John Sykes - Nuclear Cowboy (2000) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Produced by John Sykes. Recorded at The Bunker, Los Angeles, USA. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Track Listing 1) Intro (Sykes) 2) We Will (Sykes) 3) Nuclear Cowboy (Sykes, Peter Black / Sykes) 4) Arc Angel (Sykes, Black / Sykes) 5) Nothing Means Nothing (Sykes) 6) Talking 'Bout Love (Sykes, Black / Sykes) 7) One Way System (Sykes) 8) Interlude / All Good People / Degraded (Sykes, Black / Sykes) 9) Sick (Sykes, Black / Sykes) 10) I Wish It Would Rain (Sykes) 11) Raising The Devil (Sykes) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1) Intro (Sykes) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 2) We Will (Sykes) John Sykes - Lead Vocals, Guitars, Bass Mars Lasar - Soundscape Programming What you got We want it Coming out to get it Don't forget be ready You can run But don't forget you can't escape it baby Heard it said about That you're the toughest crew in town So we're gonna take you down the hard way Won't give up We get up We won't stop just like a hurrican coming Saying we will Talking 'bout we will We won't take it no more Saying we will carry it home So you think you're better Better run and hide forever Cause you know we're coming out to get you Planet Earth we're representing No way you can take it Complicate or even fake it We're gonna take you down the hard way So load up Put up Step up Just like a hurricane coming Funny how we fight with one another Separate tribes But if our planet was attacked We'd all be covering each other's back See we're one big family But we can never all agree We're gonna have to learn the hard way So get up cause there's a hurricane coming Saying we will When will we ever learn talking 'bout we will How long until we burn Telling you that we will carry it home ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 3) Nuclear Cowboy (Sykes, Peter Black / Sykes) John Sykes - Lead Vocals, Guitars, Bass Carmine Appice - Drums Peter Black - Programming Yeah I was chillin' out and wasting some time I didn't notice I was losing my mind Then out of nowhere World War III walked in Yeah the whole place exploded as we all piled in Yeah yeah One - I've got a 40 clip loaded Two - I'm at the meltdown stage Three - I'm on fire tonight Four - I'm on a rampage Death run You won't be taking me My face You just don't want to see Until the blood runs out of me Nuclear cowboy Instinct - Survival's pushing me Cross me you'll soon be begging please Police closing in on the nuclear cowboy One - I want to say that Two - before I die that Three - I love my children eternally I'm living in this world full of sin The only evil thing on Earth's human beings You better take me out of here in some style Cause I don't give a fuck if I die here tonight I didn't notice I was losing my mind Yeah, the whole place exploded as we all piled in Yeah yeah I want to say that before I die That I love my children eternally ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 4) Arc Angel (Sykes, Black / Sykes) John Sykes - Lead Vocals, Guitars, Bass, Theremin Jamie Muhoberac - Keyboards Carmine Appice - Drums Peter Black - Programming Standing on the edge I look straight down I walk a razor's edge Pushed out of bounds When everything comes crashing down Everybody knows that this world is crazy What the hell is going on Innocence of children sent from heaven Can we ever right all our wrongs I doubt it Still searching for angels in the dark When they're right beside you holding your hand Still sure as you're wishing on a star Maybe heaven ain't so far And your dreams are at hand Cover me Hanging by a thread I won't back down When demons in your head spread seeds of doubt Confessing that I'm broken down Cover me We're all in this crazy world together What really sets us all apart You better believe in hell Cause heaven knows You might not make it home Angel Angel Arc angel Cover me ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 5) Nothing Means Nothing (Sykes) John Sykes - Lead Vocals, Guitars, Bass Carmine Appice - Drums Crazy days are what you asked for Better comprehend the price you'll pay Charted course straight for disaster Better save your pills for rainy days I'm on my way I won't be here to stay And so I burn in hell It's time to get away Nothing means nothing And still I burn in hell It's time to get away Nothing means nothing Play by play You're slipping faster Dealing with the forces in your head Fall from grace There's no more laughter Never knew that you could feel so dead I'm on my way I won't be here to stay So crazy days are what you asked for Now you ain't so proud you ain't the same Charted course straight for disaster Better save your pills for rainy days I'm on my way I won't be here to stay ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 6) Talking 'Bout Love (Sykes, Black / Sykes) John Sykes - Lead Vocals, Guitars Marco Mendoza - Bass Tommy O'Steen - Drum Parts Peter Black - Programming Mars Lasar - Soundscape Programming Baby it's been all night Nothing's gonna change my mind Ain't it time we let this good thing die So many questions So many lies Life's full of lessons Some cut you so deep I've been broken down-hearted baby And I ain't gonna live in a world that's so so cold And if you want to get down to business It's how you try to rope and chain me And I'm here to tell you baby that I just won't be burned or faded I'm talking 'bout love Love Taking love to the core of your soul I'm talking 'bout love Love The kind of love that just won't let you go I'm begging please Forget about me No time to live with that hurting feeling It's time to let love run free I'm talking 'bout love Ain't it funny how things change over time Listen to the words of me baby And baby baby don't you understand It's come to this and who's to blame I thought love was the answer and Lord knows I've tried The one and only question is how to get out alive I'm talking 'bout love Love that cuts you to the bone It's when you beg and scream for mercy But it just won't let you go I'm talking 'bout love Love form way down deep within Just like Samson and Delilah And it'll make a good man sin Listen to the words that I'm saying ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 7) One Way System (Sykes) John Sykes - Lead Vocals, Guitars, Bass Carmine Appice - Drums Still standing toxified 247 flying high You know the word is out It's a suicide You're gonna blow yourself away A cruel world gonna make you fight You better be strong or you won't survive Cause the concrete jungle way of life You're either predator or prey You're still running wild and telling lies Who wants to live forever now Oh life's a joke You're stoned you're broke Who cares Let's burn this