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In celebration of their string of sold-out US dates in 2019, The Hives kicked things off in Nashville and blew up the Blue Room. The band incited full arena-pit pogo energy, busting out career-spanning hits from Tick Tick Boom to the unforgettable, fresh-as-ever, Hate To Say I Told You So.

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Come On!

(One! Two! One, two, one, two, three!)

Come on!
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Everybody come on!

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Everybody come on!
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Walk Idiot Walk

Ow!

Well, is it true what they say about it?
They say it's new but I have to doubt it
And then they tell you everything about it
Had enough?
I got some people saying this way
I got some people saying that way
I got some people saying there's no way
Ain't it tough?

See the idiot walk
See the idiot talk
See the idiot chalk up his name on the blackboard
See the robot walk
See the robot talk
See the robot write up his name on the ballot

They say, "This is all I need to get by"
The truth is, baby, it's a lie

Well, is it true what they say about it?
You oughta do what I do and doubt it
He won and now he's gonna do something about it
Ain't it sad?
And if you don't wanna feel like a putz
Collect the clues and connect the dots
You'll see the pattern that is bursting your bubble
And it's bad

See the idiot walk
See the idiot talk
See the idiot chalk up his name on the blackboard

They say, "This is all I need to get by"
The truth is, baby, it's a lie
It's a
It's a lie-ie-ie-ie-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh

This is what it boils down to

If you review the winning combination
Body at work and a mind on vacation
Who had the brain where it started to sink in?
It was you

You've seen the idiot walk
See the idiot talk
But you never learned nothing and nothing isn't over
See the robot walk
See the robot talk
Still you never learned nothing and nothing isn't over

They say, "This is all I need to get by"
The truth is baby it's a lie
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Main Offender

I'm on my way
Can't settle down
Stuck in ways of being an ass
And I got a lotta nerve that I'm ready to pass

I'm on my way
Can't settle down
Stuck in ways of sadistic joy
My talent only goes as far as to annoy
I'm on my way

This is my main offender
This is what I've got and it got me saying
Why me?

I'm on my way
I get around
Not all too sure about what I do
I feel I've got to stop a second just to think it through
And so I stop

I'm on my way
Yeah, I get around
Thought it all over and now I spit it out
When I spit, I spit on those that I care less about
I'm on my way

This is my main offender
This is what I've got and it got me saying
Why me?

I'm on my way
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My Time Is Coming

You were the whisper in the wind
You hear that I come back again
Thought I was dead and gone but my light's still on, and
My time is coming

You see, I grew up in a hole
Squeezing diamonds out of coals
I'm the seventh son
I'm the only one, and I'm
On the rise

I'm electricity starting to hum
I'm burning brighter than the morning sun
When people try
To do as I
I say, "Let them try!"

Praise the lord, my time is coming

I cut a swath through the Poconos
And I paid my dues in the barrios
I have a plan
And they say I can't
But, yes, I can

No more waiting on the sidelines
And no more hanging on the thin line
Got my leather on
And my problems are gone, and
My time is coming

Praise the lord, my time is coming
Praise the lord, my time is coming

So people of the world
You take a bow
'Cause I used to be out
But I'm flaming now
So hold on tight
With your knuckles white, 'cause

My time is coming

Praise the lord, my time is coming
Praise the lord, my time is
Praise the lord, my time is
Praise the lord, my time is
Coming
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Hate To Say I Told You So

Do what I want 'cause I can and if I don't because I wanna
Be ignored by the stiff and the bored because I'm gonna
Spit and retrieve 'cause I give and receive because I wanna
Gonna get through your head what the mystery man said because I'm gonna

Hate to say I told you so
Alright, come on
Do believe I told you so

Now it's all out and you know 'cause I wanted to
Turn my back on the rot that's been planning the plot because I'm gonna
No need for me to wait because I wanna
No need two, three too late because I'm gonna

Hate to say I told you so
Alright, come on
Do believe I told you so

Do what I please, gonna spread the disease because I wanna
Gonna call all the shots for the nos and the nots because I wanna
Yeah!

Ask me once I'll answer twice
'Cause what I know I'll tell because I wanna
Sound device and lots of ice
I'll spell my name out loud because I wanna
Oh yeah!
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I'm Alive

The light in the tunnel
Was an oncoming train
I was under the rubble
But I'm back again

Did you miss me baby?
Here I am
Did you miss me baby?
I'm your man

I climbed back up from the bottom of the stairs
They're dancing on my grave but I'm not in there
Oh where, oh where could our little prince be?
You open your eyes then you look right at me

So did you miss me boys and girls?
I crawled out of the underworld
And I'm alive
I'm alive

Thought I was six feet under
Dead and gone
They thought I was over
But I switched back on

Did you miss me baby?
Here I am
Did you miss me baby?
I'm your man

I climbed back up from the bottom of the stairs
They're dancing on my grave but I'm not in there
Oh where, oh where could our little prince be?
You open your eyes then you look right at me

So did you miss me boys and girls?
I crawled out of the underworld
And I'm alive
I'm alive

I'm alive
I'm alive
Yeah I'm alive
I'm alive
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Tick Tick Boom

Alright
Två tre, boom!

Yeah, I was right all along
Yeah, you come taggin' along
Exhibit A on a tray, what you say
As I throw it in your face?
Exhibit B, what you see? Well, that's me
I'll put you back in your place

Yeah, I done it before
And I can do it some more
So what you waiting for?
Yeah, I was right all along

'Cause I have done it before
And I can do it some more
I got my eye on the score
I'm gonna cut to the core
It's too late, it's too soon, or is it?
Tick, tick, tick, tick, tick, tick, tick, boom!
Ha!

Oh yeah (Yeah, yeah), I was right, you were wrong
Yeah (Yeah, yeah), going, going, you're gone
I saw you hesitating, waiting too much
Until it slipped through your hands
And then you stagger to your feet and out the door
'Cause there's no second chance (That's right)

'Cause I have done it before
And I can do it some more
I got my eye on the score
I'm gonna cut to the core
It's too late, it's too soon, or is it?
Tick, tick, tick, tick, tick, tick, tick, boom!
Ch-check it

And you come crying to me, but it's too late
The man you try hard to be, but it's too late
Get your head out the sand, but it's too late
It's too late, too late, too late, too late, yeah
Oh yeah, but it's too late
Yeah, but it's too late
You get your head out the sand, but it's too late
It's too late, too late

You know I've done it before
And I can do it some more
I got my eye on the score
I'm gonna cut to the core
You know I've done it before
And I can do it some more
I got my eye on the score
I'm gonna cut to the core
It's too late, it's too soon
It's too late, it's too soon
It's too late, it's too soon, or is it?
Tick, tick, tick, tick, tick, tick, tick, boom!

Live at Third Man Records

2020 | Third Man Records

1.
Come On!
1:26
2.
Walk Idiot Walk
4:56
3.
Main Offender
3:21
4.
My Time Is Coming
3:48
5.
Hate To Say I Told You So
5:23
6.
I'm Alive
5:40
7.
Tick Tick Boom
8:52

There is only one law! The Law that is Hives. LEX HIVES! The Hives fifth record make up the holy laws after which all life from now on must be lived.

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Come On!

(One! Two! One, two, one, two, three!)

Come on!
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Everybody come on!

Come on!
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Everybody come on!
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Go Right Ahead

"Go Right Ahead"

(Go right ahead)
(Go right ahead)
Yeah
Go right ahead!
Go right ahead! (ow)
Go right ahead!
Go right ahead! (go, go, go)
Go right ahead!

Roam the streets in a uniform
(Go right ahead)
Find a bull and you grabbed the horns
(Go right ahead)
Scream your head off at the day you was born
Go right ahead, go right ahead
Go right ahead, go right ahead

Go right ahead!
Go right ahead!
Go right ahead!
Go right ahead! (go, go, go)
Go right ahead!

Here's a secret, keep it tight
(Go right ahead)
It's California late at night
(Go right ahead)
Lay low and drink, fuck and fight all night
Go right ahead, go right ahead
Go right ahead, go right ahead
Go!

Is it right or wrong? You never know it
So just come along, I'm gonna show it
Our god is a zilla, our king is a kong
The room's about to crumble as I burst into song

Go right ahead!
Go right ahead!
Go right ahead!
You've gotta go from A to Z
From when you're born until you're dead

Go right ahead!
Go right ahead! (go, go, go)
Go right ahead!

Like a tiger breaking out of the zoo
(Go right ahead)
Doing anything that you wanna do
(Go right ahead)
The rumours you heard, they were all true
Go right ahead, go right ahead
Go right ahead, go right ahead
Go!

Is it right or wrong? You never know it
So just come along, I'm gonna show it
Our god is a zilla, our king is a kong
The room's about to crumble as I burst into song

Go right ah!
(Go right ahead, go right ahead)
(Go right ahead, go right ahead)
Go right ahead!

Go right ahead!
Go, go right ahead!
Go right ahead!
Go right ahead!
Go right ahead!
Go right ahead!
You've gotta go from A to Z
From when you're born until you're dead
Go right ahead, go right ahead
Go right ahead, go right ahead

Go right ahead!
Roam the streets in a uniform
Go right ahead!
Find a bull and you grabbed the horns
Go right ahead!
Scream your head off at the day you was born
Go right ahead, go right ahead
Go right ahead, go right ahead
Go right ahead, go right ahead
Go right ahead, go right ahead
Go right ahead, go right ahead
Go right ahead, go right ahead

Go right ahead!
Go right ahead!
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1000 Answers

If you lead a lonely lonely life – you gotta be aware!
And if you've been constantly asking why – you gotta be aware!
'Cause you got nothing to say, God knows you got nothing to say
I'm on the phone for much too long, dial happiness today!

If you got an all-consuming need – you gotta be aware!
And if you got heart or lung disease - you gotta be aware!
'Cause you got bills to pay, God knows you got bills to pay
Pick up the phone, the telephone, dial happiness today!

You wanna live a life great – you gotta be aware!

I got a thousand answers, one's gotta be right
Give me a thousand chances and I'll get it right

And if you're fed up with all the lies – you gotta be aware!
Then I'll give you all the whens and whys – you gotta be aware!
'Cause you got nothing to say, God knows you got nothing to say
I'm on the phone for much too long, dial happiness today!

