"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