Alice Cooper - Welcome To My Nightmare (1975) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Alice Cooper - Lead Vocals Dick Wagner - Guitars, Backing Vocals Steve 'Deacon' Hunter - Guitars John Prakash, Tony Levin - Bass Jozef Chirowski - Keyboards, Clavinet, Fender Rhodes, Backing Vocals Bob Ezrin - Keyboards, Fender Rhodes Johnny 'Bee' Badanjek, Whitey Glan - Drums David Ezrin and The Summerhill Children's Choir, Michael Sherman, Gerry Lyons - Backing Vocals Vincent Price - The Curator. Trish McKinnon - Mom Produced by Bob Ezrin. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Track Listing 1) Welcome To My Nightmare (Cooper, Wagner) 5:19 2) Devil's Food (Cooper, Ezrin, Kelly Jay) 3:38 3) The Black Widow (Cooper, Wagner, Ezrin) 3:37 4) Some Folks (Cooper, Gordon, Ezrin) 4:19 5) Only Women Bleed (Cooper, Wagner) 5:59 6) Department Of Youth (Cooper, Wagner, Ezrin) 3:18 7) Cold Ethyl (Cooper, Ezrin) 3:51 8) Years Ago (Cooper, Wagner) 2:51 9) Steven (Cooper, Ezrin) 5:52 10) The Awakening (Cooper, Wagner, Ezrin) 2:25 11) Escape (Cooper, Ken Fowley, Michael Anthony) 3:20 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1) Welcome To My Nightmare (Cooper, Wagner) 5:19 Welcome to my nightmare I think you're gonna like it I think you're gonna feel like you belong A nocturnal vacation Unnecessary sedation You want to feel at home 'cause you belong Welcome to my nightmare Welcome to my breakdown I hope I didn't scare you That's just the way we are when we come down We sweat and laugh and scream here 'cuz life is just a dream here You know inside you feel right at home here Welcome to my breakdown Whoa You're welcome to my nightmare Yeah Welcome to my nightmare I think you're gonna like it I think you're gonna feel that you belong We sweat laugh and scream here 'cuz life is just a dream here You know inside you feel right at home here Welcome to my nightmare Welcome to my breakdown Yeah ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 2) Devil's Food (Cooper, Ezrin, Kelly Jay) 3:38 Get ready for the lady She's gonna be a treat Simmer slightly 'til ready Make her soft too Make her sweet I kiss the tears off from your chest I felt the poison fright that's in your breath I knew your precious life and I know your death I squeeze the love out of your soul All the perfect love that's in your soul You're just another spirit on parole Devil's food ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 3) The Black Widow (Cooper, Wagner, Ezrin) 3:37 Vincent Price Monologue Leaving lepidoptra - please, don't touch the display, little boy, aha cute! Moving to the next aisle we have arachnida, the spiders, our.. finest collection. This friendly little devil is the heptothilidi, unfortunately harmless. Next to him, the nasty licosa raptoria, his tiny fangs cause creeping ulcerations of the skin *laugh*. And here, my prize, the Black Widow. Isn't she lovely?.. and so deadly. Her kiss is fifteen times as poisonous as that of the rattlesnake. You see her venom is highly neurotoxic, which is to say that it attacks the central nervous system causing intense pain, profuse sweating, difficulty in breathing, loss of consciousness, violent convulsions and, finally.. death. You know what I think I love the most about her is her inborn need to dominate, possess. In fact, immediately after the consummation of her marriage to the smaller and weaker male of the specie she kills and eats him - *laugh* oh, she is delicious.. and I hope he was! Such power and dignity - unhampered by sentiment. If I may put forward a slice of personal philosophy, I feel that man has ruled this world as a stumbling dimented child-king long enough! And as his empire crumbles, my precious Black Widow shall rise as his most fitting successor! These words he speaks are true We're all humanary stew if We don't pledge allegiance to The Black Widow The horror that he brings The horror of his sting The unholiest of kings The Black Widow Our minds will be his toy And every girl and boy will learn to be employed by The Black Widow Love him Yes we love him Love him Yes we love him He sits upon his throne and picks at all the bones of his Husbands and his Wives he's devoured He stares with a gleam With a laugh so obscene at the virgins and the children He's deflowered Love him Yes we love him Love him Yes we love him Love me Yes we love him Our thoughts are hot and crazed Our brains are webbed in haze Of mindless senseless daze The Black Widow These words he speaks are true We're all humanary stew If we don't pledge allegiance to The Black Widow ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 4) Some Folks (Cooper, Gordon, Ezrin) 4:19 Some folks Love to see red Some folks Never talk about it Some folks Crave a blue lady Some folks Know and still they doubt it I'm just no good without it I'm not a man at all It makes my skin crawl Baby, baby Come on and save me, save me, My, my baby, baby, Come on and save me now Some folks Love to feel pain Some folks Wake up every mornin' Some folks Live for no reason Some folks Die without a warning I'm just no good without it I'm not a man at all It makes my skin crawl Baby, baby Come on and save me, save me, My, my baby, baby, Come on and save me, save me, My, my baby, baby, Come on and save me now I can't live without it I just can't live without it I don't wanna think about it ... I'm just no good without it I'm not a man at all It makes my skin crawl Baby, baby Come on and save me, save me, My, my baby, baby, Come on and save me, save me, My, my baby, baby, Come on and save me, save me, My, my baby, baby, Come on and save me, save me, I can't live without it I just can't live without it I don't wanna think about it ... ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 5) Only Women Bleed (Cooper, Wagner) 5:59 Man's got his woman to take his seed He's got the power - oh She's got the need She spends her life through pleasing up her man She feeds him dinner or anything she can She cries alone at night too often He smokes and drinks and don't come home at all Only women bleed Only women bleed Man makes your hair gray He's your life's mistake All you're really lookin' for is an even break He lies right at you You know you hate this game He slaps you once in a while and you live and love in pain She cries alone at night too often He smokes and drinks and don't come home at all Only women bleed Black eyes all of the time Don't spend a dime Clean up this grime And you there down on your knees begging me please come Watch me bleed Only women bleed ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 6) Department Of Youth (Cooper, Wagner, Ezrin) 3:18 We're in trouble all the time You read about us all in the papers We walk around and bump into walls - a blind delegation And we ain't afraid of high power We're bullet proof And we've never heard of Eisenhower Missile power, justice or truth We're the Department of Youth Your new Department of Youth We're the Department of Youth Just me and youth We talk about this whole stupid world And still come out laughing We never make any sense But hell that never mattered But we'll make it through our blackest hour We're living proof And we've never heard of Billy Sunday Damon Runyon, manners or couth We're the Department of Youth Your new Department of Youth We're the Department of Youth Just me and youth We're the Department of Youth The new Department of Youth We're the Department of Youth We've got the power We're the Department of Youth And who gave it to you? Donny Osmond! What?! ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 7) Cold Ethyl (Cooper, Ezrin) 3:51 One thing I miss is Cold Ethyl and her skeleton kiss We met last night making love by the refrigerator light Ethyl Ethyl let me squeeze you in my arms Ethyl Ethyl come and freeze me with your charms One thing No lie Ethyl's frigid as an eskimo pie She's cool in bed As she oughta be 'cuz Ethyl's dead Ethyl Ethyl let me squeeze you in my arms Ethyl Ethyl come and freeze me with your charms Come on Cold Ethyl Freeze me babe One thing - it's true Cold Ethyl I'm stuck on you And everything is my way Ethyl don't have much to say Ethyl Ethyl let me squeeze you in my arms Ethyl Ethyl come and freeze me with your charms Come here Cold Ethyl What makes you so cold? Ooh so cold Cold Ethyl Cold Cold Ethyl If I live 'til ninety-seven You'll still be waiting in refrigerator heaven 'cuz you're cool You're ice Cold Ethyl You're my paradise ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 8) Years Ago (Cooper, Wagner) 2:51 Here I go again Up and down alone All my friends went home Years ago All my toys are broken and So am I inside mom The carnival has closed Years ago I'm a little boy No, I'm a great big man No, let's be a little boy For a little while longer Maybe an hour? No Steven We have to go back now Isn't that our mom calling? "Steven come home!" ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 9) Steven (Cooper, Ezrin) 5:52 I don't want to see you go I don't even want to be there I will cover up my eyes And pray it goes away You've only lived a minute of your life I must be dreaming, please stop screaming I don't like to hear you cry You just don't know how deep that cuts me So I will cover up my eyes And it will go away You've only lived a minute of your life I must be dreaming, please stop screaming STEVEN! I hear my name! STEVEN! Is someone calling me? I hear my name! STEVEN! That icy breath that whispers screams of pain! I don't want to feel you die But if that's the way that God has planned you I'll put pennies on your eyes And it will go away See? You've only lived a minute of your life I must be dreaming, please stop screaming Steven.... Is someone calling me? No.... Steven.... I think I hear a voice---it's outside the door! STEVEN! I hear my name! STEVEN! Is someone calling me? I hear my name! STEVEN! WHAT DO YOU WANT? STEVEN! WHAT DO YOU WANT? WHAT DO YOU WANT? WHAT DO YOU WANT? STEVEN! I hear my name.... ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 10) The Awakening (Cooper, Wagner, Ezrin) 2:25 I wake up in the basement I'm so hungry I'm dry I must be here sleepwalking Mustn't I? Getting up from my easy chair looking for my wife Following a trail of crimson Spots that lead into the night Suddenly I realize I see it all through real eyes These crimson spots are dripping from my hand And ooh it makes me feel like a man ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 11) Escape (Cooper, Ken Fowley, Michael Anthony) 3:20 Paint on my cruel or happy face I hide me behind it It takes me inside another place where no-one can find it Escape I get out when I can Escape Anytime I can Escape I'm crying in my beer Escape Just get me out of here Don't get me wrong Don't get me right I'm not like you are When I get home from work at night I'm blacker and bluer So I escape I get out when I can Escape Anytime I can Escape I'm crying in my beer Escape Just get me out of here Where am I running to? There's no place to go Just put on my makeup and get me to the show Yeah Escape My doctor said just come around You'll be taken care of And while he ran my problems down I stole his mascara That's how I escape I get out when I can Escape Anytime I can Escape I'm crying in my beer Escape Just get me out of here Escape ------------------------------------------------------------------------