"Believe In Me"

( Duff McKagan )

Recorded basically in one day,
(drum tracks morning, then bass,
rhythm guitars, then vocals).
Slash came in that night and did
the guitar solo.
LA Conway


When I was a young boy
Said some man parted some sea
They said believe in us
Why should they lie to me


Now I'm not a young boy
What I believe is what I believe
But I still get fooled sometimes
It's so goddamned easy
(Girl Part)


Now that I'm a grown man
Be the best that I can be
Been down every rocky road
And I'm bloodied at my knees
But I treat you like a princess
Never ask to be the king
Just believe in me
Believe in me
Believe in me
Yeah yeah
Where does it leave me
When you don't believe in me
Where does it leave me
When you don't believe in me


I'd climb any mountain
Yeah I'd cross any sea
I might break down and cry
But I'd drop down my bottle of rye
If you'd just believe in me
Believe in me
Believe in me
Where does it leave me
When you don't believe in me
Where does it leave me
When you don't believe in me


But I'm still my own man
Yeah I'm still my own man
And I do what I can
And while you're treating me raw
I still make my own law
I still make my own law


Come on
Believe in me
Believe in me
Yeah....me
Believe in me
Yeah
Come on
Believe in me
Can't you see just believe in me
Come on
Believe in me
Yeah yeah
Believe in me

Duff: Lead Vocal, Drums, Bass, 12-String
Acoustic Guitar, Electric Rhythm Guitar
Slash: Lead Guitar
Bobbie Brown-Lane: Backing Vocals

"I Love You"

( Duff McKagan )

A very wry (objective?!!) view of a rela-
tionship gone bad. Again I recorded
the whole song in a day...myself!!
LA Conway


It's been four months since
You gone away
My bed is empty and my heart
Still feels the pain yeah the pain


I see your picture in a magazine
I look away still see you starin' at me
At me


Chorus
I walk the streets at night
And there's no one else in my sight
but you
In my mind


Cause I still love you
Yeah I still love you
I

Buy a ticket to a subway train
A one-way token just to end my pain
From you yeah from you
Ticket says destination unknown
The car stops and I'm back at home
all alone
Without you without you


Chorus
I walk the streets at night
And there's no one else in my
sight but you
In my mind


Cause I still love you
Yeah I still love you
I


I saw you at a restaurant down on
42nd Street
Drinkin' red wine and laughin'
I kept walkin' by myself with a bottle
of rye
I don't need you baby


And you're foolin' yourself when
you say
You don't need me
I said you're foolin' yourself
When you say you don't need me


And I'm lyin' fallin' down in the alley
Yeah I'm lyin' to myself as I'm
screamin'


Chorus


I saw some chick the other day
She had a smile that looked so cool
It looked like you so I walked away


My eyes are tired but I still look cool
My tears are past
And I don't need you, don't need
you, need you


"If you thought I needed you why
would I be lookin' at chicks and
lookin' at French fashion magazines"

Duff: Lead Vocal, Drums, Bass, 12-String
Acoustic Guitar, Electric Rhythm Guitar,
Leslie Guitar

"Could It Be U"

( Duff McKagan )


Could it be you
Might be my woman
Could it be you
The one that makes me feel like a
man - yeah


Saw your gaze
It put me in a haze
It was amazing
I saw a little girl
Put me in a whirl
Just left me gazing


Chorus
The one that makes me feel like a
strong man
'Cause that's what I am


Came across this grace
Put me in my place
Baby
I'm still learning
That life is young
Past things I've done
Just for you
I'm yearning


Chorus


Could it be you
Could it be true
The one that makes me feel like a
man
Could it be you
Could it be you
I'm still learning
I'm still learning

Duff: Lead Vocal, LINN Drum, Alou,
Drums, Bass, 12-String
Acoustic, Electric Rhythm Guitar
Dizzy Reed: Piano, Farfisa

"Trouble"
( Duff McKagan )


Trouble always follows me
But trouble ain't a bad place to be
I'll get my shit by it, if I can
But I stand on my own, and I'm
my own man


The only age I know is the
dark age
All the people I know put me in a
cage
The only age I know is the
dark age
The only light I know is in this dark
space
I'm the portrait of your patroniza-
tion
Have you ever looked at my face?


