Live Era 87-93

Guns N' Roses Live Era 87-93 Lyrics
1.Nightrain

Loaded like a freight train
Flyin' like an aeroplane
Feelin' like a space brain
One more time tonight

Well I'm a west coast struttin' one bad mother
Got a rattlesnake suitcase under my arm
Said I'm a mean machine been drinkin' gasoline
And honey you can make my motor hum
I got one chance left in a nine live cat
I got a dog eat dog sly smile
I got a Molotov cocktail with a match to go
I smoke my cigarette with style
An I can tell you honey
you can make my money tonight

Wake up late honey put on your clothes
Take your credit card to the liquor store
That's one for you and two for me by tonight
I'll be loaded like a freight train
Flyin' like an aeroplane
Feelin' like a space brain
One more time tonight

I'm on the nightrain, bottoms up
I'm on the nightrain, fill my cup
I'm on the nightrain, ready to crash and burn
I never learn
I'm on the nightrain, I love that stuff
I'm on the nightrain, I can never get enough
I'm on the nightrain, never to return - no

Loaded like a freight train
Flyin' like an aeroplane
Speedin' like a space brain
One more time tonight

I'm on the nightrain, and I'm lookin' for some
I'm on the nightrain, so I can leave this slum
I'm on the nightrain, and I'm ready to crash and burn

Nightrain
Bottoms up
I on the nightrain
Feel my cup
I on the nightrain

Whoa yeah
I on the nightrain
Love that stuff
I on the nightrain
An I can never get enough
Ridin' the nightrain,
I guess I, I guess, I guess,
I guess I never learn

On the nightrain float me home
Ooh I'm on the nightrain
Ridin' the nightrain
Never to return
Nightrain


2.Mr.Brownstone

I get up around seven
Get outta bed around nine
And I don't worry about nothin' no
Cause worryin's a waste of my... time
The show usually starts around seven
We go on stage around nine
Get on the bus about eleven
Sippin' a drink and feelin' fine

Chorus:
We been dancin' with Mr. Brownstone
He's been knockin'
He won't leave me alone

I used ta do a little but a little wouldn't do
So the little got more and more
I just keep tryin' ta get a little better
Said a little better than before
I used ta do a little but a little wouldn't do
So the little got more and more
I just keep tryin' ta get a little better
Said a little better than before

Chorus

Now I get up around whenever
I used ta get up on time
But that old man he's a real muthafucker
Gonna kick him on down the line

Stucked in the middle
And I'm shocked in the middle
And he throw me out of my mind
Wish I had never met him
Said I wish leave it all... behind
Yowser!


3.It's So Easy

I see your sister in her Sunday dress
She's out to please she pouts her best
She's out to take no need to try
She's ready to make

It's so easy, easy
When everybody's tryin' to please me, baby
It's so easy, easy
When everybody's tryin' to please me

Cars are crashin' every night
I drink n' drive everything's in sight
I make the fire but I miss the firefight
I hit the bull's eye every night

It's so easy, easy
When everybody's tryin' to please me, baby
It's so easy, easy
When everybody's tryin' to please me
So easy but nothin' seems to please me
It all fits so right when I fade into the night
See me hit you you fall down

I see you standin' there
You think you're so cool
Why don't you just fuck off

Ya get nothin' for nothin' if that's what you do
Turn around bitch I got a use for you
Besides you ain't got nothin' better to do
And I'm bored

It's so easy, easy
When everybody's tryin' to please me, baby
It's so easy, easy
When everybody's tryin' to please me
So easy but nothin' seems to please me
It all fits so right when I fade into the night
So come with me
Don't ask me where cause I don't know
I'll try to please you
I ain't got no money but it goes to show


4.Welcome To The Jungle

Welcome to the jungle
We got fun 'n' games
We've got evrything you want
Honey we know the names
We are the people that can find
Whatever you may need
If you got the money honey
We got your disease

