1. PARADISE IN DISTRESS

Devil just bought a brand new
Devil just bought a brand new
Devil just bought a brand new penthouse in heaven
There goes the old neighbourhood
There goes the old neighbourhood
There goes the good old neighbourhood on a one way trip to hell
(Shake you sinner)

Jesus won't drive nothin' but a shiny white Mercedes
And all the angels gotta settle for second hand Oldsmobile's
The virgin Mary loses faith and starts a chain-reaction
The Lord just stands there weepin' bitter tears in the rain
Ain't that a shame...
(Shake you sinner!)

Almost as if the bad guys, got the good guys on the run
All in the line of expectation, in the eyes of the evil one
Like a mad bull chargin' through a closet of porcelain 'Made in China'
Saddlin' up the righteous, with nightmares full of trauma

Devil just bought a brand new
Devil just bought a brand new
Devil just bought a brand new penthouse in heaven
There goes the old neighbourhood
There goes the old neighbourhood
There goes the good old neighbourhood movin' on down to hell

There's no one here, there's nothin' left
No one here to kiss or bless
This damp and dark unholy mess
You could say: Paradise in distress
(Shake you sinner)

Behind the clouds there's a silver line
The sun just can't stop waitin'
To put a shine on a clear blue sky
And kill the pessimist in me
Meanwhile, there's no one here, there's nothin' left
No one here to kiss or bless
This damp and dark unholy mess
You could say: Paradise in distress
(Shake you sinner)


2. APOCALYPSE

I've been faster, than my own shadow
I've been colder, than an ice pick you know
What really matters, is a heart of gold
And a whole lotta money, and a fat checkbook

Been a gambler, had nothing better to do
Been crazy for fools like you
What really matters is, make a dream come true
I ain't playing with fire no more
Ain't gonna play with fire no more

Well I was walking down the street, in my Italian shoes
I was minding my own business, just goin' with the flow
I could feel the hot sunshine, on my back
I started singin' to the rhythm of the city noise
I said Yeah yeah yeah

Well I was knockin' opportunity right on its head
In my silver coloured suit and my Panama hat
Yeah, I had nothin' to fear, I had places to go
And I swear I felt lightnin' in my bones
I said yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah

Down, down, down the Apocalypse
Down, down, down with negative
Down, down my dice come a-rollin'
Down, down with a double-six evidence
Down deep the sound of my heart I believe
Tells me life's there for lovin' it!
Oh, oh yeah... (through the air)

Well I'm tap-dancing', floatin' on thin air
High on nothin', 'xcept sweet adrenalin
And I see somethin' behind a tree
It's the mother of God, got her eyes on me
She says yeah, yeah, yeah.....


3. EVIL LOVE CHAIN

She took my money, she stole my car
Broke my heart and smashed my guitar
She slandered my name and laughed in my face
And on Saturday night she went and trashed the whole place

She's drivin' me crazy, beyond insane
She plays with my mind, as if it's a game
And most of all stranger than strange
I come beggin' for more again and again

I can't break away, from the circle of pain
I can't break away this evil love-chain

She's mean when she's happy, cruel when she's sad
She finds something good, and she turns it to bad
She's young and good looking, and shakes the whole bed
While black magic voodoo, lives inside her head
The girl is a menace, a danger, a threat
Can't get no worse, she's as bad as it gets
She looks like a princess, but I know instead
She's Dracula's daughter, and the angel of death

She's drivin' me crazy, beyond insane
She plays with my mind, as if it's a game
And most of all stranger than strange
I come beggin' for more again and again

I can't break away, from the circle of pain
I can't break away this evil love-chain


4. DARLING

Would you recognize me, or identify me
Try to hypnotize me, with a blindfold on
Like an animal, like a demon
Like a criminal, hidin' from the light

Oh my darling, Oh my darling
Just like the riptide,
Escape my desire
Hear me callin',
See me crawlin'
Like a reptile
In the midnight

Hungry butterfly, cruel vampire
In the shadow, out of sight
Sometimes all my dreams, turn into nightmares
I need you more and more and moreS
Cared of dying, bored with life
Your illusions sacrificed
Walk in silence, through the night
Fade into the lost moonlight

Oh my darling, Oh my darling
Just like the riptide,
Escape my desire
Hear me callin',
See me crawlin'
Like a reptile
In the midnight


5. TAKE MY HAND-CLOSE MY EYES

Why am I tonight, feelin' so low
My poor head is spinnin' round and round and round
Could it be that, by a total lack of love
In fact I'm busy, dyin'
Tell me where or when,
Tell me how I'll go
Am I invited to your dreams,
I'd like to know
Why I tremble and talk in my sleep
Maybe only time will take away the pain

Take my hand - close my eyes
Lead me back into your paradise

I ain't wakin' up, I'm too tired you know
Like a drifter by the side of a dusty road
What if you found me in the middle of the night
Would it matter, I'm down and out alright
I am brain-dead, I'm invisible
I am drowning in a river called "Vertigo"
And the moonlight, such a sad night
Now that love ain't coming 'round no more

