1. STORY OF MY LIFE

High school seemed like such a blur,
I didn't have much interest in sports or school elections.
And in class I dreamed all day,
Of a rock 'n' roll weekend

And the girl in the front of the room,
So close yet so far y'know she never seemed to notice
That this silly schoolboy crush
Wasn't just pretend.

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Life goes by so fast
You only want to do what you think is right.
Close your eyes and then it's past;
Story of my life

And I went down my old neighborhood
The faces have all changed there's no one left to talk to
And the pool hall I loved as a kid
Is now a Seven Eleven

I went downtown to look for a job
I had no training, no experience to speak of.
I looked at the holes in my jeans
And turned and headed back.

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Good times come and good times go,
I only wish the good times would last a little longer.
I think about the good times we had
And why they had to end.

So I sit at the edge of my bed
I strum my guitar and I sing an outlaw love song.
Thinkin' 'bout what you're doin' now
And when you're comin' back.

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2. STORY OF MY LIFE (EDIT)

(See lyrics on track 1)


3. BACK STREET GIRL

I don't want you to be high
I don't want you to be down
Don't want to tell you no lies
Just want to do me a round
Please come right up to my yacht
You will be able to hear what I say

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Don't want you out in my world
Just you be my backstreet girl
Hey!

Please don't be part of my life
Please keep yourself to yourself
Please don't you bother my wife
That way you won't catch no hell
Don't try to ride on my horse
You're not the kind to ride a horse anyway

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Please don't you call me at home
Please don't come knockin' at night
Please never ring on the phone
Your manners are never quite right
Please take these favors I grant
Courtesy and luck and nochalant just ain't your way

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4. 1945

Atom bomb, TNT
New disease, poor city
Flying over Hiroshima, 1945
The city looks small from way up here
I wonder who'll survive

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Atom bomb, TNT
New disease, poor city
A blinding flash hotter than the sun
Dead bodies lie across the path
The radiation colors the air
Finishing one by one

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5. MOMMY'S LITTLE MONSTER

Mommy's little monster dropped out of school
Mommy's little monster broke all the rules
He loves to go out drinking with the boys
He loves to go out and make some noise
He doesn't wanna be a doctor
Or a lawyer getting fat and rich
He's 20 years old and he quit his job
Unemployment pays his rent

His brothers and sisters have tasted sweet success
His parents condemn him, say "his life's a mess!"

He's mommy's little monster, he's not afraid to admit
He's mommy's little monster, don't wake him in a fit

Mommy's little monster shoots methadrine
Mommy's little monster had sex at 15
She left home for the streets
She couldn't deal with all that heat
She had fun with the boys in the band
In her eyes it will never end
Her dad asked what happened to her face
It could have happened in any place

Her eyes are a deeper blue, she likes her hair that color too
She can't even wear a dress, that doesn't mean she'll ever confess

She's mommy's little monster
She's mommy's little monster
She's mommy's little monster
Don't take her life away


6. IT WASN'T A PRETTY PICTUR

Last nite a whore- found murdered in the streets...
The skid row bums are just waking up
A politician, caught holding drugs
A friend who's left us in a suicidal way.

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No-one said life would be easy,
Doesn't mean that much to me-

A crash-a bash-up on Highway 109
His wife has left him for another man
A kid, a child experiments with drugs
A friend who's left us in a suicidal way.

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No-one said life would be easy,
The execetioner, has sung his last song-

[Repeat 1st chorus]