In the jungle
Welcome to the jungle
Watch it brings you to your knees, knees
I wanna watch you bleed

Welcome to the jungle
We take it day by day
If you want it you're gonna bleed
But it's the price you pay
And you're a very sexy girl
That's very hard to please
You can taste the bright lights
But you won't get them for free

In the jungle
Welcome to the jungle
Feel my, my, my serpentine
I, I wanna hear you scream

Welcome to the jungle
It gets worse here evryday
Ya learn ta live like an animal
In the jungle where we play
If you got a hunger for what you see
You'll take it eventually
You can have anything you want
But you better not take it from me

In the jungle
Welcome to the jungle
Watch it brings you to your knees, knees
I wanna watch you bleed

And when you're high you never
Ever wanna come down
So down
Down... YEAH!

You know where you are?
You're in the jungle baby
You're gonna die

In the jungle
Welcome to the jungle
Watch it brings you to your knees, knees

In the jungle
Welcome to the jungle
Feel my, my, my serpentine

In the jungle
Welcome to the jungle
Watch it brings you to your knees, knees

In the jungle
Welcome to the jungle
Watch it bring you to your
It's gonna bring you down


5.Dust N' Bones

He lost his mind today
He left it out back on the highway
On '65'

She loved him yesterday
Yesterday's over I said okay
That's all right
Time moves on that's the way
We live an hope to see the next day
That's all right

Sometimes these things they are so easy
Sometimes these things they are so cold
Sometimes these things just seem
to rip you right in two
Oh no man don't let 'em get ta you

She loved him yesterday
He laid her sister
She said O.K.
An that's all right
Buried her things today
Way back out deep
Behind the driveway
And that's all right

Sometimes these women are so easy
Sometimes these women are so cold
Sometimes these women seem
to rip you right in two
Only if you let 'em get to you

Ya get out on your own
And you/take all that you own
And you/forget about your home
And then you're/just fuckin' gone

There's no logic here today
Do as you got to, go your own way
I said that's right
Time's short your life's your own
And in the end we are just
Dust N'Bones


6.My Michelle

Your daddy works in porno
Now that mommy's not around
She used to love her heroin
But now she's underground
So you stay out late at night
And you do your coke for free
Drivin' your friends crazy
With your life's insanity

Well, well, well you just can't tell
Well, well, well my Michelle

Sowin' all your wild oats
In another's luxuries
Yesterday was Tuesday
Maybe Thursday you can sleep
But school starts much too early
And this hotel wasn't free
So party till your connection call
Honey I'll return the key

Chorus:
Well, well, well, you just can tell
Well, well, well my Michelle
Well, well, well, you never can tell
Well, well, well, my Michelle

Everyone needs love
You know that it's true
Someday you'll find someone
That'll fall in love with you
But oh the time it takes
When you're all alone
Someday you'll find someone
That you can call your own
But till then ya better...

Now you're clean and so discreet
I won't say a word
But most of all this song is true
Case you haven't heard
So c'mon and stop your cryin'
'Cause we both know money burns
Honey don't stop tryin;
An you'll get what you deserve

Chorus


7.You're Crazy

I've been lookin' for a trace
Lookin' for a heart
Lookin' for a lover in a world
That's much too dark
Because you don't want my love, no, no
You wanna sati-satisfaction
You don't need my love
You got to find yourself another
Another piece, another piece of the action
Yeah, ow yeah, look out

Say where ya goin?
What you gonna do?
I been lookin' everywhere said
I been lookin' for you
Because you don't want my love, no, no
You wanna sati-satisfaction
You don't need my love
You got to find yourself another
Another piece, another piece of the action

You're crazy, hey, hey
You know you're crazy, oh my!
You're fuckin' crazy, oh child
You know you're crazy

Say, boy, where ya comin' from?
Where'd ya get that point of view?
When I was younger
Said I knew a someone like you
And she said
'You don't need my love'
You wanna sati-satisfaction,
You don't need my love
You've got to find yourself another
Another piece, another piece of the action

You're crazy, hey, hey
You know you're crazy, oh my!
You're fuckin' crazy, oh child
You know you're crazy

Bring it down!
You're fuckin' crazy!


