Lyrics to AC/DC - Powerage
ROCK'N'ROLL DAMNATION Powerage (1978) If You Want Blood - You've Got It (live) (1978) SINGLE: Rock'N'Roll Damnation/Sin City (1978) SINGLE: Girls Got Rhythm-If You Want Blood/ Hell Ain't A Bad Place To Be(live)-Rock'N'Roll Damnation(live) (1979) (Young, Young, Scott)
They say that you play too loud Well baby that's tough They say that you got too much Can't get enough They tell you that you look a fool And baby I'm a fool for you They say that your mind's diseased Shake your stuff CHORUS: And it's a rock 'n' roll damnation Ma's own whippin' boy Rock 'n' roll damnation Take a chance while you still got the choice You say that you want respect Honey for what? For everything that you've done for me Thanks a lot Get up off your bended knees You could set your mind at ease My temperature's running hot I've been waiting all night for a bite of what you got CHORUS Damnation, they're puttin' you down Damnation, all over town Damnation, cause you're way outta reach Livin' on the streets you gotta practice what you preach CHORUS Damnation, left a happy home Damnation, to live on your own Damnation, you want to live in sin Damnation, it's a rock 'n' roll - Damnation, just a bundle of joy Damnation, you're a toy for a boy Damnation, you got dollars in your eye Damnation, chasin' that pie in the sky Damnation, rock 'n' roll - Damnation
GIMME A BULLET Powerage (1978) (Young, Young & Scott)
She had the word Had the way The way of letting me know [the way of letting you know] She knew the game Called the play Oh she hit me low She said, "Now you go your way I'll go mine And that's a start" Doctor, doctor Ain't no cure For the pain in my heart CHORUS: Gimme a bullet to bite on Something to chew Gimme a bullet to bite on And I'll make believe I'll make believe it's you Don't need no drink Don't need no drug Don't need no sympathy Sooner or later Send me a bill For what she's doing to me Operator Long distance lips On the telephone Come tomorrow Come to grips With me all alone [with being all alone] CHORUS Bullet to bite on
DOWN PAYMENT BLUES Powerage (1978) (Young, Young, and Scott)
I know that it's evil I know that it's got to be I know I ain't doing much Doing nothing means a lot to me Living on a shoe string A fifty cent millionaire Open to charity Rock 'n' roller welfare Sitting in my Cadillac Listening to my radio Suzy baby get on in Tell me where she want to go I'm living in a nightmare She's looking like a wet dream I got myself a Cadillac But I can't afford the gasoline CHORUS: I've got holes in my shoes And I'm way overdue Down payment blues Get myself a steady job Some responsibility Can't even feed my cat On social security Hiding from the rent man Oh it makes me want to cry Sheriff knocking on my door Ain't it funny how the time flies Sitting on my sailing boat Sipping off my champaign Suzy baby all at sea [Suzy baby you're obscene] Say she want to come again Feeling like a paper cup [Floating | Blowing] down a storm drain Got myself a sailing boat But I can't afford the gasoline [...afford a drop of rain] CHORUS
GONE SHOOTIN' Powerage (1978) Beavis and Butthead Do America Soundtrack (1996) (Young, Young & Scott)
Feel the pressure rise Hear the whistle blow Found a ticket of her own accord [on her roller car] [To | Yeah | That] I don't know Packed her heart in a travelling bag [Fought so hard in a travelin' band] And never said bye bye Somethings missing in the neighbourhood All the cryin' eyes I stirred my coffee with the same spoon [a stupor caught me with the sin spoon] Do a favourite tune [to her favourite jewel] Gone shootin' My baby's gone shootin' Wrap yourself around Like a second skin Packed her favourite bag [packed|picked her favourite nag] But she could never win I took [your | a | her] number in another town She took another pill She was runnin' in overdrive Up until my overkill [a victim of overkill] She never made it past the bedroom door What was she aiming for? [why I'd thought she'd even pour] Gone shootin' She's gone, gone gone gone Gone shootin' My baby's gone shootin' Lil' child Gone Shootin' I thought that she wouldn't even know Gone Shootin hey look out, look out, look out, look out! Gone shootin She's shootin heroin! Gone shootin She's shootin loaded She's gone, she's gone, she's gone, she's gone Gone shootin I'm gonna have to get a gun Look out, look out She could have anyone She sure is loaded I used to love her so [like a rubber soul]
RIFF RAFF Powerage (1978) If You Want Blood - You've Got It (live) (1978) (Young, Young, and Scott)
See it on the television every day Hear it on the radio It ain't humid but it sure is hot Down in Mexico The boy is trying to tell me Near enough to the edge (beginning of the end) Say they've all been there Too late my friend CHORUS: Riff raff Always good for a laugh (ha ha ha) Riff raff Go on, laugh yourself in half (Smile awhile) Now I'm the kind of guy who keeps his big mouth shut Don't bother me Somebody give me one arm up Leave me in misery I've never shot nobody Don't even carry a gun I ain't done nothing wrong I'm just having fun CHORUS
