W. A. S. P. - The Last Command (1985) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Blackie Lawless - Lead Vocals, Bass Chris Holmes - Guitars Randy Piper - Guitars, Backing Vocals Steve Riley - Drums, Backing Vocals Carlos Cavazo, Chuck Wright - Additional Backing Vocals on "Running Wild In The Streets". Produced by Spencer Proffer for Pasha. Engineered by Hanspeter Huber. Recorded and Mixed at The Pasha Music House, Hollywood California. Additional Enginnering: Spencer Proffer. Engineering Assistants: Alex Woltman and Kevin Arnst. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Track Listing 1) Wild Child (Lawless, Holmes) 5:12 2) Ballcrusher (Lawless) 3:27 3) Fistful Of Diamonds (Lawless) 4:13 4) Jack Action (Riley, Lawless) 4:16 5) Widowmaker (Lawless) 5:17 6) Blind In Texas (Lawless) 4:21 7) Cries In The Night (Lawless) 3:41 8) The Last Command (Lawless) 4:10 9) Running Wild In The Streets (Lawless, Proffer) 3:30 10) Sex Drive (Lawless, Holmes) 3:12 11) Mississippi Queen (C. Laing, Leslie West, Felix Pappalardi, D. Ray) 3:21 - Re-issue bonus track 12) Savage (Lawless, Piper, Holmes) 3:32 - Re-issue bonus track ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1) Wild Child (Lawless, Holmes) 5:12 I ride, I ride the winds That bring the rain A creature of love And I can't be tamed I want you, cause I'm gonna take your love from him, And I'll touch your face And hot burning skin No he'll never ever touch you like I do So look in my eyes and burn alive the truth I'm a wild child Come and love me I want you My heart's in exile I need you to touch me 'Cause I want what you do I'm a wild child Come and love me I want you My heart's in exile I need you to touch me 'Cause I want what you do I want you Tell me... Tell me the lies you're telling him when you Run away cause I wanna know 'Cause I... I'm sure it's killing him to find that you run to me When he lets you go 'Cause I'm burning, burning, burning up with fire So come turn me on and turn the flames up higher I'm a wild child Come and love me I want you My heart's in exile I need you to touch me 'Cause I want what you do I'm a wild child Come and love me I want you My heart's in exile I need you to touch me 'Cause I want what you do I want You A naked heat machine and I want your love When the moon's arise we'll feel just what it does ... at midnight I'm a wild child Come and love me I want you My heart's in exile I need you to touch me 'Cause I want what you do I'm a wild child Come and love me I want you My heart's in exile I need you to touch me 'Cause I want what you do I want You ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 2) Ballcrusher (Lawless) 3:27 Such a wicked vicious woman Black magic voodoo queen Les-bo nymphomaniac Ooh, she got a girl friend that is seventeen Bye bye bye Ballcrusher Bye bye bye Bye bye bye Ballcrusher Bye bye bye Stole the rent and drunk all my J. D. She went and hi-jacked my brand new car I say A. C. she say D. C. The damned bitch is just too bizarre Bye bye bye Ballcrusher Bye bye bye Bye bye bye Ballcrusher Bye bye bye I call her liar Her eyes burn the flame Liar, the princess of pain Bye bye bye Ballcrusher Bye bye bye Ballcrusher Such a wicked vicious woman The hell raiser finally pushed her luck Before I go and leave her in my dust I, I'm gonna ... her till she can't stand up Bye bye bye Ballcrusher Bye bye bye Bye bye bye Ballcrusher Bye bye bye I call her liar Her eyes burn the flame Liar the daughter of DeSade Bye bye bye Ballcrusher Bye bye bye Bye bye bye Ballcrusher Bye bye bye ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 3) Fistful Of Diamonds (Lawless) 4:13 Money ... makes me crazy Money ... drives me insane Diamonds, silver, gold and precious steel I want it all It's mine to claim I hold my hands out, I take it all I want a fistful, fistful of diamonds I live for the glory and fame I want a fistful, fistful of diamonds The millions are calling my name Fortune ... come here to me It's power that rules the game Seduction of silver and LAWLESS greed I love it all, I damn the shame The root of all evil can hear me call I want a fistful, fistful of diamonds I live for the glory and fame I want a fistful, fistful of diamonds The millions are calling my name Solitaire, come cast a spell of magic The smell of green, I stack my dollars high Intoxicating, my mind's wreaking havoc A famous face, I get what you can't buy I want a fistful, fistful of diamonds I live for the glory and fame I want a fistful, fistful of diamonds The millions are calling my name ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 4) Jack Action (Riley, Lawless) 4:16 I've been uptown, all around I've looked here, there, everywhere He killed my babe, today, with a gun I'll get him, now, he can't run No Well, I'm lookin' for, lookin' for Lookin' for Jack Action To get my satisfaction I'm lookin' for Jack Action I'm lookin', lookin'... Watch out! Now I can't believe she's gone away He better run, run, ya know I don't play