1. I'M EIGHTEEN

Lines form on my face and hands
Lines form from the ups and downs
I'm in the middle without any plans
I'm a boy and i'm a man

I'm eighteen
And i don't know what i want
Eighteen
I just don't know what i want
Eighteen
I gotta get away
I gotta get out of this place
I'll go runnin in outer space
Oh yeah

I got a
Baby's brain and an old man's heart
Took eighteen years to get this far
Don't always know what i'm talkin' about
Feels like i'm livin in the middle of doubt
Cause i'm

Eighteen

I get confused every day
Eighteen
I just don't know what to say
Eighteen
I gotta get away

Lines form on my face and my hands
Lines form on the left and right
I'm in the middle
The middle of life
I'm a boy and i'm a man
I'm eighteen and i like it
Yes i like it
Oh i like it
Love it
Like it
Love it
Eighteen!
Eighteen!
Eighteen!
Eighteen and i like it


2. DESPERADO

I'm a gambler
And i'm a runner
But you knew that
When you lay down

I'm a picture
Of ugly stories
I'm a killer
And i'm a clown

Step into the street by sundown
Step into your last goodbye
You're a target just by living
Twenty dollars will make you die

I wear lace
And i wear black leather
My hands are lightning upon my gun

My shots are clean
And my, my shots are final

My shots are deadly

And when it's done

You're as stiff as my smoking barrel
You're as dead as a desert night
You're a notch
And i'm a legend
You're at peace
And i must hide

Tell me where the hell i'm going
Let my bones fall in the dust
Can't you hear that ghost that's calling
As my colt begins to rust
In the dust

I'm a killer
I'm a clown
I'm a priest
That's gone to town


3. UNDER MY WHEELS

The telephone is ringing
You got me on the run
I'm driving in my car now
Anticipating fun
I'm driving right up to you, babe
I guess that you couldn't see, yeah yeah
But you under my wheels
Why don't you let me be

'Cause when you call me on the telephone
Saying take me to the show
And then i say, honey, i just can't go
Old lady sends me packing leaving home

The telephone is ringing
You got me on the run
I'm driving in my car now
I got you under my wheels
I got you under my wheels
I got you under my wheels
Yeah yeah
I got you under my wheels

Yeah yeah

I got you under my wheels

The telephone is ringing
You got me on the run
I'm driving in my car now
Anticipating fun
I'm driving right up to you, babe
I guess you that couldn't see, yeah yeah
But you was under my wheels, honey
Why don't you let me be, yeah yeah
I got you under my wheels
I got you under my wheels
I got you under my wheels
Yeah yeah

We're gonna drive down to la
We're gonna watch the young girls play
Because i want you
Because he wants you


4. HALO OF FLIES

I've got the answers
To all of your questions
If you've got the money
To pay me in gold

I will be living
In old monte carlo
And you will be reading
The secrets of soul

Daggers and contacts
And bright shiny limos
I've got a watch
That turns into a lifeboat

Glimmering nightgowns
And poisonous cobras
Silencer under the heel of my shoe

The elegance of china

They sent her to lie here on her back
But as she deeply moves me
She'd rather shoot me in my tracks

And while a middle asian lady
She really came as no surprise
But i still did destroy her
And i will smash
Halo of flies

I crossed the ocean
Where no one could see
And i put a time-bomb
In your submarine
Goodbye to old friends
The secret's in hand
With full ream of papers
And counterfeit plans
You never will understand


5. SCHOOL'S OUT

Well we got no choice
All the girls and boys
Makin all that noise
Cause they found new toys

Well we can't salute ya
Can't find a flag
If that don't suit ya
[Cooper:]
That's a drag

School's out for the summer
School's out forever
I'm bored to pieces

Well we got no class
And we got no principals
And we got no intelligence
We can't even think of a word that rhymes

[Cooper:]
Well we can't salute ya

Can't find a flag
If that don't suit ya
That's a drag

[Chorus]

No more pencils
No more books
No more teacher's
Dirty looks
Out for summer
Out till fall
We might not come
Back at all

School's out for summer (detention!)
School's out forever
School's out with fever
School's out completely
School's out for summer


6. ELECTED

I'm your top prime cut of meat, i'm your choice,
I wanna be elected,
I'm your yankee doodle dandy in a gold rolls royce,
I wanna be elected,
Kids want a saviour, don't need a fake,
I wanna be elected,
We're all gonna rock to the rules that i make,
I wanna be elected, elected, elected.

