**CROWNS LYRICS**
Enjoy!
All lyrics from the new album courtesy of Mr. Jason Kendall himself, thank him whydontcha? The other ones you can thank me for.
From the new album "Royal" due out summer '00:
Halos & Horns | Out the Door | Mr. Fix-It | Greasy | Still Royal | Losing Streak | Flippin' Coins | Handsome Tim | Bitter Life | Invitation to Alienation | Blue Light | Chop Shop | The Ride | Perfect Sin | Hat Size |
A few covers they do:
American Nightmare | Rat Patrol | Do the Dog | Bloodstains
*Halos & Horns*
I never followed - the straight path - I never saw much sense in that
A boring life - a boring death - and to this day I haven't lived yet
I always liked sinners more than saints - they try to save our soul - it's too late
I can't deny that I'm headed down - I can't deny that I'm hellbound
Chorus:
We've got halos above these horns! / Say it once! You've been warned
We've been judged since we've been born! / We've got halos above these horns!
I live fast - don't look behind - I make my peace in my own time
It may be reckless but it's my choice - no one should die before they make a noise
I always liked sinners more than saints - they try to save our soul - it's too late
I can't deny that I'm headed down - I can't deny that I'm hellbound
We've got halos above these horns! / Say it once! You've been warned
We've been judged since we've been born! / We've got halos above these horns!
It's hard to see the good inside - when it's the evil that I can't hide
I'd never preach or tell you what to do - the path you follow is the one for you
I always liked sinners more than saints - they try to save our soul - it's too late
I can't deny that I'm headed down - I can't deny that I'm hellbound
We've got halos above these horns! / Say it once! You've been warned
We've been judged since we've been born! / We've got halos above these horns!
Good or evil - halos or horns - say it!
Good or evil - halos or horns - say it!
Good or evil - halos or horns - say it!
Good or evil - halos or horns !
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*Out the Door*
Seemed so perfect when we met - nothing ever went wrong
Felt that this would last forever - the feeling's gone.
Starts off with an open window - then you're looking for more
No matter how many times - you lock the door.
Chorus:
Oooo I'm headed out the door - this one ended like the one before
Oooo how can I be sure?! The answer lies in wait….out the door.
I've seen people die inside and dead men tell no tales
Always willing to bet your heart - then your heart fails.
Some folks they like to gamble - others keep the score
I took my chance and headed out the door.
Oooo I'm headed out the door - this one ended like the one before
Oooo how can I be sure?! The answer lies in wait….out the door.
(solo)
Oooo I'm headed out the door - this one ended like the one before
Oooo how can I be sure?! The answer lies in wait….out the door.
Oooo I'm headed out the door - this one died like the one before
Oooo how can I be sure?! The answer lies in wait….out the door.
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*Mr. Fix-It*
It's 2 am and he starts another fight
Walk him to the door and give a kiss goodnite
Time for a change if you get in too deep
Stop by my shop cause I work cheap
I'm Mr. Fix It! It feels good! Fixin' all the girls in the neighborhood!
I'm Mr. Fix It! It feels good! Fixin' all the girls in the neighborhood!
Now you don't wanna hurt him and I agree
(If) he knew what we were doing - he'd be hurtin' me!
Gotta work an engine cause the warranty fades
Under your hood I'm a jack of all trades!
I'm Mr. Fix It! It feels good! Fixin' all the girls in the neighborhood!
I'm Mr. Fix It! It feels good! Fixin' all the girls in the neighborhood!
Fix it fix it I fix it right!
Fix it fix it I fix it all night!
(Solo)
Find that switch - bring you to tears
I'm the head technician when it comes to greasing gears
And now you can tell him a thing or two
How Mr. Goodwrench on the workbench was fixin' you!
I'm Mr. Fix It! It feels good! Fixin' all the girls in the neighborhood!
I'm Mr. Fix It! It feels good! Fixin' all the girls in the neighborhood!
Fix it fix it I fix it right!
Fix it fix it I fix it all night!
I'm Mr. Fix It…it feels good!