Took my babe, my life, he's on the run Look out Jack now, here's my gun Yeah Well, I'm lookin' for, lookin' for I'm lookin' for Jack Action To get my satisfaction I'm lookin' for Jack Action I'm lookin', lookin'... Oh no, a man with a war to wage I'm a suicide brigade, he's mine He's all mine My bullets are bearing his name And his life is mine to claim, it's time Now it's time Jack Action, where are you It's been too long since I've known Won't give up on you 'til I'm done You'll be dead soon, you can't run, No 'Cause I'm lookin' for, lookin' for Lookin' for Jack Action To get my satisfaction I'm lookin' for Jack Action I'm lookin', lookin'... Lookin' for Jack Action To get my satisfaction I'm lookin' for Jack Action I'm lookin', lookin' for You ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 5) Widowmaker (Lawless) 5:17 A thousand years I've roamed the plains And waved the hand of doom I've seen the tears that fall like rain From waste and all the ruin A shadow's cast and falls from me On you - a time to claim All that's mine, my wrath is blind The balance is where you hang I'm the Widow Maker The Lord of the Wings I'm the Widow Maker The cries of sadness, never heard Fall deaf upon my ears The stench of madness, raging wars I've seen a million years The smell of sorrow, fills the field And lingers in the sky The littered ground, will swallow down The souls that fill my eyes I'm the Widow Maker The Lord of the Wings I'm the Widow Maker I'm the Widow Maker The Lord of the Wings I'm the Widow Maker I'm the Widow Maker The Lord of the Wings I'm the Widow Maker ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 6) Blind In Texas (Lawless) 4:21 An El Paso hell hole I couldn't get higher White lightning moonshine, tastes the fire I drank for free Till I couldn't see I fell on the floor, what I said is I'm blind in Texas The lone star is hot tonight I'm blind in Texas The cowboys have taken my eyes I drank Dallas Whiskey And lost my mind Had hi-balls in Houston, 3 for a dime, yeah Everything starts to spin Loaded on gin I fell out the door, what I said is I'm blind in Texas The lone star is hot tonight I'm blind in Texas The cowboys have taken my eyes San Antonio and the West Texas town El Paso Corpus Christi and Waco The Yellow Rose is wild Hey dude, let's party Raisin' hell in Austin Just after sundown When the hoose-gow police Decided to come 'round - they said "Boy what's-a-matter with you, What you tryin' to do?" I looked at the man and I said (Spoken): "I think I'll have another one" - We ain't got no more "What do ye mean you ain't got no more liquor?" - We ain't got no more, go home "What do ye mean go home? What am I supposed to do... Get on a horse and ride back to LA?" - ??? "The hell you say ... suffer!" I'm blind in Texas The lone star is hot tonight I'm blind in Texas I'm blind in Texas, I'm blind ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 7) Cries In The Night (Lawless) 3:41 Ooh, I'm sitting down thinking About losing my mind 'Cause I keep telling myself I'm only one of a kind My life is broke because my Dreams were shattered For so very long nothing else mattered I'm hearing Cries in the Night I can't wait another day No, no, no, tell me no lies I'm standing cold in the light I lose the dream and I'll go crazy I'm hearing Cries in the Night Yeah, they pull at my hair And call out my name They think I'm cool And got worries with fame But I'm living to lose and dying to win With those people around here My patience wears thin I'm hearing Cries in the Night I can't wait another day No, no, no, tell me no lies I'm standing cold in the light I lose the dream and I'll go crazy I'm hearing Cries in the Night Yeah, I'm trying to get away Get away from it all I stand and scream I'm not gonna crawl The dream never dies That's why I sing the song Like my maddening world, it turns on and on I'm hearing Cries in the Night I can't wait another day No, no, no, tell me no lies I'm standing cold in the light I lose the dream and I'll go crazy I'm hearing Cries in the Night ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 8) The Last Command (Lawless) 4:10 You don't know what's in our hearts This is our time, we've made our mark And can you understand We'll fight 'til we fall But what do you want to do? The time is right for you To stand on your feet and answer the call Stand up, for the first time and shout it, woah-oh The Last Command is heard across the land Stand up for the first time and cry out, woah-oh Hear the call we are, The Last Command A thousand times I had this dream The flag was high, I heard a scream The cut through the still of the night Just like a knife But that was yesterday The darkness had gone away I stand on the edge, and I'll pledge my life Stand up, for the first time and shout it, woah-oh The Last Command is heard across the land Stand up for the first time and cry our, woah-oh Hear the call we are, The Last Command The destiny that I control will sever And break the