Impellitteri - Victim Of The System (1993) --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Rob Rock - Lead Vocals Chris Impellitteri - Guitars James Amelio Pulli - Bass Mark Bistany Claude Schnell - Keyboards on "Cross To Bear". Ken Mary - Drums on "Victim Of The System" and "Glory" Ken Tamplin - Backing Vocals on "Visual Prison", "Cross To Bear" and "The Young And The Ruthless". Produced by Mike Tacci except "Victim Of The System" by Mike Tacci and Chris Impellitteri and "Glory" by Chris Impellitteri. Engineered and Mixed by Mike Tacci. 2nd Engineer: Jamie McLvery. Original Front Cover Band Photo by Glen La Ferman. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Track Listing 1) Victim Of The System 2) Visual Prison 3) Glory 4) Cross To Bear 5) The Young And The Ruthless --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Living in the city where the poverty prevails Sleeping on the side walk you can hear the sirens wail Dining with the rats down on 42nd street Begging for some money, hungry for something to eat Wasted and falling through the cracks Dying while lying on your back --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1) Victim Of The System Freezing by the fire while you're chilling to the bone Faceless in the crowd And there's no place you call home Crazy from the heat and lost in deep despair Is there no solution, doesn't anybody care? Can't get your feet back on the ground Can't you hear your voice, you can't be found Victim of the system, there's no place you can go Stranded by your country, left here on your own Victim of the system, isn't a pity Victim of the system, living in the city Wanted and falling through the cracks Dying while lying on your back Victim of the system there's no place you can go Left here by your country, left here on your own Victim of the system isn't it a pity? Victim of the system living in the city --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2) Visual Prison I'm watching you at home from my prison cell alone Trapped here inside my visual prison Deadly stare into the monitor screen Mesmerized by the latest scenes Switching channels from the ends of the earth Comatose by the thoughts received Visual Prison I'm trapped inside my visual prison The whole world's alive from my field of vision Main attraction from across the sea To the wars in the holy land Chain reaction from a satellite My remote controller's in my hand Visual Prison I'm trapped inside my visual prison The whole world's alive from my field of vision I've got you in my sight You're on my screen tonight You're in my field of vision See life passing on the monitoring screen The world so small pictured here at my feet Visual decline etched upon my mind Trapped here inside my prison I'm trapped inside my visual prison The whole world's alive from my field of vision Visual, visual prison I'm trapped inside my field of vision Visual prison, yeah, visual prison I've got you in my sight Visual prison --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3) Glory Instrumental --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4) Cross To Bear Everybody's got their cross to bear The cards were dealt, life ain't fair It's what you do with what you got You can cry a little you can give a lot There's always something to share The miracle of love is all you need To break the chains, to set you free And lately, I see, the loneliness will fade Falling, like a river from your eyes See the tears roll down, another victim of the night How far will people go? How long until it shows That we've been hiding from the light? I want to know what love always meant to be Cuz I've been blinded by the lie I've come this far to find I don't know what I need Everyone's got their cross to bear Calling, in the middle of the night When you need a friend, cuz something ain't right Your heart is bought and sold And now it leaves you cold I want to know what love always meant to be Cuz I've been blinded by the lie I've come this far to find I don't know what I need Everyone's got their cross to bear The cards were dealt, and life's unfair Everybody's got their cross to bear Cross to bear Cross to bear Everybody's got their cross to bear --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 5) The Young And The Ruthless It doesn't really matter to the kid any more No it doesn't really matter at all It doesn't really matter to the kid any more No it doesn't, doesn't, doesn't Little Stevie's got a Forty-seven Got one thing on his mind And he's boasting all the time Making it clear he's got nothing to fear When he's running with the pack Rushing down the street He might not make it back The young and the ruthless The young and the ruthless Every night in the city lights See the murder in the streets Homicide is the latest craze You can do it on the screen Senseless killings in a brutal wave Another mindless crime Violence is their point of view In a twisted state of mind The young and the ruthless With nothing to fear The young and the ruthless With nothing to fear The young and the ruthless With nothing to fear ---------------------------------------------------------------------------