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*Greasy*
I just got back from baby's house
She told me some things that I don't doubt
Seems there's just one way that we'll work it out
Got a can and comb to try if I would
Get that mess on my head looking good!
Now we're the loving couple in the neighborhood!
Chorus:
Greasy (x4)
Now I can't get enough of that kid stuff
Like the smell and feel it's post war tough
I go through can and can and can but it's not enough
Greasy (x4)
(Solo)
Now my girl tells me to stop I swear
There's stains on windows and walls I don't care
I couldn't give up grease now / not on a dare
Greasy (x20)
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*Still Royal*
it's automatic tried and true - delinquents, rockers even you
Wild card - stiletto - lost and found - drink cold tea in Chinatown
Sailor's grave - man's ruin tattoo - sometimes come home black and blue
Riots - rallys - all al blur - undecided but I know for sure
Chorus:
Wooo ooooh oooh
Royal to the loyal we stay
Wooo ooooh oooh
Royal to the loyal always be this way
Chopped and channeled - supercharged - fell in love inside that car
Café racer or beater bomb - was the kid that pissed off mom
Black cat - blackjack - broken bones - 16 years I left my home
Slim jim - hell bound - midnite ride - all twisted up - but I know inside
Wooo ooooh oooh
Royal to the loyal we stay
Wooo ooooh oooh
Royal to the loyal til our dying day
Tattooed knuckles - bloody fist - you decide to kill or kiss
Last one standing - left behind - what you see is what you find
Our direction - our joy ride - nothing changes how we feel inside
Here tomorrow - here today - battered - beaten - royal we stay
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*Losing Streak*
One day and someday soon - left alone in a dark room
Traveled far to get nowhere - you greet the day with an empty stare
Spend the nights just losing sleep - there's hard faces on the street
They say it's the thrill of the chase - a losing horse in a winning race
Chorus:
What you get is hard to keep
You bet your life on a losing streak
A losing streak is hard to beat
You bet your life on a losing streak
Ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!
Seems to me you heard this before - to just stare back at the floor
You can't look me in the face - the back door's your saving grace
What you get is hard to keep
You bet your life on a losing streak
A losing streak is hard to beat
You bet your life on a losing streak
Ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!
(Solo)
In your heart of hearts well you know that it was true
After all is said and done what's a loser to do
Hard luck stories and you know that they're all the same
You couldn't lose that's when the winner came
No time to get undone - you can't count what you've lost and won
You showed your face you couldn't wait - you've been dealt by the hand of fate
What you get is hard to keep
You bet your life on a losing streak
A losing streak is hard to beat
You bet your life on a losing streak
Ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!
(Repeat)
You bet your life on a losing streak (x3)
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*Flipping Coins*
Asleep at the bar - brand new job
You get rich or you get robbed…it's nothing.
She gets the money up for bail
It's up to you - succeed or fail…it's nothing.
Chorus:
Right or wrong the way to go - flipping coin always seems to know.
Good luck bad luck all the same
Same person with a different name…it's nothing.
It's good work if you can get it
Flip a coin and just forget it…it's nothing.
Right or wrong the way to go - flipping coin always seems to know.
Heads or tails flip a coin - your life's like a flipping coin
Fall in love and settle down
Be alone in a lonely town…it's nothing
Live in the future - hate your past
It's the same when the die is cast…it's nothing
Right or wrong the way to go - flipping coin always seems to know.
Heads or tails flip a coin - your life's like a flipping coin
(Solo)
Right or wrong the way to go - flipping coin always seems to know
Asleep at the bar - brand new job
You get rich and you get robbed - it's nothing.
She gets the money up for bail
It's up to you - succeed or fail…it's nothing.
Right or wrong the way to go - flipping coin always seems to know
Heads or tails flip a coin - your life's like a flipping coin
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*Handsome Tim*
Drinking and fighting - now the tables have turned
Throughout those days that you got burned
Crushed in front - but it's always the same
All those punks - know my name! Hey!
Chorus:
Slow down! Handsome Tim - you gotta be careful who you let in
Slow down! Handsome Tim - all those kids wanna be like him
Grease don't cost much - when you wear it thin
You might get some from the crowd you're in
East coast - west coast - it's the same
All those kids know my name - hey!