8.Used To Love Her

I used to love her, but I had to kill her
I used to love her, yeah but I had to kill her
I had to put her six feet under
And I can still hear her complain

I used to love her, ooh, yeah, but I had to kill her
I used to love her, ooh, yeah but I had to kill her
I knew I'd miss her so I had to keep her
She's buried right in my backyard, oh, yeah

I used to love her, but I had to kill her
I used to love her, mm yeah but I had to kill her
She bitched so much, she drove me nuts
And now I'm happier this way, oh oh yeah

(Take, it to what it is)


9.Patience

Shed a tear 'cause I'm missin' you
I'm still alright to smile
Girl, I think about you every day now
Was a time when I wasn't sure
But you set my mind at ease
There is no doubt You're in my heart now

Said, woman, take it slow
It'll work itself out fine
All we need is just a little patience
Said, sugar, make it slow
And we come together fine
All we need is just a little patience

I sit here on the stairs
'Cause I'd rather be alone
If I can't have you right now I'll wait, dear
Sometimes I get so tense
But I can't speed up the time
But you know, love
There's one more thing to consider

Said, woman, take it slow
And things will be just fine
You and I'll just use a little patience
Said, sugar, take the time
'Cause the lights are shining bright
You and I've got what it takes to make it,
We won't fake it,
I'll never break it 'cause I can't take it

...little patience,
Need a little patience, yeah
Just a little patience, yeah
Some more patience,
Need some patience,
Could use some patience, yeah
Gotta have some patience, yeah
All it takes is patience,
Just a little patience
Is all you need

I been walkin' the streets at night
Just tryin' to get it right
Hard to see with so many around
You know I don't like Being stuck in the crowd
And the streets don't change
But baby the name
I ain't got time for the game
'Cause I need you
Yeah, yeah, but I need you
Oo, I need you
Whoa, I need you
Oo, all this time


10.It's Alright

Told you once about your friends and neighbors
They were always seeking but they'll never find
That it's alright, yes it's alright

Where to go, where to be
It's always been that way and it will always be
But it's alright, yes it's alright

Give it all and ask for no return
And very soon you'll see and you'll begin to learn
That it's alright, yes it's alright

Don't you know that it's so good for you
You can be making love and I see it all go through
But it's alright, yes it's alright

Hold her now and you can both go home
It's been a long time coming but you've fianlly shown
That it's alright, yes it's alright


*It's Alright- From Black Sabbath's Technical Ecstasy- 1976.
This song was used as an introduction for
November Rain from 1991 to '93.


11.November Rain

When I look into your eyes
I can see a love restrained
But darlin' when I hold you
Don't you know I feel the same

'Cause nothin' lasts forever
And we both know hearts can change
And it's hard to hold a candle
In the cold November rain

We've been through this such a long long time
Just tryin' to kill the pain

But lovers always come and lovers always go
An no one's really sure who's lettin' go today
Walking away

If we could take the time
To lay it on the line
I could rest my head
Just knowin' that you were mine
All mine

So if you want to love me
Then darlin' don't refrain
Or I'll just end up walkin'
In the cold november rain

Do you need some time...on your own
Do you need some time...all alone
Everybody needs some time... on their own
Don't you know you need some time...
All alone

I know it's hard to keep an open heart
When even friends seem out to harm you
But if you could heal a broken heart
Wouldn't time be out to charm you

Sometimes I need some time...on my own
Sometimes I need some time...all alone
Everybody needs some time... on their own
Don't you know you need some time...
All alone

And when your fears subside
And shadows still remain
I know that you can love me
When there's no one left to blame
So never mind the darkness
We still can find a way
'Cause nothin' lasts forever
Even cold November rain

