
for instructions distinctly?
Too soon to provoke
There was no action or hope
Shot down by the enemy
I can only hear my thinking
Be true like only the Holy
Be true lie only you care
‘cause I’m tired and hungry
Beware I’m gonna disappear
Well now you can say it loud
That you will miss me
I can only hear my thinking
I can only hear my thinking
Be true as only you care
It’s true time is fleeting
Beware I’m gonna dissappear
BRICKETTE LOUNGE
She’s drunk again
at the Brickette Lounge
It’s Friday night
She’s drunk again
She’s out again
With her drinking friends
Listening to bad country music
She’s drunk again
She might hook up
with some urban cowboy
Maybe she’ll come home to me
I don’t see why I should care.
‘cause it’s Friday night
and she’s drunk again
She’ll be talking to strangers
‘cause strangers like to talk
I don’t know, and I don’t care
She’s drunk again
at the Brickette Lounge
It’s Friday night
and she’s drunk again
Another Friday night
and I’m all alone
Another Friday night
just myself at home
Another Friday night
and I’m drunk again
DRINKING FOR TWO
Now I sit here in this bar
remembering when
you wrecked my car
You left it on my front lawn
Things been quieter since
you’ve been gone
On nights like this
I can drink for two all alone
better than drinking with you
I don’t come here for
just the drinking
All I want is to stop thinking
Keep some memories
buried in me
But then the jukebox
plays that song
That reminds me of how
you done me wrong
So I raise a glass
in a toast to you
I know this booze
won’t break my heart
Sure don’t hurt so that’s a start
On nights like this
I can drink for two all alone
better than drinking with you
AMERICAN HERO
He was a Goldwater republican
Wanted to nuke them Viet Cong
Thought the Beatles were fags and Elvis was dumb
Never could admit when he was wrong
He was an American hero
from the Korean War
82nd airborne when he did his tour
Came home to work at the refinery
that simple life was all he’d need
Drink and chase woman at the corner bar
Never would drive a Japanese car
He was an American hero
from the Korean War
82nd airborne when he did his tour
He always rooted for the local teams
Or the one with most white guys it always seemed
Smoked a pack of cigarettes every day
back in those days it was all okay
Guys like that
they don’t live long
all the booze and woman
can’t be wrong
HAVE A GOOD NIGHT
Another day up off to work
gonna exsist it’s gonna hurt
make it to lunch If I hold my breath
don’t look up might see my death
what do I want? What do I need?
a phone call from you a health snack
I’ve given my time given my life
broke my back give it all back
What do I want? What do i need?
What will it be today?
I want peanutbutter and crackers
I want peanutbutter and crackers
Do I work to own a cell phone?
Do I work to drive a Japanese car?
Do I work to give money to your war machine?
Do I work to give money to people that don’t work?
Well I don’t care about your cell phones and I sure don’t care about your automobile industry
And I hate your immoral war
Just a thought….
Good afternoon It’s not a delight
gotta go home gonna eat dinner
mind my own business watch
the news have a good night
Screams and Dreams:
SOUTHERN GIRL
Stuck in a nowhere town.
Not a lot of people around.
Dead end job at the bar.
Saw you driving in your car.
Saw you when you came in,
that’s where we begin.
You were something from a dream.
Don’t you bat your eyes at me.
Little Southern Girl
we come from different worlds.
If you‘d only look my way
I’d find a way to stay
Yankee boy Dixie girl,
let’s give a love a whirl
Hear your sexy drawl
found love after all?
Little Southern Girl
we live in different worlds.
If you‘d only look my way
I’d find some way to stay,
find some way to stay.
Little Southern Girl
we live in different worlds.
If you‘d only look my way
I’d find some way to stay,
find some way to stay.
BEST WISHES
I miss the sight of your face.
I miss the sound it makes.
And it’s me you say you don’t need,
But my conscience, it aches free.
Will I ever see your face?
Will I ever see you smile?
Am I losing my faith?
Best wishes.
Best wishes.
We’re still friends just in my head.
Let’s forget the things we said.
And if ever we were near
I’m sure we’d care.
Will I ever see your face?
Will I ever see you smile?
Am I losing my faith?
Will I ever see your smile?
Will I ever see your face?
Am I losing my faith?
Best wishes.