I never lied to you, i've always been cool,
I wanna be elected,
I gotta get the vote, and i told you 'bout school,
I wanna be elected, elected, elected,
Hallelujah, i wanna be selected,
Everyone in the united states of america.

We're gonna win this one, take the country by storm,
We're gonna be elected,

You and me together, young and strong,
We're gonna be elected, elected, elected,
Respected, selected, call collected,
I wanna be elected, elected.

"and if i am elected
I promise the formation of a new party
A third party, the wild party!
I know we have problems,
We got problems right here in central city,
We have problems on the north, south, east and west,
New york city, saint louis, philadelphia, los angeles,
Detroit, chicago,
Everybody has problems,
And personally, i don't care."


7. HELLO HOORAY

Hello! Hooray! Let the show begin,
I've been ready.
Hello! Hooray! Let the lights grow dim,
I've been ready.

Ready as this audience that's coming here to dream.
Loving every second, ev'ry moment, ev'ry scream,
I've been waiting so long to sing my song
And i've been waiting so long for this thing to come.
Yeah - i've been thinking so long i was the only one.

Roll out! Roll out with your american dream and its recruits,
I've been ready.
Roll out! Roll out with your circus freaks and hula hoops,
I've been ready.

Ready as this audience that's coming here to dream.

Loving every second, ev'ry moment, ev'ry scream,

I've been waiting so long to sing my song
And i've been waiting so long for this thing to come.
Yeah - i've been thinking so long i was the only one.

I can stand here strong and thin.
I can laugh when this thing begins.

God, i feel so strong.
I feel so strong.
I'm so strong.
I feel so strong.
So strong.
God, i feel so strong,
I am so strong.


8. GENERATION LANDSLIDE

Please clean the plates, dear.
The lord above can see ya.
Don't you know people are starving in korea?
Alcohol and razor blades and poison and needles,
Kindergarten people - they use 'em, the need 'em.
Over-indulging machines were their children.
There wasn't a way down on earth to cool 'em,
'Cause they look just like humans at kresges and woolworths.
But decadent brains were at work to destroy.
Brats in battalions were ruling the streets,
Sayin' generation landslide closed the gap between 'em.

And i laugh to myself at the men and the ladies
Who never conceived of us billion dollar babies.

Militant mothers hiding in their basement

Using pots and pans as their shields and their helmets.
Molotov milk bottles heaved from pink high chairs,
While mothers' lib burns birth certificate papers.
Dad gets his allowance from his sonny, the dealer,
Who's pubic to the world but involved in high finance.
Sister's out 'til five doing banker's son's hours.
But she owns a maserati that's a gift from his father.
Stopped at full speed at one hundred miles per hour.
The colgate invisible shield finally got 'em.

And i laugh to myself at the men and the ladies
Who never conceived of us billion dollar babies.


9. NO MORE MR. NICE GUY

I used to be such a sweet, sweet thing
'Til they got a hold of me.
I opened doors for little old ladies,
I helped the blind to see.
I got no friends 'cause they read the papers.
They can't be seen with me and i'm gettin' real shot down
And i'm feeling mean.

No more mister nice guy,
No more mister clean,
No more mister nice guy,
They say he's sick, he's obscene.

I got no friends 'cause they read the papers.
They can't be seen with me and i'm gettin' real shot down
And i'm feeling mean.

No more mister nice guy,

No more mister clean,
No more mister nice guy,
They say he's sick, he's obscene.

My dog bit me on the leg today.
My cat clawed my eyes.
Ma's been thrown out of the social circle,
And dad has to hide.
I went to church incognito.
When everybody rose, the reverend smith,
He recognized me,
And punched me in the nose.
No more mister nice guy,
No more mister clean,
No more mister nice guy,
They say he's sick, he's obscene.


10. BILLION DOLLAR BABIES

Billion dollar baby
Rubber little lady, slicker than a weasel,
Grimy as an alley
Loves me like no other lover.

