Hollywood PerfumeWent out on the balcony, In the middle of the night. Hotel was dark except for just one light, Television burning in the other room, I couldn't sleep so I put on Some of your... Hollywood perfume. I went out on the balcony, And looked across the way, Some guy was shadow boxing, He looked like Sugar Ray. Feeling dizzy, began to swoon, Was it his punch, or was it Just your... Hollywood perfume. I feel like a fugitive, Escaped from my life. Seeking refuge in the sensual heat, These paper-thin walls make me Party to calls of love. Wafting through the room, The night jasmine bloom, Of your Hollywood perfume. I went out on the balcony, To clear my head. I was burning up in my queen-sized bed. Down on the strip beneath the billboard moon, Teenaged girls look for love, In the neon sex and doom. Of your... Hollywood perfume. Went out on the balcony, With your photograph, I dropped it in the pool, That made me laugh. You like your tan, but you don't like to swim, Meanwhile, I feel like I'm drowning in Neon sex and doom. The night jasmine bloom. Of your... Hollywood perfume. Pretenders Index Night In My VeinsI see him standing silhouetted in the lamp light, I cross the street and I quicken my pace. He cups his hands and he lights a cigarette, I find myself in the bones of his face. It's just the night in my veins, Oh, making me crawl in the dust again. It's just the night under my skin, slipping it in. He's got his hands in my hair and his lips everywhere, Oh yeah, it feels good, it's alright. Even if it's just the night in my veins. He's got me up against the back of a pickup truck, Out of sight of the neon and glare. We might as well be on a beach under the moonlight, Love's language reads the same anywhere yeah. It's just the night in my veins, Oh, making me crawl in the dust again. It's just the night under my skin, slipping it in. He's got his chest on my back across a new Cadillac, Oh yeah, it feels good, it's alright, Even if it's just a night in my veins. I've got my head on the curb and I can't produce a word, Oh yeah, feels good, so right. Even if it's just a night in my veins, Feels good, so right, Even if it's just the night in my veins. Pretenders Index Money TalkI'll come in your car to talk business, No business, no money talk. Zero in on my full of intentions, Think you got it because you pulled up and stopped. If money is the root of all evil, I'm begging at the feet of the devil. Talk to me please, Money talk to me. Twenty gets you straight, Forty gets you other, Think of what a hundred could do. I've been gifted with the thing that you want, Who's better than who. Never underestimate a woman like me. The kids have got to eat, And man, that's reality, you see. Money talk to me. You're so deluded, You think that I'm real. You pass your hormones off as love, For five minutes you feel. You can buy a squeegy little silicone sack, But it won't feed the world like the ones that I pack naturally. Money talk to me. Pretenders Index 977Everytime I end up waking up in some hotel without my set of keys, Coming to, remembering the way you turned me out when I was on my knees. You think that was one up for you, But I know I scored something too. When I see the way you have to struggle just to do a little simple thing, Feel apologetic just because I'm not particularly suffering, So I let you take me down, I'm like your rent-a-clown. When I saw my baby cry, Knew that he loved me. That was some great victory, He cried because of me. He hit me with his belt, But his fears were all I felt. When I saw my baby cry, I knew he loved me. When you try to cut me down And push me back if I attack your attitude, I rise up to the challenge Cuz I like to taste the sugar of your violent mood. Just like a stormy sea, You're natural poetry to me. When I saw my baby cry, I knew that he loved me. When I saw my baby cry, I knew that he loved me. That was some great victory. He cried because of me. He hit me with his belt, But his fears were all I felt. When I saw my baby cry, I knew he loved me. I knew he loved me. Pretenders Index RevolutionAs we watch the children play, Remember, it was me and you, So far away, The things we got out to do. The fond fear of danger, That's what sets us apart, Couldn't wait for the real world To test the strength of the lion's heart. Cats like me and you, Have got laws, That they adhere to. Laws outside the laws, As laid down By those we don't subscribe to. The world is getting stranger. But we'll never lose heart. We can't just wait for the old guard to die, Before we can make a new start. Bring on the revolution, Keep the pressure on. I want to die for something. Bring on the revolution, I want to die for something, Want to die for something. Bring on the revolution, I want to die for something. (nothing) Bring on the revolution, Don't wanna die for nothing. (something, something) For every freedom fighter, I want to hold on tighter. To the hope and will you gave You were the brave, you were the brave. And one day, when I hear your children sing, Freedom will ring, Freedom. When we watch the children play, Remember how the priviliged classes grew. And from this day, we set out To undo what won't undo. Looking for the grand in the minute. Every breath justifies Every step that we take to remove What the powers that be can't prove And the children will understand why. Bring on the revolution, Keep the pressure on, I want to die for something. Bring on the revolution, I want to die for something. Bring on the revolution, Don't want to die for nothing. Bring on the revolution, I want to die for something. Pretenders Index All My DreamsAll my dreams, Still relive you. If this is what you left for me, I forgive you. Never do I despair, When I kneel to say my prayers. When slumber fills my head, I'll be visiting your bed. All my dreams, Recollect you. And so darling, in a way, Our love remains new. Funny little things, You touch my fingers and fondle my rings, Then tenderly without violence, We make love in perfect silence. Come, come into my room again. Come, come again. Oh, come, come into my gloom again. End this solitude again. I finally took that picture down. I've been staring at it for hours and hours. Slipping in and out of consciousness. But what I can't figure out, Why did you do that? Disappear on me like that? Oh baby, please come back where I can touch you, Right