Get a Grip
Album - 19 aprile 1993 - Debaser id 10827

Wake up kid, it's half past your youth
Ain't nothin' really changin' but the date
You a grand slammer, but you no Babe Ruth
You gotta learn how to relate
Or you'll be swingin' from the pearly gate
Ah, got all the answers, lo' and behold
You got the right key baby but the wrong key hole, yo

Well I woke up this morning
On the wrong side of the bed
And how I got to thinkin'
About all those things you said
About ordinary people
And how they make you sick
And if callin' names kicks back on you
Then I hope this does the trick

'Cause I'm sick of your complainin'
About how many bills
And I'm sick of all your bitchin'
'Bout your poodles and your pills
And I just can't see no humor
About your way of life
And I think I can do more for you
With this here fork and knife

Eat the rich
There's only one thing that they're good for
Eat the rich
Take one bite now, come back for more
Eat the rich
I gotta get this off my chest
Eat the rich
Take one bite now, spit out the rest

So I called up my head shrinker
And told him what I done
He said, "You best go on a diet"
Yeah I hope you have some fun
And a don't go burst a bubble
On rich folk who get rude
'Cause you won't get in no trouble
When you eats that kind of food

Now they're smoking up their junk bonds
And then they go get stiff
And they're dancing at the yacht club
With Muff and Uncle Biff
But there's one good thing that happens
When you toss your pearls to swine
Their attitudes may taste like shit
But go real good with wine

Eat the rich
There's only one thing that they're good for
Eat the rich
Take one bite now, come back for more
Eat the rich
I gotta get this off my chest
Eat the rich
Take one bite now, spit out the rest

Believe in all the good things
That money just can't buy
Then you won't get no bellyache
From eatin' humble pie
I believe in rags to riches
Your inheritance won't last
So take your Grey Poupon my friend
And shove it up your ass

Eat the rich
There's only one thing that they're good for
Eat the rich
Take one bite now, come back for more
Eat the rich
I gotta get this off my chest
Eat the rich
Take one bite now, spit out the rest

Eat the rich
There's only one thing that they're good for
Eat the rich
Take one bite now, come back for more
Eat the rich
Don't stop me now I'm goin' crazy
Eat the rich
That's my idea of a good time baby

Got to get a grip
Skin and bones, it ain't such a pity
If you think I'm vain, better shut ya lip
I can't explain how to be fat city
If you gotta live large, gotta let it rip

Skin and bones, it ain't such a pity
Don't cha gimme no flack, honey shut ya lip
Ya gotta have stones if you're living in the city
If ya wanna hang loose gotta get a grip rip

Once upon a crime I thought I was cool but I don't want to brag
Once I crossed the line I think I musta zigged when I shoulda zagged

Chorus

Same old same old every day if things don't change you're just gonna rot
Cause if you do what you've always done you'll always get what you always got
Uh, could that be nothin'

Chorus

Skin and bones, it ain't such a pity
Don't cha gimme no flack, honey shut ya lip
Ya gotta have stones if you're living in the city
If ya wanna hang loose gotta get a grip, rip

Who knows for sure yeah without a doubt
What goes on when the lights go out
Or who pulls in when I pull out
And what's a one eyed trouser trout

I'm so short sighted
Now the wrong been righted
I feel so delighted
I get so excited

Chorus

Skin and bones, it ain't such a pity
Don't cha gimme no flack, honey shut ya lip
Ya gotta have stones if you're living in the city
If ya wanna hang loose gotta get a grip

Wanna get high in a New York minute
Choke that smoke, honey crack the whip
Your head gets dead
As long as you're in it
You wanna hang loose, gotta get a grip

Skin and bones, it ain't such a pity
Don't cha gimme no flack, honey shut ya lip
Ya gotta have stones if you're living in the city
If ya wanna hang loose gotta get a grip

I got a rip in my pants and a hole in my brand new shoes
I got a Margarita nose and a breath full of Mad Dog Booze

Chorus:
I got the fever, fever, fever, fever

Yeah, they threw me outa jail I tell ya it ain't fair
I tried to kiss the judge from the electrica' chair
Yeah we're all here cause we're not all there tonight

The guitar's cranked and the bass man's blown a fuse
And when the whole gang bangs tell me then what's you're excuse

We got the fever, fever, fever, fever

Fever gives ya lust with an appetite
It hits ya like the fangs from a rattlesnake bite
We're all here cause we're not all there tonight

We can't run away from trouble
There ain't no place that far
But if we do it right at the speed of light
There's the back seat of my car, caviar

I was feelin' so high I forgot what day
Now I'm feelin low down even slow seems way too fast
And now the booze don't work and the drugs ran out of gas

Chorus

The buzz that you be gettin' from the crack don't last
I'd rather be O.D.in' on the crack of her ass
Yeah we're all here cause we're not all there tonight

My first time ever lover
We fell asleep out on the lawn
And when I woke up I was all alone
Makin' love to the crack of dawn
So yo, I beg yo pardon sir
The gangster of love rides again