Slow down! Handsome Tim - you gotta be careful who you let in
Slow down! Handsome Tim - all those kids wanna be like him
Slow down! Handsome Tim - you gotta be careful who you let in - like him!
Spoken part:
Back in the day we hung at Rocket
Fights in the streets don't try to stop it
Drink at Safari while the rockers rock it
Haven Bros. Change left in my pocket
Dawn comes quick at the end of the night
Jump in bed - sleep away the daylight
(Bass solo)
Slow down! Handsome Tim - you gotta be careful who you let in
Slow down! Handsome Tim - all those kids wanna be like him
A lot of guttersnipes living in this town - I don't really care when I look around
Love or hate you - it's the same - all those kids know my name
Slow down! Handsome Tim - you gotta be careful who you let in
Slow down! Handsome Tim - all those kids wanna be like him
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*Bitter Life*
Young man in a hurry I've never been - suit and tie that I'm never in
Clock on the wall that I always punch - never took a chump for a power lunch
Chorus:
I'm so sick of this bitter life - hangin' around just don't seem right
I'm sick and tired - SICK AND TIRED! I'm so sick of this bitter life
Hanging around just don't seem right - I'm so sick of this bitter life
Soft hands - good looks - you knw the type - counting money all his life
Born with privilege and a pretty face - hard work is all I taste
Could be wrong but it wouldn't matter
Hangin around it don't get better - I'm gone!
And it's better to leave than be stepped on…
I'm so sick of this bitter life - hangin' around just don't seem right
I'm sick and tired - SICK AND TIRED! I'm so sick of this bitter life
Hanging around just don't seem right - I'm so sick of this bitter life
Now move!
(Drums)
find another dead end job - when that don't work I'll kill and rob!
(Solo)
Young man in a hurry I've never been - suit and tie I'm never in
Clock on the wall that I gotta punch - never took a chump for a power lunch
Could be wrong but it wouldn't matter - hanging around if it don't get better
…I'm gone! And it's better to leave than to be stepped on
Chorus x2
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*Invitation to Alienation*
Feeling stupid feeling dumb - alienation here I come
Every time that we say goodbye - left me feeling more than numb
I don't mind that your family hates me - and that you tell them that I lied
I feel guilty and you feel hurt - but we both know that I lied
Chorus:
I don't mind - I don't care - I don't mind
She's gone and I'm left behind
It's one more day to get ahead - I gotta live with the words I said
All our friends give me the creeps - I'm a third wheel with no grease
I can't act the way I used to - I can't remember just who I was
So I act like I don't care - cause that's what an asshole does
I don't mind - I don't care - I don't mind
She's gone and I'm left behind
GONE AWAY - GONE AWAY - GONE I'M LEFT ALONE HERE TODAY!
GONE AWAY - GONE AWAY - GONE I'M LEFT ALONE HERE TODAY!
(Solo)
(Nice part)
Maybe one day when we both are growing old
Relive the past of a love that's run hard and cold
Clean cuts they heal better…or so I'm told.
Now it's too late and I don't care and that's what I'm trying to tell myself
Over you soon closer every day - easy with you far away
I let you go and what do I get - an empty life and double the rent
Feeling stupid feeling dumb - alienation here I come
I don't mind - I don't care - I don't mind
She's gone and I'm left behind
GONE AWAY - GONE AWAY - GONE I'M LEFT ALONE HERE TODAY!
GONE AWAY - GONE AWAY - GONE I'M LEFT ALONE HERE TODAY!
