W. A. S. P. - The Headless Children (1988) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Track Listings: 1. The Heretic (The Lost Child) 2. The Real Me 3. The Headless Children 4. Thunderhead 5. Mean Man 6. The Neutron Bomber 7. Mephisto Waltz 8. Forever Free 9. Maneater 10. Rebel In The F.D.G. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ THE HERETIC (Lawless, Holmes) These fits of depression are torturing me The lives that I seen won't breathe again A sad child of madness, they'll never be free Born again to die, the agonies begin And soldiers keep coming - like warriors they die But gangland's alive when mothers cry 'Cause hate's blind addictions, a killing machine And it burns on the fuel of shattered lives Lost child, lost child The seeds of all evil are sown in their minds And harvest the sad fields of woe Cause dead boys are martyrs That live on forever But now it's too late for their souls Standing on sanities too fragile edge And worship the "Lord Of The Flies" And wade through the slaughter You've made of thy brother And drown in his blood then when he dies You see in their eyes They're the lost child See in their eyes You see in their eyes They're the lost child See in their eyes Don't turn out the lights 'Cause there's demons in the night And they prey on the fears in us all They hide inside and wait And they shun the light of day The screams in their dreams fill us all Children of the night Such a sad tune they rhyme The bloody boys that sing a wicked song And for all of them they're just memories in the wind Rise and see It's the dawn of insanity Keeper of the gates of fire And the Heretic has said You don't have to be afraid 'Till I - till I come to get ya And child in time On the swords edge you ride And cast a spell of Heresy And die in vain Like a wild dog in chains And no one can save Or set you free ------------------------------------------------------------------------ THE REAL ME (Pete Townshend) (from The Who "..." (19..)) I went back to the doctor to get another shrink I sit and tell him about my weekend, but He never can change what he thinks Can you see the real me, doctor, doctor Can you see the real me, doctor, ooh doctor I went back to my mother, I said I'm crazy Ma, help me She said "I know how it feels son, cause it runs in the family" C'mon tell me Can you see the real me, mother, mother Can you see the real me, mother, woah mother Can you see, can you see, can you see the real me Can you see, can you see the real me The real me, the real me, the real me The cracks between the pavement stones Like rivers of flowing rain Strange people who know me From behind every window pane The girl I used to love lives in this yellow house Yesterday she passed me by, she don't want to know me now Can you see the real me, can ya, can ya Can you see the real me, woah yea I ended up with the preacher, full of lies and hate I seemed to scare him a little, ha ha So he showed me to the golden gate Whoa can you see the real me preacher, preacher Can you see the real me woah yea Can you see, can you see, can you see, woah yeah Can you see the real me, doctor, doctor Can you see the real me, mama Can you see the real me me me me ------------------------------------------------------------------------ THE HEADLESS CHILDREN (Lawless) Father come save us from this madness we're under God of creation are we blind? Cause some here are slaves that worship guns that spit thunder The children that you've made have lost their minds This monster that we call the earth is bleeding Cause the children have been left alone too long This thing that we've made is fat and feeds on the hate Of the millions that it's taught to sing the song The Headless Children The screams that fill the night, fill the night, fill the night, fill the night The Headless Children The madness steals the light, steals the light, steals the light, steals the light Timebombs in the hands of all the wicked war babies Light the fuse of temptation and we all burn Four horsemen sit high up in the saddle And waiting and ride the bloody trail of no return Sleeping in the arms of a nightmare And wake to find we've been away too long This Frankenstein of flesh stitched together back from death And preying on the souls of everyone The Headless Children The screams that fill the night, fill the night, fill the night, fill the night The Headless Children The madness steals the light, steals the light, steals the light, steals the light ------------------------------------------------------------------------ THUNDERHEAD (Lawless, Holmes) Oh Thunderhead, you're a man with a problem Ah old habits too hard to break And soon you'll be dead from that poison that you're on Oh the venom that's worse than the snakes And I say, hey hey hey, oh no, hey hey hey Oh no, hey hey hey: white thunder Needles and pins a dead man you're in So deep you'll never climb out Hey hey hey, oh no, hey hey hey Oh no, hey hey hey: white thunder A gun to your dead, the trigger you're dead It's quicker and their ain't no doubt Oh thunderhead, tie it off, you're in heaven Oh you'll drown in the Heroin flood And die in your bed and sweat in detox You're leaving this world Oh your epitaph's written in blood And I said hey hey hey, oh no, hey hey hey Oh no, hey hey hey: white thunder Needles and pins a dead