Take my hand - close my eyes
Lead me back into your paradise


6. FIGHTER

He was young when I first saw him, maybe 19 or so
And I knew he could go places, he'd never dreamed he'd go
There was a certain something, impossible to hide
Dynamite in both his hands, it swept 'm all aside
So they nicknamed him the Killer, and he lived up to that name
The guys that tried to fight him, never came out quite the same
And man, the crowd just loved him, in those up and coming days
Carried him on their shoulders, while they showered him with praise

Well, they loved him like a brother, 'cause he gave 'm all the thrill
Scarin' shit about no self defense, only going for the kill
He took a beating now and then, but stood there young and tough
Never thought of backing up, when the going got too rough
He came down like a shockwave, the title easily won
He just tore in there man, punching, taking two and landing one
But that avalanche of punches, eventually took it's toll
Like a constant drip of water, wears down the hardest stone

And we all saw it coming, the inevitable fall
The night he lost his title, and the title wasn't all
He just started slippin', down skids slicker than grease
His drawing power faded, and the hero-worship ceased
But he couldn't stop the fighting, custom-made for the trade
While he blew away the money, on friends success had made
I saw him fight again last night, I wish I had been spared
The sight of that poor old wreck, for whom nobody no longer cared

His eyes had lost their sparkle, his legs had lost their spring
And really, it was pathetic, the way he stumbled thru' the ring
While an upstart punched him dizzy, punched him silly bell to bell
The lust mad hungry wolf-pack, rode him to a far-ye-well
Here's the same punks, who once worshipped his shrine when he was king
Calling him a coward, as he was groping 'round the ring
But he didn't seem to notice, I thought he'll fight until he's dead
He'll stay in there and take it, and keep the wolf-pack fed

They gave 'm his youth and all his power, now they were tearing him apart
My eyes grew dim and misty, for that brave and gallant heart
Man, if only I could have my way, I'd know exactly what to do
I'd pitch 'm right in there with him, one by one and two by two

I'd see him bash their empty heads, egg-like broken shells
I'd jump up on my chair and yell for blood while down they fell
I'd see 'm beg for mercy, groaning in the night
What's wrong you guys, can't you take it
Come on you scum and fight

Killer - killer - killer - killer


7. ONE NIGHT WITHOUT YOU

Don't care where you've been
(Last night, last night)
I don't care, but I hate to lose control
(Uptight, uptight)
I get emotional
(headaches, bad vibes)
Bein' here just on my own,
Waitin' for someone like you

They say, alcohol and cigarettes,
Are worth dyin' for
Your gamble is a bet,
I just can't afford

One night, one night without you

I'm dying, but I'm wide awake
(Getting angry)
You're a sinner and you ain't no saint for sure
(Sounds like, she's a hardcore)
Can't live without your love
(He's innocent, she's a whore)
Bein' here just on my own,
Waitin' for someone like you

They say, alcohol and cigarettes,
Are worth dyin' forYour gamble is a bet,
I just can't afford

One night, one night without you


8. WHISPER IN A CROWD

You can't play with feelings
The way you sometimes do
And hide your true intentions
Behind those eyes so blue

Always pretending
You're nobody's fool
Now until forever
The world was made for you

You cheat, you lie
You hurt, my pride
You fake desire
Upset my life
You fly solo,
Make up your own rule
You break your word
As if I don't know

Whisper in a crowd
Just like a silent scream
Ah ah ah ah,
No one, will hear
Your cry of fear

You made your seven wishes
None of them came true
Like your expectations
You gotta face the truth


9. DEJA VOODOO

In broad daylight, your clean cut town
Has turned into a hunting ground
And Mama don't need no crystal ball
To see the weight, that's coming down
25 hours a day, 25 hours a day
In the heart of night, it howls for more
The beast that prowls, the killing floor
And Mama don't need to read the cards
To tell you times are gettin' hard
25 hours a day, 25 hours a day

You've seen it before
It's been done to you
In another life, it spells taboo
Mama calls it
Mama calls it: Deja voodoo

When sweet turns to bitter, and not before
When wolves come scratchin', at your door
That's when mama's tea cup prophecy
Will tell you how it's gonna be
25 hours a day, 25 hours a day
Tomorrow rips up your yesterday
While it stars in your old passion play
And mama can hear the spirit's song
Singing in her head all night long
25 hours a day, 25 hours a day


10. BAD NEWS TO FALL IN LOVE

Don't try to put the blame on me
Every night I come stealin' home
You keep thinkin' I've been drinkin'
I've been missin' you, no, no

Damn sheriff ain't no friend of mine
Hand-coffin' my good times
Got no pity, show no mercy
Sure makes me think of you

He's so uptight
Downtown, can't get enough
Of the way I pay for love
Cause I'm ready, I got plenty
Who's complainin' when there's no more than enough