I got the fever
You know I get a chill
Fever
It gimme such a thrill
Fever
Like a burnin' plague
Fever
Yeah get outta my way

Fever may be Hell and a cross to bear
As long as I'm in heaven honey I don't care
You look so good baby look so fine
I tell you you're the image of the perfect crime
You gets so tired holdin' on so tight
If you think you're goin' crazy well you may be right
Yeah, we're all here 'cause we're not all there, that's right

There's something wrong with the world today
I don't know what it is
Something's wrong with our eyes
We're seeing things in a different way
And God knows it ain't His
It sure ain't no surprise

We're livin' on the edge
Livin' on the edge
Livin' on the edge
Livin' on the edge

There's something wrong with the world today
The light bulb's getting dim
There's meltdown in the sky
If you can judge a wise man
By the color of his skin
Then mister, you're a better man than I

Livin' on the edge (You can't help yourself from fallin')
Livin' on the edge (You can't help yourself at all)
Livin' on the edge (You can't stop yourself from fallin')
Livin' on the edge

Tell me what you think about your situation
Complication, aggravation is getting to you
If chicken little tells you that the sky is fallin'
And even if it wasn't would you still come crawlin' back again?
I bet you would my friend
Again and again and again and again and again

Tell me what you think about your situation
Complication, aggravation is getting to you
If chicken little tells you that the sky is fallin'
And even if it wasn't would you still come crawlin' back again?
I bet you would my friend
Again and again and again and again

There's something right with the world today
And everybody knows it's wrong
But we can tell them no or we can let it go
But I would rather be hangin' on

Livin' on the edge (You can't help yourself from fallin')
Livin' on the edge (You can't help yourself at all)
Livin' on the edge (You can't stop yourself from fallin')
Livin' on the edge

Livin' on the edge
Livin' on the edge
Livin' on the edge
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah

Livin' on the edge (You can't help yourself from fallin')
Livin' on the edge (You can't help yourself at all)
Livin' on the edge (You can't stop yourself from fallin')
Livin' on the edge

Livin' on the edge (You can't help yourself, you can't help yourself)
Livin' on the edge (You can't help yourself at all)
Livin' on the edge (You can't help yourself, you can't help yourself)
Livin' on the edge (You can't help yourself, you can't help yourself)
Livin' on the edge (You can't help yourself from fall)
Livin' on the edge
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah

The day rolls in, the night rolls out
Desire rules without a doubt
The heart beats fast, you salivate
And when you come it won't be late
I guess by now you got the score
A little taste you want it more
From San Antonio to Marrakesh
Yeah when the night comes
Every body's gotta have
Flesh
You got me all soakin' wet
Flesh
The only thing that's worth the sweat
From the day that Eve did Adam
Down to Romeo and Juliette
Everybody gotta have

The prince of lust has met his match
The witch has brewed her baddest batch
His sword is sharp and hard as stone
Her cauldron begs for one more bone
And so my love, this story's told
From modern times to days of old
From Boston Mass. to Bangladesh
Yeah, when the night comes
Everybody got to have
Flesh
It's got me all soakin' wet
Flesh
The only thing that's worth the sweat
From the Mississippi River
To the highest mountain in Tibet
Everybody gotta have

Flesh
You got me all soakin' wet
Flesh
The only thing that's worth the sweat
Flesh
You got me all soakin' wet
Flesh
The only thing, the only thing, the only thing
From a suvie in a Rickshaw to a bimbo in a pink Corvette
Everybody gotta have

Flesh

There was a time
When I was so brokenhearted
Love wasn't much of a friend of mine
The tables have turned, yeah
'Cause me and them ways have parted
That kind of love was the killin' kind

Listen
All I want is someone I can't resist
I know all I need to know by the way that I got kissed

I was cryin' when I met you
Now I'm tryin' to forget you
Your love is sweet misery
I was cryin' just to get you
Now I'm dyin' 'cause I let you
Do what you do down on me

Now there's not even breathin' room
Between pleasure and pain
Yeah, you cry when we're makin' love
Must be one and the same

It's down on me
Yeah, I got to tell you one thing
It's been on my mind
Girl, I gotta say
We're partners in crime
You got that certain something
What you give to me
Takes my breath away

Now the word out on the street
Is the devil's in your kiss
If our love goes up in flames
It's a fire I can't resist

I was cryin' when I met you
Now I'm tryin' to forget you
Your love is sweet misery
I was cryin' just to get you
Now I'm dyin' 'cause I let you
Do what you do to me

'Cause what you got inside
Ain't where your love should stay
Yeah, our love, sweet love, ain't love
'Til you give your heart away

I was cryin' when I met you
Now I'm tryin' to forget you
Your love is sweet misery
I was cryin' just to get you
Now I'm dyin' to let you
Do what you do what you do down to, baby, baby, baby, baby

I was cryin' when I met you
Now I'm tryin' to forget you
Your love is sweet misery
I was cryin' when I met you
Now I'm dyin' 'cause I let you
Do what you do down to, baby, baby, baby, baby

I was cryin' when I met you
Now I'm dyin' 'cause I let you
Your love is sweet misery
I was cryin' when I met you
Now I'm dyin' 'cause I let you

Come here baby
You know you drive me up the wall
The way you make good of all the nasty tricks you pull
Seems like we're makin' up more than we're makin' love
It always seems you got somethin' on your mind other than me
Girl, you got to change your crazy ways
You hear me?

