Azure and Spawn's Australian dedication to
ALICE COOPER
BILLION DOLLAR BABIES
1974





HELLO HOORAY

Hello
Hooray
Let the show begin
I've been ready
Hello
Hooray
Let the lights grow dim
I've been ready
Ready as this audience that's coming here to dream
Loving every second, every moment, every scream
I've been waiting so long to sing my song
And I've been waiting so long for this thing to come
Yeah, I've been thinking so long, I was the only one
Roll out
Roll out
With your American dream and its recruits
I've been ready
Roll out
Roll out
With your circus freaks and hula hoops
I've been ready
Ready as this audience that's coming here to dream
Loving every second, every moment, every scream
I've been waiting so long to sing my song
And I've been waiting so long for this thing to come
Oh, I've been thinking so long I was the only one
I can stand here strong and thin
And I can laugh when this thing begins
God, I feel so strong
I feel so strong
I'm so strong
I feel so strong
I feel so strong
So strong
God, I feel strong
I am so strong
So strong
I feel so strong
I feel so strong...



RAPED AND FREEZIN'

Finally got a ride with some old broad down from Santa Fe
She was a real go-getter
She drawled so sweetly
I think, child, that things will get better

We pulled off the highway, night black as a widow
"Yeah, I read the Bible," she said, "I wanna know of you"

Hey, I think I've got a live one
Hey, I think I found a live one
Hey, I think I've got a live one
Yeah, yeah
I think I've got a live one

Oh
Ok, boys

Felt like I was hit by a diesel or a greyhound bus
She was no babysitter
Get up, sugar, never thought you'd be a quitter
I opened the back door, she was greedy
I ran through the desert, she was chasin'
No time to get dressed, so I was naked,
Stranded in Chihuahua

Hey, I think I've got a live one
Hey, yeah, I've got a live one
Hey, hey, hey, I think I've got a live one
Hey, oh, got a live one

Hey, I think I've got a live one
Hey, yeah, I've got a live one
Hey, hey, hey, I think I've got a live one
Hey, oh, got a live one

Alone, raped and freezin'
Alone, cold and sneezin'
Alone, down in Mexico
Alone



ELECTED

I'm top prime cut of meat, I'm your choice
I wanna be elected
I'm yankee doodle dandy in a gold Rolls Royce
I wanna be elected
Kids want a saviour and don't need a fake
I wanna be elected
We're all gonna rock to the rules that I make
I wanna be elected

Elected
Elected, yeah
Respected
Elected

I never lied to you, I've always been cool
I wanna be elected
I gotta get the vote, and I told you about school
I wanna be elected

Elected
Elected
Hallelujah
I wanna be selected
By everybody in the United States of America

We're gonna win this one, take the country by storm
We're gonna be elected
You and me together, young and strong
We're gonna be elected

Elected
Elected
Respected
Selected
Call collected
I'm gonna be elected

And if I am elected
I promise the formation of a new party
A third party
The Wild Party
I know we have problems
We got problems right here in Central City
We have problems on the North, South, East and West
New York City, Saint Louis, Philadelphia, Los Angeles
Detroit, Chicago
Everybody has problems
And personally
I don't care



BILLION DOLLAR BABIES

Billion dollar baby
Rubber little lady, slicker than a weasel
Grimey as an alley, loves me like no other lover

Billion dollar baby
Rotten little monster, baby, I adore you
Man or woman living couldn't love me like you, baby

We go dancing nightly in the attic
While the moon is rising in the sky
If I'm too rough, tell me
I'm so scared your little head will come off in my hands

Yeah, billion dollar baby
I got you in the dimestore, no other little girl
Could ever hold you any tighter, any tighter than me, baby

Billion dollar baby
Reckless like a gambler, million dollar maybe
Fightin' like a dog that's been infected by the rabies

We go dancing nightly in the attic
While the moon is rising in the sky
If I'm too rough, tell me
I'm so scared your little head will come off in my hands

Million dollar baby
Yeah, billion dollar baby
Trillion dollar baby
Zillion dollar baby



UNFINISHED SWEET

Oh, candy everywhere, got chocolate in my hair
Aching to get me
Sticky sweet suckers in the Halloween air
Aching to get me
Saint Vitus' dance on my molars tonight
Aching to get me
Aching to get me, get me, oh

Take it to the doc, I guess he ought to know
Ladadadada
Which ones can stay, which ones gotta go
Ladadadada
He looks in my mouth and then he starts to gloat
He says my teeth are ok
But my gums gotta go
Oh...