They try to make a mess out of me
They're heading for a social cata-
strophe


They try to make a mess out of me
Alienation, false masturbation,
incrimination
My soul salvation, discrimination,
isolation
No consolation here


Always follow me
Always follow me
Always follow me
Always follow me
Always follow me
Always follow me
Always follow me

Duff: Drums, Bass, Electric Rhythm
Guitar, Superfly Guitar, Backing Vocals
Sebastian Bach: Lead Vocal,
Backing Vocals
Snake: Electric Rhythm
Guitar, Lead Guitar,
Dizzy Reed: Backing Vocals
Slam: Backing Vocals
Billy Nasty: Bridge Harmony Vocal

"10 Years"
( Duff McKagan / Gilby Clarke )


It's been a long time since I've seen
you, baby

Then you call came across my
telephone
Said old friends are meeting
Will you come up maybe

I said I'll try to make it
You left me talking to a tone

Ten years didn't seem so long
Has it been that long, baby
Has it been that long since I've
gone away

Many days and nights have
passed since
I've seen you, mama
So many things have passed
our eyes
A ring has come and gone
from my finger, baby
I've stumbled, fallen down
and yes I've even cried
Chorus

It's been ten years since
I've seen you, baby
Since I've promised
you the moon
It's been that long since
I've whispered in your ear
Let's celebrate now that
we're home

(Whisper) It's been a long time
since I've seen you, yeah!
You're a memory from the past
That'll always last
But life goes on, but it's been
so long...etc.

I think about the past, it's gone
away so fast
I'm still the same human being
I've traveled many miles and all
just the while
I've learned about the things I've
seen
It's been ten years since I've seen
you, baby
Since I've promised you the moon
It's been that long since I've whis-
pered sweet in your ear

Let's celebrate now that we're
home

It's been ten years since I've seen
you, baby
Since I've promised you the moon
It's been that long since I've whis-
pered in your ear
Maybe I'll call ya or just see ya
soon

Duff: Lead Vocal, Drums, Bass,
Gilby Clarke: Acoustic Guitar, Electric
Rhythm Guitar, Acoustic 12-String Guitar,
Electric Lead Guitar, Backing Vocal

"Who's To Blame"
(Duff Mckagan)

"It's about the breakup of guns." - Duff


What did I do today?
Some people think I went and threw it away
But that was yesterday
I can't remember much of that anyway

I wonder who's to blame?
Or does it really matter much anyway
Or if we stayed the same?
If anyone of us would be here today ... yeah

I don't care about it anymore, so tired
of thinking it through
I don't care about it anymore, who's to
blame me or you?

I had so much fun, was going to live so fast
and die very young
But I was 21, i'm so glad i'm here to sing this song ... yeah

I wonder who's to blame?
Or does it really matter much anyway?
Or if we stayed the same?
If anyone of us would be here today ... yeah
I don't care about it anymore, so tired of
thinking it through

I don't care about it anymore, who's to
blame me or you?
I don't care about it anymore. So tired of
thinking it through
I don't care about it anymore, who's to
blame me or you?

"Hope"
(Duff Mckagan)

"It's about hope. There's fear in L.A., racial fear, fear of crime. This is a song about hope." - Duff


The clowns have come to rest,
the Jester's sold his soul,
the world has lost its laugh,
human kind is turning cold
It's time to say your grace,
it's time to call your friends,
Start your laughing instead of crying cause the end is nowere near...yeah

A man died of fear today, they say he lost way
Time bomb in Central Park, don't go out after dark
It's time to say your grace, it's time to call your friends
And start you laughing instead of crying cause the end is nowhere near...yeah

Heaven only hopes, heaven only knows,
to see her children just laughing,
Not dying for someone's faith

Hope is what she gave her love for

Fear because she's been alone before

Fate so that you'd fight a holy war, I still
don't get it heaven only hopes

A child was born today, pure innocence of heart
Hope bristles from her smile, fate laidens in the dark
It's time to say your grace, it's time to call your friends and
Start your laughing instead of crying cause the end is nowhere near...yeah

Heaven only hopes, heaven only knows to see
Her children just laughing
Not dying for someone's faith...dying for
someone's faith...dying for someone's faith

"Beautiful Disease"
(Duff McKagan, Eddie Hewlett)

"After I got out of the hospital and got sober, I just kind of lost it in a
good way for a while. It's like when you're 18, and you're questioning
everything. I feel like I was doing that again, but from the perspective
of someone who'd been through some shit and knew a little more." - Duff


