You got me forced to crack
  my lids in two
I'gm still stuck inside this rubber room
I gotta punch the clock that
  leads the blind
I'gm just another gear in the assembly
  line - oh no

The noose gets tighter around  my throat
But I ain'gt at the end of my rope ´cause
  I won'gt be the one left behind
Can'gt be king of the world
  If you'gre slave to the grind
Tear down the rat racial slime
Can'gt be king of the world
  If you'gre slave to the grind

  Get it?

  A routine injection, a lethal dose
But my day in the sun ain'gt even close
There'gs no need to waste
  your prayers on me
You better mark my words
  'gcause I´m history
  Yes indeed

You might beg for mercy to get by
But I'gd rather tear this thorn
  from my side

I won'gt be the one left behind
You can'gt be king of the world
  If you'gre slave to the grind
Tear down the rat racial slime
Can'gt be king of the world
  If you'gre slave to the grind

They swallowed thier daggers by
  turning their trick
They tore my intentions apart
  brick by brick
I'gm sick of the jive
You talk verbal insecticide

They swallowed thier daggers by
  turning their trick
They tore my intentions apart
  brick by brick
I'gm sick of the jive
You talk verbal insecticide

I won'gt be the one left behind

You can'gt be king of the world
  If you'gre slave to the grind
Tear down the rat racial slime
You can'gt be king of the world
  If you'gre slave to the grind

I said slave to the grind
  Slave to the grind
  Slave to the grind
				

I'gve been convicted with and
  without reason
Tarred and feathered like a piper on
  a killing spree
And felt the anger of generations
And been the target of the cheap shots
  of authority

So you think you cut me down to size
Well there'gs something you
  should realize
It'gs gonna take more than a break
  in the law
To make me smile pretty for the
  wreckin'g ball

Won'gt beg, won´t bleed
The end of sacrifice is a threat
  to society
Hard line, you'gll see
Once you'gve made a mark, you´ve
  made a threat to society

I wasn'gt put here to be treated
Like some disease you hoped would go
  away if left alone
You can sweep me under the carpet
But, I'gll still infect your need to use me
  as a steppin'g stone

So you think you cut me down to size
Well there'gs something you
  should realizeI
t'gs gonna take more than a break
  in the lawTo make me smile pretty for the
  wreckin'g ballWon´t beg, won´t bleed

The end of sacrifice is a threat
  to society
Hard line, you'gll see
Once you'gve made a mark, you´ve
  made a threat to society

So you think you cut me down to size
Well there'gs something you
  should realize
It'gs gonna take more than a break
  in the law
To make me smile pretty for the
  wreckin'g ball
				

She was a ballerina on a subway train
Stiletto heels and a candy cane
Looked like a number on a station wall
Hot on the tail of a social call 

I wet my lips I thought I had it made
Like Valentino with a hand grenade
I made my move with my libido on
She circled once and then she dropped the bomb
 
She got the big guns
Pointed at my heart
Bang bang shooting like a firing squad
Big gunsBlew me away
And I went down in flames 

I met a sidewalk preacher on a roller skate
He said he had the key to heaven's gate
I said: "I'll wait for the movie 'cause I been there before"
And learned: like is a battle and love is war

She got the big guns
Pointed at my heart
Bang bang shooting like a firing squad
Big guns
Took me by surprise
She got my lovin' reachin' for the sky 

She got the big guns
Pointed at my heart
Bang bang shooting like a firing squad
Big guns
Blew me away
And I went down in flames 

I'm doing time as a back seat Romeo
Play solitaire with my hands in the air
Another night and no bullets to spare 

She got the big guns
Pointed at my heart
Bang bang shooting like a firing squad
Big guns
Took me by surprise
She got my lovin' reachin' for the sky 

She got the big guns
Pointed at my heart
Bang bang shooting like a firing squad
Big guns
Blew me away
And I went down in flames 

Big guns (Big guns)
Big guns, blew me away
And I went down in flames 

Big guns, big guns
She really, really got the big guns
She shot me down in flames
				

Ricky was a young boy, He had a heart of stone.
Lived 9 to 5 and worked his fingers to the bone.
Just barely got out of school, came from the edge of town.
Fought like a switchblade so no one could take him down.
He had no money, oooh no good at home.
He walked the streets a soldier and he fought the world alone
And now it's 