You wanna live a laughter – you gotta be aware!

I got a thousand answers, one's gotta be right
Give me a thousand chances and I'll get it right
I got a thousand answers, one's gotta be right
Give me a thousand chances and I'll get it right
I got a thousand answers, one's gotta be right
I got a million answers, one's gotta be right
I got a gazillion answers, one's gotta be right
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I Want More

A healthy appetite is good for one and all
And I should be at peace with the world baby, but still I want some more
A larger slice of pie, a bigger set of wheels
A million sets of human eyes staring right at me – come on!
I want shit that's made in India
Incense, gold and myrrh
Expensive wine and peace of mind
A sailboat n' dancing girls
'Cause I can't wait forever, no I just gotta have
Beg, steal, borrow, take, heist, nip, get or make, can I hear you say

Is it enough? No! Is it enough? No! Is it? No! Is it? No! Is it? No!
I want more
I want more
I want more
I want more

Yeah that's the way get it, any way I can
Not a balanced sensible individual, not that kind of man
You careful types with sorted lives won't know what I mean
When I speed through life like biblical locusts on a laser beam
Ain't gonna deserve nothing, no I just gotta have
I am a man of much importance to me, I'm a much important man

Is it enough? No! Is it enough? No! Is it? No! Is it? No! Is it? No!
I want more
I want more
I want more

More cars! More jewels! More women! More men! More fans! More lawyers! So come on and give me more!
I want more
I want more
I want more
I want more
I want more
I want more
I want more
I want more
I want more
I want more
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Wait A Minute

Wait a minute now
Wait a minute
Wait a minute now
Wait a minute now
Wait a minute now
Wait a minute now

I tried to listen, I can't keep up
What was that you're saying, it was much too fast
You say they're born to lose and we live to win
And when all is said and done, all they do is sin
You say they're lazy and no good
And they don't do the things they should
I see your mouth move and sound comes out
But I can't hear you 'cause you're fading out

And I ain't here to try and spoil your fun and I ain't trying to be a cop
But my head is stuck in the guillotine
And the blade is about to drop
(Blade's about to drop)
Wait a minute now!

Wait a minute now
Wait a minute
Wait a minute now
Wait a minute now
Wait a minute now
Wait a minute now
Wait a minute now!

So b-b-b-b-baby wait a minute now
If you want me to understand
'Cause this is getting out of hand
You say, "These kids. They're all insane." That they got drugs instead of brains
"They drink blood at night. Yes. They do
Not every one of them, but a few"

And I ain't here to try and spoil your fun and I ain't trying to be a cop
But my head is stuck in the guillotine
And the blade is about to drop
(Blade's about to drop)
Wait a minute now!

My light's out but you don't stop
More wasted time it was all that I got
No need to worry, no need to fret, come on
You be good, you be gone, understood?
Well come on, wait a minute now!

Wait a minute now
Wait a minute
Wait a minute now

Wait a minute now!
Wait a minute now!
Wait a minute now!

So hold up you wise up
You wind up, you can't stop
You don't stop and you won't stop, you won't stop, you don't stop, you won't wait a minute now

Wait a minute now
Wait a minute
Wait a minute now
Wait a minute now
Wait a minute now
Wait a minute now
Wait a minute now!
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Patrolling Days

Waited far too long
For this day to dawn
Marked position with an x and kept floating on
Now I stretch and yawn
All impostors gone
Once again it's time to reap and sow
I'm a rising tide
Roller-coaster ride
We're ch-ch-chugging right into the fun
I won't be denied
So you open wide
Cause I'm only looking out for you

My patrolling days are over
And I ain't shot nobody since
I fought the big cheese out of office
And showed the hep kids how to dance
And now we're gonna take a ride on the wiggle and sway
I got my finger on the trigger and it's time to play
And with every little step I blow your mind away
Forever H-P-A!

What now! It's going down!
From way up top to the down low
Take a chromosome
Make it monochrome
And I'll tell you what I'm gonna do
Be a rising tide
Roller-coaster ride
We're ch-ch-chugging right into the fun
I won't be denied
So you open wide
Cause I'm only looking out for you

My patrolling days are over
And I ain't shot nobody since
I fought the big cheese out of office
And showed the hep kids how to dance
And now we're gonna take a ride on the wiggle and sway
I got my finger on the trigger and it's time to play
And with every little step I blow your mind away
Forever H-P-A!

My patrolling days are over
And I ain't shot nobody since
I fought the big cheese out of office
And showed the hep kids how to dance
And now we're gonna take a ride on the wiggle and sway
I got my finger on the trigger and it's time to play
And with every little step I blow your mind away
Forever H-P-A!

'Cause my patrolling days are over
And I ain't shot nobody since
I fought the big cheese out of office
And showed the hep kids how to dance
And now we're gonna take a ride on the wiggle and sway
I got my finger on the trigger and it's time to play
And with every little step I blow your mind away
Forever H-P-A!

Cause see I rolled in through the back door when it was my turn for throne
I never wanted to stand on your pedestal man cause I was born to build my own
When they say do or die, I said no way no how, they said I wouldn't last for long

But I'm still standing in the hurricane's eye and it's dancing to my song
Again I rolled in round the back door, no I ain't got no common sense
So you can bitch and whine, but you best stand aside cause I'm doing it again
Well no I won't unwind, I won't be dumped behind, I won't be coolly led astray
So on the dotted line, I slit my thumb and sign yours truly, HPA!

My patrolling days are over
And I ain't shot nobody since
I fought the big cheese out of office
And showed the hep kids how to dance
And now we're gonna take a ride on the wiggle and sway
I got my finger on the trigger and it's time to play
And with every little step I blow your mind away
Forever H-P-A!
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Take Back The Toys

Take back the toys that you've given me
I never knew what to do with them anyway
I never knew how to break out the box
I sink the pebbles and boulders and blocks

So take back the toys that you threw my way
I never knew what to do with them anyway
I never knew how to break out the box
I guess the tables were served on the rocks

I've been down on the beaten track
Just holding on, holding up, holding back
Given not what I've got but of what I lack
I guess that's what we've been taught all along
It's the time for poison in the locks that I got for free
And I've been popping the pills placed in front of me
But I've had enough baby I'm breaking free
I never knew why it would take me so long

Take back the toys they are destroying me
Hear what I say? I say
Take back the toys that you've given me
I never knew what to do with them anyway
I never knew how to break out the box
I sink the pebbles and boulders and blocks

Open my eyes to what I despise
And in fourteen seconds or more I tear it down

You see they give you toys just to distract
And then they break your mind so they can break your back
Got you in so much that you can't pay it back
And that's the way that it has been for far too long

Take back the toys they are destroying me
Hear what I say?
Take back the toys that you've given me (Take back the toys)
I never knew what to do with them anyway (Take back the toys)
I never knew how to break out the box (Take back the toys)
I sink the pebbles and boulders and blocks (Take back the toys)

So take back the toys that you threw my way (Take back the toys)
I never knew what to do with them anyway (Take back the toys)
I never knew how to break out the box (Take back the toys)
I guess the tables served on the rocks (Take back the toys)
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Without The Money

One, two, three, four

See I only wanna have a good life
One I could live and wouldn't have to despise
But I only wanted you to know
That without the money
There's nothing you can do

There are those who never had to work at all
Come from places where green from trees fall
But I only wanted you to know
That without the money
They're talk through and through
Without the money
They're just like me and you

You can't start out with two empty hands
From the house up on the hill
And you don't invent the first electric light
On the back of a thousand dollar bill

See I only wanted everything for me
Yeah I only wanted everything for free
Yeah
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These Spectacles Reveal The Nostalgics

Where were you when the world stopped moving?
To one side waiting wearily through it alone?
Only life you ever knew looking back at what you used to do
Pass a dump along the road, rear-view mirror turn it into gold

You all grew up on the radio and all the moments that I missed
When you had fun fun fun but nowhere to go, they are nothing compared to this
'Cause when you don't wake up for nothing, then nothing's all you get
And then when it's all over you're gonna know it was the best that you had yet

Wrapped up in a blanket so soothing
You've stopped but the meter's still moving along
But all ain't quiet on the eastern front
March in time with your commandant
Listen up to the latest blast
And let it wipe out your past
Got your mind spinning loop de loop
And it feels like a monkey jumping through a hoop
Here's your moment, wait a moment and the moment is gone
And then you forgot what it was that you want

You all grew up on the radio and all the moments that I missed
When you had fun fun fun but nowhere to go, they are nothing compared to this
You all grew up on the radio and all the moments that I missed
When you had fun fun fun but nowhere to go, they are nothing compared to this
'Cause when you don't wake up for nothing, then nothing's all you get
And then when it's all over you're gonna know it was the best that you had yet
'Cause we're still here
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My Time Is Coming

You were the whisper in the wind
You hear that I come back again
Thought I was dead and gone but my light's still on, and
My time is coming

You see, I grew up in a hole
Squeezing diamonds out of coals
I'm the seventh son
I'm the only one, and I'm
On the rise

I'm electricity starting to hum
I'm burning brighter than the morning sun
When people try
To do as I
I say, "Let them try!"

Praise the lord, my time is coming

I cut a swath through the Poconos
And I paid my dues in the barrios
I have a plan
And they say I can't
But, yes, I can

No more waiting on the sidelines
And no more hanging on the thin line
Got my leather on
And my problems are gone, and
My time is coming

Praise the lord, my time is coming
Praise the lord, my time is coming

So people of the world
You take a bow
'Cause I used to be out
But I'm flaming now
So hold on tight
With your knuckles white, 'cause

My time is coming

Praise the lord, my time is coming
Praise the lord, my time is
Praise the lord, my time is
Praise the lord, my time is
Coming
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If I Had A Cent

One more crime only way you ever knew it
One more time got a feeling that you blew it
It's a long way down
One last line put the blame on someone else
Now you dug your own well, put the poison in yourself
And my head hangs down
Got a pain in my brain, you is just a migraine
Won't shut my mouth for another day cause you see

If a had a cent for every time
You went across the line
Of what's appropriate or not
I'd be the richest guy in town

One last time and you're gonna power through it
Moan, bitch, whine then you come back and I knew it
It's a long way down
Tongue still split now you're burning through the pack
I could always spot your friends by the daggers in your back
And my head hangs down
What is this? Monkey biz, I have had enough of this
Won't shut my mouth for another day cause you see

If a had a cent for every time
You went across the line
Of what's appropriate or not
I'd be the richest guy in town
And my head hangs down
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Midnight Shifter

You do your time, tow the line
Wading through the water heading for the wine
Throw your pearls for swine, break your spine
You'll never reach a hundred doing 99
You gotta lift your chin to see what comes up ahead
Before the casket slams shut and the fat lady's dead

But if I do do all I can
Tomorrow comes a chance
And if I do do all I don't
There's no reason it won't
I'm gonna sit right down, I'm gonna count to four
So hand it over a couple million or more!