I think I'm gonna freak out, throw out my
Sanity, blame it on my lack of education,
forced sobriety
Gonna whip it out my double barrel and play
Russian roulette with one
When I win, I'm gonna pull my skin off and
give it to someone

(chorus)

Beautiful Disease

Ugly is so beautiful when you hit it with a stick
Political correctiveness is such a sham, it's
makin' me sick
Sometimes I gotta ask myself why a kick in
the head feels good
The more they try to beat me down, the more
I think it's understood that

(chorus)

(bridge)

Opinions are like assholes, and you smell like
and open sewer
I lost my mind, 30 times, cause of bullshit
pulled on tour
It's my war, and I want it, right now

(chorus)

Here we go once again
It's time to take my librium
Spiders crawlin' up the walls
Will you catch me if I fall?

Round and round and round he goes
Where he stops, nobody knows

"Missing You"
(Duff Mckagan, Michael Barragan)

"I don't even want to try to count how many of my
best friends I've lost to heroin. This song was me finally
being pissed off. The chorus says, "I won't be missing you."
There's only so much you can do." -Duff


At home alone, my eternal atonement
I won't be missin' you
So sick and tired, of bein' fucked up and lied to
I hope your dreams come true

I've seen you long, and I've felt ya strong
But now I can't get through
And then you lied, you were gettin' high
I hope you're turnin' blue

(chorus)

And in the night, when I feel alright
I won't be missin' you
Then you lied, you were gettin' high
I hope you're turnin' blue

(chorus 2)

All my heroes gone
Facts darker than fiction as my nightmare
carries on and on

(chorus)

I used to ask you how long you we're gonna carry on
when you lied I knew you were gone

(bridge)

The lines were clearly drawn
Sad memories of you, slowly gone
The world will carry on without you

(chorus 2)

(chorus)

And now that you're gone, I'm gonna carry on
The lines were clearly drawn

"Rain"
(Duff Mckagan)

"It's about finding somebody to take care of, and I've found that with my daughter." - Duff


Ain't no fun, having no one
I'm so gone ain't never coming back
I cramp my style, I can't find my mind
A piece of me just fell off the tracks

Got stuck one night, on the run, it came to
me like a loaded gun
I got scared of my shadow, don't want to
hide from the fear no more... no

I fall down, no one to pick me up
no one to pick me up

I thank you God for hearing me, one rainy
night I was on my knees
You sent the girl of my dreams, and I'm the
one for her it seems

(chorus)

Let the rain come down on me, let the rain
Let the rain come down on me, let the rain
come down on you too.

I fall down, no one to pick me up
I fall down, now the rain pounds down on
me, the rain pounds down on me
yeah... yeah

It was so hard but now it's plain to see
At long last, I've got the woman of my
dreams
let the rain

I've seen war live through my pain, saved my
Life from a bitter end
I can't find my shadow
ain't gonna hide from that fear no more
I let the rain come down on me, let the rain
come down on you too.
Let the rain come down on me, let the rain
come down on you too.

"Man In The Meadow"
( West Arkeen / Duff McKagan )


Extra extra read all about my
Loss of sanity
I have often wondered what my
Life really means to me
Wasted days and broken dreams
Let it all slip away from me
And if you pick up the pieces of
A broken man, you'll find a
Fan of the family
Yeah the family


Chorus
Now you're all alone
In the meadow
Sedate your lonely soul
With the man in the meadow
No need to telephone
When you're out in the meadow
Cause you live your life alone
With the man in the meadow
And me


Saw a friend of mine
Guess he just didn't see me
Looked into his eyes
And he walked right through me
He lived a life of alibies and
Broken ties that set him free yeah
free, yeah free


And why'd this dream fade so
Fast
And why am I lookin' towards
The past to set me free
From me and my family
My family yeah yeah


Set down beside your grave
At peace with God and the holy
Slave
We're gathered here to shed
A tear
And think about our goddamn mortal
Years
You had your start
You made your mark
And then you turn around
And leave us in the dark, fuck
In the dark


Chorus

Duff: Lead Vocal, Drums, Bass, Heavy
Rhythm Guitar
West Arkeen: Lead Guitar, Electric Rhythm
Guitar, 12-String Acoustic Guitar
Ted Andreadis: Organ
London McDaniel: Bridge Vocals

"(Fucked Up) Beyond Belief"
( Duff McKagan / Matt Sorum )