man you're in So deep you'll never climb out Hey hey hey, oh no, hey hey hey Oh no, hey hey hey: white thunder A gun to your dead, the trigger you're dead It's quicker and their ain't no doubt Killer- ya sceam and ya bleed Thriller- you spread your disease Watch out, watch out Thunder head - yes I'm your master Will you steal for me - yes Will you ruin yourself and give everything unto me- yes Will you lie, cheat, deceive, dishonor everything And even kill thy brother for me - yes, yes Will you worship only me as your true master - yes Thunderhead, will you die for me - yes master Hey hey hey, oh no, hey hey hey Oh no, hey hey hey: white thunder Needles and pins a dead man you're in So deep you'll never climb out Hey hey hey, oh no, hey hey hey Oh no, hey hey hey: white thunder A gun to your dead, the trigger you're dead It's quicker and their ain't no doubt ------------------------------------------------------------------------ MEAN MAN (Lawless) A tatooed madman, I am hell on wheels Born a wicked child left alone in the fields My father was the wind, my mother was fire Raised by the wolves and I grew up wild A kamakazi man, a hollering 'Banzai' Never crash and burn, never gonna die Cannibal it's me, you squeal and shout I chew you up and spit you out Storms a c-c-coming and it's gonna be me Here comes Trouble with a capital "T" 'Cause I'm a mean mother fucking man, I gotta scream, that's what I am All the way, all the way 'Cause I'm a mean mother fucking man, Riding the wind and know I'll be damned All they way, all the way, all the way Chewbacca in the rye, the water of fire A terror in the flesh, a killer for hire California man I'm white line, "Homer" The unruly one they call the "Blond Bomber" Scooter gypsy, I'm a renegade An orphan of the road, a live hand greande Never gonna quit before my time When the moon gets high then I'll be blind Mad dog 20-20's king I drink that stuff and start getting obscene 'Cause I'm a mean mother fucking man, I gotta scream, that's what I am All the way, all the way 'Cause I'm a mean mother fucking man, Riding the wind and know I'll be damned I'm a motorcycle man Don't never give a damn I lie when the truth serves better The Marquis de Sade, I cheat and steal and rob A heavy metal creature All the way, all the way, all the way 'Cause I'm a mean mother fucking man, I gotta scream, that's what I am All the way, all the way 'Cause I'm a mean mother fucking man, Riding the wind and know I'll be damned All they way, all the way, all the way ------------------------------------------------------------------------ THE NEUTRON BOMBER (Lawless) He came from the East, they called him a beast This king of terror insane Neutron Ronnie, the people would whisper his name Dangerous and mad, a torch in his hand Spread fire by the light of the moon Ooh, pyrotechnical wizard of doom Oh no, here comes Ronnie Ah the boy with the flame All his life has been burning inside Oh no no, here comes Ronnie Ah the bomber's insane Ah till he dies it'll burn in his eyes A phantom so cool, at midnight would rule A molotov cocktail would rain Babies screamin' and house would go up in flames When next Ronnie goes nobody knows But inside him's where Lucifer hides Ooh, he's the boy with the bombs at his side Ooh no, here comes Ronnie , Ah the boy with the flame All his life has been burning inside Oh no no, here comes Ronnie Ah the boy with the flames Ah his life has been burning inside Oh no no here comes Ronnie Ah the bomber's insane As 'till he dies the burning in his eyes ------------------------------------------------------------------------ MEPHISTO WALTZ (Lawless) Instrumental ------------------------------------------------------------------------ FOREVER FREE (Lawless) I ride all alone and can't see The road to nowhere anymore And shadows whispers are calling me To forbidden forests by the shore And there she fell, deep in the night One breath away from heaven's light And she said - don't cry for me, I'm leaving you The wind cries her name in the breeze But I can't hold her anymore Some fallen angel had come to me And fell to heavy on my soul And stole from me the love that I heard Lords of time say never die And said - don't cry for me, cause I'll be Riding the wind forever free High in the wind forever free I'll ride the wind forever free High in the wind forever free Forever free Forever in my hearts a fire, a fire burning I wake up nights and hear her crying, crying my name Riding the wind forever free High in the wind forever free I ride the wind forever free High in the wind forever free Forever free ------------------------------------------------------------------------ MANEATER (Lawless) Turn loose the lightning metal hangs and set me free Turn loose my crying metal hearts, 1200 cc's Cold steel forever I'm gonna ride and burn the flame That breathes the fire- breathes the fire And can't be tamed Thunder rolling down the highway These wheels of fire eat you alive Them outlaw riders going my way A Harley child until I die Run to the scorching desert sun, V twins will scream Into the blackness of the night at twisting speed High on the hawg I'm riding on engines explode It feels like thunder, it's breathing fire, it rules the road Milwaukee metal on the highway These wheels of fire eat you alive Them outlaw riders going my way