Michael Andrew "Duff" McKagan (born February 5, 1964) is an American musician and writer. He is best known for his twelve-year tenure as the bassist of the hard rock band Guns N' Roses, with whom he achieved worldwide success in the late 1980s and early 1990s. During his later years with the band, he released a solo album, Believe in Me (1993), and formed the short-lived supergroup Neurotic Outsiders.
Following his departure from Guns N' Roses in 1997, McKagan briefly reunited with his pre-success Seattle punk band 10 Minute Warning. He then formed the still-active hard rock band Loaded, in which he performs lead vocals and rhythm guitar. Between 2002 and 2008, he played bass in the supergroup Velvet Revolver with his former Guns N' Roses band mates Slash and Matt Sorum. He joined Jane's Addiction for a brief tenure in 2010. He was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2012 as a member of Guns N' Roses.
In addition to his musical career, McKagan has established himself as a writer. He has written weekly columns on a wide variety of topics for SeattleWeekly.com,Playboy.com, and ESPN.com. A former high school drop-out, he attended Seattle University's Albers School of Business and Economics in the early 2000s, and subsequently founded the wealth management firm Meridian Rock.
"It's about the breakup of guns." - Duff
What did I do today?
Some people think I went and threw it away
But that was yesterday
I can't remember much of that anyway
I wonder who's to blame?
Or does it really matter much anyway
Or if we stayed the same?
If anyone of us would be here today ... yeah
I don't care about it anymore, so tired
of thinking it through
I don't care about it anymore, who's to
blame me or you?
I had so much fun, was going to live so fast
and die very young
But I was 21, i'm so glad i'm here to sing this song ... yeah
I wonder who's to blame?
Or does it really matter much anyway?
Or if we stayed the same?
If anyone of us would be here today ... yeah
I don't care about it anymore, so tired of
thinking it through
I don't care about it anymore, who's to
blame me or you?
I don't care about it anymore. So tired of
thinking it through
I don't care about it anymore, who's to
You're my flower, you're my road,
that I try to stay up on,
even when things ain't your wrong,
yeah you stayed with me,
you don't stay for what I do,
sleepless nights I drug you through,
when I say the things I don't mean to,
you stay there with me,
you uncovered this sound-loss soul,
should have gone baby long ago,
But you shined a light where it was dark,
on my wasted heart,
when I flew, you hold me down,
when I crashed, you were the ground,
when my bones scattered all around,
you stayed with me,
you uncovered this sound-loss soul,
should have gone baby long ago, but you shined a light where it was dark,
on this wasted heart,
my wasted heart, needed healing and you saved it for me,
I've got a new start,
rest your eyes in time, these days we'll see what I never could,
yeah you stayed with me,
you uncovered this sound-loss soul,
should have gone baby long ago,
but you shined a light where it was dark,
yeah,
you uncovered this sound-loss soul,
should have gone baby long ago, but you shined a light where it was dark,
Trouble always follows me
But trouble ain't a bad place to be
I'll get my shit by it, if I can
But I stand on my own, and I'm
my own man
The only age I know is the
dark age
All the people I know put me in a
cage
The only age I know is the
dark age
The only light I know is in this dark
space
I'm the portrait of your patroniza-
tion
Have you ever looked at my face?