My best wishes.
CYBOR CREEP
I haven’t left my room in a week.
I haven’t showered I’m starting to reek.
I’ve got a problem it’s easy to see.
World Wide Webs got a hold on me.
I post on Craigslist every day,
“Mister Casual Encounters wants to play”.
But no one ever e-mails me.
Another looser, anyone can see.
Internet pornography
Internet pornography
So I’m a Cybor Creep.
I’ve got insomnia, I can’t sleep
I suffer from a modern affliction.
I got me a sexual addiction.
Internet pornography
Internet pornography
Internet pornography
I haven’t left my room in a week.
I haven’t showered I’m starting to reek.
I’ve got a problem it’s easy to see.
World Wide Webs got a hold on me.
Internet pornography
THE BREAK UP SONG
How could you break up with me?
How could you break up with me?
You’re such a drama queen
Everybody’s sick of your scene.
How could you break up with me?
How could you break up with me?
You’re such a drama queen.
Everybody is sick of your scene.
Such a drama queen.
How could you break up with me?
How could you break up with me?
Everybody’s sick of your scene.
How could you break up with me?
How could you break up with me?
You’re so nasty and mean.
But you look good in them jeans.
How could you break up with me?
How could you break up with me?
Nan nan nanna na Nan nan nanna na
Nan nan nanna na Nan nan nanna na
How could you break up with me?
How could you break up with me?
How could you break up with me?
When I was going to break up with you,
but you broke up with me.
How could you break up with me?
How could you break up with me?
I was going to break up with you
No I was going to break up with you……
THE SCREAMS
I cover my ears
so I don’t hear The Screams…
Nothing here is what it seams…
Dreams are dreams
And screams are screams
Now I think they are coming for me.
Modern living has made me a slave
Gonna put me in an early grave
I cover my ears
so I don’t hear The Screams…
Dreams
Screams
They are coming for me and you
Screams
Dreams
I’ll just sit hear and play my guitar
so I don’t hear The Screams…
ME AT MY BEST AGAIN
They hate me down at the factory.
They say my work’s unsatisfactory.
I told the boss to get off my back.
He got real mad and he blew his stack.
My argument was so inspired.
This story can only end with me being fired.
Trouble finds me now and then,
Me at my best again
Went out with my buddies for a drink.
Hooked up with the missing link.
All my friends saw first hand
what I did on my drunken one night stand.
Never live this one down.
Gonna be the talk of the town.
Trouble finds me now and then
Me at my best again
Flashing lights in my rear view mirror.
Drunk, the cop is getting nearer.
Pulled over by a state trooper.
I’m almost in a super stupor.
Spend the night in the jail.
My wife, she won’t post my bail.
Trouble finds me now and then
Me at my best again.
Me at my best again.
CLIFTON IS THE MAN
The kids were gathered
behind the Super Saver.
Everybody who was anybody
was hanging out there.
The scene was set
on a perfect night.
Then he appeared.
Always late.
Clifton is the man
with the contraband.
Clifton is the man
with the contraband.
Selling bags of fun,
enough for everyone.
Now the party can start.
Now the party can start.
The girls want to be with him.
The guys they want to be like him
Clifton is the man
with the contraband.
with the contraband.
Bags of fun for everyone,
bags of fun for everyone.
Clifton is the Man.
LOVE IN VAIN
Well I followed her to the station
With a suitcase in my hand
Yeah, I followed her to the station
With a suitcase in my hand
Whoa, it's hard to tell, it's hard to tell
When all your love's in vain
When the train come in the station
I looked her in the eye
Well the train come in the station
And I looked her in the eye
Whoa, I felt so sad so lonesome
That I could not help but cry
It had two lights on behind
Yeah, when the train left the station
It had two lights on behind
Whoa, the blue light was my baby
And the red light was my mind
All my love was in vain
All my love's in vain
BLOOD SUCKING LEECH
I am on life support
Because of you
I got one foot in the grave
Because of you
Days are growing short
Dreams I had to abort
I forgot how to live
Because of you
I’ve nothing left to give
Because of you
All you do is take
Your act has got so fake
You blood sucking leach
Best stay out of my reach
What you did is a shame
Now I refuse to play your game
I’ll never love again
Because of you
I’ll never make a friend
Because of you
You drained all my blood dry
All I can do is ask why?
