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01. Riding With The Angels

Katie was a kid, I guess she hid her thoughts from everyone
Went to school at eight, she was never late
Didn't know the meaning of fun
Every night Katie prayed to God above
But her daddy gave her everything but love
She woke up one day, said: "I'm on my way"
Her mummy read the letter, It did say:
"I'm on my way, I'm on my way"

Riding with the angels

She's having fun fun fun
Rode around and every boy in town tried to win her back
It was no go, cause she rode with Joe, he was the leader of the pack
People ran for cover when they rolled to town
The night was black, rain on the ground
Engines scream, running too fast
They knew the ride would be there last
They're on their way,
They're on their way

Riding with the angels

She's having fun fun fun

02. Earth Mother

You grabbed me and whipped me and stretched me
Raw lines were crossed on my back
Teasing and taunting me, twisting my words
Eyes turning red fade to black
Earth Mother, help me

Bury me down there

Earth Mother, can't you see

Suck my breath of air

Snake like you kissed me and chained me
Treachery barred my escape
Surrender to destiny, death for all time
Eternal light, losing faith

03. Nice Girl

Prawling round with beady eyes
Mister undercover
Late night brawls, street lights call
He don't need a lover
Misunderstood by womanhood
Mortgage is a millstone
Think of lies and alibis to cover up at home

Are you alright girl, for tonight girl
Just give a little. I'll give a lot
Are you a nice girl, Just-the-type girl
You've got the drug and I need a shot

Seedy hotels, crooked motels
Short-time letch, a special
Twilight-life as a ten minute wife
All so artificial
Rejected maligned by all mankind
Hypocritic bullshit
Tell me who's rich, Now who's the bitch
Keep that red light lit

Are you alright girl, for tonight girl
Just give a little. I'll give a lot
Are you a nice girl, Just-the-type girl
You've got the drug and I need a shot

When the men come to town
When they're looking in the bars
And they're crawling in the cars
And they lay they're money down
When the men come to play
When their business day was done and they're looking for some fun
You take their money and you blow them away

Are you alright girl, for tonight girl
Just give a little. I'll give a lot
Are you a nice girl, Just-the-type girl
You've got the drug and I need a shot

04. Blood Lust

Here I stand, I believe it's true
Running out, light's running out on you
Witnesses we are all together
Preacher's son waits for heavy weather

Bloodlust I'm letting go

Alone a lion waits for you
Cry for forgiveness for what I am about to do
Years ago I began to fall
But, now you're here I'll end it all and cry

Bloodlust I'm letting go

Got me here again, waiting for a sign
Raising my hands to the sky
The rain will fall and end it all someday
But until then I'll wait on my mountain and pray
I knew!

Bloodlust I'm letting go

05. Go To Hell

Get out, you're not my kind
Sleazy little lizzy thought you'd got another find
Yes I know you're big inside
Loud and proud, I know you're legs are open wide

Life can be so unkind
Bye, bye honey, lovely dovey, took you from behind
Maybe it's just as well
I took your body, blew your mind and told you go to hell!

Filthy little female, who you married to?
Dirty little lady, I'm creeping up on you
Nice boy what you don't see
Your out of luck, you'll get no truck with me

Life can be so unkind
Bye, bye honey, lovely dovey, took you from behind
Maybe it's just as well
I took your body, blew your mind and told you go to hell!

Lousy little screamer played outside the rules
Took me for a dreamer but you were just a fool
Pretty male plaything made you feel alright
Took you for your money, now I'm off into the night

Life can be so unkind
Bye, bye honey, lovely dovey, took you from behind
Maybe it's just as well
I took your body, blew your mind and told you go to hell!

06. Bright Lights

Speeding on the highway, bright lights on the road
Looking for a woman for the night, gonna shoot my load
Rocking and rolling on the mainspring, feeling a smile flash by
Roll her to the left, roll her to the right, get high tonight

Bright lights
Running faster than you
Bright lights
How does it feel to be through?

Fancy 5 a.m. the sun is in the trees again
Coming back to hit the town, gonna kick the hammer down
Speaking in my head, waking up in bed, sweating, shaking with fright
Roll her to the left, roll her to the right tonight

Bright lights
Running faster than you
Bright lights
How does it feel to be through?

07. Once Bitten

You don't move me
You don't stir me
You only cheat me
And I ain't gonna run around for you

You've got a bad reputation, I don't give a damn
You've got a bad reputation, I'm not a proud man
You've got a bad reputation, you've got a bad reputation

I've been bitten again, twice shy
I've been bitten again, twice shy
I've been bitten again, twice shy

Always teasing at the end of the phone
I feel like a dog without a bone
You're talking dirty but I'm on my own
Coming on the end of the phone

You've got a bad reputation, I don't give a damn
You've got a bad reputation
You've got a bad reputation
You've got a bad reputation

I've been bitten again, twice shy
I've been bitten again, twice shy
I've been bitten again, twice shy

08. Gimme Crime

Gazing at you in the darkness, lustingly
Nicotine glistened on your nails
Drunk and incapable my thoughts ran free
Numb red lips and scaly skin, I must have lost my mind

Join the line
For a grime crime
Nasty nights
Sordid obscene fights

Says some words that I don't remember
The quickness of the hand deceived your thigh
Your public double standard made me wonder
As cap in hand my flesh crawled out the door

Join the line
For a grime crime
Nasty nights
Sordid obscene fights

Terror at the bandages on your wrists
Horror at the holes in your arms
Panic of your insanity and bad breath
Never mind, I'll burn the sheets tomorrow

Join the line
For a grime crime
Nasty nights
Sordid obscene fights

09. Communion

Muscles getting weaker
Outlook getting bleaker
Sun is setting in your eyes
Winter's blown your hair grey
For many seasons now
As you speak your willpower is drained

Now we can start the long way home
Now we can start the long way home

Call upon the energy within you
Communion will come from all around
Magnify your tiny light
Spirit blessing in the night
Feel your power surge

Now we can start the long way home
Now we can start the long way home
Now we can start the long way home
Now we can start the long way home
Rest in peace tonight
If we find our way back there

Deaf and blind and weary;
Rest and sleep tonight
If we build a place of peace
So when we meet our last goodbye
Our final breath a contended sigh
Our children will be free

Rest in peace tonight
Find our way back there

Now we can start the long way home
Find our way back there
Now we can start the long way home
Find our way back there

10. Little Big Man

Piston racing
Thunder tracing
Banshee wails in the desert
Take hold

Young boy falling
Young wives crying
Send a warning
Night is coming to the plains

Oh, little big man
Yeah little big man
Oh, little big man
You aren't so tall

Oh, little big man
Yeah little big man
Oh, little big man
You're gonna fall

Desert is bleeding
Vultures are eating
Send a fire
Light a fire in the sky

Young boys falling
Young wives crying
Send a warning
Night man coming over the hills

Oh, little big man
Yeah little big man
Oh, little big man
You aren't so tall

Oh, little big man
Yeah little big man
Oh, little big man
You're gonna fall

Did the devil take you when you were young, son?
Did the devil make you, take you for his own sweet lord?
Did the devil want you, want you for the ride?
Did the devil make you run a mile?
Run a mile for your soul?

Oh, little big man
Yeah little big man
Oh, little big man
You aren't so tall

Oh, little big man
Yeah, little big man
Yeah, little big man
You're gonna fall