1.CHARACTER

Well, I'll tell you
one good thing at least about some
of these junkies was
they had some character
they may have driven me nuts sometimes & screwed up
but at least when they played
the damn guitar they' d play it
like they meant it
these white bread boys nowadays
Knowing all the score
don' t even know how to puke

2.WILD AMERICA

One night out in L.A.
I met a mexicana
With a butchy girlfriend
Who I thought was a man
they took me to the alley
To have a little chat
People lined the corner
Doing this and that
In wild America
Now I 'm in a black car
With my mexicana
She's got methedrine but
I want marijuana
I don 't want to drive home
Not in my condition
So I ask my friend matt
To handle the ignition
In wild America
Exterminate the brutes

Interview:
Rollins: yeah
Iggy: yeah
Rollins: yeah
Iggy: yeah
Iggy: well I mean I like it here...do you have anything you' d like to say to America?
Rollins: I'd just like to say at this point that I' m 24 hour, 7 day a week, 365 day a year American.

I was glad that Debbie
Had a sense of humor
This time of the morning
I tend to get gloomy
She laughed and said "Iggy, you have got a biggy!"
I had no reply
So i just closed my eyes
In wild America
Exterminate the brutes
they're going wild
going wild
They' re going wild
They' re going wild baby
they got all kinds of fucking stuff
They got everything you could imagine
They' re so god dammed spoiled
They' re poisoned inside
They judge a man by what he's got
And they want to have more and more
More power, more freedom
taller kids, longer lives
Everything, bigger houses, slaves

3.MIXIN’ THE COLORS

All across the continents
Everywhere a soul is sent
A new mix of the races is takln
At's what Hitler didn' t like
And it makes a pretty sight
Just look at what you see on your MTV
Out on the edges they' re mixin' the colors
Some they don' t like it but me i don' t mind
In every city they' re mixing the colors
Different shades for the whole countryside
If you leave the hate alone tonight
Music's gonna get you home tonight
if you leave the hate alone tonight
Music's gonna get you home tonight
Mixin', they 're mixin'
On the edges of the line
There's a different kind of kind
No one seems to claim for
The race war games
Because you don t have to choose sides
It just crucifies your mind
There's a hundred million ways
To live your life for yourself
Out on the edges they re mixin' the colors
Some they don 't like it but me i don' t mind
in every city they 're mixin' the colors
Different shades for the whole countryside
I like the kids with the ways of their own
If you leave the hate alone tonight
Music's gonna get you home tonight
If you leave the hate alone tonight
Music's gonna get you home tonight
Mixin' the colors
Now a language that sounds new
Comes a-driftin' next to you
And the music that you hear ls changin' too
Because they 're mixin' the colors
Baby the colors

4.JEALOUSY

He's got a great big hit he's in a limousine
When i see his face something starts to freeze
He's got money for miles his girl comes out of vogue
When he acts like an ass he's treated like a rogue
I feel it comin' it's flushin' my face
I feel it comin' jealousy baby
I feel it comin' it's boilin my blood
I feel it comin' jealousy baby
I feel it comin' flushin' my face
I feel it comin' jealousy baby
I feel it comin' boilin' my blood
iIfeel it comin' jealousy baby
this isn 't for the first time in my life
She comes from top cheekbones she never worried hard
You could camp an army on her family's yard
When I look at blue blood I want to make it mud
And tear that difference down rock an' roll is how
I feel it comin' it's breakin' my neck
I feel it comin' jealousy baby
I feel it comin' boilin' my blood
I feel it comin' jealousy baby
I feel it comin' boilin my blood
I feel it comin' jealousy baby
I feel it comin breakin' my neck
I feel it comin' jealousy baby
This isn 't for the first time in my life
I feel it comin' it's flushin' my face
I feel it comin' jealousy baby
I feel it comin' boilin my blood
I feel it comin' jealousy baby
I feel it comin' flushin' my face
I feel it comin' jealousy baby
I feel it comin' breakin' my neck
I feel it comin' jealousy baby
I feel it comin' heatin' my eyes
I feel it comin' jealousy baby
Jealousy baby

5.HATE

An evil look that tells me to fuck off
From the one who 'll never treat me soft
I start to boil and to concentrate
On images of anger and of hate
These are the ways I feed my hate
These are the lights that burn too late
These are the ways I feed my hate
These me the lights that burn too late
The mean stupidity of what he says
The millions who admire it and they spread
and all I want to feel is just them dead
and have to eat the things they did and said
These are the ways I feed my hate
These are the lights that burn so late
These are the ways I feed my hate
These are the lights that burn too late
Hate
Why am I afraid
Afraid

6.IT’S OUR LOVE

I found you looking for the rainbow
You found me waiting for a chance
Now we got something good together
A life where we have joined our hands
And there ain 't nobody gonna break that
Our love
and there ain't nobody gonna break it
Our love
Our love
I didn' t have too much to offer
You didn 't have much to expect
A cold hotel room full of trouble
beside a blinking traffic light on all night
and there ain' t nobody gonna break this
it' s our love
there ain' t nobody gonna take it
not our love
nobody's gonna take this
It 's our love
Love
I know the feeling of being outside
Alone and watching all the fun
The crowd's together, laughing loudly and long
But that type, they re never really strong
And there ain' t nobody gonna take it
And there ain' t nobody gonna take it
An 'there ain' t nobody gonna take it
There ain' t nobody who's gonna break it
It's our love