They try to make a mess out of me
They're heading for a social cata-
strophe
They try to make a mess out of me
Alienation, false masturbation,
incrimination
My soul salvation, discrimination,
isolation
No consolation here
Always follow me
Always follow me
Always follow me
Always follow me
Always follow me
Always follow me
You call me the mean man
You point your finger at me
Having problems with authority
In every major city
And it's so easy for you
The majority, the majority
And there's no peace for you
The majority
Your white housewives
And your money-sucking friends
Don't need you to be I'll be me to
the end
And it's so easy for you
The majority, the majority
And there's no peace for you
You got to think about your children
Fuck bureaucracy
Take the weight off your shoulders
We're not the public enemy
Can't you see, can't you see
You call me the mean man
I say you call me the
mean man
And it's so easy for you,
the majority, the majority
And there's no peace
for you
Your white housewives
And your money-sucking
friends
Don't need you to be
cause I'll be me to the end
Got to think about the
children, think think about
the children
You got to think about the
I don't really need the ego
Of being a pop star
Playing rock & roll makes
Me stand hard & tall
Once an old man with blood on
his hands
Said "Pick up my guitar and use it"
The he took it from me said
"Let Your soul run free"
People get so stuck on getting their
Name in lights
Fuckin' some famous model
Keepin' their assholes tight
So I played that guitar
Til my dick got hard
I fucked that bitch night & day
Time went by and that old man died
Got a note "Remember what I said"
Brought flowers to his grave
Laid 'em down, and my fingers
Started to bleed I was finally free
I was finally free yeah
People get so stuck on getting their
Name in lights
Fuckin' some famous model
Keepin' their assholes tight
Uh uh uh
Don't get me wrong I ain't singin'
This song bout bros who truly deserve it
But money & fame is for those truly
Lame. The ones who need to get their
Heads lit
So I play my guitar, Yeah I played
that bitch all night
Long
Yeah I played my guitar I was
finally free
So keep your head clear don't
believe what you hear
Just play what comes from your soul
But if money & fame is your fuckin' game
Then I hope you die fat & old
So keep your head clear don't
believe what you hear
Just play what comes from your soul
But if money & fame is your fuckin' game
"I hold some things high and sacred, and making love is one of them. In real life, I'd love to be a woman's Superman,
her only one." - Duff
Fate finds a way, of pickin you up when you're down
I remember everthing, and I know for sure
Ain't like it was before, I know I can shut
that door
(chorus)
I wanna be your superman
Won't you give me you hand
So I can show you
Let down your hair
And move on over next to me
I wanna see your skin, beautiful white, soft in the light
We'll just forget the past, we can have tonite at last
(chorus)
(bridge)
You can always lean on me
You can dress me to whatever your vision of a dream man is
Oh my pretty baby, can't you see
I wanna be your everything
I remember yesterday, it's a long ways away
I don't know just what your gonna do
But I always wanna be right next to you
But I always wanna be right next to you
"My girlfriend, who was a model, tells me stories sometimes.
The one she told about this girl Beverly was really eerie:
She started modeling really young, and she started doing coke
and then shooting dope, and she just disappeared. She was adopted,
and she herself had a baby, a daughter. So I just started thinking
about Beverly. It was this really odd and dark mystery to me:
Where are you? Where's your daughter? Are you trying to find your own mother?
And I wrote this song. But now she's reappeared. I hung out with her one day.
She's got herself straight, and she's going to school, and her daughter's great.
But the mystery of the song is sort of ruined." - Duff
Why do you have to be so hateful?
Why do you have to be so sad?
Is it because you grew up too fast?
Did someone break your heart up bad?
(chorus)
You are so beautiful, you are it's true
What ever happened to you lately?
Did you go off with the painted man?
Do you wonder who's your mother?
Don't let your baby guess who's you
(chorus 2)
you are
it's you
You are so beautiful, you are it's true
"This is an Al Bloch song. It was kind of a depressing story about
a white-trash life with no way out. But this kid in the story is fighting
his way out. And I reinterpreted it as, anybody can do that, get out
of any situation. "Shinin' Down" sounds almost like you're talking about God,
but it's any kind of inspiration. If somebody wants it to be God, great.