Billion dollar baby
Rotten little monster, baby, i adore you.
Man or woman living couldn't love me like you, baby.

We go dancing nightly in the attic
While the moon is rising in the sky.
If i'm too rough, tell me,
I'm so scared your little head will come off in my hands.

Yeah, billion dollar baby
I got you in the dimestore,
No other little girl could ever hold you

Any tighter, any tighter than me, baby.
Billion dollar baby
Reckless like a gambler, million dollar maybe
Foamin' like dog that's been infected by the rabies.

We go dancing nightly in the attic
While the moon is rising in the sky.
If i'm too rough, tell me,
I'm so scared your little head will come off in my hands.

Million dollar baby,
Billion dollar baby,
Trillion dollar baby,
Zillion dollar baby.


11. TEENAGE LAMENT '74

What a drag it is
These gold lame' jeans
Is this the coolest way
To get though your teens
Well, i cut my hair weird
I read that it was in
I looked like a rooster
That was drowned and raised again

What are you a-gonna do
Tell you what i'm a-gonna do
Why don't you get away-ay
I'm gonna leave today-ay

I ran into my room
And i fell down on my knees
Well, i thought that fifteen
Was gonna be a breeze
I picked up my guitar
To blast way the clouds
But somebody in the next room yelled
"you gotta turn that damn thing down"

What are you gonna do
Tell you what i'm a-gonna do
Why don't you get away-ay
I'm gonna cry all day-ay

And i know trouble is brewing out there
But i can hardly care
They fight all night about his private secretary
Lipstick stain, blonde hair, oh,oh, oh

What are you gonna do
Tell you what i'm a-gonna do
Why don't you run away-ay
I'm gonna leave today

But even
I don't know
What i'm gonna do
Don't know what i'm gonna do
No!

What are you a-gonna do

Tell you what i'm a-gonna do

Why don't you run away
I'm gonna leave today

What are you a-gonna do
I'll tell you what i'm a-gonna do
Why don't you get away
Well, i'd rather cry all day

What are you gonna do
What are you
Gonna do

What are you gonna do
Gonna do
Gonna do

What are you gonna do
Gonna do
Gonna do

What are you gonna do
Gonna do
Gonna do

What are you gonna do
Gonna do
Gonna do

What are you gonna do
Gonna do
Gonna do

What are you gonna do
Gonna do
Gonna do (alice, alice, alice, alice)

What are you gonna do [background singer ad lib]
Gonna do
Gonna do

What are you gonna do
What are you
Gonna do


12. MUSCLE OF LOVE

Aw, who's the queen of the locker room
Who's the cream of the crop
Well joey took her to the matinee
Said, "god, she wouldn't stop!"

Holy muscle of love
My heart's a muscle

Well, i must have come to that crazy age
Where ev'rything is hot
'Cause i don't know if the things i'm thinking
Are normal thoughts or not

Holy muscle of love
Well, i got a muscle of love
Yeah
Ooh

I read dad's books like i did before

Now things are crystal clear
Lock the door in the bathroom now
I just can't get caught in here

Holy muscle of love
Well, i got a muscle of love
Holy muscle of love
I got a muscle of love
Holy muscle of love
My heart's a muscle of love
Holy muscle of love
Well, i got a muscle of love
Yeah, yeah, yeah
Must be a gift from above
Yeah, yeah, yeah

(hallelujah, etc.)


13. ONLY WOMEN BLEED

Man's got his woman to take his seed
He's got the power - oh
She's got the need
She spends her life through pleasing up her man
She feeds him dinner or anything she can

She cries alone at night too often
He smokes and drinks and don't come home at all
Only women bleed
Only women bleed
Only women bleed

Man makes your hair gray
He's your life's mistake
All you're really lookin' for is an even break

He lies right at you
You know you hate this game
He slaps you once in a while and you live and love in pain

She cries alone at night too often
He smokes and drinks and don't come home at all

Only women bleed
Only women bleed
Only women bleed
Only women bleed
Only women bleed
Only women bleed
Only women bleed

Black eyes all of the time
Don't spend a dime
Clean up this grime
And you there down on your knees begging me please come
Watch me bleed