7.PLASTIC AND CONCRETE

Plastic & concrete, baby
These are the facts of life
I 'm a nightmare child
Stuck on my own knife
I’ m glad my mother loved me
I' m sick & paranoid
The hotel generator
Hums into the void
Of plastic & concrete
Plastic & concrete, baby
I gotta learn to slow down
Something new from chemistry
is jacking my brain around
I have got the plastic
And I have got the stone
Out there in the suburbs
I learned to be alone
in plastic & concrete
Plastic & concrete sandwich
You 'd like to eat me, but
Later you 'll reject me
i' m too much to bite off
The salad on my outside
is made of suicide
The guy who squirts my mayonnaise
is on a one-way ride
in plastic & concrete
Plastic & concrete

8.FUCKIN’ ALONE

Fast young girl wants to go
Body 's red mouth is whole
Got the worst in the world
But this won 't be hassle-free
Lovers kiss in the heat
Body crush basement suite
Mind my eyes behind my hair
Hide my face and look nowhere
Change addresses ditch that guy
Don 't pick up when he calls
Runaway everyday
Coffee beans and hideaways
They want these, they want those
First my nose then my toes
Presidents and super marks
Litlle dogs and love boutiques
Afternoons waking up
Neighborhood slouch and stuff
Drifters too in a flow
Nowhere they got to go
Shave haired girl with a dog
Dressin cool not too new
i wanna talk I wanna know,
What she feels and what she knows
I m so fuckin alone
I m so fucking alone
OK, OK, this is me
OK, OK ,this is me
Evening breeze river east
Music mix salsa speed
Metal rap lonely sax
Open jeep with the speakers back
Rock n roll band practicing
Shakin those walls next to me
Everybody is in a dream of what they want and who they need
To feel all right to be alive
To wipe out words that they despise
From a thunder brain
That's quick to pain
and only once to live again
When that set up gets in the way
The dreamin brain will make a play
To wipe it all outta space
Press record and then erase
Because there's something here
They gotta face
Everyeody in this place
it's the same for everyone
They gotta figure out something
They gotta figure out themselves
They gotta figure on their own
They gotta figure out, OK
OK, OK
I'm so fuckin’ alone
I'm so fuckin’ alone
Oh no, being alone
I'm so fuckin’ alone
OK, OK, so this is me
OK ,OK, so this is me
This is me
I'm not even sure what she wanted
I'm not even sure what she wanted

9.HIGHWAY SONG

I been walking down the road
What it means i dunno
i been walkin' down the highway
with the bad food flying by me
i' m an ordinary man
with a time bomb in my hand
it keeps tickin' and i keep running
tryin to find out where i come from
and there ain' t nothin' gonna take this road away
nothin' gonna take this road away
nothin' gonna take this road outta my heart
nothin' gonna take this pain outta my heart
i wake up sweatin in the night
every town is only lights
i 'm addicted to the highway
Because i just can' t do things their way
and there ain' t nothin gonna take this road away
nothin gonna take that road away
nothin gonna take that road outta my heart
highway i' m doing fine
you help me draw the line
no use in being alive
if i' m just renting
i undersand the circus well
i' ve played the clown when down he fell
but being down ain' t being loser
so just look out here comes a bruiser
and there ain 't nothin gonna take my road away
nothin' gonna take my road away
nothin' gonna take my road outta my heart

10.BESIDE YOU

I been hungry way down in my heart
Waiting for a reason
I been hungry like a lot of guys
I want to be beside you
Lonely people pass me in the street
waiting for a reason
Beside you
Grey is turning to blue
You wake up love in me
Beside you
Everything is new
You wake up love in me
I been hungry way down where it hurts
Waiting for a reason
I been hungry like a lot of guys
I want to be beside you
Beside you
Grey is turning to blue
You wake up love in me
Beside you
Everything is new
you wake up love in me
What a world
I really need you girl
You wake up love in me
Beside you
Grey is turning to blue
you wake up love in me
Beside you beside you
I want to be beside you

11.SICKNESS

Hey little girl you' re black and blue
Hey little girl you 're six foot two
I know a man who loved too hard
He lost his mind it was n' t hard
Over this sickness
Over this sickness
Over this sickness
This sickness of love
Cute little knees that you got
Out in the dark parking lot
Cute little voice whispering
I know a man lost everything
Over this sickness
Over this sickness
Over this sickness
This sickness of love
Hey little girl I' m almost through
Hey little girl I' m almost you
Hey little girl the river runs
Hey little girl the rising sun
Over this sickness
This sickness of love