18 and life You got it
18 and life you know
Your crime is time and it's
18 and life to go
(repeat above) 

Tequila in his heartbeat, His veins burned gasoline.
It kept his motor running but it never kept him clean.
They say he loved adventure, "Ricky's the wild one."
He married trouble and had a courtship with a gun.
Bang Bang Shoot 'em up, The party never ends.
You can't think of dying when the bottle's your best friend
And now it's 

chorus 

"Accidents will happen" they all heard Ricky say
He fired his six-shot to the wind that blew a child away. 

chorus
				

Sleazin' in the city
Lookin' for a fight
Got my heels and lookin' pretty
On a Saturday night, night, night 

Good God, bless my soul
I need a fix of rock 'n roll
Come on baby you gotta wait and see
You better hurry 
To get a piece of me 

Caught a lonely lady
Crying on a cigarette
I got nasty, nasty habits
And that's all she's gonna get 
 
One for the money, two for the show
So 'round and 'round and 'round we go
Take a look at what-a you might need
You better hurry 
To get a piece of me 

I don't have looks, I don't have money
But I know one thing's for sure
One night ain't enough of my love
She wanted more, more, more 

Sleazin' in the city
Lookin' for a fight
Got my heels and lookin' pretty
On a Saturday night, night, night 

One for the money, two for the show
So 'round and 'round and 'round we go
Take a look at what-a you might need
You better hurry
To get a piece of me
To get a piece of me
To get a piece of me
				

Turn on the TV, 'gcause I got nowhere
  to go
Seems that there'gs a little trouble down
  in Mexico
A 13-year-old boy robs a store
  so he can eat
And they got him doing time while
  killers walk the streets

A hungry politician is the wolf that'gs
  at the door
Hell-bent on submission and feedin'g
  on the poor
We could stare into the sun if we would
  open up our eyes
But we paint ourselves into a corner
  colored in white lies

Busted on a rockpile - getting
  dusted in the heat
Shackled to the system - and
  draggin'g my feet

I'gm riding on a breakdown - another
  whiteknuckled shakedown
Feels like I'gm livin´ on a chain gang
I'gm riding on a breakdown - a suicidal
  shakedown
Feels like I'gm on a chain gang

A con man'gs intuition can wash
  your sins away
Send your contribution and he'gll save
  your soul today
What can he know, has he been
  through hell and back
He takes the cash and drives it home in
  a brand new Cadillac

Spitting at the guard dog, burning
  in his wicked deal
Screamin'g down the railroad with
  no one at the wheel

I'gm riding on a breakdown - another
  whiteknuckled shakedown
Feels like I'gm livin´ on a chain gang
I'gm riding on a breakdown - a suicidal
  shakedownFeels like I'gm on a chain gang

Faith healin'g, superstition
Cold-blooded criminal mind
Getting off on high position
Hey brother can you spare a dime
  To get me off this slaughter line

I'gm riding on a breakdown - another
  whiteknuckled shakedown
Feels like I'gm livin´ on a chain gang
I'gm riding on a breakdown - a suicidal
  shakedown
Feels like I'gm on a chain gang

I'gm riding on a breakdown - another
  whiteknuckled shakedown
Feels like I'gm livin´ on a chain gang
I'gm riding on a breakdown - a suicidal
  shakedown
Feels like I'gm on a chain gang
				

Psycho Therapy
Psycho Therapy
Psycho Therapy
That's what they wanna give me
Psycho Therapy
Psycho Therapy
Psycho Therapy
All they wanna give me

I am a teenage schizoid
The one your parents despise
Psycho Therapy
Now i got glowing eyes

I am a teenage schizoid
Pranks and muggings are fun
Psycho Therapy
Gonna kill someone

Psycho Therapy
Psycho Therapy

I like takin' Tuinal
It keeps me edgy and mean
I am a teenage schizoid
I am a teenage dope fiend

I am a kid in the nut house
I am a kid in a psycho zone
Psycho Therapy
I?m gona burglarize your home

Psycho Therapy
Psycho Therapy
				

In a darkened room
Beyond the reach of God'gs faith
Lies the wounded, the shattered
  remains of love betrayed
And the innocense of a child is bought
  and sold
In the name of the damned
The rage of the angels left silent
  and cold