Or it could be yourself, shining down." - Duff
Sister's in the old barn, sleeping off a big storm
Brother's at the pool hall, thinking all his bad thoughts
Papa's in the cellar, sneaking off a quick drink
And god is up in heaven, no one cares what he thinks
(chorus)
Shining down, shining down
Mama's living in her grave, buried with the frying pan
I'm just sitting on the porch, waiting for the mailman
Papa doesn't have much hope, he wishes things were better
when I get a chance to leave, it's gonna be forever
(chorus)
Shining down, shining down ... yeah
At night sometimes I take a walk, down by
the power lines
Somewhere I can be alone, sit and smell the ozone
God says "don't you be afraid" he can make it better
If I get a chance to leave, it's gonna be forever
shining down, shining down, shining down,
When I was a young, I had a dream
movin' to the city sight unseen
19 years of age I'm packing my bags
Hollywood was all the rage
I came to you in 1984
You showed me in, then you shut the door
It didn't take me long to learn to play the game
A kick in the head always feels the same
(chorus)
Los Angeles, you're a fuckin whore
Hollywood, you're an open sore
I played it well, and I played it fast
Livin' slow was in the past
Chicks and drugs and gettin' burnt
Just a few of the things I `learnt'
Got sick and tired of bein' scared as hell
A wasted man, just a shell of myself
But that was then, and this is now
My pretty baby, I've changed somehow
(chorus 2)
Los angeles, you've lost you're grip
Drugs and lies and whores suckin dick
(b-verse)
I don't know if I could do things differently
L.A.'s had me for so long
When I look I can see things differently
What doesn't kill me makes me strong
(bridge)
Los Angeles, I didn't sell my soul to you
Los Angeles, you thought you would kill me
You thought you could take me down
Fuck that, power to me
(chorus)
(b-verse)
Sometimes it goes like this
Some
"It's about finding somebody to take care of, and I've found that with my daughter." - Duff
Ain't no fun, having no one
I'm so gone ain't never coming back
I cramp my style, I can't find my mind
A piece of me just fell off the tracks
Got stuck one night, on the run, it came to
me like a loaded gun
I got scared of my shadow, don't want to
hide from the fear no more... no
I fall down, no one to pick me up
no one to pick me up
I thank you God for hearing me, one rainy
night I was on my knees
You sent the girl of my dreams, and I'm the
one for her it seems
(chorus)
Let the rain come down on me, let the rain
Let the rain come down on me, let the rain
come down on you too.
I fall down, no one to pick me up
I fall down, now the rain pounds down on
me, the rain pounds down on me
yeah... yeah
It was so hard but now it's plain to see
At long last, I've got the woman of my
dreams
let the rain
I've seen war live through my pain, saved my
Life from a bitter end
I can't find my shadow
ain't gonna hide from that fear no more
I let the rain come down on me, let the rain
come down on you too.
Let the rain come down on me, let the rain
"Izzy and I wrote this one. He rides his motorcycle everywhere;
he just goes out into the desert with extra gas and water and supplies.
He finds these trails that go to Mexico from Arizona, and he's gone for days.
So he found a guy out there, a Mexican who was trying to go to L.A.
The guy was lost; he was going north-east. Izzy put him on his bike,
gave him a sandwich and water, and took him up to the highway.
He gave him some money and said, "You wanna go that way --
you wanna go west, dude." I hope he made it." - Duff
You walked the ocean
You crossed the sea
Sands of the desert
Sands beneath your feet
(chorus)
They wanna put ya back down
They wanna put ya back down
They wanna put ya back down
They're not gonna let you through
Time turns to hours
Days into weeks
Stars seem to guide him
Into the east
(chorus)
(bridge)
Did you leave anyone
Your mother must be missin' her son
Is anybody waitin' for you
Or is this somethin' new?
Live without money
Live without home
Die without water
slowly, lost I
Hate
Pain
Greed
Suc-cess
You got somethin' to say to me
Well say it to my face
I'm so sick of society
That says I'm out of place
I come around, you run and
Hide, pretend you don't know me
The time will come, you'll pay
The price, just wait and
You try to cramp my style,
When that word means nothin'
To me
Just go away, you're fuckin'
Decay
And you thought you had the
Right to kick dirt at me?