12.BOOGIE BOY

I'm a boogie boogie boogie boogie boy
I like to play around with boogie toys
I need a boogie girl to boogie too
I need a doogie god my shoe to chew
I like to make a dumb ass noise
because I 'm a boogie boogie boy
now every morning I wake up at nine
I'm eating cheerios with red wine
I'm reading that book but it's not too good
Cause my boogie head is made outta wood
It' s a fact i get s0 much joy
When i can go out and be a boggie boy
Like to eat spaghetti with tomato sauce
I like to eat clams with spanish moss
I like to go down to mash potato town
‘Cause that's where a boogie boy can get
Thats what i do
Like to make noise
Like to go out and be a boogie boy

13.PERFORATION PROBLEMS

I got a secret you can live and learn
I got a secret you can live and learn
You don 't know me but I burn
You don 't know me but I burn
Deep in your gut you know
The right way out
Deep in your gut you know
Not like those guys who mess around
Not like those guys who fake it, now
Perforation problems not all right
Hanging on a needle out of spite
Perforation problems no one home
Stumbling like a dirty slave in anger
I got a worm down in my troubled soul
I got a worm down in my troubled soul
Now I 'm all right but there's still holes
Now I 'm all right but there's still holes
Everytime I think it was my last
Everytime I hoped it was my last
I watched my future become my past
I watched my future become my past
Perforation problems not all right
Hanging on a needle outta fright
Perforation problems no one home
Stumbling like a dirty slave
in anger
I still get angry when I look back
I still get angry when I look back
When I look ahead my bags are packed
Perforation problems not all right
Hanging on a needle out of fright
Perforation problems no one home
Stumbling like a dirty slave
Perforation problems not all right
Perforation problems every night
Perforation problems no one home
Stumbling like a dirty slave
Perforation problems
Fright

14.SOCIAL LIFE

Nervous you need a drink
Tired you need a lift
You feel on the brink
Maybe you need new tits
Vulnerable as a ship
But you are not on the sea
Can you talk to anyone here
No, not really
And the crowd stays on your back
And the girls are all so stacked
And the stress it lines your face
And you really need a place
It’s just that social life
It’s got you on the run
That goddamn social life
It's torture dressed as fun
It's just that social life
They got you see in things
That goddamn social life
And now you are chasing strings
That goddamn social life
God-awful art and clothes
Plenty of money, though
You guess it must be worth something
What that would be you don' t know
In your imagination
There's a face of love
Someone who will come along
Instead of coming on
And the forces ebb and flow
And the money goes and goes
And something makes you
Want to throw a brick
Through the window
It's just that social life
It's got you on the run
That goddamn social life
It's torture dressed as fun
It's just that social life
They got you chasing strings
That goddamn social life
And you are seeing things


15.LOUIE LOUIE

And now the news
Louie Louie
Oh baby I gotta go
Louie Louie
Oh baby I gotta go
The communist world is falling apart
The capitalists are just breaking hearts
Money is the reason to be
It makes me just wanna sing louie louie
Louie Louie
Oh baby I gotta go
Louie Louie
Oh baby I gotta go
A fine little girl is waiting for me
But I 'm as bent as Dostoievsky
I think about the meaning of my life again
And I have to sing louie louie again
Louie Louie
Oh baby I gotta go
Louie Louie oh baby
I gotta go
Let's give it to them right now
Oh man, I don’t know like health insurance
The homeless & world peace & aids & education
I' m trying to do right but hey
Life after Bush & Gorbachev
The wall is down but something is lost
Turn on the news it looks like a movie
It makes me wanna sing Louie Louie
Louie Louie
Oh baby I gotta go
Let's go

16.CAESAR

People of America
I bring you a great army
To preserve peace in our empire
Throw them to the lions
Darling, let us go to the banouet hall
There will be a great feast tonight
Who are these christians?
What is this strange religion?
I' ve heard it said they turn the other cheek
Ha Ha Ha Ha
Throw them to the lions
Throw them to the lions
Throw them to the lions
Thumbs down
10 pieces of gold for every man
Hail Caesar Hail Caesar
Grapes from Sicily
Silks from Asia minor
All the tea in china
Throw them to the lions
Throw them to the lions
Throw them to the lions
Who are these christians?
Turn the other cheek...
Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha
Two thumbs down
The christians are restless
Thy not let them worship their god?
No one believes in the old gods
How tiresome...attending the rituals
Paying lip service to the portents
Burning incense at their shrine
No one believes in the old gods
Throw them to the lions
Throw them to the lions
Throw them to the lions
Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha
The roman empire the glory of Rome
Hail all Hail
Caesar...Caesar...beware beware the ides of march
Who is this man?
Caesar...he is but a soothsayer...he is old
And his brain is addled... pay him no mind!
Throw him to the lions!
Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha
Hail Caesar! Emperor of Rome! Hail Caesar!
Caesar...Caesar...beware the ides of March
Eh?! Who is this man?
Caesar...he is but an old soothsayer...addled in his brain
Pay him no mind
Throw him to the lions!
Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha
Throw him to the lions!
No one believes in the old gods...
The empire is tired...Caesar will rest now.
We depart for my chambers
Come darling
"Yes Caesar"
Caesar will rest now
Hail Rome hail Caesar hail
Put him in the fiery pit
Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha

17.GIRLS OF NY (instrumental)