Forgive me please for I know not
  what I do
How can I keep inside the hurt
  I know is true

Tell me when the kiss of love
  becomes a lie
That bears the scar of sin too deep
To hide behind this fear of running
  unto you
Please let there be light
  In a darkened room

All the precious times have been put
  to rest again
And the smile of the dawn
Brings tainted lust singing my requiem
Can I face the day when I'gm tortured
  in my trust
And watch it crystalize
While my salvation crumples to dust

Why can'gt I steer the ship before
  it hits the storm
I'gve fallen to the sea but still
  I swim for shore

Tell me when the kiss of love
  becomes a lie
That bears the scar of sin too deep
To hide behind this fear of running
  unto you
Please let there be light
  In a darkened room
				

T-bone Billy just a singin' the blues
Caught his lady with another man
Lit up a smoke and did some talkin'
With the back of his hand 

She started shakin', started losing her mind
But he was kicking back and playing it cool
Signed her walkin' papers 
Took the 5:15 to Kalamazoo 

Sing for your supper,
Nobody rides for free
Eat your heart out, I'll send it C.O.D. 

One, two baby what you do
Three, four let me show you the door
You're better off dead than makin' a mess of me
Five, six take your last licks
Seven, eight let me give it to you straight
You're better off dead than makin a mess of me 

Now Billy-boy's out havin' a ball playin' fiddle at the local bar
Dark shades, cool kicks, he's Hollywood Blvd.
Slick Daddy and his fat cigar sayin':
"Sign upon the dotted line!"
He shook his head and said:
"All I need is that fiddle of mine!"
 
Sing for your supper,
Nobody rides for free
Take your big time, I'll take care of me 

One, two baby what you do
Three, four let me show you the door
You're better off dead than makin' a mess of me
Five, six take your last licks
Seven, eight let me give it to you straight
You're better off dead than makin a mess of me 

When trouble came knockin'
Billy kep-a-rockin' like this... 

Sing for your supper,
Nobody rides for free
Eat your heart out, I'll send it C.O.D. 

One, two baby what you do
Three, four let me show you the door
You're better off dead than makin' a mess of me
Five, six take your last licks
Seven, eight let me give it to you straight
You're better off dead than makin a mess of me 

One, two baby what you do
Three, four let me show you the door
You're better off dead than makin' a mess of me
Five, six take your last licks (lick it)
Seven, eight let me give it to you straight
You're better off dead than makin a mess of me
				

[Intro]
Yeah, go!

[Verse 1]
I'm burning down the city and I'm getting with the gang
(Burning down the city 'cause I'm getting with the gang)
Street fight, car crash, starting with a, a bang
(Street fight, car¿crash¿starting¿with a bang)
Working¿up the money¿'cause someone's getting busted
Tricky little Vicky was the only girl he trusted
[Pre-Chorus 1]
Looks like we're walking 'cause the car got jacked
"Don't worry about it 'cause we got your back," he said

[Chorus]
Alright, alright
The gang's all here, the gang's all here
Alright, alright
The gang's all here, the gang's all here tonight

[Verse 2]
Got a bloodshot sun is rising, jumping in the fire
(Bloodshot sun is rising, jumping in th¿ fire)
I'm falling out, shutting down, preaching to the choir
(Falling out, shutting down, pr¿aching to the choir)
Donny's drinking nitro, hanging from the ceiling
Everybody's dizzy and they're losing all the feeling
That's right

[Pre-Chorus 2]
They started yelling from behind the door
The punches started when they hit the floor

[Chorus]
Alright, alright
The gang's all here, the gang's all here
Alright, alright
The gang's all here, the gang's all here
Alright, alright
The gang's all here, the gang's all here
Alright, alright
The gang's all here, the gang's all here

[Bridge]
Nobody's waiting for the wolves to come home

[Chorus]
Alright, alright
The gang's all here, the gang's all here
Alright, alright
The gang's all here, the gang's all here
Alright (Let's go), alright
The gang's all here, the gang's all here
Alright, alright
The gang's all here, all the gangs are here tonight

[Outro]
(Whoa, oh, oh) Tonight
(Whoa, oh, oh) Oh, we were here tonight
(Whoa, oh, oh) At tonight
(Whoa, oh, oh) The gangs are here tonight
				

