Poison
Poison's Greatest Hits 1986-1996

01   Nothin' but a Good Time (03:43)

Now listen
Not a dime, I can't pay my rent
I can barely make it through the week
Saturday night I'd like to make my girl
But right now I can't make ends meet

I'm always workin' slavin' every day
Gotta get a break from that same OL' same OL'
I need a chance just to get away
If you could hear me think this is what I'd say

Don't need nothin' but a good time
How can I resist
Ain't lookin' for nothin' but a good time
And it don't get better than this

They say I spend my money on women and wine
But I couldn't tell you where I spent last night
I'm really sorry about the shape I'm in
I just like my fun every now and then

I'm always workin' slavin' every day
Gotta get away from that same old same old
I need a chance just to get away
If you could hear me think this is what I'd say

Don't need nothin' but a good time
How can I resist
Ain't lookin' for nothin' but a good time
And it don't get better than this

You see I raise a toast to all of us
Who are breakin' our backs every day
If wantin' the good life is such a crime
Lord, then put me away
Here's to ya

Don't need nothin' but a good time
How can I resist
Ain't lookin' for nothin' but a good time
And it don't get better than this

Don't need nothin' but a good time
How can I resist
Ain't lookin' for nothin' but a good time
And it don't get better than this

Don't need nothin' but a good time
How can I resist
Ain't lookin' for nothin' but a good time
And it don't get better than this

02   Talk Dirty to Me (03:44)

You know I never
I never seen you look so good
You never act the way you should
But I like it
And I know you like it too
The way that I want you
I gotta have you
Oh yes, I do

You know I never
I never ever stay out late
You know that I can hardly wait
Just to see you
And I know you cannot wait
Wait to see me too
I gotta touch you

Cause baby we'll be
At the drive-in
In the old man's Ford
behind the bushes
till I'm screamin' for more
Down the basement
lock the cellar door
And baby
Talk dirty to me

You know I call you
I call you on the telephone
I'm only hoping that you're home
So I can hear you
When you say those words to me
And whisper so softly
I gotta hear you

Cause baby we'll be
At the drive-in
In the old man's Ford
behind the bushes
till I'm screamin' for more
Down the basement
lock the cellar door
And baby
Talk dirty to me

"C.C. pick up that guitar and talk to me"

Cause baby we'll be
At the drive-in
In the old man's Ford
behind the bushes
till I'm screamin' for more more more!
Down the basement
and lock the cellar door
And baby
Talk dirty to me

03   Unskinny Bop (03:47)

a bop got you so jumpy
Why can't you sit still yeah
Like gasoline you wanna pump me
And leave me when you get your fill yeah

PRE-CHORUS:
Everytime I touch you and you get hot
I wanna make love, you never stop
Come up for air you pull me to the floor
Just what's been going on in that head of yours

CHORUS:
Unskinny Bop
Just blows me away
Unskinny Bop, bop
All night and day
Unskinny Bop, bop, bop, bop
She just love to play
Unskinny Bop nothin' more to say

You look at me so funny
Love bite got you acting oh so strange
You got too many bees in your honey
And I'm just another word in your page yeah, yeah

PRE-CHORUS

CHORUS

You're saying my love won't do ya
But that ain't love written on your face
Well honey I can see right thru ya
Well whose riding who at the end of the race

SOLO

What's right, what's wrong, what's left, what the hell is going on

CHORUS

04   Every Rose Has Its Thorn (04:17)

We both lie silently still in the dead of the night
Although we both lie close together
We feel miles apart, inside
Was it somethin' I said or something I did
Did my words not come out right
Tho' I tried not to hurt you
Tho' I tried
But I guess that's why they say

Every rose has its thorn
Just like every night has its dawn
Just like every cowboy sings his sad, sad song
Every rose has its thorn

Yea it does

I listen to our favorite song playin' on the radio
Hear the dj say love's a game of
Easy come and easy go
But I wonder does he know
Has he ever felt like this
And I know that you'd be here right now
If I could have let you know somehow I guess

Every rose has its thorn
Just like every night has its dawn
Just like every cowboy sings his sad, sad song
Every rose has its thorn

Though it's been a while now
I still feel so much pain
Like the knife that cuts you
The wound heals, but the scar, that scar remains.