"This is a warning"

You got democracy, debauchery,
and a communist regime
They tore, that wall down just to
keep people happy
But it goes back up again


The tax man cometh and he takes
all your money away
Tax bracket, what a racket
They spend it like two-bit thieves


The monster came up its ugly
head
And it's just enough to keep
Your children fed?
You stumble, you get up and then
you heave
Man, it's so fucked up beyond
belief

Duff: Lead Vocal, Bass, Rhythm Guitar
Synth Bass, Bullhorn
Jeff Beck: Lead & Rhythm Guitar
Matt Sorum: Drums
Ted Andreadis: Clavinet, Organ

"Just Not There"
( Duff McKagan / Joie Mastrokalos )


"Why does everything always end
up feeling so goddamn cold"

Once again I woke up this
morning
And a warm spot still long cold
gone
Then smell of you and your sweet
perfume
Still lingers on, lingers on, lingers
on


Chorus
I wrap my arms around you
But all I get is icy cold yeah


Run my hands through
Your long blonde hair
But once again you're just not
there
Just not there


You know I look but just can't find
the reasons
To face another day
Cause I feel like crawling up inside
girl
Just fading away, fading away, fad-
ing away...


Chorus


That's alright, girl
I want you to know that I'll keep on
walking
I got both my feet on the ground
And check it out I'm gonna stick it
to you


Yesterday I met a girl just like you
She had the same smile and same
sweet perfume
So I turned around and walked away
Me, my blade and my bottle of blues
My bottle of blues
My bottle of blues


Chorus
Repeat


That's alright, girl
I keep walking, I keep walking, I
keep walking, I keep
walking, I keep walking

Duff: Lead Vocal, Drums, Bass, 12-
String Electric Guitar,
Electric Rhythm Guitar
Slash: Lead Guitar

"Punk Rock Song"
( Duff McKagan )


Hate/Pain/Greed/Suc-cess/Ooh

You got somethin' to say to me
Well say it to my face
I'm so sick of society
That says I'm out of place
I come around, you run and
Hide, pretend you don't know me
The time will come, you'll pay
The price, just wait and
See


You try to cramp my style,
When that word means nothin'
To me
Just go away, you're fuckin'
Decay
And you thought you had the
Right to kick dirt at me?


And now I got a great big
House and my dick' real hard
Was that your daughter with
blonde hair, I think
I got her pink panties man, send
her back over
You let life mean nothing man
Worth of status went too far
All this shit you see, never
Meant dick to me


I saw the news, I've read the
Lines
I've seen it for myself
Now you're the ones I clearly see
That really need some help
So now you ask me to join your
Club of upper society
You twist shit up, you turn around
You think you're the picture of
morality

Duff: Lead Vocal, Drums, Bass, Rhythm
Guitar, Lead Guitar

"Swamp Song"
( Duff McKagan )


I don't really need the ego
Of being a pop star
Playing rock & roll makes
Me stand hard & tall
Once an old man with blood on
his hands
Said "Pick up my guitar and
use it"
The he took it from me said "Let
Your soul run free"


Chorus
People get so stuck on getting
their
Name in lights
Fuckin' some famous model
Keepin' their assholes tight


So I played that guitar
Til my dick got hard
I fucked that bitch night & day
Time went by and that old man
died
Got a note "Remember what I
said"
Brought flowers to his grave
Laid 'em down, and my fingers
Started to bleed I was finally free
I was finally free yeah


Chorus


Uh uh uh
Don't get me wrong I ain't singin'
This song bout bros who truly
deserve it
But money & fame is for those
truly
Lame. The ones who need
to get their
Heads lit
So I play my guitar, Yeah I played
that bitch all night
Long
Yeah I played my guitar I was
finally free


Chorus-Bridge
So keep your head clear don't
believe what you hear
Just play what comes from your
soul
But if money & fame is your
fuckin' game
Then I hope you die fat & old


Repeat

Duff: Lead Vocal, Drums, Bass, Electric
Rhythm Guitar
Jeff Beck: Lead Guitar, Electric Rhythm
Guitar
West Arkeen: Electric Rhythm Guitar
Joie Mastrokalos: Backing Vocals

"Fuck You"
( Duff McKagan / Doc Newmann )


"Come on Doc tell it like it is A bitch is a bitch and you been dissed"

