Michael Monroe : Life Gets You Dirty

Glam Rock / Finland
(1999 - SPV / Steamhammer Records)
Learn more

Lyrics


1. LIFE GETS YOU DIRTY
(by Michael Monroe and Jude Wilder)

All things happen to me
Half of them I don't even tell you
Cause you'd probably fall asleep
Before I'm even half way through

Wrestled in mud up to my balls
I have overfilled my quota
Been stranded, frozen
Wounded in some Winter Wonderland

How do we fix this mess?
Maybe you couldn't care less

*) LIFE KICKS YOU DOWN
LIFE PICKS YOU UP
LIFE GETS YOU DIRTY

Clean cut clothing
Arrow straight and stayin' sober
You can get to where you're going
If you know just where you've been

How do we fix this mess?
How come I don't feel blessed?

*) Repeat



2. JUST BECAUSE YOU'RE PARANOID
(by Michael Monroe and Jude Wilder)

I sit outside, feel no connection with the outside world
I tried reach out and touch
But people seem already all so touched
But then of course I'm the one they call obsessed

Because I care
In growing despair
The George Orwell Stare

*) JUST BECAUSE YOU'RE PARANOID
DON'T MEAN NOBODY'S WATCHING
JUST BECAUSE YOU'RE PARANOID
DON'T MEAN NOBODY'S WATCHING,
IT'S MORE THAN LIKELY THAT THEY ARE

Yeah well, let's lighten up, talk weather for a change
Bin' a little strange lately
Hey, isn't that your house...
That's just floating by you right now!

I hope you're insured
The storms at your door

*) Repeat



3. SINCE WHEN DID YOU CARE?
(by Michael Monroe and Jude Wilder)

I feel so weary
Kinda weird, wary, wasted and wired
Most sincerely,
I'm sick of tryin' to explain

I get so wiped out
All the people always staring at me
I never agreed to be part of your fantasy

Hey you, out on the Hollywood Hills
Whatever happened to all the unpaid bills
Do you disremember everyone you've hurt?
They remember you

SINCE WHEN DID YOU CARE AT ALL?
YOU JUST DON'T GET IT AT ALL
WHAT MAKES YOU HUMAN AND WHAT MAKES YOU CRAWL?
SINCE WHEN DID YOU CARE AT ALL?

Justice is fine
As long as you get yours and I get mine
It ain't so romantic
Eating garbage on a New York street

Where are you now?
Where we're you then?
The same old place
You've always never been

Hey you, with your Central Park view
Don't call me, I'll call you
You disremember everybody you've burned
Why aren't you concerned

SINCE WHEN DID YOU CARE AT ALL?
YOU JUST DON'T GET IT AT ALL
MY WORST NIGHTMARE CAN BE FOR YOU JUST A DREAM
SINCE WHEN DID YOU CARE AT ALL?

My will can not be broken
My faith will not be shaken
My battles are already won
I'm a survivor

SINCE WHEN DID YOU CARE AT ALL?
YOU JUST DON'T GET IT AT ALL
YOU CAN'T FEEL WHAT I'VE FELT,
PUT YOURSELF IN MY PLACE
SINCE WHEN DID YOU CARE AT ALL?



4. SELF DESTRUCTION BLUES
(by Michael Monroe and Andy McCoy)

It was a Monday morning
When the Blues came fallin' on me
It was Monday morning
When the Blues came fallin' on me
Now it's Saturday evening and it's still got a hold on me

It was a Monday morning
When my baby left me
Yeah, there's that same old cliche,
You know - Boohoo hoo, my baby left me...
Now she's struttin' down the street
And stoppin' every guy she meets

Now I'm sittin' at the table
With a breakfast made for two
Yeah I'm sittin' at the table
With a breakfast made for two
Oh please good Lord, help me get rid of my Self Destruction Blues



5. ALWAYS NEVER AGAIN
(by Michael Monroe and Jude Wilder)

A victim of something
Unimaginable
I was so young
And it was so evil

Can't remember what
Can't talk about it
I can't forgive
Or be forgiven

*) STOP ME BEFORE
I LOVE AGAIN
STOP ME 'COS IT'S ALWAYS NEVER AGAIN

The world in my life
Turns without me
Running away
Comes way too easy

In my life
People move around me
Avoiding the contact
Like contagious disease

STOP ME BEFORE
I LOVE AGAIN
STOP ME 'CUZ IT'S ALWAYS NEVER AGAIN

FAR FROM THE PAIN
REMOVED FROM ALL FEELINGS I REMAIN
'CAUSE IT'S ALWAYS NEVER AGAIN

*) Repeat



6. GO HARD
(by Michael Monroe and Jude Wilder)

Nobody gave me the license to win
All hard work and discipline
All my life I had this dream
That some day I'd come in first and I did
The thrill of danger around every curve
I still got the nerve
So many said I ain't good enough
But success speaks louder than doubt

