Sykes - 20th Century (1998) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ John Sykes - Lead Vocals, Guitars, Bass on "2 Counts" Marco Mendoza - Bass Mars Lasar - Keyboards Simon Philips - Drums Tommy Aldridge - Drums on "Look In His Eyes". Tommy O'Steen - Drums on "2 Counts". Bonnie Bonapart - Drums on "System Ain't Workin'" and "Found What I Needed". Produced by John Sykes. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Track Listing 1) Look In His Eyes (Sykes) 2) 20th Century Heartache (Sykes) 3) I Get Around (Sykes) 4) 2 Counts (Sykes) 5) Defcon 1 (Sykes) 6) System Ain't Workin' (Sykes) 7) The Way You Kiss Me (Sykes) 8) Found What I Needed (Sykes) 9) Cautionary Warning (Sykes) 10) Touched By Evil (Sykes) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1) Look In His Eyes (Sykes) Teenage Sally's out again Her daddy's screaming evil sin The boy she's with has kept her out too late Waiting at the door He slowly loads his shotgun, tapping toes He's lay in wait to fill this waste of space Look in his eyes and you will see Nothing but pain and misery He's the one unholy soul surviving demon of deceipt You're holding the apple of his eyes Don't even have no alibi You're the victim now, of a consequence And you've had your fan And you will repent For the fruit you stole From the father of the child Rock n roll on radio Came blasting down the drive You know, the old man said He'll blow us all away Flood lights burn And covers blown The old man takes him by the throat Get over here I've got to set you straight It's Christmas! Didn't it make you feel good all night long ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 2) 20th Century Heartache (Sykes) Living my life with no regrets Killing my time in loneliness with you Yeah oh all right Packing my bags, I'm out of here Catching that freight train cross the county line Don't waste my time, oh no I don't care If I should ever see your face or anything of you I've been up and I've been down I've been lost And now I've found out All the secrets that you tried to keep from me There will come a day when I will take my love away We conclude that we are agree to disagree There's a 20th century heartache coming to you And I won't be pushed around or taken down Or made to comprehend Cause that ain't my thing And I see that the sun still shines in the darkest hours Of the days I left behind Don't waste my time, oh no It's a complicated human tragedy This crazy world is slowly slipping into view Is there still a chance for hope Or have we lost what we once knew Communication breakdown Nothing seems the same Are we lost in total isolation Observation matters in your brain 20th century heartache coming to you So I hear there's a wolf pack out And there ain't no doubt It could never be the same Ain't that a shame You say that I lost my mind No one lied but you change from time to time I don't know why It's a complicated human tragedy ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 3) I Get Around (Sykes) Oh now now now What the hell am I doing underneath this table Where'd I do What'd I do And who've I upset now Oh lord, I think I had a little fun with Mable She's kind of nasty Takes it all the way down I get around and around Oh around I go My Les Paul loaded And I'm ready to roll You know your loving arms are needing me Lord I've just got to be free I get around I get around I don't really care if my paper's late on Sunday I don't care girl if you're leaving in a hurry Slander my name up, down and all around this town And I'll catch you later baby When the sun goes down You know I'll be around and around Yeah around I go Stringing her up and I'm ready to roll Slipping my fingers and tapping my toes I get around You know your loving arms are needing me Lord I've just got to be free I get around I get around I get around What's all the fuss 'n' all the fighting All the worry Before you know it your time is over in a hurry Better have some fun Shaking it up and down and all around this town Don't call me baby please if you're feeling down You know I'll be around ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 4) 2 Counts (Sykes) It's a blood bath Not a suicide So much anger So much pain inside She didn't like it She found new love Drove him crazy Half past midnight Blood lust sacrifice But who's gonna pay the price He tries to evade them The useless alibi There ain't no mistaken He's the one with the evil eye Two hearts broken Left in misery Everyone was shaken Is it him, no it couldn't be Half past midnight Blood lust sacrifice Lock down Out of time You know he's got to be out there somewhere Doesn't it make him look guilty You know he's got to be out there somewhere Doesn't he know if he runs that it makes him look guilty ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 5) Defcon 1 (Sykes) It's like an inferno with temperatures still rising He said in prophecies these problems will rise again The clock says zero hour is heading straight for you And there is nothing you can do Better find yourself some shelter baby 20th century fallout overdue Better find yourself a preacher baby Beg forgiveness too Miracle man is nowhere to be seen And it's one by one status those seconds tick And you're closer than you dreamed Wouldn't you like to know about the 21st century The fires are burning as the winds of hell are blowing Cloud of darkness