Said I know you gotta work hard, working hard every day
Midnight shifter
Said I know you gotta work hard, working hard every day
Midnight shifter

Surprise surprise, I got wise
When you get up in the morning I just close my eyes
No dos or dies are worth the price
Cause once you hit the floor they cut you down to size
No don't get me wrong we could be one in the same
But there's a difference in the way that we're playin' the game
Never let no one be no boss over me
You work in chain, but my thinking is free

Cause if I do do all I can
Tomorrow comes a chance
And if I do do all I don't
There's no reason it won't
I'm gonna sit right down, I'm gonna count to four
So hand it over a couple million or more!

Said I know you gotta work hard, working hard every day
Midnight shifter
Said I know you gotta work hard, working hard every day
Midnight shifter

Lex Hives

2012 | USA- ILG, Sweden& Canada- Universal, AU/NZ - Dew Process, Rest of World- Columbia Records

1.
Come On!
1:08
2.
Go Right Ahead
3:05
3.
1000 Answers
2:07
4.
I Want More
2:52
5.
Wait A Minute
3:01
6.
Patrolling Days
4:00
7.
Take Back The Toys
2:53
8.
Without The Money
1:53
9.
These Spectacles Reveal The Nostalgics
1:56
10.
My Time Is Coming
2:34
11.
If I Had A Cent
2:01
12.
Midnight Shifter
3:36

Fourth record! The Hives work with with different producers and travel the world to record this true masterpiece. More of The Hives being the best there is, was and ever will be!

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Tick Tick Boom

Alright
Två tre, boom!

Yeah, I was right all along
Yeah, you come taggin' along
Exhibit A on a tray, what you say
As I throw it in your face?
Exhibit B, what you see? Well, that's me
I'll put you back in your place

Yeah, I done it before
And I can do it some more
So what you waiting for?
Yeah, I was right all along

'Cause I have done it before
And I can do it some more
I got my eye on the score
I'm gonna cut to the core
It's too late, it's too soon, or is it?
Tick, tick, tick, tick, tick, tick, tick, boom!
Ha!

Oh yeah (Yeah, yeah), I was right, you were wrong
Yeah (Yeah, yeah), going, going, you're gone
I saw you hesitating, waiting too much
Until it slipped through your hands
And then you stagger to your feet and out the door
'Cause there's no second chance (That's right)

'Cause I have done it before
And I can do it some more
I got my eye on the score
I'm gonna cut to the core
It's too late, it's too soon, or is it?
Tick, tick, tick, tick, tick, tick, tick, boom!
Ch-check it

And you come crying to me, but it's too late
The man you try hard to be, but it's too late
Get your head out the sand, but it's too late
It's too late, too late, too late, too late, yeah
Oh yeah, but it's too late
Yeah, but it's too late
You get your head out the sand, but it's too late
It's too late, too late

You know I've done it before
And I can do it some more
I got my eye on the score
I'm gonna cut to the core
You know I've done it before
And I can do it some more
I got my eye on the score
I'm gonna cut to the core
It's too late, it's too soon
It's too late, it's too soon
It's too late, it's too soon, or is it?
Tick, tick, tick, tick, tick, tick, tick, boom!
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Try It Again

Doo wacko!

Here's to you honey
But I'm out of your league
Never gonna pass me
'Cause I'm out of your league, your league
Your league
Lookie here baby
You're coming my way
But I move like a landslide
So get out of my way and stay away

Up from the floor on the count of ten
Oh you get up, you get down and you try it again

Up and down and around again
Oh you get up, you get down and you try it again
Up and down and around again
Oh you get up, you get down and you try it again
Oh you get up, you get down and you try it again

All right!
Ooh
Ooh
Ooh

Time to learn a lesson
Like Pavlov's dog
If same-ing isn't working
Why don't you different instead, instead, instead
Like Samson and Delilah
Attila and the Hunns
You're ready for a new round
Don't it look like it's gonna be fun, be fun

Up from the floor on the count of ten
Oh you get up, you get down and you try it again

Up and down and around again
Oh you get up, you get down and you try it again
Up and down and around again
Oh you get up, you get down and you try it again
Oh you get up, you get down and you try it again

They say the definition of madness
Is doing the same thing
And expecting a different result
That's right!

Doo wacko! Up and down
Doo wacko! Down and up
Doo wacko! Round for round
Doo wacko! Hit the ground
Doo wacko! Up and down
Doo wacko!

Ah you get up, you get down and you try it again
Down and up
Doo wacko!
Ah you get up, you get down and you try it again
Round for round
Doo wacko!
Ah you get up, you get down and you try it again
Hit the ground
Doo wacko!
Ah you get up, you get down and you try it again
Ah you get up, you get down and you try it again
Ah you get up, you get down and you try it again
Ah you get up, you get down and you try it again
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You Got It All...Wrong

You wanna dance you really wanna let it go
You want it bad, but this time they told you to go, you want it
You try it fast when you really should do it slow
You got it bad and it's time I told you no, you're on it

Bad it's true, but I don't wanna know
What you had or you did, so just let it go (Oh no!)

You wanna laugh and you really wanna let them know
You're so relaxed and you really gonna let it show, you want it
Do you recall when we were two of a kind
But you chose your way, and I chose mine, you're on it

Bad it's true, but I don't wanna know
What you had or you did, so just let it go

(Oh no!) Remote controlled, but you got it all
(Oh no!) You stand ten feet tall 'cause you got it all
(Oh no!) Remote controlled, but you got it all and you got it all
But you got it all wrong!

We had a laugh, but it turned into a cough
We got along, but now I wanna get off, you're on it
I was a kid when I did what you do
I put a lid on and thought that's it, I'm through, you're on it

Bad it's true, but I don't wanna know
What you had or you did, so just let it go

(Oh no!) Remote controlled, but you got it all
(Oh no!) You stand ten feet tall 'cause you got it all
(Oh no!) Remote controlled, but you got it all
(Oh no!) You stand ten feet tall 'cause you got it all

(Oh no!) And when I say you lose it, you don't believe it at all
(Oh no!) It's such a long way to fall, the writing's on the wall
(Oh no!) But when I said you'd lose it, I can't even recall
(Oh no!) If it was the best of all, your brain a bit too small

Because you got it all, you got it all, you got it all
But you got it all wrong!
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Well All Right!

Yeah
Oh!
Yeah
You got the
Yeah
Troubles but
Yeah
I'll get help
Yeah
Yeah!
Yeah
Yeah
Help me!
Yeah

Well all right! I know just what you mean
Well all right! And I know that it might seem
Well all right! I should have better things to do
Well all right! I'm so sick of it, this won't do

First in line but last to know
Move too fast but think too slow
People see me and they go

You want help?
You gotta ask for help and I ain't gonna give you help 'cause I can't help myself either
I need help!
And when you hear this it's time to turn the pages

Everyone's a loser in the modern world
Look at all the sad and gloomy little boys and girls
All of you got troubles all of you got
Shake the chips off your shoulders here is how it goes

Juggling chainsaws with just one hand
Falling down the stairs with a marching band
Swim across the ocean in a concrete suit
Trying to grow a beard but still look cute

On and on the world spins 'round
It's enough to get you down
But I don't worry 'cause sometimes you just have to
Whoo hoo!

Yeah
Yeah
Yeah
Yeah
Yeah
Yeah
Yeah
Yeah

Well all right! I know just what you mean
Well all right! And I know that it might seem
Well all right! I should have better things to do
Well all right! I'm so sick of it, this won't do

First in line but last to know
Move too fast but think too slow
People see me and they go... scuse me!

Whoo hoo!
Whoo hoo!
Whoo hoo!
Whoo hoo!
Whoo hoo!
Whoo hoo!
Whoo hoo!
Whoo hoo!
Whoo hoo!
Whoo hoo!
Whoo hoo!
Whoo hoo!
Whoo hoo!
Whoo hoo!
Whoo hoo!
Whoo hoo!

(I need help)
Everyone's a loser in the modern world
Look at all the sad and gloomy little boys and girls
I know all you got troubles all you got is
Shake the chips off your shoulders here is how it goes
Whoo hoo!
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Hey Little World

Once on a cold dark night
Born into this world
They couldn't tell back then
Is it a boy or a girl?
And since then a story
Of uncertainty
It was clear by age 5
That he would never be free

Hey little world! You know what you're getting
Oh please little world! He's kicking your head in

What you gonna do, any one of you?
What you gonna do? Here he comes for you
Anyone of you, what you gonna do?
What you gonna do? Here he comes for you

Grew up with plans for nothing
Lives in a house of clay
He didn't know back then
That they liked him that way
He never did what they told him
He never did what they said
Tried to tell him roll over again and this is what you get

Hey little world! You know what you're getting
Oh please little world! He's kicking your head in

What you gonna do, any one of you?
What you gonna do? Here he comes for you
Anyone of you, what you gonna do?
What you gonna do? Here he comes for you

Take it to your mother

Now he is tall as a 'scraper
Now he is as wide as the sea
And when you look all around you
He is all you see
All around the planet
He's gonna make sure you heard

Hey little world! You know what you're getting
Oh please little world! He's kicking your head in

He's got 'em all lined up and ready to go
They're all lined up and I told you so
Hey little world! Back in the ocean again

What you gonna do, any one of you?
What you gonna do? Here he comes for you
Anyone of you, what you gonna do?
What you gonna do? Here he comes for you
What you gonna do, any one of you?
What you gonna do? Here he comes for you
Hey little world! Back in the ocean again
Said, hey little world! Back in the ocean again
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A Stroll Through Hive Manor Corridors

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Won't Be Long

No bright lights, no big city went to my head
So I won't stick around in this town
No I'm getting out instead

'Cause I can't find a thing here to get it done
To race my heart and ring my ears
So I won't stick around in this town
And that's true ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh

'Cause I won't and I can't and I don't understand
You became what you hate or you hate what you become

Got me a ticket and I won't be long 'cause I can't go on and I gotta get goin'
Got me a ticket and I won't be long 'cause I can't go on and I gotta get goin' away

So I make my way through the quagmire
Of boomers glorifying their youth
And all the peacocks in this city
So if I may be excused

'Cause I won't and I can't and I don't understand
You became what you hate or you hate what you become

Got me a ticket and I won't be long 'cause I can't go on and I gotta get goin'
Got me a ticket and I won't be long 'cause I can't go on and I gotta get goin'
Got me a ticket and I won't be long 'cause I can't go on and I gotta get goin'
Got me a ticket and I won't be long 'cause I can't go on and I gotta get goin' away

Well I won't be around for the good times
Won't be around for the bad
And I won't stick around in this town
No I'm getting out instead

Yeah! Yeah! Yeah!!!