*) GO HARD
PUSH IT ALL THE WAY
GO HARD
GO HARD

Can't express the way I'm thinkin' now
It could scare everybody away
Bin' so busy surviving I forgot how to live
One more race to the top and that's it
Dangerous but worth the risk
I was built for this
Got my balls and my word I brake for no one
Stay strong, whatever comes

GO HARD
FINISH WHAT YOU START
GO HARD
GO HARD

*) Repeat

GO HARD
NO MATTER WHAT THEY SAY
GO HARD
GO HARD



7. I SEND YOU BACK
(by Michael Monroe and Jude Wilder)

You always tell me only just what I cannot do
I was doing just fine without you here

*) I SEND YOU BACK
I SEND YOU BACK
I SEND YOU BACK
BACK TO WHERE YOU CAME FROM

Your opinions or your energy is not what I need
I better leave you before I leave my mind

*) Repeat

#) Every time you think about me
Wind Chill blows right through me
I could just let you get to me
But what's yours comes back to you

Listen to me now, I'm gonna tell you something
Something you may not want to hear

*) Repeat

#) Repeat

Listen to me now, I'm gonna tell you once again
The same old words you don't want to hear

#) Repeat



8. WHAT'S WITH THE WORLD?
(by Michael Monroe and Jude Wilder)

Universal sadness
Madness and regret
Things are so much simpler now
And so much more complex

Beyond science fiction
Is this the Third World War?
Everything just seems so much harder than before

*) WHAT'S WITH THE WORLD?
WHAT'S WITH THE WORLD?
(WHY, WHY, WHY, WHAT'S WITH THE WORLD?)
IT AIN'T OVER TIL IT'S DONE
LIFE CAN STILL BE FUN
WHAT'S WITH THE WORLD?

Don't know what to do
Don't know where to go
All I know is how to be true to what I know

Don't believe in suffering
I'm not afraid of fear
There must be a Divine Plan
That's why we're all here

WHAT'S WITH THE WORLD?
WHAT'S WITH THE WORLD?
(WHY, WHY, WHY, WHAT'S WITH THE WORLD?)
I GUESS WE COULD BE GLAD FOR ALL THE TIME WE HAVE

*) Repeat

*) Repeat again

WHAT'S WITH THE WORLD?
WHAT'S WITH THE WORLD?
(WHY, WHY, WHY, WHAT'S WITH THE WORLD?)
FORGET ABOUT THE PAIN
WE GOT SUNSHINE IN THE RAIN
WHAT'S WITH THE WORLD?

WHAT'S WITH THE WORLD?



9. LOVE AND LIGHT
(by Michael Monroe
and Jude Wilder)

Whatcha gonna tell me
I don't already know?
Whatcha gonna do?
You just do as you're told
They ain't gonna tell you
They're only gonna lie
When you ask for reasons
As to why, why, why?
Why, why, why?
Well, they lie...

JUST SEND ME SOME LOVE
SEND ME SOME LIGHT
SO I CAN SHINE
SHINE LIKE A STAR
SEND ME LOVE AND LIGHT
LOVE AND LIGHT
LOVE AND LIGHT

Don't underestimate
The power of the mind
Thinking only good
In a world unkind
Who ever told you
That life is always fair
Just don't give in to darkness
Send out Love and Light
Get back Love and Light
Love and Light

SEND ME SOME LOVE
SEND ME SOME LIGHT
THEN WE CAN SHINE
SHINE LIKE THE STARS
SEND ME LOVE AND LIGHT
LOVE AND LIGHT
LOVE AND LIGHT

SPREAD THE WORD AROUND
LET'S LIGHTEN UP THE WORLD
MAKE EVERYBODY SHINE
SHINE LIKE THE STARS
SEND ME LOVE AND LIGHT
SEND OUT LOVE AND LIGHT
I NEED LOVE AND LIGHT
LOVE AND LIGHT
LOVE AND LIGHT
LOVE AND LIGHT



10. IF THE WORLD DON'T WANT ME
(by Michael Monroe and Jude Wilder)

You need a real good memory to be a liar
Your self defence has only made me wiser
It's not my fault you need to get a life
You can try and stand next to me as long as you like

