@BAND: SLASHıS SNAKEPIT @ALBUM: ITıS FIVE OıCLOCK SOMEWHERE İ1995 Geffen Records, Inc. Total playing time : 69:37 Produced by Mike Clink and Slash 1. NEITHER CAN I 6:44 2. DIME STORE ROCK 4:54 3. BEGGARS & HANGERS-ON 6:14 4. GOOD TO BE ALIVE 4:51 5. WHAT DO YOU WANT TO BE 6:18 6. MONKEY CHOW 4:15 7.SOMA CITY WARD 3:50 8. JIZZ DA PIT 2:48 9. LOWER 4:55 10. TAKE IT AWAY 4:44 11. DOINı FINE 4:19 12. BE THE BALL 5:17 13. I HATE EVERYBODY (BUT YOU) 4:40 14. BACK AND FORTH AGAIN 5:55 Eric Dover - Vocals Slash - Guitars Gilby Clarke - Rhythm Guitars Mike Inez - Bass Matt Sorum - Drums Dizzy Reed - Keyboards Ted Andreadis - Harmonica Paulinho da Costa - Percussion For the latest information, tour dates and available merchandise for Slash, send a self-addressed stampe envelope to : Slashıs Snakepit P.O. Box 884088 San Francisco, CA 94188-4088 Foreign inquiries should includ 2 international postal reply coupons Lyrics Reprinted by Permission All Rights Reserved. @SONG: NEITHER CAN I (Slash/Eric Dover) I once had a friend They found him in a car A hose to the window And the motor running hot Seems he couldnıt take it The rhetoric of life Someone found him naked With a note right by his side A note right by his side He canıt take it back Neither can I No, neither can I Mommy and daddy Iıve borrowed the car to sleep on the floor Iım sorry so much For bringing my own living hell to your door Thanks for all the flowers At the ringside seat Thanks for nothing everyone The prayers were too weak This is the way It happens all the time Can you pay attention To everyone that cries Remember you can make it through And make it new Only if you try You gotta try Cause you canıt take it back Neither can I No, neither can I Mommy and daddy Iıve borrowed the car to sleep on the floor Iım sorry so much For bringing my own living hell to your door But things had gotten heaven Everything was deep Nothing really mattered So I just went to sleep I just went to sleep And I canıt take it back I wonıt try I wonıt try I wonıt try I wonıt try I wonıt try Mommy and daddy Iıve borrowed the car to sleep on the floor Mommy and daddy Iım sorry to tell you, life is a bore Donıt send any flowers Donıt send anymore Cause I canıt give no more @SONG: DIME STORE ROCK (Gilby Clarke/Eric Dover/Slash) Ainıt it scary deep inside Arenıt you naked with no pride Let me turn you on Oh, I can feed you lies Let me turn you on Itıs no longer a game And under your skin I am ready to dive in Parasites on television screens Hide in the cracks and Underneath the seams Dime store rock has warped your mind melting faces, deep set eyes Let me turn you on Hey baby whatıs your sign ? Let me turn you on Goes along with the territory She wants to fuck you tonight Please, smelling like a wino on her knees Please, selling you her gothic rocket dreams Sheıs gonna burn you out To make it seem Like nobody wants anything from you Cause youıre a has-been on TV Itıs no longer a game And under you skin Iım ready to dive In Let me turn you on Turn you, turn you on Yeah @SONG: BEGGARS & HANGERS-ON (Slash/Eric Dover/Duff McKagan) Well I know, you couldnıt love me Cause youıre promised to a wealthy man Take a look, what are you seeinı ? Is that a noose or a wedding band Should I go to see a healer Nervous twitchinı in my hands Nervous twitchinı in my head God help me rid this feelinı Cause Iım fallinı all to pieces And I cnaıt get out of bed Beggars and hangers-on Try to take you from me Someone with a Bible in his pocket Clouding everything you see Beggars and hangers-on They chip it away Bury your soul in the river Cause the end is here to stay God help me rid this feelinı Cause Iım fallinı all to pieces And I canıt get out of bed I was wrong I donıt need you It seems reckless And unfair Better days Are far behind Guess thatıs another cross Iıll have to bear I know that thereıs a time and a reason To take the ghost and lock it up inside And maybe I am down But Iım not beaten Like anything We were born to die Beggars and hangers-on Try to take you from me Someone with a Bible in his pocket Clouding everything you see Beggars and hangers-on They chip it away Bury your soul in the river Cause the end is here to stay Beggars and hangers-on Beggars and hangers-on No no no no No no no no No no no no @SONG: GOOD TO BE ALIVE (Slash/Gilby Clarke/Eric Dover) You told me youıre an orphan the same old standard line Then when we moved in together All you did was moan and cry Talkinı like youıd make it On lifeıs big movie screen I had to say I loved you Just to try and keep the peace Hustler What are you doinı with your time Iım slow to catch on But I think you wasted mine Youıre running low tonight Jack up and get it right You know youıre going down Ainıt it good to be alive I couldnıt make excuses about everything you said You wanna show your bruises Letıs throw a party for the band Now here they come a dancinı Like the powder to your nose Why donıt you cut your head off Spite your face letıs do the show Hustler What are you doinı with your time Iım slow catchinı on But I think you wasted mine Hustler Youıre running low tonight The stationıs right close by Pack up your car and drive Ainıt it good to be alive Tearing of the membrane Of the first new thing in years Found a nagging consolation In a glass of Everclear And the ugly truth has raped you Theyıre saying youıre a lousy lay But