CHILDREN OF THE NEXT CENTURY
As the cost of living goes up
The price of life goes down.
You see oit on the TV and read it in the papers
The rich are getting richer and the poor become your neighbors.
See them everywhere,the children of the next century.
Thank God for the jobs that keep them safely off the streets.
Hide behind the dresser now until your mother's gone.
Let her think you went to school, that's how life goes on.
I'm sitting at the bar, it's 11 in the morning
I'm beer after beer and I'm checking out without dying.
Don't you think I realize they got problems?
I'm sitting at the bar, it's 11 in the morning.
I'm beer after beer and I'm checking out without dying.
Don't you think I realize they got problems?
See them everywhere, the children of the next century.
Thank God for the jobs that keep them safely off the streets.

JACK THE RIPPER
There's certain people that I don't like and that's the reason I'm in disgrace.
Pack the bags and slip away.
Pack the bags and the Lord agrees.
In a crowded park and desolate too, I'm still trying to tear myself away from this place.
Pack the bags and slip away.
Pack the bags and the Lord agrees.
I'm Jack the Ripper!

SOMETHIN' ELSE

Hey look it here, here he comes.
Here comes that boy again.
I haven't seen him since I don't know when.
He don't understand when I pass.
He goes with all the girls that are out of my class.
I can't help stoppin' and I'm thinkin' to myself;
He's sure fine lookin' man, he's somethin' else.
Hey, look it here across the street.
There's a car made just for me.
I bet it'd be a luxury,
But right now I can't afford the gas.
A brand new convertable is out of my class
I can't help stopin' and I'm thinkin' to myself;
He's sure fine lookin' man, he's somethin' else.
Hey look it here, just wait and see.
Work hard and save my gold.
You know I'm gonna be runnin' the show.
I'd get that boy and go ridin' around.
Wouldn't that look sharp with the white top down.
I keep on dreamin' and I'm thinkin' to myself;
He's sure fine lookin' man, he's somethin' else.
Hey, look it here, what's all this?
I never thought I'd do this before.
And here I am, I'm knockin' on the door.
My car's right out front and it's all mine.
A '41 Ford, not a '59.
I can't help stoppin' and I'm thinkin' to myself;
He's sure fine lookin' man, he's somethin' else.

UNDERGROUND GIRLS
I'd rather have an Underground Girl than an uptown girl
Jet black hair and skin like pearls
Keep your blonde hair,
Keep your ribbons and curls
I'd much rather have an Underground Girl
Every night I fantasize about a girl or two
Some are tall, some are small there's nothin' they won't do.
In my dreams it always seems I'm with the girl next door
When I wake I want to face a girl with so much more
I'd rather have an Underground Girl than an uptown girl........
I'd rather have a homegrown girl than a store-bought girl
Cheap pair of jeans and a cheap set of pearls
No more glare from a neon world
I'd much rather have an Underground Girl
We would rather sing in an underground scene
Everything seems so real to me
Noplace that I'd rather be
Doin' my thing in an underground scene
I'd rather have the Underground Girls
Thick black eyes and nine inch nails
Lips like wine and skin so pale
You're better off with the Underground Girls!

I'D RATHER BE SID
I'd rather be Sid, no matter what you think.
It's everywhere today.
People on the street, people in the crowd.
People that you see; everybody stinks.
I'd rather be Sid.
You see a certain image, you see a certain face.
You think it looks right, so it makes you feel safe.
Over and over you make the same mistakes.
You just can't tell the image is a fake.
We are dreamers, we are lost
In a fantasy life with thoughts all our own.
We are schemers, planning
The best that we can with what we have.
When the world's asleep we lay our dreams out like an open book
Acting out the pleasures we designed.
When the morning comes we retreat behind a wall of silence.
I'd rather be Sid
I'd rather be Sid
I'd rather be Sid
I'd rather be Sid!