And I won't, and I can't
And I'll leave, 'cause I can
And I won't be back again!

Well I
Got me a ticket and I won't be long 'cause I can't go on and I gotta get goin'
Got me a ticket and I won't be long 'cause I can't go on and I gotta get goin'
Got me a ticket and I won't be long 'cause I can't go on and I gotta get goin'
Got me a ticket and I won't be long 'cause I can't go on and I gotta get goin' away

And I gotta get gone away
'Cause I gotta get gone away
Gotta get gone away
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T.H.E.H.I.V.E.S.

I know that it has been a long time coming
Your bought your tickets, you waited in line
You were walking and now you find yourself running
To get closer to the giant neon sign

Allow me to
Give you a clue

You're looking at black and white
Seeing our name in lights
Gonna make you feel alright
'Cause baby we're here all night

We rule the world
This is our world

T.H.E.H.I.V.E.S

You hold your breath and now it's silent
The humming of the amps is all you hear
Introducing for the fourth time running
'Cause if you don't know we'll make it very clear

Ooh
You know it's true

You're looking at black and white
Seeing our name in lights
Gonna make you feel alright
'Cause baby we're here all night

We rule the world
This is our world

T.H.E.H.I.V.E.S

When you're all ripped up around a quarter to ten
Gonna piece you back together by eleven and then
When you sweated it out and you're all soaking wet
Then we'll do it again

We rule the world
This is our world

T.H.E.H.I.V.E.S
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Return The Favour

Well we'd talk and talk and talk about it
But talk would do no good
We have little to next to nothing to talk about

And we'd talk and talk and talk around it
But talk would do no good
We have little to next to nothing to talk about

So nothing went from nothing then
And then back to the nothing I expected when
I return the favour
Is it time to go home?

Ooh ooh

Now we can talk and talk and talk about it
Talk until we're blue
It's just a big jug full of stupid passing thru

It's like a boxer's goodbye, I'll see you Cassius Clayter
In French Muhammad, Oui
Yeah we have little to next to nothing to talk about

So nothing went from nothing then
And then back to the nothing I expected when
I return the favour
Is it time to go home?

It's a waste of time and a waste of space
It's just taproom talk through a drunken haze
I return the favour
Guess it's time to go home

Ooh ooh

I got my mind made up and it's getting clear
There's better things to do than staying here
I return the favour
And leave on my own

Ooh ooh
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Giddy Up!

So in the morning - Giddy up!
And in the evening - Giddy up!
We take the matter - Giddy up!
Back in the saddle - Giddy up!

When times are hardy - Giddy up!
We throw a party - Giddy up!
We climb that ladder - Giddy up!
Back in the saddle - Giddy up!

Now look at all the fighting
Now look at all the fuzz
This house ain't big enough, not for the both of us
We fight and disagree, we get so tired see
We just let fusion baby, be the solution baby

Our only way to reconcile
Is to get back in the saddle for a little ride
Giddy up now!

So in the morning - Giddy up!
And in the evening - Giddy up!
We take the matter - Giddy up!
Back in the saddle - Giddy up!

When times are hardy - Giddy up!
We throw a party - Giddy up!
We climb that ladder - Giddy up!
Back in the saddle - Giddy up!

Now look at silly me, now look at silly you
Avoiding problem core, will only make us sore
But I must say as such, that I don't mind too much
Like how we fight it hon', rode off into the sun

Our only way to reconcile
Is to get back in the saddle for a little ride
Giddy up now!

So in the morning - Giddy up!
And in the evening - Giddy up!
We take the matter - Giddy up!
Back in the saddle - Giddy up!

When times are hardy - Giddy up!
We throw a party - Giddy up!
We climb that ladder - Giddy up!
Back in the saddle - Giddy up!

Giddy up!
Giddy up!
Giddy up!
Giddy up!

Our only way to reconcile
Is to get back in the saddle for a little ride
Giddy up now!

So in the morning - Giddy up!
And in the evening - Giddy up!
We take the matter - Giddy up!
Back in the saddle - Giddy up!

When times are hardy - Giddy up!
We throw a party - Giddy up!
We climb that ladder - Giddy up!
Back in the saddle - Giddy up!

So in the morning - Giddy up!
And in the evening - Giddy up!
We take the matter - Giddy up!
Back in the saddle - Giddy up!

When times are hardy - Giddy up!
We throw a party - Giddy up!
We climb that ladder - Giddy up!
Back in the saddle - Giddy up!

Giddy up!
Giddy up!
Giddy up!
Giddy up!
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Square One Here I Come

Well, don't have no money 'cause I don't have a job
Don't have a job 'cause I ain't got no skills
Ain't got no skills 'cause I was not trained
I wasn't trained 'cause I didn't go to school
Didn't go to school 'cause nobody told me
Nobody told me 'cause nobody knew shit
No, nobody knew shit 'cause nobody knows nothing
Nobody knows nothing and that's just it. What can you do?

You get what's given to you!
Square one here I come, here I come square one!
You get what's given to you
Square one here I come, here I come square one!

Don't have a home 'cause I don't pay no bills
Don't pay no bills 'cause nobody pays me
Nobody pays me 'cause I don't go to no work
Don't go to no work and that's just it. What can you do?

You get what's given to you!
Square one here I come, here I come square one!
You get what's given to you
Square one here I come, here I come square one!

I know what you say to me but baby it can wait
I just stop and take a look around and realize it's too late

No job!
No skills!
No money!
No nothing!
No nothing 'cause I want it for free
Dirt cheap
I want it for free all that is coming to me
So I look real hard for somebody to blame
Someone to blame!
Somebody to blame or an easy way out
Easy way out!
An easy way out 'cause it ain't much fun
No fun!
The place that starts with a square and ends with a one. What can you do?

You get what's given to you!
Square one here I come, here I come square one!
You get what's given to you
Square one here I come, here I come square one!

Get down, you feel stupid!
Don't try, you can't do it!
Can't win! Don't you forget it!
You missed out and get what's given to you!

Square one here I come, here I come square one!
Square one here I come, here I come square one!
Square one here I come, here I come square one!
Square one here I come, here I come square one!
You get what's given to you
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You Dress Up For Armageddon

Hey believe me! I have seen your sort before
You're all over history, like dust on the kitchen floor (Tell me more!)
Your lips are moving, you go on and on and on and on and on!
You swing your rod, rod baby rod, rod! But don't swing it at me!

(But it's not for me, no I disagree!)
'Cause I heard you before when you said
There's a hole in your heart and it's bleeding
You dress up for Armageddon, I dress up for summer
Yeah!

Hey and now you got their attention, you know
You gotta keep 'em believing
But as a matter of fact, what they believe you're not believing no more (Tell, tell, tell, tell, tell, tell me more!)
I hear you're one in a million (Tell me more!) But there's a million of you (Tell, tell me more!)
You swing your rod, rod baby rod, rod! But don't swing it at me!

(But it's not for me, no I disagree!)
'Cause I heard you before when you said
There's a hole in your heart and it's bleeding
You dress up for Armageddon, I dress up for summer

Who's that playing with the microphone?
Today he's there, but tomorrow he's gone

But I disagree and I heard before when you said
There's a hole in your heart and it's bleeding
You dress up for Armageddon, I dress up for summer

You feel tortured and filled with regret
You say life is void of meaning
Are they not sick of you yet?
Man that's such a, man that's such a bummer
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Puppet On A String

Like a puppet on a string
You hold on tight
You hold on tight
Like a puppet on a string
Like a puppet on a string
You hold on tight
You hold on tight
You hold on tight

You've got your education
From just hanging around
You've got your brain
From a hole in the ground
You come out up look around
For will of your own
But you're mine

Yeah

Like a puppet on a string
Like a puppet on a string
Like a puppet on a string
Like a puppet on a string

With porcelain eyes
And the mind of a monkey
Rode into town
On the back of what
Looked like a dead donkey
So I do to you what a
Proper puppet master's to do
Can you tell?

Yeah

Like a puppet on a string
(Like a puppet on a string)
Like a puppet on a string
(It's like a puppet on a string)
Like a puppet on a string
(Like a puppet on a string)
Like a puppet on a string

You've got your education
From just hanging around
You've got your brain
From a hole in the ground
You come out up look around
For will of your own
But you're mind

Yeah

Like a puppet on a string
You hold on tight
You hold on tight
Like a puppet on a string
Like a puppet on a string
You hold on tight
You hold on tight
You hold on tight

Like a puppet on a string
You hold on tight
You hold on tight
Like a puppet on a string
Like a puppet on a string
You hold on tight
You hold on tight
You hold on tight
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Bigger Hole To Fill

Look out!