I know I could have saved our love that night
If I'd know what to say
Instead of making love
We both made our separate ways

Now I hear you've found somebody new
And that I never meant that much to you
To hear that tears me up inside
And to see you cuts me like a knife

Every rose has its thorn
Just like every night has its dawn
Just like every cowboy sings his sad, sad song
Every rose has its thorn

05   Fallen Angel (03:55)

She stepped off the bus out into the city streets
Just a small town girl with her whole life
Packed in a suitcase by her feet

But somehow the lights didn't
shine as bright as they did
On her mama's TV screen

And the work seemed harder
And the days seemed longer
Than she ever thought they'd be

But you know you got to stick to your guns
When it all comes down
Cause sometimes you can't choose
It's like heads they win
Tails you're gonna lose

Chorus:
Win big--Mama's fallen angel
Lose big--livin' out her lies
Wants it all--Mama's fallen angel
Lose it all, rollin' the dice of her life

Now she found herself in the fast lane livin' day to day
Turned her back on her best friends, yeah
And let her family slip away

Just like a lost soul
caught up in the Hollywood scene
All the parties and the limousines

Such a good actress hiding all her pain
Trading her memories for fortune and fame

Just a step away from the edge of a fall
Caught between heaven and hell
Where's the girl I new a year ago

Chorus

Too much too soon
Or just a little too late
Cause when her ship came in
She wasn't there and it just wouldn't wait

06   I Won't Forget You (03:35)

Late at night I close my eyes
And think of how things could have been
And when I look back
I remember some words you had said to me

It's better to have lost at love
Then never to have loved at all

Chorus
I won't forget you baby
(I won't forget you)
Even though I could
I won't forget you baby
(I won't forget you)
Even though I should, yeah

Sometimes in my head
I can still see pictures of you
And I laugh to myself
When I think of all those crazy things that we used to do

Although miles come between us
Just between you and me

Chorus

I should let you fade away
But that just wouldn't be me
Oh, baby

Solo

Although miles come between us
Just between you and me

Chorus

I won't forget you baby
(I won't forget you)
Memories slowly fade
I won't forget you baby
(I won't forget you)
And all the plans we made

I won't forget you baby

07   Stand (05:12)

Stand.

We all carry the cross and speak what we're taught
Lies and money become the white man's God
We've burned all our bridges one too many times
The time has come now to draw the line

You know you've got to stand, stand,
Stand for what you believe
You know you've got to stand, stand,
Stand for what you believe
Ohh, You got to,
Stand for what you believe

Alright, alright

Ohh, You got to listen now

Express yourself in the face of change
Repress yourself, you surely seal your fate
You got to look inside, the answer lies in wait
Resurrect before it's too late

You know you've got to stand, stand,
Stand for what you believe
You know you've got to stand, stand,
Stand for what you believe
Stand, stand for what you believe

Somebody rescue me, come down and rescue me
I know the soul of this good man has got to be free
When you stand, stand for what you believe...

You know you've got to stand, stand,
Stand for what you believe
You know you've got to stand, stand,
Stand for what you believe
You know you've got to stand, stand,
Stand for what you believe
So hell, now just Stand, stand,
Stand for what you believe...

08   Ride the Wind (03:51)

Hearts of fire
Streets of stone
Modern warriors
Saddle iron horses of chrome

Taste the wild
Lick the wind
Like something they never saw before
Their jaws dropping to the floor
Steel made of soul and sin

Rebels born without a care
And the day he listens
Only to fly where eagles dare
And the night she whispers

Chorus:
Ride the wind
Never coming back until I touch the midnight sun
Ride the wind
Never coming back again
Ride the wind
Never coming back until I touch the midnight sun

Painted flesh
Loyalty
Humble pride
Just as far as the eye can see

Stories told
Two old friends
Of battle scars and lonely bars
And nights the rain wouldn't end

Here's to withered eyes wearing gypsy smiles
And the day he listens
Here's to lovely ladies and a million miles
And the night she whispers

Chorus

Ride the wind
I'm still the bravest soul in sin,
Burning till the night is done.