Don't you think that you need somebody
Don't you think that you need someone
Everybody needs somebody
You're not the only one
You're not the only one


12.Out Ta Get Me

Been hidin' out and layin' low
It's nothin' new ta me
Well you can always find a place to go
If you can keep your sanity

They break down the doors
And they rape my rights but
They won't touch me
They scream and yell and fight all night
You can't tell me
I lose my head, I close my eyes
They won't touch me
'Cause I got somethin' I been buildin' up inside
For so fuckin' long

Chorus:
They're out ta get me
They won't catch me
I'm innocent
They won't break me

Sometimes it's easy to forget where you're goin'
Sometimes it's harder to leave
And everytime you think you know just what you're doin'
That's when your troubles exceed
They push me in a corner just to get me to fight but
They won't touch me
They preach and yell and fight all night
You can't tell me
I lose my head, I close my eyes
They won't touch me
'Cause I got somethin' I been buildin' up inside
I'm already gone

Chorus

Some people got a chip on their shoulder
An some would say it was me
But I didn't buy that fifth of whisky that you gave me
So I'd be quick to disagree

Chorus

So you can suck me
Take that one to heart


13.Pretty Tied Up(The Perils Of Rock N' Roll Decadence)

I know this chick she lives down on Melrose
She ain't satisfied without some pain
Friday night is goin' up inside her...again
Well crack the whip
'Cause that bitch is just insane
I'm serious

She's pretty tied up
Hangin' upside down
She's pretty tied up
An you can ride her
She's pretty tied up
Hangin' upside down
I can't tell you she's the right one
Oh no,oh no,oh no

Once there was this rock n' roll band
rollin' on the streets
Time went by and it became a joke
We just needed more and more fulfilling- Uh-huh
Time went by and it all went up in smoke
But check it out

She's pretty tied up
Hangin' upside down
She's pretty tied up
An you can ride her
She's pretty tied up
Hangin' upside down
I can't tell you she's the right one
Oh no,oh no,oh no

Once you made that money it costs more now
It might cost a lot more than you'd think
I just found a million dollars that someone forgot
It's days like this that push me o'er the brinks
Cool and stressing
(pronounced:Kool ranch dres'ing)

(But I can tell you a thing or two
'Bout somethin' else
If you really wanna know
Know what I'm sayin')


14.Yesterdays

Yesterday, there was so many things
I was never told
Now that I'm startin' to learn
I feel I'm growin' old

Cause yesterday's got nothin' for me
Old pictures that I 'll always see
Time just fades the pages
In my book of memories
Prayers in my pocket
And no hand in destiny
I'll keep on movin' along
With no time to plant my feet

Cause yesterday's got nothin's for me
Old pictures that I'll always see
Some things could be better
If we'd all just let them be

Yesterday there were so many things
I was never shown
Suddenly this time I found
I'm on the streets and I'm all alone

Yesterday's got nothin' for me
Old pictures that I'll always see
I ain't got time
To reminisce old novelties

Yesterday's got nothin' for me
Yesterday's got nothin' for me
Yesterday's got nothin' for me
Yesterday
Yesterday


15.Move To The City

You pack your bags and you move to the city
There's somethin' missin' here at home
You fix your hair and you're lookin' real pretty
It's time to get it out on your own
You're always fightin' with your mama and you papa
Your family life is one big pain!
When you, you gonna move to the city?
Into the city where it all began

You gotta move,
You gotta move
Ma, ma, ma, ma, ma, ma, ma, ma, ma
Time you gotta move

You stole your mama's car
And your daddy's plastic credit card
You're sixteen and you can't get a job
You're not goin' very far
You're always ridin' with the teachers and the police
This life is much too insane!
When you, you gonna move to the city?
Into the city where it all began

You gotta move,
You gotta move
Ma, ma, ma, ma, ma, ma, ma, ma, ma
Time you gotta move

Right to the city where the real men get it
Aw, child, ain't it a pity?
Sometimes it gets too shitty!
Come on and hit me!

