1. Intro

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2. Back In Yer Face

Ever get the feeling you've bin' screwed
Well – join the club, I've been there too
Degradation and despair
Whoever said that life is fair?

Stay consistent
Shock resistant
Make some distance, fade it out

By the time you're 40 you'll have the face that you deserve
Could come across quite corny 'less
You've really got the nerve
Best be real nice to people while yer still on top
'Cos the same faces will be there when you drop

Back in yer face
All yer disgrace
gonna give you a taste of what you've put me thru'
Back in yer face
Get off-a-my case
Yer own rat race is catchin' up with you
And whackin' you
Back in yer face

Don't always care to say too much,
Or get my point across
A foolproof rocker on display
Twenty-four-seven-three-sixty-nine and day

Stay consistent
Keep some distance, fade 'em out

A rebel dreamer obviously way ahead my time
Got no one to share the profound vision in my mind
Excessive cruelty ain't no way to be unkind
Better find the right way, the right place, the right time

Back in yer face
All yer disgrace
Now it's time to erase your memory, cos yer thru'
Back in yer face
Get off-a-my case
With all yer bad taste
You got yer payback due
Now it's all back in yer face

Another hostile takeover comin' yer way!
Back in yer face, back in yer face...

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4. Hurt

My latest obsession's called deep depression
I'm hurt
Someone stepped on my toes once upon a time
I'm hurt
Someone made a joke and I'm the punch line
They said I'm just a legend in my own lunch time
Last summer was a bummer, didn't even get a tan,
I'm hurt

Damn right, yeah

I'm hurt – so, so bad
I'm hurt – way down deep
I'm hurt
Been burned just once too many times
And I'm hurt

People look at me like they could crucify me
It hurts
with the kinda friends i got – i don't need no enemies
That hurts
I got the IRS and bill collectors always on my tail
Whenever I'm in trouble all my best friends bail
Anything I try, they say I'm always gonna fail
It hurts...

I'm hurt – way down deep
I'm hurt – it knocks me off my feet
I'm hurt – when you dig your dirt
Been burned just once too many times
And I'm hurt

Music has no business in the music business here
It hurts
Some managers and lawyers really screwed up my career
It still hurts
Daggers in my back, I'm in the tabloids on the rack
Again my personality is under attack
The painkillers they prescribed me, they don't even work!
I'm hurtin', I'm hurtin'

I'm hurt!

Still after all these years...

5. The Devil In You

How does it feel to have me inside your head?
Double your trouble, keep you up all night in bed
you wanna stay inside this tune forever begging more

Look at the devil in you and all those things you do
I stay a minute or two and then you come back to me
Look at the devil in you and all those things you do
I know you blame me too and still you run back to me
Forever, forever begging more

A little finger, I take the whole hand
Reality disappears like the grains of sand
I give you dreams instead but you ain't seen nothing yet
Nothing yet come true, still you come back to me

Look at the devil in you and all those things you do
I stay a minute or two and then you come back to me
Look at the devil in you and all those things you do
I know you blame me too and still you run back to me
Forever, forever wanting more

6. Love

Love can make you crazy
Love can make you wild
Love is outta fashion but always in style
Love is great passion
Love can always make you smile

Love is not to blame when people fall apart
Cryin' in their beer with a lonely broken heart
What's to complain
You've obviously played your part

Love is not jealousy or wanting to possess
Love misunderstood can really be a mess
When your love is true, something more and nothing less
You're blessed

True love blasts thru' thick and thin
Conquers everything
My sweet true love

Love is all around and we gotta let it grow
Love don't ever hurt, only people make it so
Love can make you glow
Don't ya ever let it go, just flow

Love is not a game to make you go insane
Love is not in vain, it'll never cause you pain
Crime is not the same when they do it in the name of love

True love blasts thru' thick and thin
Conquers everything
My sweet true love, my sweet true love

