Jane's Addiction

Jane's Addiction Jane's Addiction Lyrics
1.Sympathy For The Devil

Please allow me to introduce myself
I'm a man of wealth and taste
I've been around for a long, long year
Stole many a man's soul and faith

And I was 'round when Jesus Christ
Had his moment of doubt and pain
Made damn sure that Pilate
Washed his hands and sealed his fate

Pleased to meet you
Hope you guess my name
But what's puzzling you
Is the nature of my game

I stuck around St. Petersburg
When I saw it was a time for a change
Killed the czar and his ministers
Anastasia screamed in vain

I rode a tank
Held a general's rank
When the blitzkrieg raged
And the bodies stank

Pleased to meet you
Hope you guess my name, oh yeah
Ah, what's puzzling you
Is the nature of my game, oh yeah

I watched with glee
While your kings and queens
Fought for ten decades
For the gods they made

I shouted out,
'Who killed the Kennedys?'
When after all
It was you and me

Let me please introduce myself
I'm a man of wealth and taste
And I laid traps for troubadours
Who get killed before they reached Bombay

Pleased to meet you
Hope you guessed my name, oh yeah
But what's puzzling you
Is the nature of my game, oh yeah, get down, baby

Pleased to meet you
Hope you guessed my name, oh yeah
But what's confusing you
Is just the nature of my game

Just as every cop is a criminal
And all the sinners saints

As heads is tails
Just call me Lucifer
'Cause I'm in need of some restraint

So if you meet me
Have some courtesy
Have some sympathy, and some taste
Use all your well-learned politesse
Or I'll lay your soul to waste, um yeah

Pleased to meet you
Hope you guessed my name, um yeah
But what's puzzling you
Is the nature of my game, um mean it, get down

Woo, who
Oh yeah, get on down
Oh yeah
Oh yeah!

Tell me baby, what's my name
Tell me honey, can ya guess my name
Tell me baby, what's my name
I tell you one time, you're to blame

Ooo, who
Ooo, who
Ooo, who
Ooo, who, who
Ooo, who, who
Ooo, who, who
Ooo, who, who
Oh, yeah

What's me name
Tell me, baby, what's my name
Tell me, sweetie, what's my name

Ooo, who, who
Ooo, who, who
Ooo, who, who
Ooo, who, who
Ooo, who, who
Ooo, who, who
Ooo, who, who
Oh, yeah


2.1%

all the people i know wanna be left alone
some people!
i don't know?
they wanna leave you alone
you gotta be just - be just like them
biggest gang i know they call the government
gang is a weapon
that you trade your mind in for
you gotta be just - be just like them
the gang
and the government
no different
the gang
and the government
no different
the gang
and the government
no different
that makes me
1%
that makes me
1%
trouble comes down
like a foot steppin heavy
shake your fist
at the bitch
or wave your money
you gotta be right
you gotta be right
don't be no
supper for a big fish
with the big lip
and the over -
bite - bite

you gotta bite
bite - bite - bite - da bita
bite - bite - ba da da bita
bite - bite - bite - bite
bite - bite - bite - bite
all the people i know wanna be left alone
some people!
i don't know?
they wanna leave you alone!
you gotta be just - be just like them
the gang
and the government
no different
the gang
and the government
no different
the gang
and the government
no different
that makes me
1%
that makes me
1%
that makes me
1%
that makes me
1%


3.Jane Says

Jane says
I'm done with sergio
He treats me like a ragdoll
She hides
The television
Says 'i don't owe him nothing,
But if he comes back again
Tell him to wait right here for me or,
Try again tomorrow'

'I'm gonna kick tomorrow...'
'I'm gonna kick tomorrow...'

Jane says
'Have you seen my wig around?
I feel naked without it'
She knows
They all want her to go
But that's ok man
She don't like them anyway
Jane says
'I'm going away to spain when i get my money saved
I'm gonna start tomorrow'

'I'm gonna kick tomorrow...'
'I'm gonna kick tomorrow...'

She gets mad
And she starts to cry
Takes a swing but she can't hit!
She don't mean no harm
She just don't know...
What else to do about it

Jane goes
To the store at eight
She walks up on st. andrews
She waits
And gets her dinner there
She pulls her dinner
From her pocket

Jane says
'I've never been in love - no'
She don't know what it is
She only knows if someone wants her

'I only want 'em if they want me,...'
'I only know they want me...'

Jane says...
Jane says...


4.Trip Away

mama, lick on me now
no care
put me on the bad side
oh, so bad
i wanna make you love
wanna, wanna watch your eyes
dip them in a honey glass
mirror mine
roll them high
wanna make them

drip away
trip away
trip away
trip away
trip away
trip away
way out
way out

oh, mama lick on me
i'm as tasty as a red plumb
baby thumb
wanna make you love
wanna be wild animals
lay down in a shady den
see the spring
color in
watch the stoney winter

drip away
trip away
trip away
trip away
trip away
trip away
way out
way out
take my eye
do not wonder why
i've come to the crux
i've looked it up and down
seen the trespassers trample themselves
as the miser makes love with his wealth
convenience his love!
tripped away the summer days

some are gone
some are o.k.
summers gone
some are makin love
i love to watch you
love to watch you
drip away
trip away
trip away
trip away
trip away

trip away
way out
way out


5.Rock And Roll

Jenny said when she was just five years old
you know there's nothing happening at all
Every time she puts on the radio
There was nothing goin' down at all
Then one fine mornin' she puts on a New York station
She couldn't believe what she heard at all
She started dancin' to that fine fine music
You know her life was saved by Rock 'n' Roll
Despite all the amputations
You could just dance to a rock 'n' roll station
Jenny said when she was just five years old
My parents are gonna be the death of us all
Two TV sets and two Cadillac cars--
Ain't gonna help us at all
Then one fine mornin' she puts on a New York station
She don't believe what she heard at all
She started dancin' to that fine fine music
You know her life was saved by Rock 'n' Roll
Despite all the computations
You could just dance to a rock 'n ' roll station
and it was alright.


