Alice Cooper - Special Forces (1981) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Alice Cooper - Lead Vocals Danny Johnson, Mike Pinera - Guitars Erik Scott - Bass Duane Hitchings - Keyboards Craig Krampf - Drums Produced by Alice Cooper. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Track Listing 1) Who Do You Think We Are 4:20 2) Seven & Seven Is 2:41 3) Prettiest Cop On The Block 3:13 4) Don't Talk Old To Me 2:54 5) Generation Landslide'81 3:53 - Live version 6) Skeletons In The Closet 3:43 7) You Want It, You Got It 3:14 8) You Look Good In Rags 3:34 9) You're A Movie 3:36 10) Vicious Rumours 3:43 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1) Who Do You Think We Are 4:20 Who do you think we are I'm machinery With a semi-automatic heart I'm unclassified I terminate, I tear apart I'm always there when you think I'm not I'm razor sharp and I'm white and hot My finger squeezes out the final shot Say "Goodbye" No integrity No contemplating soul or thought I'm insanity I'm a camouflag-ed work of art I've done some things I really can't describe I've made some mouths open pretty wide And I am licensed - trained and bona fide Say "Goodbye" CHORUS: Who do you think we are Special forces in an armoured car Who do you think we are We don't care, we don't care I'm carnivorous Can't count the flesh that I've been through Never sick of this I'm red and white and black and blue I'm always there when you think I'm not I'm razor sharp and I'm white and hot My finger squeezes out the final shot Say "Goodbye" CHORUS ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 2) Seven And Seven Is 2:41 Yeah! Oom oom! When I was a boy I thought that someday I would be a man I'd sit inside the fireplace, pretend that I was in a can Go inside my room and put my mind in an ice cream cone And you can throw me if you want, but I'm a ball and I go Oom! Biff biff! (2) Yeah! Oh, yeah yeah! Now if I don't stop crying, it ain't cos that I have got no eyes My clock lies in the fireplace, my dog lies hypnotised And then there was the time I wasn't able to find my way And I'm trapped inside a night without a day and I go Oom! Biff biff! (2) Yeah! Now, when I was a boy I thought that someday I would be a man I'd sit inside the fireplace, pretend that I was in a can Go inside my room and put my mind in an ice cream cone Now you can throw me if you want, but I'm a ball and I go ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 3) Prettiest Cop On The Block 3:13 I'm 6 foot 3 with a fist like a hammer And I work with the Vice Squad when I can And when I pull out my bath then I get on my glamour Little guys all surprised take a seat For me it's a first I'm a man Chorus: I'm the prettiest cop on the block I set your souls on fire Yes, I'm the prettiest cop on the block I'm cool and I'm so mean Oh, I'm the prettiest cop on the block I've handcuffed your desire I've got a stiff reputation with a stick like a rock My kids have a fuse and my wife is a shock I'm a full blooded man not a weak immitation I like to flex my arms in the neon lights I'm a queen at the street and a king at the station It's a secret of mine, not a sign I'm gonna make that right Because... CHORUS I must look pretty shocking In my bullet proof vest With my black lace stockings All this hair on my chest When the boys see me coming All the boys start to run They all got their great big holsters And I got the only gun Because... CHORUS ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 4) Don't Talk Old To Me 2:54 Don't tell me I should, I better, I can Don't talk old to me Don't shake that finger in my face no more Cuz I might bite it off and spit it on the floor Better get secure get my life insured Buy a house and car that run Better sell my bike, my leather Those city auto parts and all my guns Don't talk old to me Don't talk so old to me Don't talk old to me tonight, tonight Don't tell me I should, I better, I can Don't talk old to me Don't shake that finger in my face no more Cuz I might bite it off and spit it on the floor Don't talk old to me (Don't talk old to me) Don't talk so old to me (Don't talk old to me) Don't talk old to me tonight, tonight Don't talk old to me (Don't talk old to me) Kill me psychologically (Psychologically) Don't talk old to me tonight Don't bark and I won't bite Won't bite Don't you bark Better get secure get my life insured Buy a house and car that run Better sell my bike, my leather Those city auto parts and all my guns No fun, no fun No fun, no fun, no fun, no fun fun fun Don't talk old to me.. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 5) Generation Landslide'81 3:53 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 boys into needles Kindergarten people, they used 'em they need 'em The over indulgent machines were their children And there wasn't a way down on earth here to cool 'em Cos they look just like humans at Kresge's and Woolworths But decadent brains were at work to destroy Brats in batallions were ruling the streets and Generation landslide, close the gap between them CHORUS: And I laughed to myself at the men and the ladies Who never conceived those billion dollar babies La da da da daa Militant mothers hiding in the basement Using pots and pans as their shields and their helmets Molotov top milk bottles heaved from pink highchairs While mothers' lib burned birth certificate papers And dad gets his allowance from his sonny the dealer Who's pubic to the world but involved in high finance Sister's out till 5, doing banker son's hours But she owns a Mazarotti that's a gift from his father Stop at full speed, at 100 miles per hour The Colgate invisible shield finally got 'em CHORUS La da da da daa Noone gives an oink about prom night or football Cos just getting home from school safe is a gamble and a blessing Girlsies play with girlsies and boysies with boysies Bored with one another, like old broken Christmas toysies Kids are all hot and their parents so are noisy ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 6) Skeletons In The Closet 3:43 Woah-oh, woah-oh Skeletons in my closet Woah-oh, woah-oh yeah Skeletons in my closet (2) Skeletons in my shoes Skeletons I can only see Skeletons I can lose I said woah-oh, woah-oh