Solo

Of all the truths and lies
And stories of riders in the sky
They say only the bravest try
Where eagles and angels dare to fly

Chorus

09   Look What the Cat Dragged In (03:09)

I went to bed too late
and got up too soon
My poor head still spinnin'
from too much booze

I got a foot in the gutter
A foot in the grave
I ain't seen home
In the last three days

Oh my god look what the cat dragged in
Livin' my life sin after sin
Night rolls up and I do it again
Oh my god, look what the cat dragged in

No tell, motel, hotel bed
If it wasn't for the sunlight I'd swear I was dead

I got a girl on the left of me
a girl on the right
I know damn well I slept with both last night

Oh my god look what the cat dragged in
Livin' my life sin after sin
Night rolls up and I do it again
Oh my god, look what the cat dragged in

I'm late for work on Monday
and my boss is bitchin'
Can't get out of bed
cause my head's still spinnin'

My hair's in a rat's nest
I look like hell
Half alive or half dead,
I just can't tell

Oh my god look what the cat dragged in
Livin' my life sin after sin
Night rolls up and I do it again
Oh my god, look what the cat dragged in

10   I Want Action (03:05)

I want action tonight
Satisfaction all night

I grab my hat and I
grab my shoes
Tonight I'm gonna hit
the streets and cruise

Down the main strip and
check it out
With those schoolgirls
a hangin' around

Now I'm a sucker for a pretty face
I don't care if she's in leather or lace
cause I'm just lookin' for a little kiss

Chorus:
I want action tonight
satisfaction all night
You've got the love I need tonight

Long legs and short skirts
These girls hit me where it hurts

I can't wait to get my hands on them
I won't give up until they give in

Now I'm not lookin' for a love that lasts
I need a shot and I need it fast
If I can't have her, I'll take her and make her

Chorus, solo

Hey, sweetheart, slide on in here
No, not in the front, jump in the back
Why?
Cause there's something back there I want to show ya
I want action tonight
Satisfaction all night
Ah, come on honey, I wasn't that bad!
Oh, well

Chorus out

11   Life Goes On (04:47)

I've felt this before
Now I feel it again
No matter how hard I try
This feeling won't end
So I pretend you're here by my side
Tonight on this lonely ride
I keep telling myself that...

Chorus:
Life goes on
While your miles away
And I need you
Time rolls on
As night steals the day
There's nothing I can do

You healed up my wounds
I tasted your tears
You spilled out your heart
So I let out my fears
But one fear I kept to myself
How I prayed that you loved no one else
Like you're saying you love me...

Chorus:
Life goes on
While your miles away
And I need you
Time rolls on
As night steals the day
There's nothing I can do

If you only knew
How much I miss you

Solo

When my mind plays it's tricks on me
It shows me things I don't want to see
That's why I tell myself now
I keep telling myself now
Just take another piece of me...

Chorus:
Life goes on
While your miles away
And I need you
Time rolls on
As night steals the day
There's nothing I can do

Love goes on
While your still miles away
And I miss you
And this last mile
I travel with you
Yeah, Yeah

12   (Flesh & Blood) Sacrifice (04:40)

Like animals tonight we make it
You give me an inch I'm gonna take it
I'll steal your love like a thief
To be as one is my belief
Don't look back have no regrets
Like beasts of prey we must feed on it
I'll be your one, your one and only
To feel me burn come close and hold me

Flesh and blood sacrifice
Melts the heart like fire and ice
Flesh and blood like fire to ice
Are you willing to sacrifice

There's no more time don't think about
The flames will die if you doubt
It's a game of love and hate
To lose it all is a chance we take
Come to me and take my hand
It's in the fire that we must stand
I'll take you down under my gun
Our flesh and blood will be as one

Flesh and blood sacrifice
Melts the heart like fire and ice
Flesh and blood like fire to ice
Are you willing to sacrifice

Our blood runs deeper than a river
The less you need the more I'm going to give you
And give you but good

Solo

Flesh and blood sacrifice
Melts the heart like fire and ice
Flesh and blood like fire to ice
Are you willing to sacrifice

13   Cry Tough (03:36)

Remember the nights we sat
and talked about all our dreams
Well little did we know then
they were more distant than they seemed
Well I knew it
you knew it too
The things we'd go through
We knew the things we had to do
to make it, baby.

Chorus:
You gotta cry tough
Out on the streets
To make your dreams happen
You gotta cry out
Out to the world
To make them all come true.