And now I got a great big
House and my dick' real hard
Was that your daughter with
blonde hair, I think
I got her pink panties man, send
her back over
You let life mean nothing man
Worth of status went too far
All this shit you see, never
Meant dick to me
I saw the news, I've read the
Lines
I've seen it for myself
Now you're the ones I clearly see
That really need some help
So now you ask me to join your
Club of upper society
You twist shit up, you turn around
"I don't even want to try to count how many of my
best friends I've lost to heroin. This song was me finally
being pissed off. The chorus says, "I won't be missing you."
There's only so much you can do." -Duff
At home alone, my eternal atonement
I won't be missin' you
So sick and tired, of bein' fucked up and lied to
I hope your dreams come true
I've seen you long, and I've felt ya strong
But now I can't get through
And then you lied, you were gettin' high
I hope you're turnin' blue
(chorus)
And in the night, when I feel alright
I won't be missin' you
Then you lied, you were gettin' high
I hope you're turnin' blue
(chorus 2)
All my heroes gone
Facts darker than fiction as my nightmare
carries on and on
(chorus)
I used to ask you how long you we're gonna carry on
when you lied I knew you were gone
(bridge)
The lines were clearly drawn
Sad memories of you, slowly gone
The world will carry on without you
(chorus 2)
(chorus)
And now that you're gone, I'm gonna carry on
"I read a lot of books, mostly nonfiction. And I don't watch a lot of TV,
but I like my Seattle sports teams. I've also seen the Cirque du Soleil
perform a bunch of times. There are lines in this song about a lot of
those things I've read about or seen. It's like, "God, I wish I could
have been there. I wish I could have done that." These are things I
think everybody wishes, in some form -- they wish they could be there." -Duff
I wanna be the worlds best lover
I wanna be on every cover
I wanna be the flying man in the Cirque du Soliel
But I'm me, and that's all I'll ever be
I wanna be like Serpico, or a freedom fighter
Down in Mexico, a black man in the fifties south,
See what fake white freedom was all about
I wanna `recon' in vietnam, shoot a ball like
Gary Payton, I wanna talk to Jesus Christ,
a-bomb the extreme right
But i'm me, and that's all I'll ever be.
And I see there are some things I don't need
(chorus)
If it was up to me, I'd be those things and
So much more
If it was me, I'd talk to God and kick
down every door
I really wanna save the planet, end all wars
and destructive habits, I wanna raise hell
with the c.d.c, see if all is being done about
that fuckin disease, I wanna be like Randy
Johnson, play guitar like Mick Ronson, wanna
set my sights on art collections, give
homeless people a new direction
but I'm me, and that's all I'll ever be
and I see, there's some things I don't need.
(chorus)
Solo
If it was up to me
I'd break down
Let the poor have it all
ban all war, if you please and end disease
Extra extra read all about my
Loss of sanity
I have often wondered what my
Life really means to me
Wasted days and broken dreams
Let it all slip away from me
And if you pick up the pieces of
A broken man, you'll find a
Fan of the family
Yeah the family
Now you're all alone
In the meadow
Sedate your lonely soul
With the man in the meadow
No need to telephone
When you're out in the meadow
Cause you live your life alone
With the man in the meadow
And me
Saw a friend of mine
Guess he just didn't see me
Looked into his eyes
And he walked right through me
He lived a life of alibies and
Broken ties that set him free yeah
free
And why'd this dream fade so
Fast
And why am I lookin' towards
The past to set me free
From me and my family
My family yeah yeah
Set down beside your grave
At peace with God and the Holy
Slave
We're gathered here to shed
A tear
And think about our goddamn mortal
Years
You had your start
You made your mark
And then you turn around
And leave us in the dark, fuck
In the dark
Now you're all alone
In the meadow
Sedate your lonely soul
With the man in the meadow
No need to telephone
When you're out in the meadow
Cause you live your life alone
With the man in the meadow
You know I keep out of this pink-coral dream
I said peace to fight to rain
And this little girl came out to me and said:
Sir where the tears come from?
I look this baby-girl and said:
Baby, from you definitely not pain
So if anybody outthere can figure this out
Drop me in line, and maybe we can all be free
Thanks!
Take care!
Do you remember walkin' hand in hand
Did you understand, well, I did
We used to listened to that song
"Are you lonely tonight?"