Say you're leavin' on a seven thirty train
And that you're headin' out to Hollywood
Girl, you been givin' me the line so many times
It kinda gets like feelin' bad looks good, yeah

That kinda lovin'
Turns a man to a slave
That kinda lovin'
Sends a man right to his grave

I go crazy, crazy
Baby, I go crazy
You turn it on
Then you're gone
Yeah you drive me
Crazy, crazy
Crazy for you baby
What can I do, honey
I feel like the color blue

You're packin' up your stuff and talkin' like it's tough
And tryin' to tell me that it's time to go, yeah
But I know you ain't wearin' nothin' underneath that overcoat
And it's all a show, yeah

That kinda lovin'
Makes me wanna pull down the shade, yeah
That kinda love
Yeah, now I'm never, never, never, never gonna be the same

I go crazy, crazy
Baby, I go crazy
You turn it on
Then you're gone
Yeah you drive me
Crazy, crazy
Crazy 'bout you baby
What can I do, honey
I feel like the color blue

I'm losin' my mind
Girl, 'cause I'm
Goin' cra

I need your love, honey, yeah
I need your love

Crazy, crazy
Crazy 'bout you baby
I'm losin' my mind
Girl, 'cause I'm
Goin' crazy

Crazy, crazy
Crazy 'bout you baby
You turn it on
Then you're gone
Yeah, you drive me

Sittin' at a stop sign
Lookin' for a friend of mine
Waitin' to salute the flag
Talkin' to some he-she
Slidin' over next to me
"Man," she said, "This life is a drag"

It's a shaky situation
And I'm hangin' on my will
And I get no satisfaction
From a hundred dollar bill
But I got what I came for
And I'll do it 'til I drop
You do what you want to do
I ain't never gonna stop

You say you got somethin' that makes you feel good
And you can't stop messin' with it
All your life you've been so misunderstood
'Cause you can't stop messin' with it

Sittin' by the seashore
Dreamin' 'bout a little more
Circlin' the classifieds
Nine seven six
Man, I need another fix
I'll never have to kiss the bride

Yeah, the city is a war zone
This country gone to hell
And the beer cans in the alley
From the rich folks on the hill
They're screamin' "Hallelujah"
But I don't give a damn
'Cause I got my own religion
Yeah, it's right here in my hand

You say you got somethin' that makes you feel good
And you can't stop messin' with it
All your life you've been so misunderstood
Now you can't stop messin' with it

You say you got somethin' that makes you feel good
And you can't stop messin' with it
All your life you've been so misunderstood
Now you can't stop messin' with it

You say you got lovin' that makes you feel like you should
Now you can't stop messin' with it
All your life you've been so misunderstood
Now you can't stop messin' with it

You say you got somethin' that makes you feel good
And you can't stop messin' with it
All your life you've been so misunderstood
Now you can't stop messin' with it

You say you got somethin' that makes you feel good
And you can't stop messin' with it
All your life you've been so misunderstood
Now you can't stop messin', can't stop messin'

You say you got somethin' that makes you feel good
And you can't stop messin' with it
All your life you've been so misunderstood
And now you can't stop messin' with it

You say you got somethin' that makes you feel good
And you can't stop messin' with it
All your life you've been so misunderstood
Now you can't stop m-m-m-m-messin' with it

I kept the right ones out
And let the wrong ones in
Had an angel of mercy to see me through all my sins
And there were times in my life
When I was goin' insane
Tryin' to walk through
The pain

When I lost my grip
And I hit the floor
Yeah, I thought I could leave, but couldn't get out the door
I was so sick and tired
Of livin' a lie
I was wishin' that I
Would die

It's amazing
With the blink of an eye, you finally see the light
Ohh, it's amazing
When the moment arrives that you know you'll be alright
Yeah, it's amazing
And I'm sayin' a prayer for the desperate hearts tonight

That one last shot's a permanent vacation
And how high can you fly with broken wings?
Life's a journey not a destination
And I just can't tell just what tomorrow brings

You have to learn to crawl
Before you learn to walk
But I just couldn't listen to all that righteous talk, oh yeah
I was out on the street
Just tryin' to survive
Scratchin' to stay
Alive

It's amazing
With the blink of an eye, you finally see the light
Ohh, it's amazing
When the moment arrives that you know you'll be alright
Ohh, it's amazing
And I'm sayin' a prayer for the desperate hearts tonight
The desperate hearts
Desperate hearts