isnıt everything that way Ainıt it good to be alive So good to be alive WHAT DO YOU WANT TO BE (Slash/Matt Sorum/Eric Dover) Sour, this affliction If it was me iıd have it fixed And with everywhere youıve been Youıre much too old to be so naive So what the hell do you want to be Following the trends that never end I canıt stand the parties you attend So what the hell do you want with me Oh, youıre so underground Oh, ainıt that swell Well the word is on the street Youıre collecting sympathy and then you hide And ya ainıt been out in days Will the sunshine burn your face Preserve your precious skin Iıll go out, you stay in What the hell do you want to be Following the trends that never end I canıt stand the parties you attend So what the hell do you want with me Please donıt feed the pigeons Out of the same sad bag of trcks Iıve heard it all a million times You make me sicker than the wine you drink So if you think I need some help Climb out of your own shell Itıll make you think So what the hell do you want to be Following the trends that never end Why is it that I canıt stand your friends So what the hell do you want with me What the hell do you want to be Following fashion in the sheets Chasing every other flavor of the week So what the hell do you want from me What do you want to be What do you want to be What do you want to be What do you want to be Looking for anyone whoıs somebody What do you want from me Looking for anyone whoıs somebody What do you want from me What do you want from me MONKEY CHOW (Gilby Clarke) I got this dirty politician In my pocket full of greed I take him out for parties And let him do his thing Did you see that silver T.S. Slowing off his new glam, man Then he pushed his platform boots Through his btchıs velvet pants Iım gonna, wanna get it Iım gonna, wanna spank it Iım gonna wanna spend it Faster than you can Iım gonna, wanna get it Iım gonna, wanna spank it Iım gonna, wanna spend it Faster than you can Smash, fast, smash Let the monkey do his thing Smash, fast, smash Let the monkey do his thing What you gonna do When you got everything you want Someonıs gonna tell you Everything you want is wrong Iım gonna, wanna get it Iım gonna, wanna spank it Iım gonna wanna spend it Faster than you can Iım gonna, wanna get it Iım gonna, wanna spank it Iım gonna, wanna spend it Faster than you can Smash, fast, smash Let the monkey do his thing Smash, fast, smash Let the monkey do his thing Gonna, wanna buy it Gonna, wanna try it Why you wanna take it Cause you know you can Chorus Smash, fast, smash Let the monkey do his thing Smash, fast, smash Let the monkey do his thing Smash, fast, smash Let the monkey do his thing Smash, fast, smash Let the monkey do this thin SOMA CITY WARD (Slash/Matt Sorum/Eric Dover) Skinny kid flippinı out A prissy little thing with a tan Was an outcast in the basement Tryinı anything he can The skirts spit words like razor blades To keep him off their trail He keeps a chant of silence For a moment in his cell The dirty rats is sellinı thing he canıt afford He leaves his misery to play In the Soma City Ward Some City Ward Pieces of the son-of-a-bitch Float around the crow He wears his bad intentions like a cape or a shroud Then he blew his mind on Drano From his third story hotel room Yeah he missed the pool by inches So he wonıt be walkinı soon The dirty rat is seeinı thing he canıt ignore He left is body for a day In the Soma City Ward Soma City Ward All these people in his head Sayinı to jump out and youıll be free Come sleep in my demon bed Hope that you want it as bad as me The dirty rat is seeinı things he canıt ignore He leaves his misery to play In the Soma City Ward Soma City Ward Some City Ward JIZZ DA PIT (Instrumental) (Slash/Mike Inez) LOWER (Slash/Matt Sorum/Eric Dover) Lower than the bottom Swallowed by the ride Floating in the bathtub Children play outside So tell me hw to do it How to do what Iım gonna do How to take the kife From inside of you Baby, now youıre lower too You looked so unhappy Squatting in some stall And it gets even better When all the lights are off So tell me how to do it How to do what Iım gonna do How to keep the life inside of you Baby, now youıre lower too What were you really thinking What did you need Cause all those wounds forever bleed Drink me Itıs a nightmare Itıs the needle in your veins So tell me how to do it How to do what Iım gonna do How to keep the knife From inside of you Baby, now youıre lower too So tell me how to do it How to do what Iım gonna do How to keep the life inside of you Baby, now youıre lower too Burning every memory Itıs gonna eat your insides out and throw it out on me Struggling, heaven help you Staring down the barrel of you own gun And now youıre lower too TAKE IT AWAY (Slash/Eric Dover/Matt Sorum) You and I Have been playing this game For so damn long And I donıt kow why These cards are too old So Iım gonna fold Bye Bye Bye Bye Bye Bye Partyıs over and all our friends are gone Was it something I said, did we hav too much fun Guess you mised it, look around Itıs never you whoıs to blame for bringing everyone down Itıs never you whoıs to blame For setting the stage You want it your way Cımon, Cımon, Cımon, Why donıt you take it away Take it away, Come on, take it away Take it away Take it away Take it away Why donıt you take it away Take it away Bad rumors goinı round Nothing said from my mouth Why would you think Itıs you Itıs hitting too close to home now Is it me or you Who carries the weight To deal with your pain And donıt you hate it too It smothers and drains all the same Cımon, Take it away Take it away Why donıt you take it away Take it away Why donıt you take it away Take it away Cımon, Take it away Take it away Take it away Chorus You and I Have been doinı the time For all of your crimes And I donıt know why It donıt make sense It seems such a waste of time Bye Bye Bye Bye Bye Bye Chorus DOINı FINE (Slash/Eric Dover) Come on down to our house All the neighbors are away Weıre invitinı everyone We got take out and everything The local P.D.