"Beggars & Hangers-On"

( Slash / Eric Dover / Duff McKagan)


Well I know, you couldn't love me
Cause you're promised to a
wealthy man
Take a look, what are you seein'?
Is that a noose or a wedding band

Should I go to see a healer
Nervous twitchin' in my hands
Nervous twitchin' in my head

God help me rid this feelin'
Cause I'm fallin' to pieces
And I can't get out of bed

Beggars and hangers-on
Try to take you from me
Someone with a Bible in his pocket
Clouding everything you see
Beggars and hangers-on
They chip it away
Bury your soul in the river
Cause the end is here to stay

God help me rid this feelin'
Cause I'm fallin' to pieces
And I can't get out of bed

I was wrong
I don't need you
It seems reckless
And unfair
Better days
Are far behind
Guess that's another cross
I'll have to bear

I know that there's a time
and a reason
To take the ghost and lock it up inside
And maybe I am down
But I'm not beaten
Like anything
We were born to die

Beggars and hangers-on
Try to take you from me
Someone with a Bible in his pocket
Clouding everything you see
Beggars and hangers-on
They chip it away
Bury your soul in the river
Cause the end is here to stay
Beggars and hangers-on
Beggars and hangers-on
No no no no
No no no no
No no no no

"Good To Be Alive"

( Slash / Gilby Clarke / Eric Dover )


You told me you're an orphan
The same old standard line
Then when we moved in together
All you did was moan and cry
Talkin' like you'd make it
On life's big movie screen
I had to say I loved you
Just to try and keep the peace

Hustler
What are you doin' with your time
I'm slow to catch on
But I think you wasted mine

You're running low tonight
Jack up and get it right
You know you're going down
Ain't it good to be alive

I couldn't make excuses about
everything you said
You wanna show your bruises
Let's throw a party for the band
Now here they come a dancin'
Like the powder to your nose
Why don't you cut your head off
Spite your face let's do the show

Hustler
What are you doin' with your time
I'm slow to catch on
But I think you wasted mine
Hustler

You're running low tonight
The station's right close by
Pack up your car and drive
Ain't it good to be alive

Tearing at the membrane
Of the first new thing in years
Found a nagging consolation
In a glass of Everclear
And the ugly truth has raped you
They're saying you're a lousy lay
But isn't everything that way

Ain't it good to be alive
So good to be alive

I Hate Everybody (But You)"

( Slash / Eric Dover )


They filled me full of promises
Till it burned the roof of my mouth
I thought these jokers were my friends
Until they sold me out
Speed freaks at my door
It's all the same to me
Everybody's barkin' up
the same ol' tree

I hate everybody but you
And it won't get better soon
You rub me all the right ways baby
You'll probably screw me too

When you were told you're too old
To strip to pay the bills
You moved in with your loser friends
So you could take designer pills
Take it how you want it
Scream that you were framed
Cause you beat
My sister's looks and all
But the sex is just the same

I hate everybody but you
And it won't get better soon
You rub me all the right ways baby
You'll probably screw me too

Give it up, you still want more
I'll fight you to the end,
you still want more
I put my heavy faith
Into a karma sucker's safe
Give it up
Give it up

I hate everybody but you
Seems no matter what I do
I can't help feelin' paranoid
Of what's in it for you

I hate everybody but you
But I got no one else to turn to
If I end up getting screwed
I might as well get screwed by you

"Take It Away"

( Slash / Eric Dover / Matt Sorum )


You and I
Have been playing this game
For so damn long
And I don't know why
These cards are too old
So I'm gonna fold
Bye Bye
Bye Bye
Bye Bye

Party's over and all our friends
are gone
Was it something I said, did we have
too much fun
Guess you missed it, look around
It's never you who's to blame for
bringing everyone down

It's never you who's to blame
For setting the stage
You want it your way

C'mon, C'mon, C'mon
Why don't you take it away
Take it away
Come on, take it away
Take it away
Take it away
Take it away
Why don't you take it away
Take it away

Bad rumors goin' round
Nothing said from my mouth
Why would you think
It's you
It's hitting too close to home now