"This is Doc from the mob
and I about to step to ya"
I'm a tell a lil tale about a
trifle ass crook
She was the love of my
life yeah well that's a joke
We got home early from
tour about a quarter to
seven
After 6 months of hell I
missed my lil piece of heaven
Duff dropped me by the
pad about nine fifteen
Me benz was in the drive
way wait mine's black and that's
Dark green
The door was ajar I threw a clip in
my nine
I dropped my hat on disgust my
girl was blown his mind
I couldn't believe it she was sit-
ting there had knee pads
On and everything beat this


She had the nerve to ask "What
you doin home so soon"
Bitch this is my world, my house
and my room
As she tried to explain with fake
tears in her eyes
I despised the past love and
believing her lies
Just pack your shit and honey
leave my ring
She left with what she came with
not a goddamn thing
I said honey you lost/now you're
a mirage
So get that shit out of my driveway
and the fuck outta
Dodge Matt Dillon's gonna run
your ass out
I don't really need you


And I don't really want you baby
Said I
I don't really care
I I don't really need you mama
Said no more no more


This bed that you made's a been
torn and tattered
And it smells like another man


This bottle that I drink is for you
baby
You've made me just a meaner
man
I did all I could every change I got
Bought you diamonds pearls
even
Gave you my rock. But you
Threw it away on a 6-month fling
This motherfucker's a square
Can't even sing
So you ladies be warned don't
diss my crew
Cause my crew will do for me
before you will do
But we got each other back
Enough's enough
That's Doc from the Mob and my
homeboy Duff


That's me that's right I'm sick of
hearing la de da le de da
From your ass


I don't really want you, baby


Said I don't really care
I - I don't really need you, mama
Said no more no more


This bed that you made's a been
torn and tattered
And it smells like another man


This bottle that I drink is for you
now, baby
You've made me just a meaner
man, yeah


You said you'd really take care of
me
Instead you just made me bleed
How's that make you feel, huh?


See I don't know what you're
thinkin
My name's Doc not Nintendo
You can't play me
So don't call, don't come see
me
I want you to leave the keys to my
house
Leave the keys to my car
Leave me the keys to me home-
boy's car
Cause I know you got his keys
Ice Cube said it best "A bitch is a
bitch"
"Yo, Duff let's get out of here.
Wait a minute this is my
motherfuckin house"
"That's right man"

Duff: Bass, Rhythm Guitar, Superfly
Guitar, Chorus & Ad Lib Vocals
West Arkeen: Lead Guitar
Doc: Lead Vocal
Rob Affuso: Drums
Dizzy Reed: Piano
Slam: Backing Vocals
Joie Mastrokalos: Chorus Backing Vocals

"Lonely Tonite"
( Duff McKagan )


Do you remember walkin' hand in
hand
Did you understand, well, I did
We used to listened to that song
"Are you lonely tonight?"
I think the king sang it


I'm lonely tonite
Yeah lonely tonight
That's right


I used to read you bedtime stories


I'm so lonely tonite
I'm so lonely, so lonely tonite


Remember you used to protect me
From my fright
Now I stand here with a bottle in
My hand
Who cares? What's different?


Tonite Tonite

Duff: Lead Vocal, Drums, Bass, Piano
Talkbox
Snake: Lead Guitar
Suicide Horns: Horns

"Seattle head"
(Duff McKagan / Noel Golden)


When I was a young, I had a dream
movin' to the city sight unseen
19 years of age I'm packing my bags
Hollywood was all the rage

I came to you in 1984
You showed me in, then you shut the door
It didn't take me long to learn to play the game
A kick in the head always feels the same

(chorus)

Los Angeles, you're a fuckin whore
Hollywood, you're an open sore


I played it well, and I played it fast
Livin' slow was in the past
Chicks and drugs and gettin' burnt
Just a few of the things I `learnt'
Got sick and tired of bein' scared as hell
A wasted man, just a shell of myself
But that was then, and this is now
My pretty baby, I've changed somehow

(chorus 2)

Los angeles, you've lost you're grip
Drugs and lies and whores suckin dick

(b-verse)

I don't know if I could do things differently
L.A.'s had me for so long
When I look I can see things differently
What doesn't kill me makes me strong

(bridge)

Los Angeles, I didn't sell my soul to you
Los Angeles, you thought you would kill me
You thought you could take me down
Fuck that, power to me

(chorus)

(b-verse)

Sometimes it goes like this
Some
A kick in the head