Only women bleed
Only women bleed
Only women bleed
Only women bleed
Only women bleed
Only women bleed
Only women bleed


14. DEPARTMENT OF LIFE

We're in trouble all the time
You read about us all in the papers
We walk around and bump into walls - a blind delegation
And we ain't afraid of high power
We're bullet proof
And we've never heard of eisenhower
Missile power, justice or truth

We're the department of youth
Your new department of youth
We're the department of youth
Just me and youth

We talk about this whole stupid world
And still come out laughing
We never make any sense
But hell that never mattered
But we'll make it through our blackest hour

We're living proof

And we've never heard of billy sunday
Damon runyon, manners or couth

We're the department of youth
Your new department of youth
We're the department of youth
Just me and youth

We're the department of youth
The new department of youth
We're the department of youth
We've got the power
We're the department of youth
And who gave it to you?
Donny osmond!
What?!


15. WELCOME TO MY NIGHTMARE

Welcome to my nightmare
I think you're gonna like it
I think you're gonna feel like you belong
A nocturnal vacation
Unnecessary sedation
You want to feel at home 'cause you belong

Welcome to my nightmare
Welcome to my breakdown
I hope i didn't scare you
That's just the way we are when we come down
We sweat and laugh and scream here
''Cause life is just a dream here
You know inside you feel right at home here

Welcome to my breakdown

Whoa
You're welcome to my nightmare
Yeah

Welcome to my nightmare
I think you're gonna like it
I think you're gonna feel that you belong
We sweat laugh and scream here
''Cause life is just a dream here
You know inside you feel right at home here
Welcome to my nightmare
Welcome to my breakdown
Yeah


16. I NEVER CRY

If there is a tear on my face
It makes me shiver to the bone
It shakes me, babe
It's just a heartache that got in my eye
And you know i never cry, i never cry
Sometimes i drink more than i need
Until the tv's dead and gone
I may be lonely
But i'm never alone
And the night may pass me by
But i'll never cry
Take away, take away my eyes
Sometimes i'd rather be blind
Break a heart, break a heart of stone
Open it up but don't you leave it alone

''Cause that's all i got to give you

Believe me babe, it ain't been used
My heart's a virgin, its never been tried
And you know i'll never cry
And you know i'll never cry
And you know i'll never cry
Never cry, i'll never cry
Break a heart, break a heart of stone
''Cause that's all i got to give you
Believe me babe, it ain't been used
My heart's a virgin, its never been tried
And you know i'll never cry
Never cry
I'll never cry


17. YOU AND ME

When i get home from work,
I wanna wrap myself around you.
I wanna take you and squeeze you
Til the passion starts to rise.

I wanna take you to heaven.
That would make my day complete.

But you and me ain't no movie stars.
What we are is what we are.
We share a bed,
Some lovin',
And tv, yeah.
And that's enough for a workin' man.
What i am is what i am.
And i tell you, babe,
Well that's enough for me.

Sometimes when you're asleep
And i'm just starin' at the ceiling,
I wanna reach out and touch you,
But you just go on dreamin'.

If i could take you to heaven,
That would make my day complete.

But you and me ain't no movie stars.
What we are is what we are.
We share a bed,
Some lovin',
And tv, yeah.
That's enough for a workin' man.

What i am is what i am.

And i tell you, sweetheart
That's just enough for me.

You and me ain't no super stars.
What we are is what we are.
We share a bed,
Some popcorn,
And tv, yeah.
And that's enough for a workin' man.
What i am is what i am.
And i tell you, babe,
You're just enough for me.

When i get home from work,
I wanna wrap myself around you.
I like to hold you squeeze you
Til the passion starts to rise.

I wanna take you to heaven.
That would make my day complete.

You and me ain't no movie stars.
What we are is what we are.
We share a bed,
Of lovin',
And tv, yeah.
And that's enough for a workin' man.
What i am well that's what i am.
I tell you, baby,
That's just enough for me.