here where I can see you. Come, come into my room again. Come, come again. Oh baby, come, come into my gloom again. Break, break this solitude again. All my dreams, Of your affection. Never have I known, Such sweet perfection. No drug induced bliss Could ever reach the heights of this Eternal and so pure. Help me to endure, To endure, All my dreams. Pretenders Index I'll Stand By YouOh Why you look so sad Tears are in your eyes Come on and come to me, now Don't Be ashamed to cry Let me see you through Cause I've seen the dark side, too When the night falls on you You don't know what to do Nothing you confess Could make me love you less I'll stand by you I'll stand by you Won't let nobody hurt you I'll stand by you So If you're mad, get mad Don't hold it all inside Come on and talk to me now Hey What you got to hide I get angry too, Well I'm a lot like you When you're standing at the crossroads And don't know which path to choose Let me come along Cause even if you're wrong I'll stand by you I'll stand by you Won't let nobody hurt you I'll stand by you Take me in into your darkest hour And I'll never desert you I'll stand by you. And when When the night falls on you baby You're feelin' all alone You won't be on your own I'll stand by you I'll stand by you Won't let nobody hurt you I'll stand by you Take me in into your darkest hour And I'll never desert you I'll stand by you I'll stand by you Won't let nobody hurt you I'll stand by you. Pretenders Index I'm A MotherI'm a mother, Treat me like a mother. You want to suck on my breast, I'm so surprised you do. I'm the source and the force to your life too, brother. Oh oh oh oh I'm a mother, And I take like a mother. I understand blood and I understand pain, There can be no life without it never doubt it. I'm a mother. I gave you all my money, To help the family. But what you do to me don't humiliate me. Remember, I'm a lifelong member. Oh oh oh oh I'm a mother, Treat me like a mother. In the middle of the night I be deep in a dream, You fancy your company you only have to scream loud, brother. Oh oh oh I'm a mother, And I fake like a mother. I understand time and it isn't on my side but to service mankind I have to suffer his pride, Like a mother. You say your protection is proof of your affection, If I need security, I'll keep a gun on me. Don't barter with me, don't barter with me. Little sacrifices, go straight to heaven. But hunting season's over, This is the 20th century. Oh don't barter with me. Oh oh oh I'm a mother, And I ache like a mother. If there is a terrible crash and bodies strewn everywhere, I'll wrap them up and carry them, if someone has to bury them brother. Oh oh. I'm the vessel of life I got the trauma here to prove it When it's time for me to labor for you everybody move it, Like a mother. Pretenders Index TequilaI drink tequila, And watch the game in the bar. Don't care who loses, I don't know who the teams are. We had our time, But the bells finally tolled. And my Ohio winter, Was finally too cold. Pretenders Index Every Mothers' SonI was born with my hand in a fist, And my eyes shut tight. Any wonder that I cannot resist, Punching blindly, in a fight. First time I saw swans flying to the sun, I wanted to be one. Like every mother's son, When I saw my life had begun, I wanted to be someone, Like my brother, My one and only father, And like every mother's son. I was raised within a cause, With a purpose to fulfill. I was taught to defend what was mine, And instructed not to kill. My small mortal eyes can see eternity. In the clouds that dissolve and then regroup endlessly. Like every mother's son, When a man showed me how to use a gun, I wished I'd never needed one, Like my brother, My one and only father, And like every mother's son. Everything in domesticity, Assumes its role better than me. I'm a displaced person whose culture let me down. I raise my own daughters in a pornographic town, Like every mother's son, I've lost some and some I've won, Now I'm waiting for a new dawn, Like my brother, My one and only father, And like every mother's son. Pretenders Index Rebel Rock MeC'mon! I'm as solid as a rock Throw me at the powers that be I'm as solid as a rock Throw me at the powers that be I'm as user friendly as a lead filled glove Rebel Rock me I've got money in the bank Come with me and you can have it for free I've got money earning interest in the bank Come with me and you can have it for free I've got assets as big as holes up in the sky Rebel Rock Me I'm as heavy as a crowd in East L.A. Fling me at the oppressor and flee I'm as heavy as a crowd in East L.A. Fling me at the oppressor and flee I'm a seething burning moving mass of love Rebel Rock Me. Pretenders Index Love ColoursSun goes down, Sky turns black, I can hardly wait for you. I can't believe, The madness, In everything you do. I used to dream in black and white, Now I see the world in a different light. Your love colors, Colors everything. Your love colors, Colors everything. Now come in to me, Fill me and fill me. Show me your colors, baby. Your love colors. I slept in fear, And woke in pain, Till you came in close to me. I was cold, Like frozen rain, Your kiss melted me. You speak your mind, just like a child. Won't be defined, But when you smile, Your love colors, Colors everything. Your love colors, Colors everything. You're coming to me, Fill me and fill me. Show me your colors, baby. Your love colors. Love colors, everything. Your love colors, everything. Show me your colors baby. Show me your colors baby. Pretenders Index Forever YoungMay God bless and keep you always, May your wishes all come true, May you always do for others And let others do for you. May you build a ladder to the stars And climb on every rung, May you stay forever young, Forever young, forever young, May you stay forever young. May you grow up to be righteous, May you grow up to be true, May you always know the truth And see the lights surrounding you. May you always be courageous, Stand upright and be strong, May you stay forever young, Forever young, forever young, May you stay forever young. May your hands always be busy, May your feet always be swift, May you have a strong foundation When the winds of changes shift. May your heart always be joyful, May your song always be sung, May you stay forever young, Forever young, forever young, May you stay forever young. Pretenders Index |