Only the strong here will survive Maneater- born free I ride Maneater- wings of freedom burn the line For metal minds Them bad boys riding on forever When they die they ride in Harley heaven ------------------------------------------------------------------------ REBEL IN THE F.D.G. (Lawless) I live my life like a shot in the wind If tomorrow don't come I know I stole my share of fun for me Cause I'm too fast, too rad I'm going wasted when I go The cost of freedom's never free It's the deep six, it's my fix It's my best friend, cause it's my way or the highway I'll tell you it's the living end I'm a rebel in the FDG And I say only God in heaven knows I'm a bad child, come and love me And I say, oh yeah If you're fast you might last Slow you gotta go A wild one in the decadent zoo Ooh, I lick up all my seven deadly sins Cause I'm too hot, too cool Oh I've been playing in the fire of fools I might burn but I'll burn in the wind It's the deep six, it's my fix It's the big jam, cause it's my way or the highway I'll tell you what I am Oh I, I feel the heat and I, I touch the flesh and bone And I feel the kiss of fire Too fast to live, too fast to die Mom and daddy say, "I'm dancing in the fire" Sometimes I feel like an animal in a cage I pace back and forth and look around For something to sink my teeth into But nobody knows what's going on inside me ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 11) Locomotive Breath (Jan Anderson) 2:59 - Re-issue bonus track (from Jethro Tull "Aqualung" (1971)) In the Shuffling madness of the locomotive breath Runs the all time loser, headlong to his death He feels the piston scraping steam breaking on his brow Old Charlie stole the handle and the train that watched her go You know he couldn't slow down No he couldn't slow down He sees his children jumping off at stations one by one His woman and his best friend in bed and having fun Crawling down the corridor on his hands and knees Old Charlie stole the handle and the train that watched her go No he couldn't slow down No he couldn't slow down He hears the silence howling catches angels as they fall And the all time winner has got him by the balls He picks up Gideons bible open at page one I thank God he stole the handle and the train that watched her go You know he couldn't slow down No he couldn't slow down ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 12) For Whom The Bell Tolls (Lawless) 3:47 - Re-issue bonus track The tarot is fate, said the Gypsy Queen And she beckoned me, to glimpse my future she'd seen She said "Try to run away, don't know what to do" "Do you feel it's real do you believe it's true?" "When I lay the card down will it turn up the fool?" "Will it turn up sorrow? Is there one there for you?" For whom the bell tolls, it tolls for me For whom the bell tolls, it tolls for me Illusions are real, and the dreams that you feel I'll come back to you and voice the scream in your ear She said "Try to run away, don't know what to do" "Do you feel it's real do you believe it's true?" "When I lay the card down will it turn up the fool?" "Will it turn up sorrow? Is there one there for you?" For whom the bell tolls, it tolls for me For whom the bell tolls, it tolls for me ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 13) Lake Of Fools (Lawless) 5:32 - Re-issue bonus track Fifty million miles below my feet There's a lot of people I'd like to meet There's thieves and killers Harlots and whores All were misguided But not any more So I see their fate in the black of the doom Waves of fire in the storm Creatures howl at the moon They're screaming intensely Their cries are heard for miles A prince resides there Lake of fools, burning wild ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 14) War Cry (Lawless) 5:33 - Re-issue bonus track Oh I.. I was marked from the day I was born A rebel and I was the one who I am My father could not understand the fire in me There was, there was times I was crazy for real So crazy I just couldn't feel, no, no, no Confusion would stand in the door and tell me lies But now I stand on my feet so alive I am a metal warrior, I need their cries War Cry I'm a soldier, soldier, a soldier of fortune Ah, come take a stand Together we'll let out a cry I'm a soldier, soldier, a soldier of fortune Ah, come take a stand Together we'll never say die Oh I, I did not choose, the music chose me I was christened and destined to be who I am The one that they said would be damned A hellion child that he'd sown I stand at the mirror and sing I dare to be different and dream, now I am Big thunder that rolls on the land forever wild But still, this feeling inside never dies I am a metal warrior, I need their cries War Cry I'm a soldier, soldier, a soldier of fortune Ah, come take a stand Together we'll let out a cry I'm a soldier, soldier, a soldier of fortune Ah, come take a stand Together we'll never say die Raise your fist and support your rebel outlaws Cause nobody rides for free The freedom we lose today, you lose tomorrow Because freedom means something to us I'm a soldier, soldier, a soldier of fortune Ah, come take a stand Together we'll let out a cry I'm a soldier, soldier, a soldier of fortune Ah, come take a stand Together we'll never say die ------------------------------------------------------------------------