I pet the cat along the whiskers
And always go along the grain
You'll never see me in the deep end
If I ain't got nothing to gain
Don't serve the fool or act the donkey
If you allow me to explain

Guy who fights for causes worthy of a fool
Is a fool to fight for causes that's the golden rule
I take it to the table know all know fix know how
But if I'm gonna do it I ain't gonna do it now

Got no time to spill
I got a bigger hole to fill
No I ain't got no time to spill
I got a bigger hole to fill
Got no time to spill
I got a bigger hole to fill
No I ain't got no time to spill
I got a bigger hole to fill
Got a bigger hole to fill

You see I have a proper education
I use enough to get me by
I got the answers to all my problems
But I ain't even gonna try

Work hard and be honest
Take chances and stay true
Just add it to the list of things that I ain't gonna do
Wherever there is a question a blurry answer's here to find
I say I'm gonna help you but I'm gonna change my mind

Got no time to spill
I got a bigger hole to fill
No I ain't got no time to spill
I got a bigger hole to fill
Got no time to spill
I got a bigger hole to fill
No I ain't got no time to spill
I got a bigger hole to fill
Got a bigger hole to fill

Got a bigger hole to fill
Got a bigger hole to fill
Got a bigger hole to fill
I got no time to spill oh oh oh

He's got no time to spill
He's got a bigger hole to fill
I got a bigger hole to fill
No he's got no time to spill
'Cause I got a bigger hole to fill

Got no time to spill
I got a bigger hole to fill
No I ain't got no time to spill
I got a bigger hole to fill

The Black and White Album

2007 | Interscope/Polydor

1.
Tick Tick Boom
3:25
2.
Try It Again
3:29
3.
You Got It All...Wrong
2:42
4.
Well All Right!
3:29
5.
Hey Little World
3:22
6.
A Stroll Through Hive Manor Corridors
2:37
7.
Won't Be Long
3:46
8.
T.H.E.H.I.V.E.S.
3:37
9.
Return The Favour
3:09
10.
Giddy Up!
2:51
11.
Square One Here I Come
3:10
12.
You Dress Up For Armageddon
3:09
13.
Puppet On A String
2:54
14.
Bigger Hole To Fill
3:37

Following up Veni Vidi Vicious by raising the bar passed sky, space and beyond! The message was nothing but loud and clear. “Tyrannosaurus Hives – Big lizard! Bigger band!”

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Abra Cadaver

Ah, know what's wrong with me? (Aye!)
I got no vision see (Aye!)
I was the target of a notion of submission see (Aye!)
Oh yeah they needed me (Aye!)
Yeah I was the target see (Aye!)
They tried to stick a dead body inside of me (Aye!)

I need no need no alibi
Honestly, I tell no lies
Wanted to stick an office worker inside of me
But I kept breaking free (Aye!)
They could not capture me (Aye!)
I pulled maneuvers that were closer to savage see (Aye!)

Bad! Bad!
They tried to stick a dead body inside of me
Bad! Bad!
Come again, I tell no lies

So now you understand (Aye!)
I was a wanted man (Aye!)
The opposition and the bug of a shiny hand (Aye!)
But ah, no this I see: (Aye!)
There's nothing wrong with me (Aye!)
There's no deadbeat regime rider inside of me (Aye!)

I need no need no alibi
Honestly, I tell no lies
Tried to stick an office worker inside of me
I need no need no alibi
Honestly, I tell no lies
Wanted nothing stuck in me

Bad! Bad!
They tried to stick a dead body inside of me
Bad! Bad!
Wanted nothing stuck in me
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Two-Timing Touch And Broken Bones

It's official
Full judicial
Ends in physical
This I know
Best keep quiet
You don't listen to me anyway
You're gonna lose and it's gonna show
It's far too late to avoid it so

Oh, what's that sum?
It added up to nothing 'cause you're much too dumb

Two-timing touch and broken bones
Two-timing touch and broken bones
Two-timing touch and broken bones
Two-timing touch and broken -

Bad decision
Repetition
Should you listen
Or let it go
Uh!
Best say something
When you're thinking that you'll get it back
But it's too late to avoid it so
It's far too late and I got to know

Oh, what's that sum?
It added up to nothing 'cause you're much too dumb

Two-timing touch and broken bones
Two-timing touch and broken bones
Two-timing touch and broken bones
Two-timing touch and broken bones
Two-timing touch and broken bones
Two-timing touch and broken bones
Two-timing touch and broken bones
Two-timing touch and broken bones
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Walk Idiot Walk

Ow!

Well, is it true what they say about it?
They say it's new but I have to doubt it
And then they tell you everything about it
Had enough?
I got some people saying this way
I got some people saying that way
I got some people saying there's no way
Ain't it tough?

See the idiot walk
See the idiot talk
See the idiot chalk up his name on the blackboard
See the robot walk
See the robot talk
See the robot write up his name on the ballot

They say, "This is all I need to get by"
The truth is, baby, it's a lie

Well, is it true what they say about it?
You oughta do what I do and doubt it
He won and now he's gonna do something about it
Ain't it sad?
And if you don't wanna feel like a putz
Collect the clues and connect the dots
You'll see the pattern that is bursting your bubble
And it's bad

See the idiot walk
See the idiot talk
See the idiot chalk up his name on the blackboard

They say, "This is all I need to get by"
The truth is, baby, it's a lie
It's a
It's a lie-ie-ie-ie-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh

This is what it boils down to

If you review the winning combination
Body at work and a mind on vacation
Who had the brain where it started to sink in?
It was you

You've seen the idiot walk
See the idiot talk
But you never learned nothing and nothing isn't over
See the robot walk
See the robot talk
Still you never learned nothing and nothing isn't over

They say, "This is all I need to get by"
The truth is baby it's a lie
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No Pun Intended

So you look for authenticity
But I can see what is bothering me
The kind you want from long way back in time
It's been disposable since '79

I never wanted this to end
Good with transmission but too lazy to send
Not going down no in no history
You're going down because of me

A lot of cause to be alarmed
A solid chance of an incoming harm
Put up with me or I put you away
So I ask what have we learned here today

I never wanted it to stop
So I gave notice and I moved to the top
Your opinion never weighed a ton
And your talking never hurt anyone

And now it's time to see
What you get from me
But full understanding can't be guaranteed
You say we had our fill
But I move for the kill
I keep on doing it 'til I get everybody everywhere
People are people and they're never scared away
I say
Ten dead but no pun!

So you look for authenticity
Only to find what you wanted in me
You had a function long long time ago
Had a function but the thinking was slow

I never wanted this to end
Good with transmission but too lazy to send
Not going down no in no history
You're going down because of me
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A Little More For Little You

You'll never get it right
They got a hundred lies for you
And when they pass them out
You got to give or take a few
And be just the same
A head in the crowd but behind the game
Oh well, you never can tell

You're such a clever kid
But I see what's wrong with you
It's all you ever did
Take lies and believe them true
Knew it all along
Another act and a truth gone wrong
Oh no, it ain't my Hollywood

I went on strike when the union said "I would"
Had a sign in my hand 'cause the times were no good
All this time all they ever told me to
Was get a little lie to ring a little true

I went on strike when the union said "I would"
Had a sign in my hand 'cause the times were no good
All this time all they ever told me to
Was to get a little more for your little you

And maybe you're alright
And maybe I don't have a clue
Yeah, maybe black is white
And maybe black is white too
But it's all the same
You don't get the picture, you're getting framed
You took the bait and now it's too late

You didn't turn out right
Just look at you
You had the biggest plans
But no way to carry through
It was all an act
And now you can't stick to the facts
Oh no, but it ain't my Hollywood

I went on strike when the union said "I would"
Had a sign in my hand 'cause the times were no good
All this time all they ever told me to
Was get a little lie to ring a little true

You spent your time just like they said you should
Now those marks on your face just don't look any good
And all this time all they ever told me to
Was to get a little more for your little you

Ah (Said, "I would")
(No good)
(Told me to)
(Little true)

(Said "I would")
(No good)
(Told me to)
It ain't my Hollywood
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B Is For Brutus

Hear them saying that a lot's a lot
You think that is all that matters?
You've done your math well
You've checked the figures
You've done your math, tell
Who is the bigger man
Can't explain it but you've got a hunch
Well, that's always something
Climb up the ladder, step up a notch
Climb up the ladder, can you see what you got?

But if you do it, do it good, Brutus
Real good, like a little man should

Did your homework and you worked the mob
Because it's all you can do
Tried for a lot still, you have a little
Whatever happened, mister?
You couldn't figure, out of the rut
Still you can't get it right
Can't get a lot for a little?
You keep trying, ended up in the middle
Had an enigma, ended up with a riddle

But if you do it, do it good, Brutus
Real good, like a little man should

Rewind and look at what you got
An ambition but you lost the plot
Judas, Brutus, Quisling. Time has come to do
What's expected of you

Real good
Like a little man should
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See Through Head

I know what you're thinking
You got a mind and it's stinking
You know why?
You got a transparent cranium, a see-through head

(Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh)
It doesn't mean a thing
(Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh)
It's just a paper ring
(Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh)
I said it doesn't mean a thing
I got thoughts in my head and I'm ready to sting
(Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh)
And now you come my way
(Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh)
I-I-I-I-I spot you from a mile away
(Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh)
So now you come my way
I got cutlery, got napkin, saltshaker, pepper spray

You got a head
Gets you ahead
You got a head
A see-through head full of who!

(Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh)
You thought you had it made
(Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh)
Whining and dining paid
(Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh)
You thought you had it made
You wanna cut a piece of cake you gotta have a bit of blade
(Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh)
I'm not so easily led
(Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh)
You pick up but the line is dead
(Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh)
I'm not so easily led
You always end up losing 'cause you got a see-through head

You got a head
Gets you ahead
You got a head
A see-through head full of

Oh, it doesn't matter
It's you, yeah, you
It's you, yeah, you
It's you, yeah, you
It's you, just you
It's you and your see-through head

You got a head
Gets you ahead
A see-through head full of
You got a head
Gets you ahead
You got a head
A see-through head full of
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Diabolic Scheme

Alive!
Dead!
I was inside your head
Had time well spent, I got your mind well bent
Snuck back into shade

Ooh, you searched the globe for them perfect looks
And you searched for answers in all your books
And finally by diabolic accent here I am

Said it's just a diabolic
A diabolic scheme
(Diabolic scheme)
Said it's just a diabolic
A diabolic scheme
(Diabolic scheme)

That's me all right like purity white, and like viciousness black
I give a little then I take it back

Can you take it?
Ooh
Can you take it? Yeah!
Ooh
So what's the attraction? The sucker sing
Prolific depth or static cling?
Well from the greatness to greatness is where I span
You have me for a moment grab on while you can

Said it's just a diabolic
A diabolic scheme
(Diabolic scheme)
Said it's just a diabolic
A diabolic scheme
(Diabolic scheme)

Diabolic
Diabolic scheme

Ooh, ooh, ooh
Ooh, ooh, ooh
Thank you!
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Missing Link

If you give up too easily and follow every whim
Lose your mind before it could even begin
Missing link, it might be what you got, so won't you give it a shot?