I think the king sang it
I'm lonely tonite
Yeah lonely tonight
That's right
I used to read you bedtime stories
I'm so lonely tonite
I'm so lonely, so lonely tonite
Remember you used to protect me
From my fright
Now I stand here with a bottle in
My hand
Who cares? What's different?
"Why does everything always end
up feeling so goddamn cold"
Once again I woke up this morning
And a warm spot still long cold gone
Then smell of you and your sweet perfume
Still lingers on, lingers on, lingers on
I wrap my arms around you
But all I get is icy cold yeah
Run my hands through
Your long blonde hair
But once again you're just not there
Just not there
You know I look but just can't find the reasons
To face another day
Cause I feel like crawling up inside girl
Just fading away, fading away, fading away...
I wrap my arms around you
But all I get is icy cold yeah
Run my hands through
Your long blonde hair
But once again you're just not there
Just not there
That's alright, girl
I want you to know that I'll keep on walking
I got both my feet on the ground
And check it out I'm gonna stick it to you
Yesterday I met a girl just like you
She had the same smile and same sweet perfume
So I turned around and walked away
Me, my blade and my bottle of blues
My bottle of blues
My bottle of blues
I wrap my arms around you
But all I get is icy cold yeah
Run my hands through
Your long blonde hair
But once again you're just not there
I wrap my arms around you
But all I get is icy cold yeah
Run my hands through
Your long blonde hair
But once again you're just not there
Just not there
That's alright, girl
I keep walking, I keep walking, I
keep walking, I keep
It's been four months since
You gone away
My bed is empty and my heart
Still feels the pain yeah the pain
I see your picture in a magazine
I look away still see you starin' at me
At me
And I walk the streets at night
And there's no one else in my sight
but you
In my mind
Cause I still love you
Yeah I still love you
Buy a ticket to a subway train
A one-way token just to end my pain
From you yeah from you
Ticket says destination unknown
The car stops and I'm back at home
all alone
Without you
I walk the streets at night
And there's no one else in my
sight but you
In my mind
Cause I still love you
Yeah I still love you
I saw you at a restaurant down on
42nd Street
Drinkin' red wine and laughin'
I kept walkin' by myself with a bottle
of rye
I don't need you baby
And you're foolin' yourself when
you say
You don't need me
I said you're foolin' yourself
When you say you don't need me
And I'm lyin' fallin' down in the alley
Yeah I'm lyin' to myself as I'm
screamin'
Cause I still love you
Yeah I still love you
I saw some chick the other day
She had a smile that looked so cool
It looked like you so I walked away
My eyes are tired but I still look cool
My tears are past
And I don't need you, don't need
you, need you
"If you thought I needed you why
would I be lookin' at chicks and
The clowns have come to rest,
the Jester's sold his soul,
the world has lost its laugh,
human kind is turning cold
It's time to say your grace,
it's time to call your friends,
Start your laughing instead of crying cause the end is nowere near...yeah
A man died of fear today, they say he lost way
Time bomb in Central Park, don't go out after dark
It's time to say your grace, it's time to call your friends
And start you laughing instead of crying cause the end is nowhere near...yeah
Heaven only hopes, heaven only knows,
to see her children just laughing,
Not dying for someone's faith
Hope is what she gave her love for
Fear because she's been alone before
Fate so that you'd fight a holy war, I still
don't get it heaven only hopes
A child was born today, pure innocence of heart
Hope bristles from her smile, fate laidens in the dark
It's time to say your grace, it's time to call your friends and
Start your laughing instead of crying cause the end is nowhere near...yeah
Heaven only hopes, heaven only knows to see
Her children just laughing
Not dying for someone's faith...dying for
"This one's just about taking a mental holiday from the day-to-day grind. " - Duff
Got a aching head,
Waking up the dead
Wrapped up in a shroud
Floating on a cloud
Trying to catch some zees, brain is full of bee's
Mister, mister please, won't you please leave me be
(chorus)
I'm on holiday, I'm on holiday
Dreaming off in space, time and a place
Life calls my name, won't play the game
Little joy sleep brings, telephone sings
Answering machine, won't you please kill the ring
(chorus 2)
I'm on holiday, I'm on holiday
Let's rock.