bonds and set me free forever! Stand up, for the first time and shout it, woah-oh The Last Command is heard Stand up for the last time and cry out, woah-oh Hear the call we are, The Last Command Stand up for the last time and cry out, woah-oh Hear the call we are, The Last Command ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 9) Running Wild In The Streets (Lawless, Proffer) 3:30 I'm running to beat hell Looks like I've got to be the leader As my forces yell You can hear 'em Can't you hear them All the way - we'll go the distance All the way - stand behind me now All the way - no turnin' back All the way 'cause we are together I'm standin' proud We're screamin' loud I'll lead the crowd Running wild in the streets A heavy dose of mean Yeah, I'm a lethal combination Hear my forces yell You can see 'em Can't you see them All the way - we'll do the distance All the way - stand beside me now All the way - no turnin' back All the way we are together I'm standin' proud We're screamin' loud I'll lead the crowd Running wild in the streets I'm standin' proud We're screamin' loud I'll lead the crowd Running wild in the streets I'm standin' proud We're screamin' loud I'll lead the crowd Running wild in the streets I'm standin' proud We're screamin' loud I'll lead the crowd Running wild in the streets ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 10) Sex Drive (Lawless, Holmes) 3:12 I got a message for you It's something you love to do You're thinking 'bout it all the time You're lying in bed and it runs through your head 'Cause you can't get it off your mind You've been thinking pink And you're losing sleep That rush is almost all you can stand You feel it getting hard And your crotch starts to throb It's body language you understand I'm talking about a sex drive Ooh, it makes you feel so alive Sex Drive Ooh, it's everything you fantasize Sex Drive Like a dog in heat All dirty love is a treat And ya know it's just too good to believe That feeling second to none You pull the trigger on your gun baby Gotta get some relief Your hands they tremble and sweet and You want all you can get A need to get close inside Yeah, you can take a lick'n'and Keep on tick'n' 'Cause you wanna go on all night I'm talking about a sex drive Ooh, it makes you feel so alive Sex Drive Ooh, it's everything you fantasize Sex Drive Come here and take what you need baby I'm talking about a sex drive Ooh, it makes you feel so alive Sex Drive Ooh, it's everything you fantasize Sex Drive ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 11) Mississippi Queen (C. Laing, Leslie West, Felix Pappalardi, D. Ray) 3:21 - Re-issue bonus track (from Mountain "..." (19..)) Mississippi Queen, you know what I mean Mississippi Queen, she taught me everything A way down around Vicksburg around Lousisiana way There's a Cajun lady, they called her Mississippi Queen You know she was a dancer, she moved better on wine While the rest of those dudes where gettin' their kicks Buddy, beg your pardon, I was gettin' mine Mississippi Queen, if you know what I mean Mississippi Queen, she taught me everything This lady she asked me if I would be her man You know that I told her I'd do what I can To keep her lookin' pretty buy her dresses that shine While the the rest of them dudes was makin' their bread Buddy beg your pardon I was losing mine You know she was a dancer, she moved better on wine While the rest of those dudes where gettin' there kicks Brother beg your pardon I was gettin' mine Ohhhhh Mississippi Queen Look out, Helter Skelter! Wooah ha ha ha "Okay, put it up, let's see what we got" "Man, that one note is a fucking bitch..." ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 12) Savage (Lawless, Piper, Holmes) 3:32 - Re-issue bonus track I'm a night rider burning the highways, no brakes I ride Tasmanian devil, a mean streak as wide as the sky As wild as the night Cause I'm a wild screaming eagle I thunder and roll down the line No one can see that I got to be free All that I need's just to ride in the breeze I'm running today, I'm still bound to stay Don't tread on me cause I'm living to be S-s-s-s-s-savage I'm a fur stroking monster, I'll eat you alive My heart is my smoking sportster, cross me and you'll not survive My wheels are my life No one can see that I got to be free All that I need's just to ride in the breeze I'm running today, I'm still bound to stay Don't tread on me cause I'm living to be S-s-s-s-s-savage Don't dare touch me Five hundred c-c-c-c-c-c-s No one can see that I got to be free All that I need's just to ride in the breeze I'm running today, I'm still bound to stay Don't tread on me cause I'm destined to be Savage...To be free, ride in the breeze No don't you touch me I'm running today, I'm still bound to stay Sa-sa-sa-savage ------------------------------------------------------------------------ DON'T DRIVE DRUNK OR BLIND. ...In Texas or anywhere else... ------------------------------------------------------------------------