So you do it all the same and you do it all again
You wake up in the morning and you ain't got a friend
Your boss is coming down on you and you can't pay the rent and then
Back into trouble again

Missing link has got you beaten, battered, bruised
If you had a problem, now it's two
Missing link he took you down a notch, so won't you give it a shot

You're always under pressure
It's harder to be sane when
You wake up and you realize that every day is the same
You can't go back to work and now you know just who to blame ain't it a shame
Back into trouble again

Missing link, I know you tried to cut him loose
But missing link is still a part of you
Think you lost him, but it ain't exactly showing
Got you by the neck and now there ain't no way of knowing
Pretend you got a will but you know just where it's going

Missing link has got you standing on the brink
Left the world to rot and to stink
Left the world, you pick up the pieces of the puzzle

And now you get lot of work done but you don't get a cent
You wake up in the morning and do it all again
Your landlord's coming down on you and and you can't pay the rent and then
Back into trouble again
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Love In Plaster

I really thought that we had something moving faster
Than love in plaster
I really thought that we had something growing stronger
But it grew no longer
I thought this time
Yeah!

I really thought that we had something set in motion
More than a vowed devotion
I really thought that we had something out of the ordinary
More than stationary

I thought this time
What we had you and I

Said I'm losing my mind
I got bit all the time
And I'm better off dead
'Cause it was all in my head
Now it's all lost
And it's gone
Don't I know it

I really thought, that we, had something, more than a bore
I really thought that we had something more than a violation
Of my imagination

I thought this time
What we had you and I

Said I'm losing my mind
I got bit all the time
And I'm better off dead
'Cause it was all in my head
Now it's all lost and it's gone
Don't I know it
And I'm better off dead

I really thought it would work out
I learned it couldn't 'cause somehow
We couldn't get along
We wouldn't get along

A little something on the side
Would make your life feel more worthwhile
You think I won't be long
You couldn't be more wrong

I thought this time
What we had you and I

Said I'm losing my mind
I got bit all the time
And I'm better off dead
'Cause it was all in my head
I said I'm losing my mind
I got bit all the time
And I'm better off dead
'Cause it was all in my head
Now it's all lost and it's gone
Don't I know it
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Dead Quote Olympics

The Dead Quote Olympics
The Dead Quote Olympics
The Dead Quote Olympics
The Dead Quote Olympics

Can't make an omelet without breaking an egg
And I can't make a headache if I don't aim at the head
You had enough of their thoughts, have your own
Then you wouldn't have to be such a clone
That just won't get you nowhere, you thought it would?

The Dead Quote Olympics (it's on)
The Dead Quote Olympics (you won)
The Dead Quote Olympics (I'm done)
The Dead Quote Olympics

This time you've really got something, it's such a clever idea
But it doesn't mean it's good 'cause you found it at the library
Yes they were smart but they are dead
And you're repeating all that they said
You know it don't make you clever like you thought it would

The Dead Quote Olympics (it's on)
The Dead Quote Olympics (you won)
The Dead Quote Olympics (I'm done)
The Dead Quote Olympics

You didn't read between the lines so it won't do you any good, it's true
The Dead Quote Olympics
And that moment that you live for, it doesn't live for you
The Dead Quote Olympics
When weekends set standard and pace
We are all showered in books and berets
And that will just get us nowhere, who thought it would?

The Dead Quote Olympics (it's on)
The Dead Quote Olympics (you won)
The Dead Quote Olympics (I'm done)
The Dead Quote Olympics
The Dead Quote Olympics (it's on)
The Dead Quote Olympics (you won)
The Dead Quote Olympics (I'm done)
The Dead Quote Olympics
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Antidote

Bitter taste
In your mouth
It's too late
To get it out
Every time
I'm around
You try to leave but
I'll be standing in your way

You want antidote
I got the poison
You want antidote
I got the poison

Second try
To say goodbye
Kick this habit but
I'll be standing in your way

You want antidote
I got the poison
You want antidote
I got the poison
You want antidote
I got the poison
You want antidote
I got the poison
You want antidote
I got the poison
You want antidote
I got the poison

Tyrannosaurus Hives

2004 | Interscope/Polydor

1.
Abra Cadaver
1:33
2.
Two-Timing Touch And Broken Bones
1:59
3.
Walk Idiot Walk
3:30
4.
No Pun Intended
2:17
5.
A Little More For Little You
3:01
6.
B Is For Brutus
2:38
7.
See Through Head
2:18
8.
Diabolic Scheme
2:58
9.
Missing Link
1:52
10.
Love In Plaster
3:10
11.
Dead Quote Olympics
1:58
12.
Antidote
2:29

OH FLOODGATES! OPEN UP!!! Or better yet… Be prepared to be blown right off your hinges by Veni Vidi Vicious! The Hives sophomore effort that swept up the entire world in one go. Musical awesomeness at it’s best!

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Declare Guerre Nucleaire

Had an atomic bore in 2004
Did some atomic tricks in 2006
I got out way late in 2008
I'm gonna do it again in 2010

Had an atomic bore in 2004
Did some atomic tricks in 2006
Got out way late in 2008
I'm gonna do it again in 2010

And for 5 ... 7... 9 and 11
The guess is yours
Oh yeah, yeah, yeah
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Die, All Right!

Hey, I've got a message and tonight and I'm gonna send it
Yeah, I had a body and men with knives wanted to lend it
Sold my body to the company store
I got the money now away I go
Thank you Mr. CEO

Hey, I've got some money and tonight I'm gonna spend it
Yeah, they gave me a paper and I went ahead and penned it
And I say, "Thank you, Mr. CEO."

I filled my pockets now I might as well (Die!)
'Cause I found the backdoor out of teenage hell (All right!)
Filled my account 'cause I might in fact (Die!)
But I rely on science, yeah to bring me back (All right!)
I'm gonna die
Heavy morals seem so light
But when it comes to cash I'm gonna die all right

Hey, I lost the money seems like I can't comprehend it
Yeah, I got a hole in my head, gotta gotta mend it
Too messed up to sit and settle down
Too messed up to even mess around
That's why you're smiling Mr. CEO

I filled my pockets now I might as well (Die!)
'Cause I found the backdoor out of teenage hell (All right!)
Filled my account 'cause I might in fact (Die!)
But I rely on science, yeah to bring me back (All right!)
I'm gonna die
But not right now

Yeah, why don't you do the same?
I got the money now I can't complain
Except the tics won't go away
Oh no, oh no, oh no, oh no!
And the way I feel tonight
Is gonna make me die all right

I filled my pockets now I might as well (Die!)
'Cause I found the backdoor out of teenage hell (All right!)
Filled my account 'cause I might in fact (Die!)
But I rely on science, yeah to bring me back (All right!)
I'm gonna die
Heavy morals seem so light
But when it comes to cash I'm gonna die all right!
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A Get Together To Tear It Apart

I had a tension, I had a ten
I was a better honey, so I did it again
Thought my intentions were better
Tried to put mind over matter
I lost my edge on things when I lost my head

Hey, that's what they say
Don't you know they ain't never gonna help you anyway

And it's a (Get together to tear it apart)
Gave my middle finger a brand new start
I got a greeting, can't say what it's all about
But my middle finger is gonna carry it out

I got attention, I had a pen
I made history, honey and got "Please do it again"
But there is no chance I'm gonna do it again
If you missed it the first time
Then it's nine to ten that you will again
And we're back at the end
Back at the end all over again

And they say hey (Hey!)
That's what they say
Don't you know they ain't never gonna but I feel okay

And it's a (Get together to tear it apart)
Gave my middle finger a brand new start
I got a greeting, can't say what it's all about
But my middle finger is gonna carry it out

(Get together to tear it apart)
Gave my middle finger a brand new start
I got a greeting, can't say what it's all about
But my middle finger is gonna carry it out
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Main Offender

I'm on my way
Can't settle down
Stuck in ways of being an ass
And I got a lotta nerve that I'm ready to pass

I'm on my way
Can't settle down
Stuck in ways of sadistic joy
My talent only goes as far as to annoy
I'm on my way

This is my main offender
This is what I've got and it got me saying
Why me?

I'm on my way
I get around
Not all too sure about what I do
I feel I've got to stop a second just to think it through
And so I stop

I'm on my way
Yeah, I get around
Thought it all over and now I spit it out
When I spit, I spit on those that I care less about
I'm on my way

This is my main offender
This is what I've got and it got me saying
Why me?

I'm on my way
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Outsmarted

Outsmarted!

I used to be the kid who always got caught
I used to be the one who never let thought
Interact one bit with intellectual shit, diversity and wit
You used to be the kid who waited in line
For an opportunity to waste away time
Trying to be so cool, no suspicion, no clue

You've been outsmarted, I'm selling you for scrap
Outsmarted, I'm selling you for scrap
Outsmarted, I'm selling you for scrap
Outsmarted

Now I'm the kid who put the shit back in place
And I'm the one who threw it back in your face
It took a little bit of intellectual shit, diversity and wit
Now you're the kid who put the 'L' back in lame
And you're the one who's always fitted the frame
Still such a fool, no suspicion, no clue

You've been outsmarted, I'm selling you for scrap
Outsmarted, I'm selling you for scrap, surprise!
Outsmarted, I'm selling you for scrap
Outsmarted

You're outsmarted! (Yeah!)
That's what I said (Yeah!)
Yeah! (Yeah!)
I'm only throwing back what you've been putting in my face
Whoa!