Kurt Bloch
Tired of waking up, coffee in my cup
Brain is setting sail, today I can't fail
Walking with the snakes, swimming with the sharks
Honey, honey please, don't you leave me in the dark
"Come on Doc tell it like it is
A bitch is a bitch and you been dissed"
"This is Doc from the Mob and I about to step to ya"
I'm a tell a lil tale about a
trifle ass crook
She was the love of my
life yeah well that's a joke
We got home early from
tour about a quarter to seven
After 6 months of hell I
missed my lil piece of heaven
Duff dropped me by the
pad about nine fifteen
Me benz was in the drive
way wait mine's black and that's
Dark green
The door was ajar I threw a clip in
my nine
I dropped my hat on disgust my
girl was blown his mind
I couldn't believe it she was sitting
there had knee pads
On and everything beat this
She had the nerve to ask "What
you doin home so soon"
Bitch this is my world, my house and my room
As she tried to explain with fake
tears in her eyes
I despised the past love and
believing her lies
Just pack your shit and honey
leave my ring
She left with what she came with
not a goddamn thing
I said honey you lost/now you're a mirage
So get that shit out of my driveway
and the fuck outta
Dodge Matt Dillon's gonna run
your ass out
I don't really need you
And I don't really want you baby
Said I
I don't really care
I I don't really need you mama
Said no more no more
This bed that you made's a been
torn and tattered
And it smells like another man
This bottle that I drink is for you baby
You've made me just a meaner man
I did all I could every change I got
Bought you diamonds pearls even
Gave you my rock. But you
Threw it away on a 6-month fling
This motherfucker's a square
Can't even sing
So you ladies be warned don't
diss my crew
Cause my crew will do for me
before you will do
But we got each other back
Enough's enough
That's Doc from the Mob and my
homeboy Duff
That's me that's right I'm sick of
hearing la de da le de da
From your ass
I don't really want you, baby
Said I don't really care
I - I don't really need you, mama
Said no more no more
This bed that you made's a been
torn and tattered
And it smells like another man
This bottle that I drink is for you
now, baby
You've made me just a meaner man, yeah
You said you'd really take care of me
Instead you just made me bleed
How's that make you feel, huh?
See I don't know what you're thinkin
My name's Doc not Nintendo
You can't play me
So don't call, don't come see me
I want you to leave the keys to my house
Leave the keys to my car
Leave me the keys to me homeboy's car
Cause I know you got his keys
Ice Cube said it best "A bitch is a
bitch"
"Yo, Duff let's get out of here.
Wait a minute this is my
motherfuckin house"
Could it be you
Might be my woman
Could it be you
The one that makes me feel like a
man - yeah
Saw your gaze
It put me in a haze
It was amazing
I saw a little girl
Put me in a whirl
Just left me gazing
Could it be you
Might be my woman
Could it be you
The one that makes me feel like a
strong man
'Cause that's what I am
Came across this grace
Put me in my place
Baby
I'm still learning
That life is young
Past things I've done
Just for you
I'm yearning
Could it be you
Might be my woman
Could it be you
The one that makes me feel like a
man - yeah
Could it be you
Could it be true
The one that makes me feel like a man
Could it be you
Could it be you
I'm still learning
When I was a young boy
Said some man parted some sea
They said believe in us
Why should they lie to me
Now I'm not a young boy
What I believe is what I believe
But I still get fooled sometimes
It's so goddamned easy
"Huh!
Why should I belive in you
I’ve got lot's about man
If I meet damn it
And all the things you could never dream
Getting me?
Belive in you?
Yeah right!"
Oh shit not again!