Is it me or you
Who carries the weight
To deal with your pain
And don't you hate it too
It smothers and drains all the same

C'mon, Take it away
Take it away
Why don't you take it away
Take it away
Why don't you take it away
Take it away
C'mon, Take it away
Take it away
Take it away

Chorus

You and I
Have been doin' the time
For all of your crimes
And I don't know why
It don't make sense
It seems such a waste of time
Bye Bye
Bye Bye
Bye Bye

Chorus

"Been There Lately"

(Slash/J. Griparic/R. Jackson/M. Laug/R. Roxie)


Have seen them raise an eye, I'm coming home
Seedy and crawlin', seven years or more
Now you know where I'm goin'
A beautiful shade of blue and pale
A color you bought at a junkie's yard sale
Stop your cryin', Stop your cryin'
Well I'm Lazy now - the summer crazy farm is all I own with...

My Motor, my thrills, I needed my space
My Prison, my drugs, let's go to my place

Ain't been there lately
Ain't been there lately
Ain't been there lately - there's no room

Well I sacrificed all the people
that were killin' me and since gone away
Three of them murdered, two livin'
Now even god's gone, not much left to say
If there's a day you wanna come by
Everybody knows i'll just be sittin' here
Drop on by now, let's get high now
The reverend reminded me your redemption can be paid with...

My Motor, my thrills, I needed my space
My Prison, my drugs, let's go to my place

Ain't been there lately
Ain't been there lately
Ain't been there lately - there's no room

Ain't been there lately
Ain't been there lately
Ain't been there lately
Ain't been there lately, lately

"Shine"

(Slash/J. Griparic/R. Jackson/M. Laug/R. Roxie)

 
You turn me on like some midnight show, I'm so damn strung
You burn me out, red line overload, then watch me blow

Well I've been waiting hypnotized down on your floor
You can't save me
You don't have Adam and Eve to kick around anymore
They really do write the song
They want everybody to...

Shine, they want you to shine
Stand beneath the sun and you too can shine

I shed my skin, if you peel it back, unoriginal sin

Well, I've been wasting, hypnotized down on your phone
You can't save me
You don't have Adam and Eve to kick around anymore
You really do rock the show,
They want everybody to...

Shine
They want you to shine
Everybody
Shine if you're loaded baby
Shine any place that you're gonna be
Shine
Stand beneath the sun and you too can shine

So violated, the way we burned out from its fire
So violated, the way we killed the sun
So violated, the way we burned out from its fire
So violated, the way we killed the sun

Shine
They want you to shine
Everybody shine if you're loaded baby
Shine any place that you're gonna be
Shine
Stand beneath the sun and you too can shine

"Mean Bone"

(Slash/J. Griparic/R. Jackson/M. Laug/R. Roxie/J. Douglas)

 
You're dissin' me, I never show it
But you're always getting into my head,
Dismissin' me I let you do it but you're doin' it
In front of my friends

I'm not your doormat, I'm the leader of a kick-you
When you're down crusade, I'm not a part of that
I hear the rumors, goin' round that I'm not the man

I'm tired of playin' dumb
I'm tired of being pushed around
And if you think that I'm going soft
Here come some hard times

I got one mean bone in my body
I got one mean bone in my hand

You are a parasite, you latched on
And now I'm up to my neck in pain
All we do is fight, you bitch and moan so much
I think I need a hearing aid

My love won't overcome
The way you put me down
And if you think that I'm goin' soft
Here come some hard times

I got one mean bone in my body
I got one mean bone in my hand

"Ain't Life Grand"

(Slash/J. Griparic/R. Jackson/M. Laug/R. Roxie)

 
The end of the summer, down in New Orleans
Should've called, got caught up in the scene
Ain't nothin' wrong, ain't a damn thing right
Gonna be comin' home but baby, not tonight
The reason I'm stayin' is everythin's swayin'
It feels too good to leave
Pay all the bullshit, send me the receipts
I don't know where I'll be

