Izzy Stradlin
Second Album: 117 Degrees
Song Lyrics




These are all the lyrics for the songs on 117 Degrees, Izzy Stradlin's second album. Click on the song name to jump to the lyrics for that song.

    Ain't It A Bitch
    by: Izzy Stradlin
     
        Ain't that a bitch-she had it again
        Ain't that a bitch-she gone and split
        It's all your mess
        Ain't that a bitch-what ya say for yourself
        
        I tell ya one thing, yeah that's the last time
              I lose my head again, I'll keep my mouth shut
        
        Ain't that a bitch-you're one overdue
        Ain't that a bitch-who's railin who
        Ain't that a bitch-I'm not gonna stress
        Ain't that a bitch-it's all your mess
        
        I'll tell ya one thing, yeah that's the last time,
            you lose your head again,
            you keep your mouth shut
    
        Way ta go, ya done it again, it's all your fault     
        Way ta go, ya done it again, it's all your fault  
    
        Ain't that a bitch-ya had it again
        Ain't that a bitch-ya up and split
        Ain't that a bitch-it's all your mess
        Ain't that a bitch-What cha say for yourself
    
       
        Way to go, ya done it again, it's all your fault
        Way to go, ya done it again, it's all your fault
    
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    Gotta Say
    by: Izzy Stradlin
        Got another phone call 
        Tellin me the words
        Got another story for me to learn
        Say the truth out walkin
        Walked right out my door, I didn't try to follow,
            cause I knew the score 
      
        Tell me what you got ta say
        I see through you anyway
        I think you have underestimated me
        And tell me what you got ta say
        I see through it anyway
        I think you have once again...
    
        Never mind the weather, never mind your head
          I know why you're callin on me here today
             -things are goin fine now
        Yeah all's well I'd say
        The one thing that troubles me is
            when ya call my name
        
        Tell me what you got ta say
        I see through you anyway
        I think you have underestimated me
        And tell me what you got ta say
        I see through it anyway
        I think you have once again 
     
    
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    Memphis
    by: Chuck Berry
     
        Well, Long Distance Information
        Give me Memphis, Tennessee
        Help me find a party
        That tried to get in touch with me
        Did not leave a number
        But I know who placed the call
        'Cause my uncle took the message
        And he wrote it on the wall 
        
        Yeah, help me, Information
        Get in touch with my Marie
        She's the only one who'd call me here
        From Memphis, Tennessee
        Her home is on the southside
        High upon a ridge
        Just a half a mile
        From the Mississippi Bridge
        
        Oh help me, Information      
        More than that I cannot add
        Only that I miss her
        And all the fun we had
        Marie was torn apart
        Because her mom did not agree
        Tore apart our happy home
        In Memphis, Tennessee
        
        Oh last time I saw Marie
        She's wavin' me goodbye
        With hurry home drops on her cheek
        Trickle from her eye
        
           Marie is only six years old
        Information, please    
        Try to put me through to her
        In Memphis, Tennessee
    
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    Old Hat
    by: Izzy Stradlin
      
        I don't really need no, no bag o' cocaine
        I don't really need no, no fold a smack     
        Been there and done that, that ain't too clever
        I sure don't miss it had enough of that crap
    
        Bank robbers shootin up North Hollywood yeah
        Seems like a rerun livin on this town
        I go see a movie, try and entertain me
        It don't half compare to the shit
             that's goin down around here 
        
        It's old hat
        It's old hat
        It's old hat
        But I sure do like the sound of that
        
        I don't really need no, no sub machine gun    
        Your paranoia is getting old
        But I wouldn't mind to have myself a bazooka 
        I'd go play Elvis and blow a hole in my heart
    
        It's old hat
        It's old hat
        It's old hat
        But I sure do like the sound of that
        It's old hat
        It's old hat
        It's old hat
        But I sure do like the sound of that
        It's old hat
        It's old hat
        It's old hat
    
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    Bleedin
    by: Izzy Stradlin
      
        She'd always be out late a drinkin
        You'd always let it go down
        Now she's gone, why ya bleedin...let it go
       
        Ya gotta know better now you're older 
        This ain't the end of the world
        So get off your ass and get over her
        Let it go
        Let it go
    
        What ya dyin about, ya gotta let it go,
            no need ta be crying for her man, come on now
        You should know
    
        Now time has passed, you're an old man
        Way up there high on the hill
        Back on the streets it ain't changed much
        Yeah I know
        Let it go
    
        What ya dyin about, ya gotta let it go,
            no need to be cryin for her man, come on now
        You should know
    
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    Parasite
    by: Izzy Stradlin
      
        Parasite-I look you in the eye
        Parasite-you know you're gonna fry
        You're justa maggot in a one horse town
        You're such a loser, ya sold my guns
    
        And you're a parasite-and you'll be hangin high
        And you're a parasite-I'm laughin when you fry-hey
        
        You're justa maggot in a one horse town
        You're justa nothing and you're going down
        You fuckin loser you stole my guns
    