*) IF THE WORLD DON'T WANT ME
THEN I DON'T WANT THE WORLD
NO ONE CAN HURT ME MORE
'CAUSE PAIN NO LONGER HURTS
I WAS BORN WORLD-WEARY
I'VE BEEN THROUGH THIS BEFORE
IF THE WORLD DON'T WANT ME I DON'T WANT THE WORLD

It's been real unreal let's never meet again
You'll never know me if you don't know by now
There's still some people not for sale at any price
I leave you with your craving that goes unfed

*) Repeat

IF THE WORLD DON'T WANT ME I DON'T WANT THE WORLD



11. LITTLE TROUBLEMAKER
(by Schell)

Little Troublemaker
Always on the run
Why do you come around here
Lookin for your fun
You don't have to worry
Your daddy makes his living with a gun
So if you're looking for some trouble
Baby I'm the one

Little Troublemaker
That's what your name should be
Put your hand in my pocket now
Come on see about me
You don't have to worry
I'm gonna give you my back door key
So if you're lookin' for some trouble
Take a look at me

Little Troublemaker
Make some trouble!

Little Troublemaker
I know just who you are
I've got your name in my phone book, honey
Right by a movie star
You won't have to worry, worry, worry
I'll pick you up in a big fast car
And we'll go looking for some trouble, man
Yeah we will
Just a Little Troublemaker
Lookin' for a real thrill

Little Troublemaker
Hey Little Troublemaker
Little Troublemaker



12. NOT BAD FOR A WHITE BOY (SHITMUTHAFUCKA)
(by Michael Monroe and Jude Wilder)

Shit M.F. walking down the street
Shit M.F. looking for a place to sleep
Shit M.F. ain't got no choice to choose
He can't win or lose
Shit M.F. pays some serious dues
But Shit M.F. knows it ain't no use cryin' the blues
He's gonna drink some booze
Shit M.F. ain't got nothin' to loose
He's gonna get on down and cruise... Alright, alright

Ain't no other M.F. gonna tell him what to do
Not the President, the Pope, not me or you
He's a product of the sick society
It comes down to the cold hard fact that

H ALL THE LEADING M.F.'S OF THE WORLD
LET'S FACE IT YOU'RE CRAZY
M.F.'N LYIN' POLITICIANS ALL THE SAME
YOU'RE CRAZY, YOU'RE CRAZY
ALL FOR ONE AND FUCK THE REST
ALL FOR ONE AND FUCK THE REST
ALL FOR ONE AND FUCK THE REST
YOU'RE FUCKIN' CRAZY!

You wanna get a life,
Get off the streets
You gotta climb hard
And step on over the heap of garbage
That you're buried underneath
Be free baby free
Gotta keep on knockin' til you can get out
And you're in the clear without a doubt
What's dis rappin'n'rhymin' really all about?
Ain't got a clue
But it's fun and that's why I shout to

*) Repeat

They say in New York
If you can make it there
You can make it anywhere
But you can't make it the fuck outta there
To make it anywhere
He who dares is he who cares
Dreams of glamour in the gutter
Soon wear thin
Reality sets in
And diamonds and pearls of yesterday
Are bottles and cans today

*) Repeat

Shit M.F.
You can't blame him
Fuckin' Leaders of the world spend the Money on
Arms Race and Space Race instead of feeding the world
With the Money! SHITMUTHAFUCKA! The Money!? Give it to me NOW!



13. NO MEANS NO
(by Michael Monroe and Jude Wilder)

Too many scars left deep inside
We're all wounded, victimized
Shut up! Don't tell, don't even cry
Hide your weakness
But the heart can't lie

NO
NO MEANS NO
IT'S AGAINST MY WILL
NO MEANS NO
THERE'S NO SHADES OF GREY
NO MEANS NO
GET OUTTA MY WAY
NO MEANS NO

They make me wanna doubt myself
Insult my intelligence
They shoot themselves in foot-in-mouth
The Inner Self cannot be violated

NO
NO MEANS NO
I WON'T CHANGE MY MIND
NO MEANS NO
THERE'S NOTHING MORE TO SAY
NO MEANS NO
GET OUTTA MY WAY
NO MEANS NO

IT'S AGAINST MY WILL
NO MEANS NO
IF I WANTED IT I'D TELL YOU SO
NO MEANS NO
NEVER ASKED FOR IT, I NEVER NEEDED TO
NO MEANS NO
AIN'T NO SHADES OF GREY
AIN'T NOTHING MORE TO SAY
GET OUTTA MY WAY
NO MEANS NO


lyrics added by metallos - Modify this lyrics