A deck of cards and a pair of dice
Make me feel twice as nice
The wheel's spinnin'
And I'm winnin'
'Til I walk through the door
Like I said before:

It's bad news to fall in love (3x)
With a mean motherfucker

Half dead 'til the afternoon
Wake up feelin' cruel
You don't get it, I just said it
Pour the booze and fetch my silver spoon
Don't mind bein' critical
This love thing's pitiful
Why don't you let it
Fade and forget it
I'm bad news for a girl like you
And I'm warnin' you

It's bad news to fall in love (3x)
With a mean motherfucker


11. 42ND STREET

Spiraling leapers, wearing Nike sneakers
Some of them laugh, some of them sing
Some of them don't do a goddamn thing
Trip-skipping drifters, grafters and lifters
Chicks with big tits, school boys with zits
Moonlight circus of earthly delights
Pimpmobile cruising the soft velvet night
Deals going down, midnight in town
Down into the subways, the underground tunnels
A musician is playing, a drunk stumbles and mumbles
Out in the park it's scary with frights
Somebody shot out all the streetlights

Hookers and bookies, floozies and boozers
All kinds of misfits, perverts and losers
Out of the limo that looks like a boat
The pimp steps out in a mink fur coat
Sporting a Fedora, that creates its own aura
A ruby-tooth grin and a diamond stick pin
A deal's going down this side of town

People walk on fleet feet
On the way down 42nd Street
Except for the bums, down for the count
That one's dead but no one's found out
And look at the bitch, with her dress up ass
When she moves that thing, she must move it fast
Cop with a nightstick, checking around
A neon lit junkie slides to the ground
Here comes a flasher, a jogger, a punk
Check out that guy, drunk as a skunk
Blinking, reflection, lights melt in the rain
The sidewalks are empty, nothing's the same
4 A.M. people are crashing
Where the hookers are huddled
Colored raindrops are splashing
The deals have gone down, the bimbo's split town
Burned from the hustle, burned from the hype
But under the lights, I'm feeling alright
On 42nd Street, it's just another night


12. FLUID CONDUCTION

I've been sleepin' all day, slummin' all night
In a 44 hour sedation
Since the day you cut me outta your life
The night I killed your patience

Always try to lie to you
The truth is that I love you
Need you more than anything
Without you I discover
I'm a maniac and a menace
Headin' for destruction

Your lips I miss,
Your tears, your hips
Your piss, your blood, the way you function
Maybe I should thank some God
For your amazing fluid conduction

It was Max, the king of facts
He made me steal for your number
Promised not to tell on him
But you know me, I'm a sucker

Your lips I miss,
Your tears, your hips
Your piss, your blood,
The way you function
Maybe I should thank some God
For your amazing fluid conduction


13. DESPERATELY TRYING TO BE DIFFERENT

Lizzy the lizard, met an angry young snake
With forked-tongue grace, by the name of Jake
A yellow eyed diamond back rattler
In the chill-out room, of the 'wildlife saloon
She admired his skin, Jake said it was fake
And Liz said: "who cares, it don't really matter

A question to raise,
Why people these days
Like slaves to a craze

Are somehow hell bent,
Yet always content
With fortune's spent
On desperately tryin' to be different

Willy the weasel said to Sammy the snitch
Let's go to the dogs and bet on that bitch
The greyhound that runs like a panther
They made a big score, went to the hi-fashion store
They bought two suits of shark skin furs, ermine and mink
All decked out for the next chapter

Nancy the nympho, yelled at Lola La Leech
"I need a permanent wave with lots a bleach,
I wanna look like a cheap German dancer"
She could pass for a queen, in a second hand dream
Inside the gloom of the 'wildlife saloon
The wolf whistles, sounded just like laughter

A question to raise,
Why people these days
Like slaves to a craze

Are somehow hell bent,
Yet always content
With fortune's spent
On desperately tryin' to be different


14. GAMBLER'S BLUES

The table's smokin', I got money to burn
Get ready to spin that wheel again
I came to gamble, not to dance tonight
So cut the cards and deal 'em nice
All or nothing, roll the dice
Son of a gun, there's somethin' goin' on

Yeah, today's my lucky day
Lady Luck, please come my way
I got money to burn, money to burn tonight
And as the dealer calls the play
I feel the shiver, comin' over me
Feel it in my fingertips alright

Cards slidin' faster and slicker
Than a hooker's lips in the neon light

I do what I do, I'm a gamblin' man
I gamble on life and I gamble on love
Gamble on luck from above, anyway I can
Seven card stud, with a full-house hand
I'm a jackpot maniac, my friend
Tequila shots, one more chance
For the blackjack gamblin' man

The devil bets, he bets on hell
And seven come, eleven right
Holdin' eights and aces tight
The gambler bets on heaven tonight
The devil bets, he bets on hell
Goin' in for the kill
Holding eights and aces tight
It's the gambler's bet tonight
On heaven tonight