will appear No sun is rising 20th century fallout overdue Better find yourself a corner baby Beg forgiveness too Miracle man is nowhere to be seen And it's one by one status those seconds tick And we're closer than you dreamed ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 6) System Ain't Workin' (Sykes) I lost my favourite situation Man, I'd say she had the best of me I don't wanna waste my time No, I don't know why But, I don't feel right anymore I don't care to make amends Nothing ever meant that much to me Walking a very fine line Don't wanna waste my time But I don't feel right anymore I don't quite know why our You say that I'm out of my head System ain't working, my love Was it something I said, my love I don't quite know why our I know that there's something inside System ain't working And it doesn't feel What do you need What do you need I don't know what we're gonna do If we don't pull together soon Will be too late to stop this Every single thing you say and do Turns out to be cruel I lost my favourite situation Man, I'd say she had the best of me I don't wanna waste my time No, I don't know why But, I don't feel right anymore Look in my Look in my eyes and you'll see ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 7) The Way You Kiss Me (Sykes) Well I'm ready and waiting to prove my love to you Turn me on, pretty baby Do all the things that you do You got my heart beating heavy In the heat of the night Anyway you like it baby, that's alright It's the way that it is You set my soul on fire tonight She's rock steady An angel I'm burning up inside You know I'm running a fever Around about a hundred and five Got my heart beating heavy In the heat of the night Anyway you like it baby, that's alright You got my heart beating heavy In the heat of the night Anyway you like it baby, that's alright It's in the way you kiss me Shaking me all through the night It's in the way you love me Makes me feel all right You drive me crazy with the way that you kiss She started a fire with her blood sucking lips I gotta love her She's a temptress of love She's my angel of fire tonight She's got my heart beating heavy In the heat of the night Anyway you like it baby, that's alright ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 8) Found What I Needed (Sykes) I've got a bad bad feeling There's something going on in your mind It's such a sad sad feeling Sayin' that we're wasting our time Girl, I found what I needed in you All those things that you told me Turned out to be true Darling bring back your loving to me I found what I needed Now love got me down to my knees Yeah baby I know you've tried to tell me In a thousand different ways Holding onto love now baby Don't walk away Although you've tried to hurt me Still in love with you We can work it out baby Let's start anew And I don't understand What good is hurting the ones that you love It's driving me out of my head Holding on, holding on Oh little darling get me out of this place I took another love And it was all a mistake All this time You gotten a hold of my heart Give a little love it's time For healing our heart ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 9) Cautionary Warning (Sykes) You are my instigator You are my aggravator You are my space invader Cautionary warning I propose You are my complicator You are my instigator You are my aggravator Cautionary warning I propose to you I guess the boy took it one step over the line Sold his soul to the dark unholy sign Now, only time will tell Will it take you down Or will you pull through It's like a voice from the burning fires of hell Selling sin Now you've fallen for the spell And only time will tell Will it take you down Or will you pull through It's calling out to you So now you're down Have you lost yourself control To the one you believed could save your soul Now only time will tell Will it take you down Or will you pull through Like a voice in the darkness of the night Telling tales You've become what you despise And only time will tell Will it take you down Or will you pull through Well I'm talking 'bout the isolation Complication Aggravation Voices inside my head Something that you said Well, I don't know Something drove me to the act But I just couldn't recollect If it was 10 or was it 20 blows The voice said once again But I don't know It's a fundamental fact That no one knows who's where Or what they are at At any time of day There's no one left to say So who's to know So who's to know ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 10) Touched By Evil (Sykes) Weren't you the one who lied to hide behind the truth A twist of fate The hate you gave came back to you Did all secrets show a darker side of you I've been down But don't count me out I lie awake until the dawn Those empty feelings carry on Just like a child without a home There's something dark inside of me The voice of satan holds the key Just like the king without a throne Does anybody really care Burning up Heading down Touched by evil Lord, let me out I see my hangman Waiting for me I've seen every little thing I don't want to see So now your time has come To meet the one you serve Your hearts as cold as ice Your feelings undisturbed Tongue twisting charmer Did you leave that fatal clue I've been down But don't count me out ------------------------------------------------------------------------