18. HOW YOU GONNA SEE ME NOW

Dear darlin' surprised to hear from me?
Bet you're sittin' drinkin' coffee, yawnin' sleepily
Just to let you know
I'm gonna be home soon
I'm kinda awkward and afraid
Time has changed your point of view

How you gonna see me now
Please don't see me ugly babe
'Cause i know i let you down
In oh so many ways
How you gonna see me now
Since we've been on our own
Are you gonna love the man
When the man gets home

Listen darlin' now i'm heading for the west
Straightened out my head but my old heart is still a mess
Yes i'm worried honey
Guess that's natural though
It's like i'm waiting for a welcome sign
Like a hobo in the snow

How you gonna see me now
Please don't see me ugly babe

'Cause i know i let you down

In oh so many ways
How you gonna see me now
Since we've been on our own
Are you gonna love the man
When the man gets home

And just like the first time
We're just strangers again
I might have grown out of style
In the place i've been
And just like the first time
I'll be shakin' inside
When i walk in the door
There'll be no place to hide

How you gonna see me now
Please don't see me ugly babe
'Cause i know i let you down
In oh so many ways
How you gonna see me now
Since we've been on our own
Are you gonna love the man
When the man gets home


19. FROM THE INSIDE

I got lost on the road somewhere
Was it texas or was it canada
Drinking whiskey in the morning light
I work the stage all night long
At first we laughed about it
My long-haired drunken friends
Proposed a toast to jimmy's ghost
I never dreamed that i would wind up on the losing end

I'm stuck here on the inside looking out
I'm just another case
Where's my makeup where's my face on the inside

All got your kicks from what you saw up there

Eight bucks even buys a folding chair
I was downing seagrams on another flight
And i worked that stage all night long
You were screaming for the villain up there
And i was much obliged
The old road sure screwed me good this time
It's hard to see where the vicious circle ends

I'm stuck here on the inside looking out
That's no big disgrace
Where's my makeup where's my face on the inside


20. POISON

Your cruel device
Your blood, like ice
One look could kill
My pain, your thrill

I want to love you but i better not touch (don't touch)
I want to hold you but my senses tell me to stop
I want to kiss you but i want it too much (too much)
I want to taste you but your lips are venomous poison
You're poison running through my veins
You're poison, i don't want to break these chains

Your mouth, so hot
Your web, i'm caught
Your skin, so wet
Black lace on sweat

I hear you calling and it's needles and pins (and pins)
I want to hurt you just to hear you screaming my name
Don't want to touch you but you're under my skin (deep in)
I want to kiss you but your lips are venomous poison
You're poison running through my veins
You're poison, i don't wanna break these chains
Poison

One look could kill
My pain, your thrill
I want to love you but i better not touch (don't touch)
I want to hold you but my senses tell me to stop
I want to kiss you but i want it too much (too much)
I want to taste you but your lips are venomous poison
You're poison running through my veins
You're poison, i don't wanna break these chains
Poison

I want to love you but i better not touch (don't touch)
I want to hold you but my senses tell me to stop
I want to kiss you but i want it too much (too much)
I want to taste you but your lips are venomous poison, yeah
I don't want to break these chains
Poison, oh no
Runnin' deep inside my veins,
Burnin' deep inside my veins
It's poison
I don't wanna break these chains
Poison


21. HEY STOOPID

Hey, hey, hey, hey
Hey, hey, hey, hey
Hey, hey, hey, hey
Hey stupid!

Hey bro, take it slow
You ain't livin' in a video
You're flying low with a high velocity
No doubt, you're stressin' out
That ain't what rock n' roll's about
Get off that one way trip down lonely street

Now i know you've been kicked around
You ain't alone in this ugly town
You stick a needle in your arm
You bite the dust, you buy the farm

Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey stupid
What ya tryin' to do
Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey stupid
They win you lose
Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey stupid

C'mon girl, it's a better day
Get your foot out of that grave
Don't let that one love tear your world apart
C'mon babe, kick that stuff
Show the street it ain't so tough

Quit lyin' around with a crippled, broken heart

Now i know you've been seeing red
Don't put a pistol to your head
Sometimes your answer's heaven sent
Your way is so damn permanent

Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey stupid
What ya tryin' to do
Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey stupid
They win you lose
Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey stupid

This ain't your daddy talkin'
You know, i know
Your story ain't so shocking
You know, i know
Blow some steam
C'mon and scream

Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey stupid
What ya tryin' to do
Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey stupid
They win you lose
Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey stupid