mother to the ground But that road you're rolling on Slipping down fast You're loaded complication Degradation slowly steal your soul away Hard times are rolling Will you live or will you fade Come inside to meet the dead who've paid Caught in a one way system A one way system I said a one way system Yeah and you're up next baby Fever's got you down You don't know how you're gonna make it through your day Oh call the folks You pull the hoax The money's wired down the fastest way Tides are turning fast There's a hurricane coming And you better start running Gonna cut you down fast Self intoxicate You rearrange your head to deal with what's up now Oh slightly not quite straight Your medication eases pain but leaves you down I said I can't take no more ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 8) Interlude / All Good People / Degraded (Sykes, Black / Sykes) John Sykes - Lead Vocals, Guitars Marco Mendoza - Bass Jamie Muhoberac - Keyboards Carmine Appice - Drums Peter Black, Adam Schiff - Programming Have you ever really been degraded Here's a story all about seductive fate How a girl so curious stepped through the darkened gate She's taking it in She's checking it out Surrounded by sin She's shrouded in doubt She's letting it go The demons are in the satans about And she just about to sin Hey now What do you say What is your game And how do you play I said hey I'm like a disease running undercover You can run but you can never leave It's just a little bit twisted Gonna be alright Come on sweet little sister You're doing just fine Don't ask no questions I won't tell no lies The big misconception Hope you make peace before you die Have you ever really been degraded I could show you things that you've never ever seen Have you ever really been degraded I could take you to places you've never seen Hey now What do you say This is the game Are you ready to play I said hey I'm like a disease Once you are inducted Baby you can never ever leave Yeah now you're fully inducted A deep darker life Yeah you're fully corrupted You're a human sacrifice There ain't no confessions I'm gonna set you free You're in the hands of satan baby Pray to God for mercy Here's a story all about her twist of fate How the hand of Lucifer led her so far away ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 9) Sick (Sykes, Black / Sykes) John Sykes - Lead Vocals, Guitars, Bass Carmine Appice - Drums Peter Black - Programming You're 101 percent bitch and hate You slowly slip the collar on and tighten up the choke chain Why don't you tell me what you really wanna say Oh my my she sucked it dry Took me straight to heaven And left the little head in overdrive I have to say she put the devil in me Used to be my everything Till your knife in my back Slowly starts to dig in Try to drive me out of my mind Better do more than that I've been taught to survive But time slipped by The rabbit done died My little piece of heaven slowly turned into hell time I have to say I ain't been feeling quite myself Police arrive Petition done signed You better get your bags together soon It's moving out of time I got to say you put the devil in me Cause everything was fine and cool Until you had to go All those things are coming back to you Maybe I'm right and you're wrong In the head now it's dead And I'm out but you're still obsessed with me It's real fine line between love and hate You had to shoot your mouth off One to kind of irritate I gotta say I ain't been feeling quite myself I torched the house the dog done stayed I think you'll find his ashes somewhere under the fire grate I couldn't stand that motherfucker anyway Just say nothing but you got to say something Yeah you got to say something But you just don't understand ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 10) I Wish It Would Rain (Sykes) John Sykes - Lead Vocals, Guitars Marco Mendoza - Bass Alex Alessandroni - Keyboards Curt Bisquera - Drums Mars Lasar - Soundscape Programming Seems I been waiting here forever Girl I don't know what else to do Season have changed But not for better Where is the love that we once knew Try to be strong But now you're leaving Heartache keeps bringing on the pain This is the last time that you'll see me Baby our love was not in vain Lord I wish it would rain Rain fall down wash away all my hurt and pain Lord I wish it would rain Rain pour down take away all the hurt and shame Remember those summer night sweet kisses Writing our names with sticks in sand You were my queen On wild horses we'd ride across this wild land Swore that our love would last forever But now we're waiting on the rain Some people say nothing lasts forever Baby our love was not in vain Yeah I've been guilty Lord Yeah I know I've done you wrong And I must confess I'm cursed But I'd never do you harm All the laughter and the tears Who would have thought through all the years We're letting go Hold on Saying goodbye my love If ever you feel you really need a friend Just call my name and I'll come running Until the bitter dying end Baby don't ever stop believing I know you'll always find your way Storm clouds are crying tears from heaven That's when the angels may appear Oh Lord oh Lord don't leave me this way Rain fall down wash away all the hurt and heartache Oh yeah the rain comes falling down Falling down Rain falls down wash away all my fear and heartache Sometimes things just don't go the way you want it to I don't understand I've done my time here the best way I can I gotta see you Lord You know I wanna see you Lord I wanna feel you Lord See you Lord Take me away ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 11) Raising The Devil (Sykes) John Sykes - Vocals, Guitars Marco Mendoza - Bass Jamie Muhoberac - Keyboards Bonnie Bonapart - Drums This life is killing me This total insanity I'm hoping that something will make it all better The best I can say to you is to follow that dream Until the hand of the devil will lead you away Yeah roll like a stone Ripped to the bone Raising the devil Man you're out of control Death to the soul Power behold Raising the devil for the soul that he stole I crashed down onto my knees And sold soul to hold the keys Unflashing the secrets of which I've been asking Funny in life it seems that all that you ever do Will come back to haunt you again in the end When all you needed was a helping hand I can sing along I can pray along Another one-night stand she said But I can sing along I can move along I can play along I can dream alone This life It'll cut you down Tear your soul to pieces Put you six feet in the ground Life can be cruel you see Whatever has been has been Keep wishing and hoping and praying for better Death to the soul ------------------------------------------------------------------------