Now that I'm a grown man
Be the best that I can be
Been down every rocky road
And I'm bloodied at my knees
But I treat you like a princess
Never ask to be the king
Just believe in me
Believe in me
Believe in me
Yeah yeah
Where does it leave me
When you don't believe in me
Where does it leave me
When you don't believe in me
I'd climb any mountain
Yeah I'd cross any sea
I might break down and cry
But I'd drop down my bottle of rye
If you'd just believe in me
Believe in me
Believe in me
Where does it leave me
When you don't believe in me
Where does it leave me
When you don't believe in me
But I'm still my own man
Yeah I'm still my own man
And I do what I can
And while you're treating me raw
I still make my own law
I still make my own law
Come on
Believe in me
Believe in me
Yeah....me
Believe in me
Yeah
Come on
Believe in me
Can't you see just believe in me
Come on
Believe in me
Yeah yeah
I think I'm gonna freak out, throw out my
Sanity, blame it on my lack of education,
forced sobriety
Gonna whip it out my double barrel and play
Russian roulette with one
When I win, I'm gonna pull my skin off and
give it to someone
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Beautiful Disease
Ugly is so beautiful when you hit it with a stick
Political correctiveness is such a sham, it's
makin' me sick
Sometimes I gotta ask myself why a kick in
the head feels good
The more they try to beat me down, the more
I think it's understood that
(chorus)
(bridge)
Opinions are like assholes, and you smell like
and open sewer
I lost my mind, 30 times, cause of bullshit
pulled on tour
It's my war, and I want it, right now
(chorus)
Here we go once again
It's time to take my librium
Spiders crawlin' up the walls
Will you catch me if I fall?
Round and round and round he goes
It's been a long time since I've seen
you, baby
Then you call came across my
telephone
Said old friends are meeting
Will you come up maybe
I said I'll try to make it
You left me talking to a tone
Ten years didn't seem so long
Has it been that long, baby
Has it been that long since I've
gone away
Many days and nights have
passed since
I've seen you, mama
So many things have passed our eyes
A ring has come and gone
from my finger, baby
I've stumbled, fallen down
and yes I've even cried
Chorus
It's been ten years since
I've seen you, baby
Since I've promised you the moon
It's been that long since
I've whispered in your ear
Let's celebrate now that we're home
(Whisper)
It's been a long time
since I've seen you, yeah!
You're a memory from the past
That'll always last
But life goes on, but it's been
so long...etc.
I think about the past, it's gone
away so fast
I'm still the same human being
I've traveled many miles and all
just the while
I've learned about the things I've seen
It's been ten years since I've seen
you, baby
Since I've promised you the moon
It's been that long since I've whispered
sweet in your ear
Let's celebrate now that we're home
It's been ten years since I've seen
you, baby
Since I've promised you the moon
It's been that long since I've whispered
in your ear
"This is a warning"
You got democracy, debauchery,
and a communist regime
They tore, that wall down just to
keep people happy
But it goes back up again
The tax man cometh and he takes
all your money away
Tax bracket, what a racket
They spend it like two-bit thieves
The monster came up its ugly head
And it's just enough to keep
Your children fed?
You stumble, you get up and then
you heave
Man, it's so fucked up beyond
You're my flower, you're my road
That I try to stay up on
Even when things, they go wrong
You stay there with me.
You don't stay for what I do
The sleepless nights I drug you through
When I say things I don't mean to
Yea, you stay there with me.
You uncovered this outlaw soul
You should've gone baby, long ago
But you shined a light where it was dark
On this wasted heart.
When I flew, you pulled me down
When I crashed you were the ground
When my bones scattered all around
You stayed with me.
You uncovered this outlaw soul
You should've gone baby, long ago
But you shined a light where it was dark
On this wasted heart.
My wasted heart needed healing
and you saved it for me
I've got a new start,
Rest your eyes in time
These days will say what I never could.
You stayed with me...
You uncovered this outlaw soul,
You should've gone baby long ago
You shined a light where it was dark, Oohh
You uncovered this outlaw soul,
You should've gone baby long ago
You shined a light where it was dark,