6.Whores

way down low where the streets are littered
i find my fun with the freaks and the niggers
i don't want much man give me a little
or i'm gonna take my chances if i get em
i love them whores they never judge you
what can you say when your a whore?
they cast that pearl and it don't upset em
they take their chances if they get em
hear me go off!
give me some more!
motherfucker!
need a little more
goddamn you!
give me some more!
motherfucker!
give me some more!
you give me breadcrumb uh - hu
i'm tired of living the bosses' dream
they'll squeeze you dry man if you let em
better take your - take your - take your chances
if you get em
hear me go off!
give me some more!
motherfucker!
need a little more
goddamn you!
give me some more!
motherfucker!
give me some more


7.Chip Away

i chip away
cause i'm not ok
so i
i chip away
poked a hole right into myself
and inside i found someone
who said i was ok
still i don't feel easy

on this tree
among the blossoms

caustic ally

i am the thorn
close my eyes to take up spare time
i wish i just
could be where the crowd goes
with the crowd
they must be going somewhere

up from the catacombs
i can into the Angel again
he took the high road
and i took the low road
we both were dirty faces
we both were dirty faces

i don't
i don't
i don't
don't feel easy
i don't
i don't
i don't
don't feel easy


8.My Time

yeah the rain came
i said hey buddy,
buddy the streets are a snake skin
i belong
out there walkin
nobody's stoppin to bother me
they hide
outside, the ceilings
cryin -
listen to the sound
of the gutters runnin
wash this dirty town
all fronts and no backs
give me my time
let me be
outside
under the ceiling
cryin'
yeah, all over me
cryin'
yeah, all over me
outside you know
i listen to the sounds
of the gutters runnin
wash this dirty town
all fronts and no backs
give me my time
let me be
outside
under the ceilings
cryin'
yeah, all over me
cryin'
yeah, all over me


9.I Would For You

I'm everybody's slave
I made you my slave
You said
This I do for you
If I would help
To give the world back
What it gave
Then I would
I would
I would
I would
I would for you
I would for you
You say my eyes
Are crazy eyes
Sometimes they are
And so are you
And if you wonder
What I would do
I would do
Anything
If I could
You know I would
I would
I would
I would for you
I would for you
I would for you
I would for you
I would for you


10.Pigs In Zen

pig's in the mud
when he tires
pig's in zen
pig's in zen
pig is nude
unashamed
pig's in zen
pig's in zen

talkin' bout the pig
the pig
the pig - uh
pa-pa-pa-pa-pig
goddamn pig!

pig mounts sow
when he's wound

pig's in zen
pig's in zen
pig eats shit
but only when he hungers
pig's in zen
pig's in zen

talkin' bout the pig
the pig
the pig - uh
pa-pa-pa-pa-pig
goddamn pig


11.Rock 'n' Roll

Jenny said when she was just five years old
You know there's nothing happenin' at all
Every time she puts on the radio
There was nothing going down at all
Then one fine mornin' she puts on a new york station
She couldn't believe what she heard at all
She started dancin' to that fine fine music
You know her life was saved by rock 'n' roll

Despite all the amputations
You could just dance to a rock 'n' roll station
And it was alright

Jenny said when she was just five years old
My parents are gonna be the death of us all
Two tv sets and two cadillac cars
Ain't gonna help us at all
Then one fine mornin' she puts on a new york station
She don't believe what she heard at all
She started dancin' to that fine fine music
You know her life was saved by rock 'n' roll

Despite all the computations
You could just dance to a rock 'n ' roll station
And it was alright


12.Sympathy

Please allow me to introduce myself
I'm a man of wealth and taste
I've been around for a long, long year
Stole many a man's soul and faith
And i was 'round when jesus christ
Had his moment of doubt and pain
Made damn sure that pilate
Washed his hands and sealed his fate

Pleased to meet you
Hope you guess my name
But what's puzzling you
Is the nature of my game

I stuck around st. petersburg
When i saw it was a time for a change
Killed the czar and his ministers
Anastasia screamed in vain
I rode a tank
Held a general's rank
When the blitzkrieg raged
And the bodies stank

Pleased to meet you
Hope you guess my name
What's puzzling you
Is the nature of my game

I watched with glee
While your kings and queens
Fought for ten decades
For the gods they made
I shouted out,
'who killed the kennedys?'
When after all
It was you and me
Let me please introduce myself
I'm a man of wealth and taste
And i laid traps for troubadours
Who get killed before they reached bombay

Pleased to meet you
Hope you guessed my name
But what's puzzling you
Is the nature of my game
Pleased to meet you
Hope you guessed my name
But what's confusing you
Is just the nature of my game

Just as every cop is a criminal
And all the sinners, saints
As heads is tails
Just call me lucifer
'cause i'm in need of some restraint
So if you meet me
Have some courtesy
Have some sympathy, and some taste
Use all your well-learned politesse
Or i'll lay your soul to waste

Pleased to meet you
Hope you guessed my name
But what's puzzling you
Is the nature of my game