You're on the streets and it ain't so pretty
You need to get a new what you please
You do what you gotta do for the money
At times you end up on your knees!

I'm always buyin' with the local and the junkies
This city life is one big pain!
But you, you had to move to the city
Into the city where it all began

You gotta move,
You gotta move
Ma, ma, ma, ma, ma, ma, ma, ma, ma
Time you gotta move
Oh, right to the city
With the real nitty gritty
Aw, child, ain it a pity?
Sometimes it gets too shity
Come on and hit me!


16.You Could Be Mine

I'm a cold heartbreaker
Fit ta burn and I'll rip your heart in two
An I'll leave you lyin' on the bed
I'll be out the door before ya wake
It's nuthin' new ta you
'Cause I think we've seen that movie too

'Cause you could be mine
But you're way out of line
With your bitch slap rappin'
And your cocaine tongue
You get nuthin' done
I said you could be mine

Now holidays come and then they go
It's nothin' new today
Collect another memory
When I come home late at night
Don't ask me where I've been
Just count your stars I'm home again

You've gone sketchin' too many times
Why don't ya give it a rest
Why must you find
Another reason to cry

While you're breakin' down my back
n' I been rackin' out my brain
It don't matter how we make it
'Cause it always ends the same
You can push it for more mileage
But your flaps r' wearin' thin
And I could sleep on it 'til mornin'
But this nightmare never ends
Don't forget to call my lawyers
With ridiculous demands
An you can take the pity so far
But it's more than I can stand
'Cause this couchtrip's gettin' older
Tell me how long has it been
'Cause 5 years is forever
An you haven't grown up yet


17.Rocket Queen

If I say I don't need anyone
I can say these things to you
'Cause I can turn on anyone
Just like I've turned on you
I've got a tongue like a razor
A sweet switchblade knife
And I can do you favors
But then you'll do whatever I like

Chorus:
Here I am
And you're a Rocket Queen
I might be a little young
But Honey I ain't naive
Here I am
And you're a Rocket Queen oh yeah
I might be too much
But honey you're a bit obscene

I've seen everything imaginable
Pass before these eyes
I've had everything that's tangible
Honey you'd be suprised
I'm a sexual innuendo
In this burned out paradise
If you turn me on to anything
You better turn me on tonight

Chorus

I see you standin'
Standin' on your own
It's such a lonely place for you
For you to be
If you need a shoulder
Or if you need a friend
I'll be here standing
Until the bitter end
No one needs the sorrow
No one needs the pain
I hate to see you
Walking out there
Out in the rain
So don't chastise me
Or think I, I mean you harm
Of those that take you
Leave you strung out
Much too far baby-yeah

Don't ever leave me
Say you'll always be there
All I ever wanted
Was for you
To know that I care


18.Sweet Child O' Mine

She's got a smile that it seems to me
Reminds me of childhood memories
Where everything was as fresh as the bright blue sky
Now and then when I see her face
She takes me away to that special place
And if I stared too long
I'd probably break down and cry

Sweet child o' mine
Sweet love of mine

She's got eyes of the bluest skies
As if they thought of rain
I hate to look into those eyes
And see and anoounce of pain
Her hair reminds me of a warm safe place
Where as a child I'd hide
And pray for the thunder
And the rain
To quietly pass me by

Sweet child o'mine
Sweet love o'mine

Where do we go
Where do we go now
Where do we go
Sweet child o'mine


19.Knockin' On Heaven's Door

Mama take this badge from me
I can't use it anymore
It's getting dark too dark to see
Feels like I'm knockin' on heaven's door

Knock-knock-knockin' on heaven's door
Knock-knock-knockin' on heaven's door
Knock-knock-knockin' on heaven's door
Knock-knock-knockin' on heaven's door