I never wanted to be President
'gCause it´s nothin´ but an
  ego trip, yeah
I didn'gt want your education
'gCause it´s notin´ but a pile of shit

You bore me to death, so shut up
  for God'gs sake

Stop readin'g me the riot act
While my brains are still intact
You say it'gs raining, but you´re pissin´
  down my back
So stop readin'g me the riot act

I couldn'gt listen to a word you said
This goin'g nowhere thing
  is wearin'g thin
When your sex, your drugs, and
  your valid vic'g
Is just the spit I wipe off my chin

I'gd rather go nowhere than not know
  where it'gs at

Stop readin'g me the riot act
While my brains are still intact
You say it'gs raining, but you´re pissin´
  down my back
So stop readin'g me the riot act

I never wanted to be President
'gCause it´s nothin´ but an
  ego trip, yeah
I didn'gt want your education
'gCause it´s notin´ but a pile of shit

You bore me to death, so shut up
  for God'gs sake

Stop readin'g me the riot act
While my brains are still intact
You say it'gs raining, but you´re pissin´
  down my back
So stop readin'g me the riot act

Stop readin'g me the riot act
While my brains are still intact
You say it'gs raining, but you´re pissin´
  down my back
So stop readin'g me the riot act  The riot act
				

A stranger's knocking
Leave me alone
Mindless persistence
Has cut me to the bone
Turned on the devil vision
It took away my breath
But I won't let it sell me
That I was "scared to death"

I'm not a robot
I'm not a clone
You build the rocket
I'll drive it home
My eyes are bleeding
Can't kill the sound
So, move the mountain
Gonna take it, gonna break it, gonna...
Tear it down
No wall's too big for me
Right now
I want my friends to see
Tear it down
All my brothers just hear me now
No motherfucker's gonna tell us how
Tear it down
No wall's too big for me
Right now
I want the world to see
There's no time for waiting around
Tear it down
Oh, tear it down

Listen
Big brother's watching
He's everywhere
But does he realize
The revolution's in the air
Are you still with me?
Are you alive?
Let's take this down stone by stone
And break it up before we die

I'm not a robot
I'm not a clone
You build the rocket
I'll drive it home
My eyes are bleeding
Can't kill the sound
So, move the mountain
Gonna take it, gonna break it, gonna...

Tear it down
No wall's too big for me
Right now
I want my friends to see
Tear it down
All my brothers just hear me now
No motherfucker's gonna tell us how
Tear it down
No wall's too big for me
Right now
I want the world to see
There's no time for waiting around
Tear it down

Tear it down
No wall's too big for me
Right now
I want my friends to see
Tear it down
All my brothers just hear me now
No motherfucker's gonna tell us how
Tear it down
No wall's too big for me
Right now
I want the world to see
There's no time for waiting around
There's no time for waiting around
Tear it down
No wall's too big for me
I want my friends to see
All my brothers just hear me now
No motherfucker's gonna tell us how
Tear it down
No wall's too big for me
Tear it down
I want the world to see, yeah
All my brothers just hear me now
No motherfucker's gonna tell us how
Tear it down
Tear it down

Tear it down
				

Outside my window there'gs a
Whole lot of trouble comin'g
The cartoon killers and the
  Rag cover clones
Stack heels kickin'g rhythm
  Of social circumcision
Can'gt close the closet on
  Shoe box full of bones

Kangaroo lady with her bourbon
  in a pouch
Can'gt afford the rental on
  a bamboo couch
Collecting back her favors 'gcause her
  well is running dry
I know her act is terminal,
  But she ain'gt gonna die

Slim intoxicado drinkin'g dime
  store hooch
Is always in a circle with his
  part-time pooch
Little creepy'gs playing dollies in the
  New York rain
Thinkin'g Bowie´s just a knife
  Ooh the pain

I ain'gt seen the sun since I don´t
  know when
The freaks come out at nine
  And it'gs twenty to ten
What'gs this funk
  That you call junk
To me it'gs just monkey business

Blind man in the vox that will
  probably die
The village kids laugh as they walk by
A psycho is on the edge of this human
  garbage dump
And the vultures in the sewers
  are telling
Him to jump