SIN CITY Powerage (1978) SINGLE: Rock'N'Roll Damnation/Sin City (1978) SINGLE: Nervous Shakedown-Rock And Roll Ain't Noise Pollution(live)/ Sin City(live)-This House Is On Fire(live) (1983) LIVE (1992) Bonfire: Volts (1997) (Young, Young, Scott)
Diamonds and dust (home at last) Poor man last, rich man first Lambourginis, caviar Dry martinis, Shangri-la I got a burning feeling Deep inside of me It's yearning But I'm going to set it free CHORUS: I'm going in to sin city I'm gonna win in sin city Where the lights are bright Do the town tonight I'm gonna win in sin city ([I'm gonna | oh, let me] [rule | roll] you baby) (Snake eyes) Ladders and snakes Ladders give, snakes take Rich man, poor man, beggarman, thief Ain't got a hope in hell, that's my belief Fingers Freddy, Diamond Jim They're getting ready, [Better get ready,] look out I'm coming in ['coz I'm coming in] So spin that wheel, cut that pack [cut that deck] And roll those loaded dice Bring on the dancing girls And put the champaign on ice CHORUS
UP TO MY NECK IN YOU Powerage (1978) (Young, Young, Scott)
Well I've been up to my neck in trouble Up to my neck in strife Up to my neck in misery For most of my life I've been a fool And you know what a fool can do I'm telling you You came along when I needed you Now I'm up, I'm up to my neck in you And I've been up to my neck in pleasure Up to my neck in pain I've been up to my neck on the railroad track Waitin' for the train To cruise on through Well baby my time is due Oh it's way overdue You came along and you pulled me through Now I'm up, up to my neck in you Well I've been up to my neck in whiskey I've been up to my neck in wine I've been up to my neck in wishing That this neck wasn't mine I was a loser You weren't lost Baby you were too good, too good to be true What you've got no one else could do Now I'm up, I'm up to my neck in you Yeah you came along when I needed you Oh I'm up to my neck in you
WHAT'S NEXT TO THE MOON Powerage (1978) (Young, Young,Scott)
Well I tied my baby to the railroad track Cannonball down the line Giving that woman just a one more chance To give it to me one more time Engineer wishing he was home in bed Dreaming about Casey Jones Wide-eyed woman heading a mile ahead [...woman half a mile ahead] Thinking about broken bones CHORUS: It's her love that I want It's her love that I need It's her love got to have It's her love Heavenly body flying across the sky Superman was out of town Come on honey, gotta change your tune Cause it's a long way down Clark Kent looking for a free ride Thinking about Lois Lane It's a bird, it's a plane, it's - a suicide And that'd be a shame CHORUS But what's next to the moon? Long Arm looking for a fingerprint Trying to find the mystery clue Hitting me with the third degree Working on a thumb screw Alright, officer, I confess Everything's coming back I didn't mean to hurt that woman of mine It was a heart attack CHORUS What's next to the moon?
KICKED IN THE TEETH Powerage (1978) (Young, Young, Scott)
Two faced woman with the two faced lies I hope your two faced living made you satisfied Tell me baby I was your only one While you've been running around town with every mother's son Told your story about the women like you Told your story about the things you do I used to think that you were sugar and spice I should've listened to my mother's advice CHORUS: Kicked in the teeth again Sometimes you lose, sometimes you win Kicked in the teeth again Ain't this misery ever gonna end? And I've been kicked in the teeth Kicked in the teeth again Two faced woman, such a crying shame Don't know nothing, you're all the same You run around, hope you had your fun You never know who's gonna win till the race been run CHORUS
COLD HEARTED MAN Powerage (all but Aus?) (1978) Bonus Single, LP Box Set (Aus) (1980??) (Young, Young, Scott)
No one knew Where he came from He never knew himself Call her Ma Call him Pa But he was born to someone else No one fooled Or messed him around Cause they were all afraid Ain't no lies Ice in the eyes Of Leeroy Kincaid CHORUS: Cold hearted man One time lover heart in his hand Cold hearted man And you can't trust nothing you don't understand Cold hearted man Cold hearted man Like a snake He had no friends He didn't need no one Hurt his pride Deep inside He was another mother's son Reputation Broken glass Everybody prayed For their lives on the street Where they happened to meet Leeroy Kincaid CHORUS Sometimes you can't see The other side It's too well hidden For the naked eye One time lover With his heart in his hand Two time loser A broken man Cold hearted man