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*Blue Light*
And after the anthem - the flickering blue snow
Wake up from the place you always seem to go
Sad and lonely lovers - wish that I was too - end of the night
Just blue light - blue light me and you
(And) what does it matter when they say that they don't care
What does it matter when there's no one there
Sad and lonely lovers - wish that I was too - end of the night
Just blue light - blue light me and you
Chorus:
I don't wanna go in that blue light
I don't wanna sleep in that blue light
I go to bed nowhere to go - I wake up its just blue snow
I don't wanna go in that blue light
So fall back to the floor for another useless night
Everything you need can be found in that blue light
Sad and lonely lovers - wish that I was too - end of the night
Just blue light - blue light me and you
I don't wanna go in that blue light
I don't wanna sleep in that blue light
I go to bed nowhere to go - I wake up its just blue snow
I don't wanna go in that blue light
And things they look strange in the brutal light of day
But you see things in a different way
Sad and lonely lovers - wish that I was too - end of the night
Just blue light - blue light me and you (repeat me and you)
I don't wanna go in that blue light
I don't wanna sleep in that blue light
I go to bed nowhere to go - I wake up its just blue snow
I don't wanna go in that blue light
Blue light - blue light
I go to bed nowhere to go I wake up to just blue snow
I don't wanna go in that blue light
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*Chop Shop*
On every corner in every town / there's always some punk - hiding and sneaking around
Slim jim the door / bust out the glass - piece out the parts and try to sell 'em fast!
Never find that car at the chop shop!
An empty space is all you find - no one cares and cops they must be blind
You need a witness / but not today - folks get paid to look the other way
It all looks the same when it comes from the chop shop!
Chorus:
Never leave your ride alone - AAHHH!
Every street's a combat zone - AAHHH!
Never leave your ride alone - AAHHH!
Every street's a combat zone - AAHHH!
Lock stock and barrel / broken down / your pride and joy is spread all over town
And it's so easy when you start to jack every make of pony from pinto to Cadillac
You get busted - the question's when / you're looking at the wrong end of 5 to 10!
Was it really worth it - chop shop!
Never leave your ride alone - AAHHH!
Every street's a combat zone - AAHHH!
Never leave your ride alone - AAHHH!
Every street's a combat zone - AAHHH!
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*The Ride* (Boss Fuel)
Yeah, yeah yeah - the thought of dying crossed my mind
Yeah, yeah yeah - but I managed to kick it aside
When I get that spark and I'm all lit up and the television burns my eyes!
Yeah, yeah yeah - the thought of dying crossed my mind
Chorus:
Here I go - just one last time
To a place where I can't be seen and it's gonna be a hell of a ride!
Yeah, yeah yeah - I got the spirits on my side
Yeah, yeah yeah - so I can take my goddamn time
Well I'm all revved up - I got it sewn up shut and I soar right through the nite!
Yeah, yeah yeah - the thought of dying crossed my mind
Here I go - just one last time
To a place where I can't be seen and it's gonna be a hell of a ride!
Yeah, yeah yeah - I feel the late night lizard's lick
Yeah, yeah yeah - well I get that nervous twitch
I hear a high-pitched sound - it brings me to the ground - I can see that trouble start!
Yeah, yeah yeah - the thought of dying crossed my mind
Here I go - just one last time
To a place where I can't be seen and it's gonna be a hell of a ride!
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*Perfect Sin*
I had a buddy with it figured out
You'd say north - he'd say south
Can't believe a word he said
You hide a vice - you make your bed
Chorus:
Good clean life - a model home and a pretty wife
These things I'll never - ever hope to find
I never wanted - home sweet home and the golden rule
I'm living in sin - I'm living fine
Perfect! - Perfect! - Perfect sin
Perfect! - Perfect! - Perfect sin
Let's begin now!
Knew a girl - tell me cheatin' lies
Giving out what I thought was mine
She had no problem with the fire below
You don't care about what you don't know
Good clean life - a model home and a pretty wife
These things I'll never - ever hope to find
I never wanted - home sweet home and the golden rule
I'm living in sin - I'm living fine
Perfect! - Perfect! - Perfect sin
Perfect! - Perfect! - Perfect sin
(Perfect sin) It's where the fun begins - in sin is where I'm gonna stay
(Perfect sin) It never really ends and I wouldn't have it any other way
Alright! Let's sin! / Sin again!
(Solo)
There's no shame at all / in that perfect sin!