Into the fire from the frying pan
  Tripping on his tounge
For a cool place to stand
  Where'gs this shade
That you'gve got it made
To me it'gs just monkey business

Monkey business
  Slippin'g on the track
Monkey business
  Jungle in black
Ain'gt your business if I got
No monkey on my back

Monkey business
  Slippin'g on the track
Monkey business
  Jungle in black
Ain'gt your business
   If I gotMonkey'gs on my back

The vaseline gypsies and silicone souls
  Dressed to the society
Hypocrite heartbeat and cheap alibis
  Can'gt get you by that monkey
				

Woke up to the sound of pouring rain
The wind would whisper and I'd think of you
And all the tears you cried, that called my name
And when you needed me I came through 

I paint a picture of the days gone by
When love went blind and you would make me see
I'd stare a lifetime into your eyes
So that I knew you were there for me
Time after time you were there for me 

Remember yesterday - walking hand in hand
Love letters in the sand - I remember you
Through the sleepless nights and every endless day
I'd wanna hear you say - I remember you 

We spend the summer with the top rolled down
Wished ever after would be like this
You said I love you babe, without a sound
I said I'd give my life for just one kiss
I'd live for your smile and die for your kiss 

Remember yesterday - walking hand in hand
Love letters in the sand - I remember you
Through the sleepless nights and every endless day
I'd wanna hear you say - I remember you 

We've had our share of hard times
But that's the price we paid
And through it all we kept the promise that we made
I swear you'll never be lonely 

Woke up to the sound of pouring rain
Washed away a dream of you
But nothing else could ever take you away
'Cause you'll always be my dream come true
Oh my darling, I love you 

Remember yesterday - walking hand in hand
Love letters in the sand - I remember you
Through the sleepless nights and every endless day
I'd wanna hear you say - I remember you 

Remember yesterday - walking hand in hand
Love letters in the sand - I remember you
Through the sleepless nights and every endless day
I'd wanna hear you say - I remember you
				

Tick, tick, tick, tick
Tick, tick, tick
Tick, tick, tick, tick
Tick, tick, tick

Sitting in the dark
Waiting for the start
The start of something new

Running into walls
Holding every breath
In spite of turning blue
No telling how much longer I will feel this way

I'm a ticking timebomb
Tick, tick, tick, tick, tick, tick, tick
Boom!
I'm a ticking timebomb
Tick, tick, tick, tick, tick
Boom!

Tick, tick, tick, tick
Tick, tick, tick
Tick, tick, tick, tick
Tick, tick, tick

Crushed beneath myself
In search of what I know
Of what I know is true

Scratching through my skin
Biting off my nails
Breaking bones in two

Try to defuse myself before I blow away

I'm a ticking timebomb
Tick, tick, tick, tick, tick, tick, tick
Boom!
I'm a ticking timebomb
Tick, tick, tick, tick, tick
Boom!

I'm a ticking timebomb
Tick, tick, tick, tick, tick, tick, tick
Boom!
I'm a ticking timebomb
Tick, tick, tick, tick, tick
Boom!

Tick, tick, tick, tick, tick
Boom!

Tick, tick, tick, tick, tick
Boom!
				

Since I was born they couldn't hold me down
Another misfit kid, another burned-out town
 
Never played by the rules I never really cared
My nasty reputation takes me everywhere 

I look and see it's not only me
So many others have stood where I stand
We are the young so raise your hands 

They call us problem child
We spend our lives on trial
We walk an endless mile
We are the youth gone wild
We stand and we won't fall
We're the one and one for all
The writing's on the wall
We are the youth gone wild

 Boss screamin' in my ear about who I'm supposed to be
Getcha a 3-piece Wall Street smile and son you'll look just like me 

I said "Hey man, there's something that you oughta know.
I tell ya Park Avenue leads to Skid Row."

I look and see it's not only me
We're standin' tall ain't never a doubt
We are the young, so shout it out 

They call us problem child
We spend our lives on trial
We walk an endless mile
We are the youth gone wild
We stand and we won't fall
We're the one and one for all
The writing's on the wall
We are the youth gone wild
 
They call us problem child
We spend our lives on trial
We walk an endless mile
We are the youth gone wild
We stand and we won't fall
We're the one and one for all
The writing's on the wall
We are the youth gone wild
We are the youth gone wild