I come off the gas but I'm still seeing spies
Aching to get me
And I can see them all through a pair of glassy eyes
Aching to get me
De Sade's gonna live in my mouth tonight
Ladadadada
And the rotten tooth fairy is satisfied
Ladadadada
Aching to get me, get me
Oh...



NO MORE MISTER NICE GUY

I used to be such a sweet, sweet thing
Till they got a hold of me
I opened doors for little old ladies
I helped the blind to see

I got no friends cause they read the papers
They can't be seen with me
And I'm gettin' real shot down
And I'm feeling mean

No more Mr. Nice Guy
No more Mr. Clean
No more Mr. Nice Guy
They say he's sick
He's obscene

I got no friends cause they read the papers
They can't be seen with me
And I'm feelin' real shot down
And I'm, I'm gettin' mean

No more Mr. Nice Guy
No more Mr. Clean
No more Mr. Nice Guy
They say he's sick
He's obscene

My dog bit me on the leg today
My cat clawed my eyes
Ma's been thrown out of the social circle
And dad has to hide
I went to church incognito
When everybody rose
The Reverend Smith he, he recognized me
And punched me in the nose
He said

No more Mr. Nice Guy
No more Mr. Clean
No more Mr. Nice Guy
He said you're sick
You're obscene

No more Mr. Nice Guy
No more Mr. Clean
No more Mr. Nice Guy
He said you're sick
You're obscene



GENERATION LANDSLIDE

Ladadadada

Please clean your plate dear, the lord above can see ya
Don't you know people are starving in Korea?
Alcohol and razor blades and poison and needles
Kindergarten people, they used 'em, they need 'em
The over-indulging machines were their children
There wasn't a way down on Earth here to cool 'em
Cause they look just like humans at Kresges and Woolworth
But decadent brains were at work to destroy
Brats in battalions were ruling the streets scene
Generation landslide closed the gap between 'em

And I laugh to myself at the men and the ladies
Who never conceived of us billion dollar babies

Ladadadada

Militant mothers hiding in the basement
Using pots and pans as their shields and their helmets
Molotov milk bottles heaved from pink high chairs
While Mothers' lib burned birth certificate papers
Dad gets his allowance from his sonny, the dealer
Who's pubic to the world but involved in high finance
Sister's out 'til five doing banker's son's hours
But she owns a Maserati that's a gift from his father
Stopped at full speed at one hundred miles per hour
The Colgate invisible shield finally got 'em

But I laugh to myself at the men and the ladies
Who never conceived of us billion dollar babies

Ladadadada



SICK THINGS

Sick things in cars rotate round my stars
Sick things, my things, my pets, my things

I love you things I see, as much as you love me
You things are heavenly, when you come worship me
You things are chilled with fright, for I am out tonight
You fill me with delight, you whet my appetite

I eat my things
What love it brings
Come here, my things
And don't fear my little things

I love you things I see, as much as you love me
You things are heavenly, when you come worship me
You things are thrilled with fright, for I am out tonight
You things are paradise, you whet my appetite

Sick things in cartridge tapes, my stars
Sick things, pretty things, play things, my things

I love the things I see, as much as they love me
You things are heavenly, when you come worship me
You things are chilled with fright, for I am out tonight
You things are paradise, you whet my appetite



MARY ANN

Mary Ann, I'm really crazy 'bout you, do what I can
I just can't live without you, Mary Ann, Mary Ann

Mary Ann, my life was built around you, stars and sand
Your eyes were pools of laughter, Mary Ann
I thought you were my man



I LOVE THE DEAD

I love the dead before they're cold
The blueing flesh for me to hold
Cadaver eyes upon me see nothing

I love the dead before they rise
No farewells, no goodbyes
I never even knew your now rotting face
While friends and lovers mourn your silly grave
I have other uses for you, darling

I love the dead
I love the dead
I love the dead so

I love the dead...

I, I love the dead
I, I love the dead
I, I love the dead

I love the dead before they're cold
Their blueing flesh for me to hold
Cadaver eyes upon me see nothing



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