_______________________________________________________________________________ _ _ _ _ ((___)) ((___)) [ x x ] cDc communications [ x x ] \ / presents... \ / (` ') (` ') (U) (U) SUICIDAL TENDENCIES Join the Army Compliments of Wasted Pandemonium >>> A CULT Publication......1987 <<< -cDc- CULT OF THE DEAD COW -cDc- _______________________________________________________________________________ Suicidal Maniac --------------- A birth that came from more than sound Now rages on from town to town A giant grows more every day And now the Maniac is here to stay A feeling you can't kill It's the power, it's a will Controls your thoughts but you can't see Just when you thought it safe he suddenly appears He feels no pain, he has no mercy or no fears He gives the message and your mind is filled with blue And now the Maniac lives inside of you He's back. The Suicidal Maniac Each day he grows more and more He's bigger now than ever before His thoughts he'll compromise on never He can't be stopped. He'll live forever Blast away through the mind A power of another kind A presence that is growing out of sound And now it's come, the time the Maniac I'll meet He takes my hand and now I bow down to his feet His love for me is like father to a son And now the Maniac and I are one I bow to his might Too powerful to fight It's my destiny Now the Maniac lives inside of me He's back An army at his command A strength you can't comprehend A force unknown can now be told The power of the world he holds A feeling you can't kill It's the power. It's the will Controls your thoughts but you can't see Just when you thought it was safe he suddenly appears He feels no pain, he has no mercy or no fears He gives the message and your mind is filled with blue And now the Maniac's part of you And the time has come. The Maniac you'll meet He takes your hand and now you bow down to his feet His love for you is like a father to a son And now the Maniac and you are one He's back - and he's a Suicidal Maniac Join the Army ------------- I got a story to tell, now listen up real well Pay attention this way to what I got to say Took it to the street, rap to the people we meet Now were rocking out hard, to the Suicidal beat Tried to deny our right, so we put up a fight Just doing our thang, they tried to call it a gang Saw the way we look, that's all that it took That's all she wrote, they had their scapegoat Dressed doen, homeboyz, minority - Join the Army We're the few, we're the proud, we like to jam it loud The music we play, won't have it any other way We're armed to the bone with our music and our tone Recruiting on the street, with the sound of our beat Growing larger every day, and everytime we play Don't need no college plan, we're just a hard-rocking band We like our music to please, we ain't gonna appease No pressure's to much, to make us change our touch Hardcore, Metal, the New Wave We're not a gang - Join the Army Don't be no fool, don't let your prejudice rule Don't judge by your fear, judge us by your ear Can't believe every word, or every story that you've heard Just play the song, I know you'll start to rock along Well I don't care, 'bout the clothes you wear It's the size of your heart, not the length of your hair Don't make no difference to me, the color that you be Black, white or brown, it's all the same to me Well if you still don't believe, you best get up and leave Do what you must do, but this ain't the place for you You got no right, but if you start a fight We'll be rockin your head, but with our fists instead I'll fight it with the band, right down till the end Ask anyone I've met, this ain't no idle threat Don't flap no fit, and it won't come to this Bust as for me, I'm down with the Army New York, London, Venice Why join a gang? 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You Got, I Want --------------- INTRO: You got, I want You got, I want You got, I want You got, I want I can't tell you why you're crying I can only tell you to wipe your tears away You see seomthing that's inside me I think I'll save it for a rainy day I don't need no constitution To tell me what is wrong and right for me C'mon take it little honey I want to tell you baby what you see CHORUS: You're gonna take all that I'm giving, Yea, What's the matter can't you see You know I'm taking, you're not giving Oh baby, baby, please please please please I'm not sure what I told you I'm only sure that it wasn't true You said I told you that I love you Well there's a thousand others just like you You said I used to be romantic Well now I don't need to be anymore You want to talk about commitment I think I want to show you the door CHORUS INTRO Love me, hold me tonight I can't tell you why you're crying I can only tell you to wipe your tears away You see something this is inside me I think I'll save it for a rainy day I don't need no constitution To tell me what is wrong and right for me C'mon take it little honey I want to tell you baby what you see You got, I want, I want now A Little Each Day ----------------- Took a walk down under the street Never thought that I'd see the day I would meet Came and whispered in my ear, But I tried to pretend that I didn't hear Turned my head and I walked away And I tried to forget what they had to say Put on a smile and I tried to hide But I couldn't keep myself from crying inside CHORUS: Oh, I...So I turned my head and I walked away Oh, I...And I tried to forget what he had to say Oh, I...And I chalked it up as another day Oh, I say...I died a little today Took a journey though my brain And they saw the scares and they felt my pain Saw the things I didn't want to find Knew the dreams I had over a bottle of wine Thought if I lied I was going to win, But they said the battle wouldn't even begin Thought about the lies that I said to myself, But I knew it's too late to find the help CHORUS I die a little each day The Prisoner ------------ You're the prisoner locked in your cell You're living in your personal hell Invisible bars block your view They don't exist, except for you VERSE: Free, why can't you see, how easily, You could break those bars right down, New freedom found, travel around, And find out exactly why, Give it a try, living the lie, And try to solve the final clue, See if it's true, found out just who, The real enemy is you. Don't be afraid Don't be deceived A new world for you Can beconceived Don't tell me 'bout how the world isn't fair How you'll live your life how you choose I don't want to hear another excuse How it ain't your fault when you lose And you're the prisoner Your mind's diseased, my mind is cured I was the prisoner but never again My worst enemy is now my friend Brainwashed, you'll probably believe I gave it up for a new