You've been outsmarted, I'm selling you for scrap
Outsmarted, I'm selling you for scrap, surprise!
Outsmarted, I'm selling you for scrap
Outsmarted, I'm selling you for scrap
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Hate To Say I Told You So

Do what I want 'cause I can and if I don't because I wanna
Be ignored by the stiff and the bored because I'm gonna
Spit and retrieve 'cause I give and receive because I wanna
Gonna get through your head what the mystery man said because I'm gonna

Hate to say I told you so
Alright, come on
Do believe I told you so

Now it's all out and you know 'cause I wanted to
Turn my back on the rot that's been planning the plot because I'm gonna
No need for me to wait because I wanna
No need two, three too late because I'm gonna

Hate to say I told you so
Alright, come on
Do believe I told you so

Do what I please, gonna spread the disease because I wanna
Gonna call all the shots for the nos and the nots because I wanna
Yeah!

Ask me once I'll answer twice
'Cause what I know I'll tell because I wanna
Sound device and lots of ice
I'll spell my name out loud because I wanna

Oh yeah!
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Introduce The Metric System In Time

Been trying for all my life but I can't add up your subtraction
Work, eat, play, then go to sleep, that won't get me no satisfaction
Gotta find a way out, yeah, a way out of this mess
So sick of trying to make my time last and ending up with less

Know your way of doing things and it lost its attraction
Why settle for twenty four when I can have a hundred fractions?
Who knew I'd be the one pulling off that perfect crime?
So here's my new line, I'll change your mind and the metric system in time

Caused trouble all over the town and it's bound to start a reaction
Metric time will come around, it's gonna overtake your contraction
I've found a way out, yeah, a way out of this stress
I made my time last and it's total success

Got my way of doing things and it's bound to gain your attraction
Hundred hours is my supply, it's gonna give us all satisfaction
No doubt I'd be the one pulling off the perfect crime
So here's my new line, I'll change my mind and the metric system in time
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Find Another Girl

Find yourself another girl
Who will love you true, true, true
Find yourself another girl
Save her love and kisses just for you
Save her love and kisses just for you

The very first time I fell in love, got my heart broken then
People would say when I passed their way
"There's a hurt young man going there, going there
An unhappy lad going there"

Well one day my mother called me to her side
Said, "Son, why you so blue?"
Mother, I lost the girl that I love, why won't you tell me what to do?
Mother, won't you tell me what to do?

She said, find yourself another girl
Who will love you true, true, true
Find yourself another girl
Save her love and kisses just for you
Save her love and kisses just for you

I can imagine how you feel, my son
But throw it out of your mind
I'm going to tell you kind of truthfully
True love is hard to find sometimes, it's kinda hard to find

But forget about that girl that broke your heart
And try and start anew
For if there was a guy for her
There's got to be a girl somewhere for you
Got to be a girl somewhere for you

You just go on and find yourself another girl
Who will love you true, true, true
Find yourself another girl
Save all her love and kisses just for you
Save all her love for nobody but you

Ooh, another love
Ooh, another love
Ooh, another love
Save her love and kisses just for you
Save all her love for nobody but you
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Statecontrol

I've been around the world, take credit for the things I've done
I've done a lot of things and I just turned 21
They tied me up, put red tape around my hands
I got caught in the web 'cause I didn't stand a chance

I can't control the state I'm in
Go back in line and repeat it again
I can't control the state I'm in
Go back in line and repeat it again

I said please Mr. Doctor won't you cure my disease?
I got a sore throat and I got scrubs on my knees
No matter what I do I can't get it straight
I tried to sort things out but I'm still stuck in the state

I can't control the state I'm in
Go back in line and repeat it again
I can't control the state I'm in
Go back in line, repeat again

I'm gonna lie, I'm gonna cheat
I'm gonna follow their lead then skip a beat
I'm gonna lie, I'm gonna cheat
And if that don't do it I don't know what will
I'm gonna lie, I'm gonna cheat
I'm gonna follow their lead then skip a beat
I'm gonna lie, I'm gonna cheat

I can't control the state I'm in
Go back in line and repeat it again
I can't control the state I'm in
Go back in line and repeat it again

Can't control the state I'm in
Go back in line and repeat it again
Can't control the state I'm in
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Inspection Wise 1999

Do you know the secret handshake?
You best use it
Here they come with ringing ears
Social misfits

Someone's gotta go
Just thought you should know
And so it has to be
The one who held the key

Check the time, T minus 5
And you're still looking
Too good to be true
So what's your secret?

Someone's gotta go
Just thought you should know
And so it has to be
The one who held the key

Someone's gotta go
Just thought you should know
And so it has to be
The one who held the key
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Knock Knock

This time you got it all figured out
Think it's gonna work okay
But I'll make sure it won't
'Cause I'll be standing in your way

So wait a minute if you will
I ain't got no time but time to kill
When the ground starts getting hot
It doesn't matter if you run or not

This time you've seen it done before
This time you're gonna get it right
Once more you fail miserably and then
Then you do it all over again

So wait a minute if you will
I ain't got no time but time to kill
When the ground starts getting hot
It doesn't matter if you run or not

Once a failure, twice a fool
I will (knock, knock)
If you won't (knock, knock)
You're damned (knock, knock)
If you don't (knock, knock)
You did fine (knock, knock)
Now you're mine (knock, knock)
You avoided everything except for me

I'm busting in
Won't pick the lock
I'm busting in
Knock, knock

I've seen your sort before
You are nothing new
'Cause my name is failure
And failure is gonna come to you

Save me, Lord, and I will
This time I got the time to kill
When the ground starts getting hot
It doesn't matter if you run or not

Once a failure, twice a fool
'Cause I will (knock, knock)
If you won't (knock, knock)
You're damned (knock, knock)
If you don't (knock, knock)
You did fine (knock, knock)
Now you're mine (knock, knock)
You avoided everything except for me

I'm busting in
Won't pick the lock
I'm busting in
Knock, knock

Knock, knock
I'm busting in, knock, knock
Knock, knock
I'm busting in, knock, knock
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Supply And Demand

My boss, he's a probable bore
Put me hands and knees on scrubable floor
Do it right receive the lion's share bliss
Know all too well just where that ration is

Learned a lot about the company dough
Learned less about receiving it though
Saw how it came to those who always sat pretty
Don't need it

Supply and demand
Supply and demand
Supply and demand
Supply and demand
Supply and demand

My girl had a probable cause
Or so she said, and took a probable pause
I was dumped for occupying her time
I asked her why and what was next in line, she said

"Shiny hair. That's my life ambition
But I'll devote my time to a newer mission
The rizzle-razzle kitsch of paranoid city"
Don't need it

Supply and demand
Supply and demand
Supply and demand
Supply and demand
Supply and demand

Supply and demand
Supply and demand
Supply and demand
Supply and demand

Su-su-supply and demand
Supply and demand
Supply and demand
Supply and demand
Supply and demand

Veni Vidi Vicious

2000 | Burning Heart Records

1.
Declare Guerre Nucleaire
1:35
2.
Die, All Right!
2:46
3.
A Get Together To Tear It Apart
1:52
4.
Main Offender
2:33
5.
Outsmarted
2:22
6.
Hate To Say I Told You So
3:22
7.
Introduce The Metric System In Time
2:06
8.
Find Another Girl
3:12
9.
Statecontrol
1:54
10.
Inspection Wise 1999
1:37
11.
Knock Knock
2:10
12.
Supply And Demand
2:28

A debut LP to end all debut LP´s! This one really did tear Punkrock City a new one and made The Hives a force to be reckoned with. Faster than a speeding bullet! Cooler sounding than a jet plane!

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Well, Well, Well

Hear this, hear this!
Vic's gonna sing this new crazy record for us, right now!

The present
Has scared away the past
And there's nothing left
But now and future

Time is moving all to fast
I tried to grab some, but it passed
But that's the way it'll always be
For me, and you

Pushing through
And pushing way too hard
In front of me
A cart filled with future

Well, well, well!

Time is moving all too fast
I tried to grab some, but it passed
But that's the way it'll always be
For me, and you

All too young
Too young to think like this
Too much time has passed
And I can't stand the future

Time is moving all too fast
I tried to grab some, but it passed
But that's the way it'll always be
For me, and you
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A.K.A. I-D-I-O-T

You look at me
And call me I-D-I-O-T
You laugh and turn your back
'Cause I'm not like you're supposed to be
But it's not a question
A question of low IQ
'Cause if it was, well then the answer
Wouldn't be me but you

A-K-A I-D-I-O-T
Don't know who the Hell I'm supposed to be
I-D-I-O-T
(A-K-A I-D-I-O-T)
A-K-A I-D-I-O-T
Yeah, that's me
I-D-I-O-T
(A-K-A I-D-I-O-T)

I put up with being laughed at
'Cause I put up with being me
And then on artificial someone says
I'm the I-D-I-O-T
But I got motivation, yeah
I pretty much love it all
To make your artificial nation
Stumble and fall

A-K-A I-D-I-O-T
Don't know who the Hell I'm supposed to be
I-D-I-O-T
(A-K-A I-D-I-O-T)
A-K-A I-D-I-O-T
Yeah, that's me
I-D-I-O-T
(A-K-A I-D-I-O-T)

I know that I'm a screw up
I know I'm in a band
I know that I am up against
A mighty mighty man
But I'm satisfied with being
Being one of the lucky few
Who'll be the ones laughing knowing that
The joke is gonna be on you
(A-K-A I-D-I-O-T)

A-K-A I-D-I-O-T
Don't know who the Hell I'm supposed to be
I-D-I-O-T
(A-K-A I-D-I-O-T)
A-K-A I-D-I-O-T
Yeah, that's me
I-D-I-O-T
(A-K-A I-D-I-O-T)
CLOSE X

Here We Go Again

A neon light is seen
Above the average teen
A sign spelling out a word
That none of us has ever heard

Fourteen bucks today, I get a new life tomorrow
A new product rejects unhappy moments and sorrow
I'll take this one and that one and then some more
I'll use a piece of paper, the almighty pen
Here we go again

A voice inside of me
Says insufficient fee
How come it worked out for you?
I better try something new

Fourteen bucks today, I get a new life tomorrow
A new product rejects unhappy moments and sorrow
I'll take this one and that one and then some more
I'll use a piece of paper, the almighty pen

Not satisfied just yet
Want to receive and get
I believe that word
My inner voice is never left unheard

Fourteen bucks today, I get a new life tomorrow
A new product rejects unhappy moments and sorrow
I'll take this one and that one and then some more
I'll use a piece of paper, the almighty pen

Here we go again
Here we go again
Here we go again
Here we go, go, go again
CLOSE X