NOW THAT I KNOW
Now that I know
Now that I know
Now that I know about
Now that I know about you
It was not so clear at first, I really thought I knew you
But you faked it, oh so nicely, even if I knew the truth,
I wouldn't say it out loud.
I don't want to join the party.
Now that I know.....
I don't have to play this game anymore.
I can let you think just what you want.
I can really be just who I am
Now that I know.......
I did my best to let you know.
It will be such fun to let you go
Now that I know......
It was just the easiest thing to do,
Fall into the trap like everyone else
Till I told myself I wasn't gonna take it anymore.
Life got much easier.
Now that I know.........

ROCK AND ROLL GRANNY
Insane, absurd, it's all so amazingly clear
The next stop from here is the Kareoke Zone.
No doubt about it, they're going insane.
This situation can only go one way.
It's not really funny. It's really quite sad.
Rock and roll Granny's gonna rock you till the break of day.
Rock and roll Granny's gonna rock you till the break of day.
Rock and roll Granny's gonna rock you till the break of day
Finally made it, a star at eighty,
Just in time to say 'Goodbye!'
We'll be lookin' for an agent, lookin' really ancient.
Ah! Back when I was ten years younger!
Wouldn't that be nice!
Rock and roll Granny's gonna rock you till the break of day....
It's all too crazy, they've all gone mad.
We've all gone with them to a land of insanity!
Tried to be nice at least once or twice.
But being nice dosen't get you very far these days.
Determined to win, I'll never give in.
Rock and roll Granny's gonna rock you till the break of day....

LAW AND ORDER
Come to the end, lookin' for a friend.
Shoulda', coulda', woulda' done the right thing.
But you let it all go by.
Now you'll have to say goodbye to the things you had in mind
In the end.
Dancin' in your head, the dreams of a child
And the memories of a lifetime.
What if you had only done
Half of what you had in mind?
You wouldn't be here now
In the end.
Looking for the law and the order
In a world of rock and roll.
Once in a while, think of going wild
But I never really let go.
Keep it in your head till the dream is dead.
I don't have to face another show.
Looking for the law and the order
In a world of rock and roll
Where we temper fate with craziness
And we try not to lose control.
Looking for the law and the order
In a world of rock and roll.

IN THE OTHER STATES
In the other states is where we'd hoped to find other states of mind.
But we wre gravely dissappointed each and every step.
Constant reminders;
Things are all the same everywhere you go
In these United States.
How we compromise ourselves.
How we lose all our control.
How we close the eyes we never had open.
How we shut the mouths that we hoped to feed.
How we lose the minds that we'll never need.
Never in a million years.
Blessed are the days of ignorance;
A luxury the young can well afford.
But their elders seem to be buying it still
On credit that they steal from their children's lives.
Lonely are the days of recognition.
That must be what kept us so far away.
The longer we have to live in the night,
The more we dread the day.

I'M GONNA MISS MYSELF WHEN I'M GONE
People like us don't like people like this.
People like us won't miss people like this.
People like us have a problem getting along
And people like us have a problem with regular thought.
I'm so bored with everyone I meet.
People like us have the time to make you think that
People like us never count the minutes.
I just figure time is on my side.
People lkike us never get the chance to
Tell them where it's really at.
Try to talk about the truth
All you get are more excuses.
I can finally take the time to say,
I'm gonna miss myself when I'm gone;
Just myself and noone else.
I'm gonna miss myself when I'm gone.
You gotta agree there ain't noone like me.
I'm gonna miss myself when I'm gone.
Noone else can ever make me feel the way I do.
I'm gonna miss myself.
I'm gonna miss myself.
I'm gonna miss myself when I'm gone.
I'm gonna miss myself.
People like us don't like
People like this.
People like us won't miss people like this.
People like us never know from day to day
What life really costs.
We can only do the best with what we have.
People like us take the time to look around and we don't like what we see.
Everyone's the same to me.
How they really think they're something else.
People like us would walk in the rain'
Talk about the usual things.
Everyone just has to stare
But you know they'd never understand.
Gonna miss myself when I'm gone;
Just myself and noone else'
I'm gonna miss myself when I'm gone.
You gotta agree there ain't noone like me.
I can finally take the time to say.
I'm gonna miss myself.
I'm gonna miss myself.
I'm gonna miss myself when I'm gone.
I'm gonna miss myself.