You blood sucking leach
Best stay out of my reach
If I ever see you again
I promise to crush your head
Because of you
I got one foot in the grave
Because of you
QUIET PEOPLE
I like quiet people
I like people that
don’t run their mouth
Just shut up
I don’t care about your mother
I don’t care about your job
I don’t care about your children
I don’t care about you
I like quiet people
I like quiet people
I like people who
don’t talk to me
I don’t care about your mother
I don’t care about your job
I don’t care about your children
I don’t care about you
'58 FURY
Hey Joe I wanna know
if you wanna go
to the the ’58 Fury show?
Down at Ivan’s
round the corner form here
I got the tickets
you can buy some beer.
So hey Joe I wanna know
Cause we gotta go
To the ’58 Fury show
If we leave early
I like it better
when the music gets loud
Hey Joe I wanna know
if you wanna go
to the the ’58 Fury show?
Down at Ivan’s
round the corner form here
I got the tickets
you can buy some beer.
JETT
I had a romance in my mind
I had a romance with Joan Jett
It was in my mind
I had a romance with Joan Jett
It was in my mind
She came up from behind
Told me that I was her kind
I had a romance with Joan Jett
I had a romance with Joan Jett
I had a romance with Joan Jett
It was all in my mind
It blew my mind
It blew my mind
I was happy when
I was in a romance
with Joan Jett
TENNESSEE WHISKEY
You know what’s bad?
I’ll tell you what’s bad.
Acquiring a taste
for Tennessee Whiskey.
Used to drink beer.
Got drunk, had no fear.
But I could stop anytime,
Always made it to work on time.
You know what’s bad?
I’ll tell you what’s bad.
Acquiring a taste
for Tennessee Whiskey.
Whiskey is my heroin
Can’t remember where I’ve been.
Get worried when the bottle runs low
Lucky if I make it to the show
You know what’s bad?
I’ll tell you what’s bad.
Lost my job working for the man.
Only true bingers can understand.
You know what’s bad?
I’ll tell you what’s bad.
Acquiring a taste
for Tennessee Whiskey.
Love that taste….
I want that taste….
I need a taste……
of Tennessee Whiskey
WILD THING
wild thing you make my
heart sing you make
everything groovy
wild thing
wild thing I think I love you
but I wanna know for sure
come on and hold me tight
I love you
wild thing you make my
heart sing you make
everything groovy
wild thing
wild thing, I think you move me
but I wanna know for sure
so c'mon and hold me tight
you move me
wild thing you make my
heart sing you make
everything groovy
wild thing
wild thing
c'mon , c'mon wild thing
shake it, shake it , wild thing
RUNNING GUN BLUES
I count the corpses on my left, I find I’m no so tidy
So I better get away, better make it today
I’ve cut twenty three down since Friday
But I can’t control it, my face is drawn
My instinct still emotes it
I slash them cold, I kill them dead
I broke the gooks, I cracked their heads
I’ll bomb them out from under their beds
But now I got the running gun blues
It seems the peacefuls stopped the war
Left the generals squashed and stifled
But I’ll slip out again tonight
Cause they haven’t taken back my rifle
For I’ll promote oblivion
And I’ll plug a few civilians
I slash them cold, I kill them dead
I break them gooks, I crack their heads
I’ll slice them till theey’re running red
But now I got the running gun blues
MAC DADE BLVD
This street aint lying
These towns are dying
For you- MacDade Blvd
No lack of trying
This place is dying
For you -MacDade Blvd
I remember going there with you
And the things we used to do
But that died too
No one is hiring
‘Cause no one is buying
For you -MacDade Blvd
I remember going there with you
And the things we used to do
that died too
These towns are dying
For you -MacDade Blvd
No lack of trying
This place is dying
For you-MacDade Blvd
I remember going there with you
And the things we used to do
that died too – and so did you
DRUNK BEFORE LUNCH
Drunk before lunch
Drunk before lunch
Only way to cure a hangover
Get drunk before lunch
Nothings gonna get done today
Nothings gonna get done today
Just like yesterday
It the same everyday
Watch the people go to work
In their fancy cars
Watch the people go to work
From this shabby bar
Drunk before lunch again
Nothings gonna get done today
Just like yesterday