Good clean life - a model home and a pretty wife
These things I'll never - ever hope to find
I never wanted - home sweet home and the golden rule
I'm living in sin - I'm living fine
Perfect! - Perfect! - Perfect sin
Perfect! - Perfect! - Perfect sin
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*Hat Size*
Well I couldn't be accused of makin' fun
Don't be shy cause we all got one
Don't point the finger if you're wearing a wig
The hat you got on looks a little big
I'm just lookin', lookin' at your hat size
Well I couldn't care less about getting paid
I care more about the way hats are made
I can't stand to see (something?!) in the sun
Some say two hats are better than one
I'm just lookin', lookin' at your hat size
Hat size! Big eyes! Little cry…little sigh.
I'm just lookin', lookin' at your hat size.
Well I couldn't care less about getting paid
I care more about the way hats are made
I can't stand to see (something?!) in the sun
Some say two hats are better than one
I'm just lookin', lookin' at your hat size
Hat size! Big eyes! Little cry…little sigh.
I'm just lookin', lookin' at your hat size.
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*American Nightmare* (The Misfits)
Hot cherry on a Friday night
When the sun goes down my spine
I put an axe in my baby's head
Gonna end up doing time
She looks so good in red (she looks so good in that red dress)
American nightmare running scared
She shoulda been harder to get...she shoulda been harder to kill…she shoulda been harder to kill, hey!
I had to split your (fucking) head
American nightmare running scared
Headed down the highway, sign's got three inverted nines
If the lord don't get me then the devil will
But not without a fight
This highway…never ends!
American nightmare running scared
American nightmare running scared
Headed down the highway, sign's got three inverted nines
If the lord don't get me then the devil will
But not without a fight
This highway…never ends!
American nightmare running scared
American nightmare running scared
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*Rat Patrol* (Naked Raygun)
We could use those men in tan.
You say what do we know.
Whoa oh oh oh oh oh.
Whoa oh oh oh oh oh.
What do we need to take control?
We could use the rat patrol
What's that coming over the dune?
Yea well that's what we know
Whoa oh oh oh oh oh.
Whoa oh oh oh oh oh
Chasing them halftracks
Across the sand flats.
Got a nice pine box for that desert fox.
Machine guns blaring
And Arabs staring
Wondering why the Westerners are there.
It's the same old story
And it never ends. It'll happen again. Whoa oh oh oh oh...
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*Do the Dog* (The Specials)
All you punks and all you teds
National Front and natty dreads
Mods, rockers, hippies, and skinheads
Keep on fighting till you're dead
Who am I to say?
Who am I to say?
Am I just a hypocrite?
Another piece of your bullshit
Am I the dog that bit?
The hand of the man that feeds him?
Chorus:
Do the dog
(Do the dog)
Do the dog
(Not the donkey)
Do the dog
(Don't be a jerk)
Do the dog
(Watch who you work for)
Do the do the do the do the do the dog
Everybody's doin' the dog
Tear your hair for your aggression
Fight in London, risk detention
Master race or masturbation
Causes natural good sensation
Who am I to say?
To the IRA
To the UDA
Soldier boy from the UK
Am I just a hypocrite?
Another piece of your bullshit
Am I the dog that bit?
The hand of the man that feeds him?
Chorus
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*Bloodstains* (Agent Orange)
They can make things worse for me
Sometimes I'd rather die
They can tell me lots of things
But they can't see eye to eye
I know they know the way I think
I know they always will
Someday I'm gonna change my mind
Sometimes I'd rather kill
Bloodstains, speed kills
Fast cars, cheap thrills
Rich girls, fine wine
I've lost my sense I've lost control I've lost my mind
Things seem so much different now
The scene has died away
I haven't got a steady job
And I've got no place to stay
Well it's a futuristic (Jason sings "opportunistic") modern world
But things aren't what they seem
Someday you better wake up
From this stupid fantasy
Bloodstains, speed kills
Fast cars, cheap thrills
Rich girls, fine wine
I've lost my sense I've lost control I've lost my mind
Bloodstains, speed kills
Fast cars, cheap thrills
Rich girls, fine wine
I've lost my sense I've lost control I've lost my mind
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