I'm A Wicked One

They say it's off the record
Got to keep it clean
Can't be too abusive
Or be too obscene
But he's got a plan to build a future
He's been putting it off for way too long
Another safety pin put though his cheek
And he's three chords short of a punk-rock song

Wicked is as wicked does
He'll fight it 'til the end
He'll show his finger then say
I'm a wicked one
I'm a wicked one
I'm a wicked one
I'm a wicked one

He's a stereotype bastard
And he likes it that way
Can't be all that happy
Can't be all that gay

Wicked is as wicked does
He'll fight it 'til the end
He'll show his finger then say
I'm a wicked one
I'm a wicked one
I'm a wicked one
I'm a wicked one

They say get off the stage
They say get outta here
Can't be all that punk rock
Can't be all that queer
He'll make them wish they never knew him
He'll make them pay for being wrong
But he doesn't really know how to do that
So we'll give him three chords to his punk-rock song

Wicked is as wicked does
He'll fight it 'til the end
He'll show his finger then say
I'm a wicked one
I'm a wicked one
I'm a wicked one
I'm a wicked one

Ooh
I'm a wicked one
I'm a wicked one
I'm a wicked one
I'm a wicked
One!
CLOSE X

Automatic Schmuck

Born only a month ago
Yet I'm fully grown from head to toe
Lots of metal, lots of grease
Then put together piece-by-piece
To support a system, that uses me
But the day is here, they're gonna see

I'm on a mission
'Cause now I've had it
I've watched your system
And I spit right at it
I was born and plated
A schmuck they created

I'll explode, I'll erode
Yeah, I'll break your fucking code
'Cause I'm an automatic schmuck
With a tendency to rock

Deprived of mind, but yet I know
I'm a metallic man about to blow
Time to set the record straight
Time to let out all my hate

I'm on a mission
A metallic man
With intention to
Expose the plan
I was born and plated
A schmuck they created

I'll explode, I'll erode
Yeah, I'll break your fucking code
'Cause I'm an automatic schmuck
With a tendency to rock

Hey!

I'm on a mission
A metallic goof
It takes a man of steel
To reveal the truth
I was born and plated
A schmuck they created

I'll explode, I'll erode
Yeah, I'll break your fucking code
'Cause I'm an automatic schmuck

I'll explode, I'll erode
Yeah, I'll break your fucking code
I'll explode, I'll erode
Yeah, I'll break your fucking code
CLOSE X

King Of Asskissing

One, two
One, two, three, four!

Being the
King of Asskissing
Makes him a royal drag
And the King of Asskissing
He's after me again
Bringing me his royal nag
He takes every opportunity
To get to me

And here he comes again
Don't think I'll ever be at rest
I suppose happiness will come to some
But I'll never be a lucky one
Still I got to keep on hoping for the best
But once again, he comes again
That's how the story goes
And it's been long enough for me to know
Where he's about to put his nose
Sometime, someday
That bastard's going to pay

One, two, three, four
Five, six, seven, go!

The King of Asskissing
Says I'm the one and only
And the King of Asskissing
With his constant presence, he
Keeps me from being lonely
He's a royal branch of lunacy
That gets to me

And here we go again
It looks as if he's here to stay
I've tried to beat, to pull, and whack
But the monkey sliding down my back
Won't easily go away
So once again, he comes again
About to reach his goal
The one and only monarch
With his kingdom in a hole
Sometime soon
The King of Asskissing is gonna pay

Ah
CLOSE X

Hail Hail Spit N' Drool

I took time to think things over
Time I didn't want to spare
'Cause someone told me I had things to fix
Things I didn't wanna repair

So I was talked into sitting quietly
Thinking 'bout the things I'd done
Didn't like it, so I said wisely
"Where's my fun?"

Hail hail spit 'n' drool!

I liked the way that things were going
Don't like the way they're going now
But I'd like to add there is a thing I can do
Going to tell you what, where, when, and how

Hail hail spit 'n' drool!
CLOSE X

Black Jack

Well, I lost my shirt in Vegas
Lost the woman I adored
I was just about to cash in my chips
When I heard the word of the Lord
He told me something
I remember to this day
He said everyday's a brand new deck
You don't owe it anything
But with every roll of the daily dice
It's a whole new game of chance
And now I know just one thing for sure

Real life is one big gamble
It can cut you, like a knife
Hit me just once more, Jesus
With the black jack game of lies
The black back game of lies

Got a roulette wheel that keeps spinning
With stacks I can't control
Will I bring on the holy jackpot?
Will I win without my soul?
But now I know I got one thing on my side
There ain't no telling what you've done
What I'll be throwing at you
But I got Jesus on my side
And the glow in the dark statue
But now I tried enough
He says to me, he says

Real life is one big gamble
It can cut you, like a knife
Hit me once more, Jesus
With the black jack game of lies
The black back game

Hit me!

Well, I lost my shirt in Vegas
Lost the woman I adored
I was just about to cash in my chips
When I heard the word of the Lord
He told me something
I remember to this day
He said everyday's a brand new deck
You don't owe it anything
But with every roll of the daily dice
It's a whole new game of chance
And now I know just one thing for sure

Real life is one big gamble
It can cut you, like a knife
Hit me once more, Jesus
With the black jack game of lies
The black back game, of lies
CLOSE X

What's That Spell?... Go To Hell!

So here I am, yeah, once again, yeah
Calling out the news
What's that spell? Yeah, "Go to Hell,"
Is that phrase I'm 'bout to use
I saw you from my window
When you were climbing in
It was just a matter of when
And sure enough, you're back again
So now, you're standing at my door
Begging me for more
You want a lot that I haven't got
And I keep wondering, "What for?"
Won't ever listen
Won't ever go away
But this time you won't be missing
The point of what I've got to say

'Cause
You're that certain someone
Who's been messing with the wrong one
What's that spell?
You get one at a time of my eight bits
Put them together and read my lips
What's that spell?
Go to Hell!

Feels just like a sickness
Where you've a constant cough
Or maybe like a smell
That just don't want to wear off
Could you be liquid
By accident retained
How do you spell
The point that I sustain?

'Cause
You're that certain someone
Who's been messing with the wrong one
What's that spell?
You get one at a time of my eight bits
Put them together and read my lips
What's that spell?
Oh yeah

[?]

'Cause
You're that certain someone
Who's been messing with the wrong one
What's that spell?
You get one at a time of my eight bits
Put them together and read my lips
What's that spell?
Go to Hell!
CLOSE X

Theme From...

Empty words
Fired at me with an oral cannon
We wanna be heard!
Lousy jerks
Such bad breath I put the fan on

This is where we draw the line
We're sick of you wasting all our time
This is where we draw the line

Talking about you
You're given something to revolve
We wanna be seen!
You're given a clue
A three piece puzzle for you to solve

This is where we draw the line
We're sick of you wasting all our time
This is where we draw the line

Draw the line
Draw the line

Game over
You have played out your last card
We wanna disappear!
Constant loser
A change for the better can't be that hard

This is where we draw the line
We're sick of you wasting all our time
This is where we draw the line

Draw the line
Draw the line
CLOSE X

Uptempo Venomous Poison

'Bout to tell you something
Something you might already know
But a green light flashes before my eyes
And it's time for my verbal flow
You're over there, I'm over here
And I've got things to say
The latest news about this and that
And whatever might come my way

So I can tell you anything
You might want to know

It's the truth
So I've heard
So I've read, yeah
That's the word!

So I'm 'bout to tell you anything
You might want to know
I won't hold back, no way
'Cause I like the way we go, go, go!

Tell me something
And I'll be gone
Twisting facts and
Surely I'll pass 'em on
I pass the word
I set it free
And every word you'll ever hear
Has at some point been through me

'Bout to tell you anything
You might want to know
And I won't hold back, no way
'Cause I like the way we go, go, go!

I can tell you anything
You might want to hear

So red light, yellow light, green light, go
Then I'm the one to put the word out there
CLOSE X

Oh Lord! When? How?

He'll pick a moment, he'll take a chance
He'll invite us all to a fatal dance
Such a man, and such a mess
It's not an easy guess

I know that look, I know that face
I'd better get ready to hunt and trace
Bit-by-bit, and on-and-on
And then he's gone

Oh Lord! When? How?
Such a major mess
It's not an easy guess

Second or two, he might appear
He'll just take a second or less, and he'll disappear
Such a man, and such a mess
It's not an easy guess

Oh Lord! When? How?
Such a major mess
It's not an easy guess
CLOSE X

The Stomp

CLOSE X

Closed For The Season

Called you up a few weeks ago
Thought I was going nowhere
I thought that I had lost my mind
And that I was sinking lower
I want to have all the things
That I have never had
And you're about to tell me how
Or I'll hurt you pretty bad

So I'll ask you once, I'll ask you twice
And if you still can't give a reason
I'll hang a blue sign over your left eye
Saying, "Closed for the Season"

Called you up a few days ago
'Cause I still had gotten nowhere
Although I had found a place to go
And I was about to go there
But I want to be seated
'Cause I had enough of walking
So you better start giving me answers
Before my right hand does the talking

So I'll ask you once, I'll ask you twice
And if you still can't give a reason
I'll hang a blue sign over your left eye
Saying, "Closed for the Season"

Called you up not long ago
'Cause I still had gotten nowhere
And I was pretty sure now
That I had sunken lower
All my patience gone
And I was getting pissed
I want to own the world
And you to taste my fist

So I'll ask you once, I'll ask you twice
And if you still can't give a reason
I'll hang a blue sign over your left eye
Saying, "Closed for the Season"

Okay!

Barely Legal

1997 | Burning Heart Records

1.
Well, Well, Well
1:02
2.
A.K.A. I-D-I-O-T
2:12
3.
Here We Go Again
2:12
4.
I'm A Wicked One
1:45
5.
Automatic Schmuck
2:17
6.
King Of Asskissing
1:46
7.
Hail Hail Spit N' Drool
1:27
8.
Black Jack
2:45
9.
What's That Spell?... Go To Hell!
1:41
10.
Theme From...
2:49
11.
Uptempo Venomous Poison
1:13
12.
Oh Lord! When? How?
1:42
13.
The Stomp
1:54
14.
Closed For The Season
2:34
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