Alice Cooper - Killer (1971) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Alice Cooper - Lead Vocals, Harmonica Mike Bruce - Guitars, Piano, Organ, Backing Vocals Glen Buxton - Guitars Dennis Dunaway - Bass, Backing Vocals Neal Smith - Drums, Backing Vocals Boa Constrictor - Kachina. Rick Derringer - Guitar on "Under My Wheels" and "Yeah, Yeah, Yeah". Bob Ezrin - mini-Moog on "Killer", Keyboards. Produced by Bob Ezrin. Photos: Pete Turner. Album Design: Alice Cooper Group. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Track Listing 1) Under My Wheels (Bruce, Dunaway, Ezrin) 2:50 2) Be My Lover (Bruce) 3:15 3) Halo Of Flies (Cooper, Smith, Dunaway, Bruce, Buxton) 8:21 4) Desperado (Cooper, Bruce) 3:25 5) You Drive Me Nervous (Cooper, Bruce, Ezrin) 2:24 6) Yeah, Yeah, Yeah (Cooper, Bruce) 3:33 7) Dead Babies (Cooper, Smith, Buxton, Bruce, Dunaway) 5:40 8) Killer (Bruce, Dunaway) 7:07 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1) Under My Wheels (Bruce, Dunaway, Ezrin) 2:50 The telephone is ringing You got me on the run I'm driving in my car now Anticipating fun I'm driving right up to you, babe I guess that you couldn't see, yeah yeah But you under my wheels Why don't you let me be 'Cause when you call me on the telephone Saying take me to the show And then I say, honey, I just can't go Old lady's sick and I can't leave her home The telephone is ringing You got me on the run I'm driving in my car now I got you under my wheels (3) Yeah yeah I got you under my wheels Yeah yeah I got you under my wheels The telephone is ringing You got me on the run I'm driving in my car now Anticipating fun I'm driving right up to you, babe I guess you that couldn't see, yeah yeah But you was under my wheels, honey Why don't you let me be, yeah yeah I got you under my wheels (2) Yeah yeah ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 2) Be My Lover (Bruce) 3:15 She struts into the room But I don't know her But with a magnifying glance I just sort of looked her over, hmm We have a drink or two Well, maybe three And then suddenly she starts telling me Her life story She says Baby, if you wanna be my lover You better take me home 'Cause it's a long long way to paradise And I'm still on my own Told her that I came From Detroit City And I played guitar In a long-haired rock and roll band She asked me why The singer's name was Alice I said listen, baby You really wouldn't understand And I said Oh baby, if you wanna Be my lover You better take me home 'Cause it's a long long way to paradise And I'm still on my own Ooooooooh (shucks) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 3) Halo Of Flies (Cooper, Smith, Dunaway, Bruce, Buxton) 8:21 I've got the answers To all of your questions If you've got the money To pay me in gold I will be living In old Monte Carlo And you will be reading The secrets I sold Daggers and contacts And bright shiny limos I got a watch That turns into a lifeboat Glimmering nightgowns And poisonous cobras Sidewalks are under the heel of my shoe The elegance of China They sent her to lie here on her back But as she deeply moves me She'd rather shoot me in my tracks And while a Middle Asian lady She really came as no surprise But I still did destroy her And I will smash Halo of flies I crossed the ocean Where no one could see And I put a time-bomb In your submarine Goodbye to old friends The secret's in hand With full ream of papers And fantastic plans You never will understand ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 4) Desperado (Cooper, Bruce) 3:25 I'm a gambler And I'm a runner But you knew that When you lay down I'm a picture Of ugly stories I'm a killer And I'm a clown Step into the street by sundown Step into your last goodbye You're a target just by living Twenty dollars will make you die I wear lace And I wear black leather My arms are lightning On my gun My shots are clean And my, my shots are final My shots are deadly And when it's done You're as stiff as my smoking barrel You're as dead as a desert night You're a notch And I'm a legend You're at peace And I must hide Tell where the hell I'm going Let my bones fall in the dust Can't you hear that ghost that's calling As my Colt begins to rust In the dust I'm a killer I'm a clown I'm a priest That's gone to town ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 5) You Drive Me Nervous (Cooper, Bruce, Ezrin) 2:24 Yeah, you Seem so civilized Your mama's tryin To run your life Your daddy's tryin To pick your wife Oh no Yeah, you run around With all that hair They just don't like The rags you wear You say I'm gonna pack up my stuff I'm gonna run away And then you say You drive me nervous, nervous And then I said You drive me nervous, nervous, nervous, oh Nervous, nervous, nervous, nervous, whoa-oh-oh Aaah You're out of state You're thrown in jail You ain't got the bread To pay the bail Your mom and papa come up and said "Honey, where did we fail?" And then you scream You drive me nervous, nervous And then I screamed You drive me nervous, nervous, nervous, oh Nervous, nervous, nervous, nervous, whoa-oh-oh You drive me ne-ne-ne-nervous Ne-ne-ne-nervous You drive me nervous Whoa ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 6) Yeah, Yeah, Yeah (Cooper, Bruce) 3:33 You can be my slave And I'll be a stranger We could be in passion We could be in danger Take you off the streets Put you under my wings Yeah, you could pull my leg Or anything Yeah Yeah, yeah, yeah Yeah Yeah, yeah, yeah Oh yeah You could be the devil You could be the savior Well I really can't tell By the way that your behavior I'll take you off the boat Put you under my wing Yeah, you could pull my leg Or anything Yeah Yeah, yeah, yeah Yeah Yeah, yeah, yeah Oh yeah I don't know what you're playin Don't even know what you're sayin You gotta leave me alone I'm gonna go on home Aaoh, the things are gettin tougher Yeah, the things are gettin rougher This is Alice speakin (Suffer!) Yeah Yeah, yeah, yeah You could be the devil You could be the savior Well I really can't tell By the way that your behavior Take you off the streets Put you under my wings Yeah, you could pull my leg Or anything Yeah Yeah, yeah, yeah Yeah Yeah, yeah, yeah ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 7) Dead Babies (Cooper, Smith, Buxton, Bruce, Dunaway) 5:40 Little Betty a pound of aspirins She got them from the shelf up on the wall Betty's mommy wasn't there to save her She didn't hear her little baby call (Waaah!) Dead babies Can take care of themselves Dead babies Can't take things off the shelf Well we didn't want you anyway Lalala-la, lalala-la, la la la Daddy is an agrophile in Texas Mommy's on the bar most every night Little Betty's sleeping in the graveyard Living there in burgundy and wine Dead babies Can take care of themselves Dead babies Can't take things off the shelf Well we didn't love you anyway Lalala-la, lalala-la, la la la Goodbye, Little Betty (2) So long, Little Betty (2) Betty, so long Dead babies Can take care of themselves Dead babies Can't take things off the shelf Well we didn't need you anyway Lalala-la, lalala-la, la la la Goodbye, Little Betty Order in the court! Order in the courtroom! Order! Order in the court! Order! ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 8) Killer (Bruce, Dunaway) 7:07 What did I do to deserve such a fate I didn't really want to get Involved in this thing Someone handed me this gun and I I gave it everything Yeah, I gave it everything I came into this life Looked all around I saw just what I liked And took what I found Nothing came easy Nothing came free Nothing came at all until they Came after me Yeah-hey, yeah (Whispering): I didn't really want to get Involved in this thing Someone handed me this gun and I I gave it everything Yeah, I gave it everything I gave it everything (sigh) (Chanting in Latin) ------------------------------------------------------------------------