Life ain't no easy ride
At least that's what I am told
Sometimes the rainbow baby
is better than the pot of gold
You've got to stick it out
whether you're wrong or right
And you can't give in without a fight
to make it baby

Chorus

You gotta aim high, baby
whether you lose or win
And when you get to the top
You gotta get off or go right back down again

solo, chorus out

14   Your Mama Don't Dance (03:00)

CHORUS:
Your Mama Don't Dance and you dady don't
rock and roll
Your mama don't dance and your dady don't
rock and roll
But when evening rolls around and it's time to
hit the town
where do you go-you gotta rock it
The old folks say that ya gotta end your date
by ten
But if you're out on a date don't
you bring her home late 'cause
it's a sin
You know there's no excuse
You know you're gonna lose, you never win
I'll say it again
CHORUS
SOLO
You see I pulled into a drive-in and
found a place to park
We hopped into the back seat where it's
always nice and dark
I'm just about to move hinking to myself
Mmm Jeff this is a breeze
Then there was a light in my eye and a guy says
Out of the car long hair
Oowee-you're comig with me
said the local police
CHORUS
Play me a little, C.C.
SOLO 2
CHORUS OUT

15   So Tell Me Why (03:22)

I'd like to put to rest the rumours
I'd like to put to rest the lies
I'd like to throw away the past
And show you how I feel inside

I'll be your taxi and your driver
I'll be your road if you need
I'd like to push and push and push
Just to make you pleased

But your river of emotion for me
flows like a dried up stream

Chorus:
So tell me why
Your satisfaction's like a heart of stone
So tell me why
Your love reaction chills me to the bone

You make my blood boil hot
And my heart beat like a drum
I'd like to do to you girl
Things that ain't never been done

From the rain I'll be your shelter
From the cold I'll be your heat
I'll push and push and push
just to make you pleased

Chorus

So tell me your reason
for tearing me up inside
Girl you gotta tell me why

Solo

But your river of emotion for me
flows like a dried up stream

Chorus

16   Something to Believe In (05:30)

Well I see him on the TV
Preaching about the promised lands
he tells me believe in Jesus
steals the money from my hands
some say he was a good man
Lord I think he sinned.... yeah

Twenty two years of mental tears
cries a suicidal Vietnam vet
Who fought a losing war
on a foreign shore
to find his country didn't want him back
their bullet took his best friend in Saigon
our lawyers took his wife and kids no regrets
In a time I don't remember
in a war he cant forget
he cried "forgive me for what I done there
Cause I never meant the things I did"

Chorus
and give me something to believe in
if there's a lord above
and give me something to believe in
oh, lord arise

My best friend died a lonely man
in some Palm Springs hotel room
I got the call last Christmas Eve
and they told me the news
I tried all night not to break down n cry
as the tears rolled down my face
I felt so cold n empty
like a lost soul out of place
and a Mirror mirror on the wall
sees my smile it fades again

Chorus
and give me something to believe in( I give me something to believe in)
if there's lord above
and give me something to believe in ( I give me something to believe in)
Oh, lord arise

Sometimes I wish to God I didn't know now
things I did know then,
Road you gotta take me home

Solo

I drive by the homeless
sleepin' on a cold dark street
like bodies in a open grave
underneath the broken old neon sign
used to read "Jesus saves"
A mile away way live the rich folk
and I see how they're livin' it up
but while the poor they eat from hand to mouth
the rich are drinkin' from a golden cup
and it just makes me wonder
how so many lose and so few win

Ha give me something to believe in
give me something to believe in
I said the lord above
give me something to believe in
oh lord arise
give me something to believe in
you take the high road
give me something to believe in
and I'll take the low road
give me something to believe in
you take the high road
and give me something to believe in
and I'll take the low road

there's some times I wish I didn't know now
things I did know then

and give me something to believe in

17   Sexual Thing (03:34)

(Laughing)
Jam Blues Man

There you lay
All by yourself
So please allow me
to introduce myself

I welcome you
To the house of sin
Open your mind
And let the games begin

I'm your lust
and I'm your greed
I'm every sick thought
that you ever done dreamed

Eaten your cake
Now you want some more
Mmm, where have I
heard that before?

Chorus:
I am your
I am your
I'm just your sexual thing
I am your
I am your
I'm just your sexual
Ain't nothin' but a sexual
It's just a sexual thing

Lyin' there
You look so horny
Talk is cheap
And startin' to bore me

Hold me close
And tell me it feels so good
But damn, girl
You knew it would

Chorus
Solo

Glad to have met you
So pleased that you've come
But I must be movin' on
My work here is done

Best believe me you, child
The pleasure's been all mine
If you're in need, please do indeed
Call me anytime

Chorus

They've got you medicated
It's got you so frustrated

He caught you masturbatin'
You rather be fornicating

Well then you come with me
I'm gonna set you free

It's just a sexual
Ain't nothin' but a sexual
It's just a sexual thing

Talking:
What you've witnessed is a sexual fantasy
Please do not try these tricks at home

18   Lay Your Body Down (05:27)