I got skeletons in my closet I said woah-oh, woah-oh yeah Skeletons in my closet Skeletons in my basement Loitering on my streets Wearing my best pyjamas Sandwiched between my sheets I said woah-oh, woah-oh yeah Skeletons in my closet I said woah-oh, woah-oh yeah Skeletons in my closet Ooh, I see bones I see bones, icy bones Ooh, I see bones Say say bones - say boys don't you see them bones? Rattle them bones at midnight Shaking my bed, no sleep I find fingers in my coat pocket Skeletons from the deep I said woah-oh, woah-oh I got skeletons in my closet I said woah-oh, woah woah-oh I got skeletons in my closet Ooh, I see bones I see bones, s-see bones Ooh, I see bones Icy bones Say boys don't you see them bones? No? Heart bones, leg bones, ankle bones, arm bones, finger bones, dogie bones, head bones Skeletons in my closet They even know when I'm in my closet It's my.. my closet Not your closet My closet You can help me though Whisper Alice we want you Alice (2) A-Alice What? Whaddya want? ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 7) You Want It, You Got It 3:14 You want money - mm You want lots of love - ah Want a Ferrari - zoom Oh, don't you get enough - ah, too bad Hmm, I can get it You want it, you got it (2) Mmm ... OK ... Alright - anything can be arranged You want it, you got it (2) (You want it) If you want it, if you want it, if you want it (You got it) Then you got it, then you got it, then you got it (You want it) If you want it, if you want it, if you want it (You got it) Then you got it, then you got it, then you got it (You want it) If you want it, if you want it, if you want it (You got it) Then you g-g-g-g-g-g-g-g-got it You got it You want Chateau Greyon for breakfast every day - OK You want some Spanish lover to lay in bed all day - Ole ... Ooh, mm Alright (You want it) Yeah you want it (You got it) Ooh, you got it (You want it, you got it) (2) (You want it) If you want it, if you want it, if you want it (You got it) Then you got it, then you got it, then you got it (You want it) If you want it, if you want it, if you want it (You got it) Then you got it, then you got it, then you got it 8) You Look Good In Rags 3:34 Yeah yeah Yeah I've seen cool, I've seen cold I've seen the women up front, way down below Ladies with an evil scheme and some were like vipers I've seen 'em dressed real tight, act real loose I've seen 'em strutting good stuff, I've seen 'em all used Thousand dollar faces and works every penny they spend there CHORUS: But you look good in rags With dirt in your hair Yeah you look good in rags babe Oh, I don't care Ah, you look good Yes you look good in rags With buns in your hair Ah, you look good in anything Ooh, I don't care Now I've seen class, I've seen tact I've seen 'em walking down the street with smoke in their stack And pouring into limos, they wake up in millionaires' bedrooms I've seen the hair cut short, black and sleek Tied in 20 thousand knots so ultra neat Swearing by the Harcos bazaar, I'll get through the Bible CHORUS (minus last line) Forget about vogue, golden 100 dollar jeans, you make a 2 dollar T-shirt obscene (Rag ...) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 9) You're A Movie 3:36 I fearlessly walk into battle With a shine on my boots and my teeth Never flinch, never blink, never rattle My blood is like ice underneath Oh, I'm the reicarnation of Patten And I've got Hannibal's heart in my chest I to the eye would have rivalled Alexander the Great at his best (You're a movie) Quite (You're a movie) Yes (The exception) That's right (You're the final kind) (You're a movie) More than ethically (Please include me, send us to the line) Mm, that's right Very good Bullets repel off my metals And my men are in awe when I speak All chaos my strategies settles My mere presence gives strength to the weak For me it seems really alarming I'm really just only a man With five million sheep in this army I seem to be the only one fit to command (You're a movie) I'm quite aware (You're a movie) Yeah (The exception) Oh, you'd noticed (You're the final kind) (You're a movie) Hey, very true (Please include me, send us to the line) Mm, if you're lucky I must go now and save the world Stand aside me, drop of water, let the ocean pass (You're a movie) Quite right (You're a movie) (The exception) (You're the final kind) (You're a movie) (Please include me) Mm hmm (Please include me) (2) Possibly (Send us to the lines) Good man (Send us to the lines) I'll be at the front, please (Front of the lines) Oh, alright Follow me Another day, another victory Another gold stripe, another star Really quite boring sometimes I wish they'd send someone equal to my strategies What a guy I'm really quite a guy (Movie ...) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 10) Vicious Rumours 3:43 You feel the knife stuck in your back You feel it twist and you hear it crack Can't make a sound for the sudden pain You wish your blood were Novocaine You see the smoke and you feel the flak You're burning up and you're turning black They say you fell and you hit your head Your other bun is Whitenbread Vicious rumours, paranoic fears Sonic boomers ringing in your ears All of this is getting normal now You'll never go back to your farming plough Vicious rumours You're right at home back at William's flat You heard a sound you turned and shot your cat Your hands are shaking, everybody sees And there's a rhythm drumming in your knees You return into a foreign night Inside you know something is just not right Sometimes you duck when you see your pet Canary turned into a Sabre jet Shocked consumer - you're just an average guy Swelling tumor pushing on your eye And now you know why all the headaches come And why you're getting progressively numb Vicious rumours I've been denied, debriefed, detuned Sometimes I howl right at the moon My family treats me gradually They know my volatility Vicious rumours, paranoic fears Sonic boomers ringing in your ears And now I know why all the headaches come And why you're getting progressively numb Vicious rumours (Vicious rumours) [x8] [Fade into..] Who do you think we are (5) We don't care (2) ------------------------------------------------------------------------