7. Talk To The Hand

Get real baby, baby get real
My head's clear, I don't want no beer
Double-bubble big trouble, don't ya come near
Get your tits and ass outta here

Sweet daydreaming, reelin' freely
Love this feeling, really easy

Talk to the hand, get outta my ear
You got this coming outta left field
Get down boogie outta my sphere

Talk to the hand
I won't understand
Get real, get real
Find yourself, find my way outta here
Get real

Get back baby, baby get back
You get off my back – that's the fact jack!
Don't come around flashin' with your fancy sound
Already got you sampled
I flog it all around to somebody

Sweet daydreaming
Love this feeling, really easy

Talk to the hand, get outta my ear
You got this coming outta left field
Get down boogie outta my sphere
Talk to the hand
I know that you can
Get real, get real
Find yourself, find my way outta here
Get real

Sweet daydreaming
Love this feeling

Talk to the hand, get outta my ear
Get real, baby
Baby, get real

8. Eternal Optimist

I'm just like anyone
I dream of being someone fixed on growing young
Man, ain't it fun

I put up a real good front, act real nonchalant
If I can't change the world I'll change myself
In hope I still believe, if nothing else

In society so bleak it feels good to be a freak
Unchained by your TV, no fear installed in me

I got the faith, eternal optimist
And I'm a brave eternal optimist
A fail-safe eternal optimist
Don't bail out on me

If I'm considered mad it might just make me glad
Deviation here can't be too bad

You can't tell me that I can't 'cos i can do anything
Should I screw up, that's fine
I'll try again
Responsible, no guilt, I feel no shame

You can find someone to blame for what's wrong in your brain
Deny your selfdeceit, you just ain't fooling me

I remain an eternal optimist
A better day eternal optimist
A fail-safe eternal optimist
Don't bail out on me

A true blue eternal optimist
A bona fide eternal optimist
A certified eternal optimist
So don't bail out on me

I'm a brave eternal optimist
I keep the faith, eternal optimist
A fail-safe eternal optimist
Don't ya bail out on me

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10. No Compromise, No Regrets

I'm floating thru' the whirly pits
Another dream just blown to bits
I'm tryin' to live and learn, let go
But where to go I just don't know

I've seen some sad and sordid scenes
Strangest fiction – real life sitch
Ain't no stress rehearsal,
Just 'live' – one take, that's all...

I've walked this path for quite a while
It's been getting harder every mile
I just love doing what they say you cannot do

When everything in life seems like you're slowly goin' nowhere
Make no compromise, have no regrets
When those about you blame and doubt you
Don't you lose your head
Make no compromise, have no regrets

You seem so lost in all the words you speak
That's not to say your cause is weak
You ask – what's wrong?
I ask – what's right?
I'm just too tired to fight tonight

So I smash the mirror with my fist
Blood runs cold down my fingertips
They could never mess with this brave heart of mine

When all about you blame and doubt you
Don't you lose your head
No compromise and no regrets
Make no compromise, have no regrets

11. Reggae Rocker

I'm-a-nevah evah gonna be-a-nothin' but a reggae rocker
A-24-7-365 and a day-a-reggae rocker
No one nevah evah gonna tell me how to be a reggae rocker
'Cuz i'm-a-nevah evah gonna be-a-nothin' but a reggae rocker

Check out the dreadlock shocker, roots-rasta meets rocker
Gonna do some world shakin', still ain't fakin'
Jump at the chance, a brand new dance we found
Go party down to the reggae-rocka-sound
If yer grumpy or funky, on yer back a big monkey
Feelin' ratty on the rag, reggae rocka make you glad
People, keep on moving, hit the dance floor!

Better say little, better say it well
All the phony politicians can go to hell
If they can't make peace they can't dig nothin'
Politics and rock don't mix cause they're-a-bluffin'
Gotta get my kicks, it's a habit that sticks
Reggae rocker got the beats and styles, the right licks
People, keep on groovin', let the groove roll on

Rising high, so high
Rising higher and higher than high
Rising high, so high
Rising higher and higher and higher than high

Clap yer hands, clap yer hands
Reggae rocker!