        You're a parasite-you're justa bag of lies
        You're a parasite-I'm laughin when you fry-hey
    
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    Good Enough
    by: Izzy Stradlin
      
        Good enough for someday
        Good enough for me
        Good enough for someone
        Good enough ya see
    
        Been lookin for the words ta tell ya what I'd say
        I'd have to make them up
             and write them down today
    
        Good enough forever
        Good until my grave
        Good enough for after
        Good enough ta save
        
        The nerves are damaged from the blinking
            of the strobe, and I'm not one to question
            what he done it for
        
        Good enough for something
        Good enough for me
        Good enough for someone
        Good enough ya see
    
        I'm done lookin for the words to tell ya what I'd say
        I'd have ta make them up and write them today
        Write them down to play
        Write them down to say
    
        Good enough for me
    
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    117 Degrees
    by: Izzy Stradlin
      
        West bound ride thru Texas
        The sun here really burns
        Open up and try and beat the heat
        It still don't do much good
        Kick back and endure it, a 100 miles ta go 
        Take a break, get some shade, 
            before we start up again
     
        117, 117 
        117 so I'm told I don't know
        
        Sun's going down here to an orange sky out west
        Got an open road, not a car in sight, I'm hammerin
        Down the rest
    
        I been thinkin bout the weather,
            it's been pretty good this trip,
            outran a thunderstorm
        2 days ago, I did not expect this...
    
        117, 117
        117 so I'm told, I don't know
            117, 117
    
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    Here Before You
    by: Izzy Stradlin
      
        Yeah I was here before you     
        No matter what you do 
        You think about that first
        Yeah I was here before you
        
        All wound up over nothin at all
             -you gotta reel yourself back in
        You ain't first but ya sure ain't last,
            and that's a call that I have seen
        You're up front in the second heat,
            ya got your head lined up in check
     
        They're getting ready ta start it
        They're getting ready ta go  
         
        Yeah I was here before you
        No matter what you do
        You think about that first
        Yeah I was here before you
    
        Big talk don't mean a lot
            when the final flag comes down
        Yeah who's who at the finish line
        I'm gonna wear that great big crown
        Ya talking bomb, but I'll wait and see
        Who's gonna be there, in the end
        I'm already started
        I'm fired up to go
    
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    Up Jumped The Devil
    by: Dawson/Koumis
        Well, I saw you sneaking 
        Round my neighborhood
        I can tell by looking
        You're just no good 
        Scarrier than hell
        With your long black hair
        When you walk along by
        Make a blind man stare
        
        Come into my house
        My pig just squeal
        Walk into my room
    
        The wallpaper peel
        Up jump the devil    
        When you come around
        Soon as you leave
        He go back in the ground
        
        Devil's with the pig
        And I spit in his eye 
        When I come around here
        Then my cow went dry
        My hens won't lay
        And my ducks won't quack
        Since you brought the devil
        Round my chicken shack       
        
        Well, you and the devil
        Make a terrible pair
        Make me jump out
        My long underwear
        Devil was a laughing
        But I ain't afraid
        Set the place on fire
        Put it out with a spade
        
        Up jump the devil 
        When you come around
        Soon as you leave
        He go back in the ground
    
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    Grunt
    by: Izzy Stradlin
                      (instrumental)
    
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    Freight Train
    by: Izzy Stradlin
        I heard a freight train back on the rail again 
        I heard a whistle blowin off in the distance
        It's hot as hell here, the heat's been growin
        It's hot as hell dear, oh well you know it    
        She's comin offa the rail throwin gravel
              in a hell of a wave
       
        I heard a freight train-been haulin hemp again
        Yeah smokin on the rails,
            yeah I need a head check
        It's hot as hell here, feels like it's glowin
        It's hot as hell dear, yeah now I'm goin 
            She comin offa da rail                           
        Throwin gravel in a hell of a wave
        Conductor he don't know,    
           radio the engineer to brake
    
        Here come a freight train haulin the gold away
        Another money car yeah in a big way
        It's hot as hell here, I can't feel nothin 
        It's hot as hell dear, well ain't that somethin           
    
        She comin over the hill
        She comin offa the rail and goin up
    
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    Methanol
    by: Izzy Stradlin
        Check your points ignition timing countdown pressure
           thirty-four pounds when it's cold
        Add more and torque it to its max select
           your drive position light a cigarette
           and put the lights on bright and then go
        
        Methanol
        
        Fill with gas and let me check your oil and wipe your
             window shield top off your water's  
        Boilin grab a drink ta go empty out your ashtray
             and hang your loaded dice up
             on your rearview mirror and then go
    
        Methanol
    
        Yeah I got about another lap I'm gonna get him 
            he's leanin over gonna hit the wall a spinnin
            he's rollin over into the corner I'm smellin smoke
            I think he's burnin up his motor I pass him up
            cause I drove a little smoother
    
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    Surf Roach
    by: Izzy Stradlin & Rick Richards
                         (instrumental)
    


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