reprieve REPEAT VERSE You say that you're political I say "Screw that, you're just a fool" War Inside My Head ------------------ War inside my head War inside my head War inside my head War inside my head War inside my head ain't a pretty sight But I don't want no sympathy It's happend a thousand times before It's just a harsh realtiy CHORUS: War inside my head - can you sense it War inside my head - can you see it War inside my head - can you feel it War inside my head Can you hear the - Pain Can you see the - Pain Can you sense the - Pain Can you feel the - Pain Can you help the - Pain Can you fix the - Pain Can you taste the - Pain Can you hear the war inside my head The only thing real is the way I feel And that's the pain that's deep inside The battle from within is gonna begin And there ain't nowhere to hide CHORUS War inside my head every night and day I never get no piece of mind It ought to be a sin, I just can't win And pure hell is all I find I Feel Your Pain ---------------- Survive You can not stand a single word I say But you manage to hear every word anyway Your eyes they always seem to be fixed on me But not for love but for misery CHORUS: You say nothing yet I still hear I am the thing that you most fear I cause the pain deep in your heart O, how I love to tear your world apart Well I feel your pain and I survive And i survive I see your anger, I can hardly wait How it feels so good to cause you such hate Tried to ignore me. Thought I'd go away But I'm back for good. I'm here to stay CHORUS You thought that you could get the best of me To put me down, it seemed, so easily I take such pride in the work I do You hoped I'd fail but I'm not like you CHORUS I feel your pain so I survive Possessed To Skate ------------------ Let's skate! Seemed like such an innocent toy He was the All-American boy Got a skate at eight years old Now the story can be told Beware he's Possessed to Skate! Skating takes him up in height He's a pilot on a modern flight See him flying thru the air If he don't land then he don't care CHORUS: Cause he rips - he rips When he skates - he skates Cause he never hesitates He's the wizard on the wheels Like a modern gladiator ain't got no fears So skate He shoots the pool like a launching pad If it ain't insane than you can't get rad Skating is all that's on his mind He's skating radical all the time CHORUS Beware he's Possessed to Skate! Looks like a magic carpet ride Six foot airiels inverts backside Optical illusion it must be He redefines insanity CHORUS Doesn't understand why you'd wanna walk Ain't got time to sit and talk Used to be just like you and me Now he's an outcast of society Beware he's Possessed to Skate! And the skating's getting radical No Name, No Words ----------------- I close my eyes, yet I still see I can not hide from what's inside of me I hear my thoughts, but they're not clear And now I tremble with fear CHORUS: No one can tell me what's sane You see the tears I cry But you can't feel my pain No title can classify me I'm a person with feelings A number I refuse to be Don't try to live my life You cannot talk for me Now I'm on the brink, brink of insanity Sometimes I stare into space I try to think about another place Where happiness I'll see I'll find a place for me and find some sanity Sometimes I look at you And I wonder what will I do Will my mind stay intact How will I react, will I do any harm to you Open my eyes, but I can't see Maybe the hatred has blinded me There's not a sound, Yet I still hear Now the pain is so clear CHORUS Sometimes I stop to think Or maybe my thinking just stops Doesn't matter anyway No one hears what I say, I'm on the brink of insanity Well I know him but not his name In everyone, yet not the same Play with the cards I'm dealt, worse I never felt I'm playing a sick man's game Born To Be CYCO --------------- CYCO CYCO CYCO CYCO CYCO CYCO CYCO CYCO Born cyco it's the way I was meant to be Live cyco it's the only life for me BURNING BURNING BURNING BURNING BURNING BURNING BURNING BURNING Burning up can't you see But it's the only life for me I'm burning up, the fire blazes inside Out of control, so now you better hide Run around the corner But the corner never ends You scream out, beg, shout, but the nightmare never ends You turn around but you just see What you saw before Spin round, fall down Now you see no more RAGING RAGING RAGING RAGING RAGING RAGING RAGING RAGING Raging mad that may be But it's the only life for me I'm raging mad and soon you will know I'm burning up from my head to toe CYCO CYCO CYCO CYCO CYCO CYCO CYCO CYCO It's the only life I know I was born to cyco I'm cyco and my mind it starts to bend Out of control, it seems to be the trend Born to be CYCO Two Wrongs ---------- Welcome to the year of the cyco It's been a long, long wait Welcome to a modern blitzkrieg With peace, I can't relate Welcome to death now you'll love it Once in a lifetime treat Say goodbye to peace and order You and my terror will meet My best friend is misery My girlfriend is insantiy My father is revenge My love for you I must confess With my knife you passed the test I'll love you til the end Evacuation of my mind In my body no heart you'll find Where there's death I lurk Empty stare incoherent Screams of pain, love to hear it, Take pride in my work They say two wrongs don't make a right Well maybe that is true But I can't describe the feeling I get When I take revenge on you Forgiveness is the key to desctruction But you can't open my door Repentance, you're indecision I hestitate no more Tradition is the root of all evil So now I water the tree Salvation, an all-time sentence So now I walk away free Two wrongs don't make a right, But they make me feel a whole lot better Lookin In Your Eyes ------------------- I see destruction as it rages thru your veins I see depression as it fills your heart with pain I see the cure you found, your artificial peace I see your body rot, your solution now has its feast And now I look, I look in your eyes Looking in your eyes Looking in your eyes Looking in your eyes Looking in your eyes What I see, in your eyes I can see, they tell no lies Looking in your eyes I see salvation oh, so close, but yet so far A see the glimmering of the Holy star I see your future, it's a nightmare and I lie but you refused my help, now I have no more strength to try Now I see, I see the lies Looking in your eyes In your eyes, I see the lies What I see, in your eyes I can see, you tell no lies Looking in your eyes Looking through my eyes Well I would die for you I've died enough now I'm through But one day you will see What won't but what should B-T-F Please stay Fan Club Merchandising Information P.O. 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