12. You Make The Earth Move

Exiled in my bedroom
Feel jackhammers in my head
A southern Russian chill comes over me

Well, I might have just mistaken you for somebody who cares
If that's the case, excuse me and let me leave
Let me live

Everything I wanted, everything I needed
I just went and got me scored
everything I got and anything I tried
But I just wound up needing more

I feel the earth move under my feet
I see the stars rule, the circle's complete
You make the earth move under my feet and my heart beat

The last thing I remember was the first thing on my mind
Your eyes shone like two diamonds and so did mine
Another lifetime

Everything I wanted, everything I needed
I just went and got me scored
Everything I got and anything I tried
But I just wound up feeling floored

I feel the earth move under my feet
I see the stars rule, the circle's complete
You make the earth move under my feet
You make the earth move and my heart beat

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14. Better High

Now that I'm alright
Why don't ya hang out with me tonight?
Now that I see straight
I know tomorrow's a much better day
Now that we're back down on the ground
Where's all the fair weather hangers around?
Now that my life is sweet as wine
So exquisite, indeed divine

Well the bitch's still bitchin'
The hooker keeps-a-hookin'
The hustler keeps-a-hustlin'
And the cops are out to bust 'em
But me, I've regained my will to live
A clean life with you my friend

Love's a better high
Life's a better high
Loving life's the better high!

Oh honey, you're so sweet
How come it took us so long to meet
So very special indeed
You're the one that I'll never leave
Forget my notorious past
What doesn't kill you makes you last
As love will last for you and me
So very true to the point of extreme

Well the bitch's still bitchin'
The hooker keeps-a-hookin'
The hustler keeps-a-hustlin'
The cops are out to bust 'em
But I've regained my will to live
A clean life with you my friend

Hey, let's go out tonight
Let's celebrate our life in love
Such a fine gift from above
Now and forever in the kingdom of love

15. Dear Miss Lonely Hearts

оригинал: Thin Lizzy

Dear miss lonely hearts
I had to write this letter to tell you how I came to meet her
She was sweet but I dated her sister
That's how I made my mistake and I can't forget her

I felt depressed
'Til a friend of mine suggested that I write to this address
So unless you can find a cure for my loneliness
It will persist

Lonely boy looking for another...
Lonely girl to love one another
Lonely hearts turn to each other
Lonely souls

Dear lonely boy
I doubt if my reply will bring much joy
It seems from your letter that you lied or strongly implied
That you were satisfied to take her sister by your side

I became distressed at your total lack of tactfulness
So at best all I can suggest
Is that you resist and you put an end to such thoughts of silliness

Dear miss lonely hearts
I've got problems
You're the only one I know that can solve them
I love a girl but I'm dating her sister
If I persist in my pursuit I will kiss her

Dear lonely girl
I doubt if this reply will bring much joy
But you must not trust this boy
You must not lust this boy
Resist and do not kiss this boy

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17. Center Of My Universe

Once upon a rhyme I believed in fate
The signs of the times
Did it mean anything to you
Or was I just anyone to you?

Then came the daze, the Santa Ana wind
Whipped the sand in my face
It didn't mean anything to you
Everything that we went through for love

You used to be the center of my universe
You were my gravity that kept me down to earth
My head sky high and my feet firmly on the ground
Then came the end
Now it seems to me my friend
I'm alone in the center of my universe

Time is a file
If revealed it would be most unkind
Better stop tryin' to change the past
And try to find something that will last

I walked on hoping someday someone would come along
Yeah, I flew all around the planet so fast
Burned a lotta cash
Learned the only thing that lasts is love

So here I am, the center of my universe
Tryin' to find my gravity to keep me here on earth
Just a tiny speck in a ruthless universe
Ooh, with the rain it'll all wash out again
I remain the center of my universe