Mama put my guns in the ground
I can't shoot them anymore
That cold black cloud is comin' down
Feels like I'm knockin' on heaven's door

Knock-knock-knockin' on heaven's door
Knock-knock-knockin' on heaven's door
Knock-knock-knockin' on heaven's door
Knock-knock-knockin' on heaven's door

'You just better start sniffin' your own rank
Subjugation jack 'cause it's just
You against your tattered libido, the bank and
The mortician, forever man and it
Wouldn't be luck if you could get out of life alive'

Knock-knock-knockin' on heaven's door
Knock-knock-knockin' on heaven's door
Knock-knock-knockin' on heaven's door
Knock-knock-knockin' on heaven's door


20.Don't Cry (Original)

Talk to me softly
There's something in your eyes
Don't hang your head in sorrow
And please don't cry
I know how you feel inside
I've been there before
Somethin's changin' inside you
And don't you know

Don't you cry tonight
I still love you baby
Don't you cry tonight
Don't you cry tonight
There's a heaven above you baby
And don't you cry tonight

Give me a whisper
And give me a sigh
Give me a kiss before you tell me goodbye
Don't you take it so hard now
And please don't take it so bad
I'll still be thinkin' of you
And the times we had...baby

And please remember that I never lied
And please remember how I felt inside now honey
You gotta make it your own way
But you'll be alright now sugar
You'll feel better tomorrow
Come the morning light now baby

Don't you ever cry
Don't you cry tonight
Baby maybe someday


21.Estranged

When you're talkin to yourself
And nobody's home
You can fool yourself
You came in this world alone
(alone)

So nobody ever told you baby
How it was gonna be
So what'll happen to you baby
Guess we'll have to wait and see
One, two

Old at heart but I'm only 28
And I'm much too young
To let love break my heart
Young at heart but it's getting much too late
To find ourselves so far apart

I don't know how you're s'posed to find me lately
An what more could tou ask from me
How could you say that I never needed you
When you took everything
Said you took everything from me

Young at heart an it gets so hard to wait
When no one I know can seem to help me now
Old at heart but I musn't hesitate
If I'm to find my own way out

Still talkin' to myself
And nobody's home
(alone)

So nobody ever told us baby
How it was gonna be
So what'll happen to us baby
Guess we'll have to wait and see

When I find out all the reasons
Maybe I'll find another way
Find another day
With all the changing seasons of my life
Maybe I'll get it right next time
An now that you've been broken down
Got your head out of the clouds
You're back down on the ground
And you don't talk so loud
An you don't walk so proud
Any more, and what for

Well I jumped into the river
Too many times to make it home
I'm out here on my own, an drifting all alone
If it doesn't show give it time
To read between the lines

'Cause I see the storm getting closer
And the waves they get so high
Seems everything we've ever known's here
Why must it drift away and die

I'll never find anyone to replace you
Guess I'll have to make it thru, this time-
Oh this time without you

I knew the storm was getting closer
And all my friends said I was high
But everything we've ever known's here
I never wanted it to die


22.Paradise City

Just a' urchin livin' under the street
I'm a hard case that's tough to beat
I'm your charity case so buy me somethin' to eat
I'll pay you at another time
Take it to the end of the line

Ragz to richez or so they say
Ya gotta-keep pushin' for the fortune and fame
It's all a gamble when it's just a game
Ya treat it like a capital crime
Everybody's doin' their time

Chorus:
Take me down to the paradise city
Where the grass is green and the girls are pretty
Take me home

Strapped in the chair of the city's gas chamber
Why I'm here I can't quite remember
The surgeon general says it's hazardous to breathe
I'd have another cigarette but I can't see
Tell me who you're gonna believe

Chorus

So far away
So far away
So far away
So far away

Captain America's been torn apart
Now he's a court jester with a broken heart
He said - Turn me around and take me back to the start
I must be losin' my mind - 'Are you blind?'
I've seen it all a million times

Chorus