ıs been around Thatıs one right over there And the chick thatıs sittinı on his face Is glad that he is here There isnıt a time frame Been doing it all week long So come on by babe And bring your friends along Donıt know what youıre missing Having a hell of a time Donıt know what weıre doinı But I think weıre doinı fine We got a band playinı, the singerıs really fat The cat is in the dryer Whoıs the asshole who did that Someonıs in the backroom, I think theyıre gettinı high If they donıt unlock the bathroom Iıll just have to go outside Got no worries Movinı right along And what a great night, babe To do what you think is wrong Donıt know what youıre missing Having a hell of a time Donıt know what weıre doinı, But I think weıre doinı fine Nobody is leavinı Cause weıre all to drunk to drive Three days later weıre still here And I think weıre doing fine Donıt know what youıre missing Having a hell of a time Donıt know what weıre doingı But I think weıre doinı fine Nobodyıs leavinı Cause weıre all to drunk to drive Three weeks later, weıre still here And I know weıre doing fine BE THE BALL (Slash) Me and a friend decided To leave our lives behind Wife, child, credit cards Get in the car, good-bye Got some stuff packed in the trunk Pulled the plunger and closed our eyes Whatever lane, left or right Itıll be the trip of our lives Be the ball - Life is one big arcade Be the ball - The aim is to be the game Be the ball - The nest four minutes are a total surprise Be the ball - Hell-bent, damn, we love to drive Through the pits and valleys, Through the tunnels in the maze We donıt know where weıre going But we got the Stones cranked As fasxt as the orbit takes us Is just how fast weıll play Around the bumpers and down the drain Weıre so out there, we feel no pain Be the ball - Donıt you try to set your sights Be the ball - Youıll never get it right Be the ball - Gonna see the world tonight Be the ball - Hell-bent, damn, we love to drive We love to drive Drive Be the ball - The last four minutes we quite a ride Be the ball - Itıs too late to change our minds Seen it all - We are so amazingly high Be the ball - Hell-bent, damnit, we love to drive I HATE EVERYBODY (BUT YOU) (Slash/Eric Dover) They filled me full of promises Till it burned the roof of my mouth I thought these jokers were my friends Until they sold me out Speed freaks at my door Itıs all the same to me Everybodyıs barkinı up the same olı tree I hate everybody but you And it wonıt get better soon You rub me all the right ways baby Youıll probably screw me too When you were told youıll too old To strip to pay the bills You moved in with your loser friends So you could take designer pills Take it how you want it Scream that you were framed Cause you beat My sisterıs looks and all But the sex is just the same I hate everybody but you And it wonıt get better soon You rub me all the right ways baby Youıll probably screw me too Give it up, you still want more Iıll fight you to the end, you still want more I put my heavy faith Into a karma suckerıs safe Give it up Give it up I hate everybody but you Seems no matter what I do I canıt help feelinı paranoid Of whatıs in it for you I hate everybody but you But I got no one else to turn to If I end up getting screwed I might as well get screwed by you BACK AND FORTH AGAIN (Slash/Eric Dover) Now youıve slipped away And found a place to stay Who do I congratulate But iım happy for you Where are you today I sense that youıre afraid And I donıt know what to do I miss you, but what does it change This confusion feels the same Forget you and let you leave But Iım still thinkinı it through Itıs been the conflit between us Thatıs kept me from sinking before You drove me crazy and I let you Come do it some more Put the past to bed, weıve done it before Now weıre back and forth again Can we help this pointless thing Swinginı like a hinge To the place we always meet Thereıs nothing to say Except loneliness is strange Cause you wear the face That I never dan leave And i kow youıre gonna call Cause you know just where Iıll be Once you come and find me here Iıll be happy for me So happy to be Not alone anymore Weıve done it before Now weıre back and forth again Can we help this pointless thing And swinginı like a hinge To the place we always meet Itıs such a shame how little things Can change your minds Donıt just sit there filing your nails And passing the time I canıt let you bottle it up And take it too far Carryinı all of that weight Is the hardest part Now weıve back and forth again Can we help this pointless thing And swinginı like a hinge To the place we always meet Back and forth again Back and forth again Back and forth again Back and forth again