The bayou's callin', the gypsy's out tonight
French Quarter lamps are burnin'
Lamps are burning bright
Now I'm the kind of man
That will throw caution to the wind, all night long
I'll be here 'til the end
The caravan awaits me in a place within my mind
Wish you could be here oh another time

Whoo, hoo, yeah, yeah,
Ain't life grand
All the pushin', and huggin', and pushin' and tuggin'
And whoo, hoo, yeah, yeah,
Ain't life grand
All the pissin' and moanin' and jerkin' me off
I said Whoo, hoo, yeah, yeah, ain't life grand
Ain't life grand,
Ain't life grand
Oh, ain't life grand

Ohh whoo, hoo, yeah, yeah, ain't life grand
All the drinkin' and takin' and fakin' it all
I said whoo hoo, yeah yeah, ain't life grand
All The touchin' and feelin' and bumpin' and squealin'
Now whoo hoo, oh yeah ain't life grand
All the kickin' and screamin', all the lyin', and cheatin'
Now whoo, hoo, yeah, yeah, ain't life grand
Ain't life grand, ain't life grand
Ain't it grand baby?
Ain't life grand baby
Ain't life grand mama
Sweet daddy grand
Mama grand, brother grand, woman grand
Papa grand, granny grand Baby grand
Oh I need a damn gram

"Serial Killer"

(Slash/J. Griparic/R. Jackson/M. Laug/R. Roxie/J. Douglas)

 
Here we are alone now, just you and me
Down the halls we waltz, your end is in my dreams

I wanna be like him, he had a dreadful life
I wanna learn to shoot, I wanna use the knife
I like the smell of fear that makes you paralyzed
I am the boy next door who put that fear in your eyes

I hope you can leave all this for yourself
I'll be your slave and then dig your grave
While we're makin' love I dream revolver

They say I'm crazy, falling apart
Do you like the way I murdered your heart
I'm smart and cagey, I come in the night
If you let me in, you'll give up your life

He like to roll in mud, up to his chin
Now I open my head and let his voodoo in
I rode those sissy bars all the way to hell
Sweet mother justice, I've heard it all
There's nothing left to tell

I hope you didn't need all this for yourself
And the man with the stars says he knows you are
But I just keep singing' la dee dee dah

They say I'm crazy, falling apart
Do you like the way I murdered your heart
I'm smart and cagey, I come in the night
If you let me in, you'll give up your life

Boom boom bang bang, screams in the dark
If you let him in, he'll murder your heart
Boom boom bang bang, screams in the dark
If you let him in, he'll murder your heart

He's not the man you see at home
He's someone else inside
His life's no longer his own
He's someone else inside
Creepin' up when you're alone
And now he stands inside
He want's to take you to hell
But for him it's heaven

Sorry to say but you're not the only one
You're not the lonely one that turned my light on
While I'll turned yours on, on, on...

"Back And Forth Again"

( Slash / Eric Dover )


Now you've slipped away
And found a place to stay
Who do I congratulate
But I'm happy for you
Where are you today
I sense that you're afraid
And I don't know what to do

I miss you, but what does it change
This confusion feels the same
Forget you and let you leave
But I'm still thinkin' it through
it's been the conflict between us
That's kept me from sinking before
You drove me crazy and I let you
Come do it some more
Put the past to bed,
we've done it before

Now we're back and forth again
Can we help this pointless thing
Swingin' like a hinge
To the place we always meet

There's nothing to say
Except loneliness is strange
Cause you wear the face
That I never can leave
And I know you're gonna call
Cause you know just where I'll be
Once you come and find me here
I'll be happy for me
So happy to be
Not alone anymore
We've done it before

Now we're back and forth again
Can we help this pointless thing
Swingin' like a hinge
To the place we always meet

It's such a shame how little things
Can change your minds
Don't just sit there filing your nails
And passing the time
I can't let you bottle it up
And take it too far
Carrying all of that weight
Is the hardest part

Now we're back and forth again
Can we help this pointless thing
Swingin' like a hinge
To the place we always meet
Back and forth again
Back and forth again
Back and forth again
Back and forth again