Lyrics for the album:
RELENTLESS
All lyrics written by Steve “Sin” Sinatra except “Fleshwound”, lyrics by Steve “Sin”
Sinatra and Kirsten Toepperwein
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FRIEND TO ENEMY
It’s like I don’t even know you
Why are we wastin’ time?
I’ve taken all that you’ve given me
But now you’ve crossed that line.
CHORUS:
I told you time and time again
About you suckin’ the life from me.
Drink the water and I’ll drown in your pain
Turned a friend into an enemy
Inseparable from inception
Where did it all go wrong?
Copious promises broken
I’d rather be left alone.
CHORUS
Enemy, enemy, enemy
Ain’t no reconciliation
Won’t even give it a try
We couldn’t keep it together
To get it on one last time.
CHORUS
Enemy, enemy, enemy, it’s the end of me.
2
NEVER WANTED
Left alone, so young, so bold, abandoned and unclean
Never really gave a care, it’s how it came to be.
Been runnin’ so long, got blisters on my feet
Never ran with a popular crowd, I re-belled against everything.
CHORUS:
Never wanted, never needed, never wanted…never
Never wanted, never needed, never wanted…ever
Form your opinions, in your own sick mind
Sit at home, with all your toys and live your privileged life
What you see is what get, and if that’s my only crime
Got your moral compass right here, it hangs a bit- to- the- right.
CHORUS
You can’t tell me who I’m ‘sposed to be!
Just who the fuck do you think you are?
I’ll never conform to your god damn standards
You’re wasting your time; you’re wasting your breath.
You fraud, you want to save me?
Why don’t you save yourself?
Save yourself
Save yourself
Save yourself
Just save yourself
CHORUS
You can’t tell me who I’m ‘sposed to be (abrupt end).
3
GONE AWAY
Take a look in the mirror; it’s a face I haven’t seen,
Thought I knew this song before but I seem to have lost the key
It’s vaguely familiar, but the tune remains the same,
Bits and pieces of experience past disturb me, and I’m ashamed
The constant reminders, of recent events gone by
Continue to push me toward my self destruction
CHORUS
Internally……I cry (I cry)
Nocturnally…I lie, past memories fade
Too proud, too strong, too soon, too young, don’t wanna stay……..yeah
Eternally…I die (I die),
Victimized…for life, this is the day
Lord gimme some help, to save myself, ‘fore I’m gone away….yeah
Ooooo, I’m gone away…yeah…
Oooooo, ohhhhhh….gone away…..
Two approaching figures, cast shadows on the floor
One looks just like me, only twenty years before
And up until then, I didn’t realize,
How this injustice would play out on my boy’s life
CHORUS
4
FLESHWOUND
Tried to cut the vein, but…you used cheap steel
Yes the blood runs deep in… the heart lies deeper still.
Branded by the words that mean nothing, I’ll never let you burn me again.
I’m already healin’…what’s left are scars within.
Masqueradin’ deception with a smile, subliminal schemin’ (schemin’!)
You crept up with your blade while I was peacefully dreamin’ (dreamin’)
Mmm, fleshwound….your best was just a fleshwound, and the scars are healin’
Broken bonds the truth was just somethin’, rarely spoken (spoken)
Your tongue was like a knife left me, bleedin’ not broken (you left me broken)
You left me broken
Was just a fleshwound
Ad lib out
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BORN A HELLRAISER
Didn’t ask to be born into this life, but here I am
Clingin’ to any semblance of order, I’m drowning.
Lonely from all this heartbreak, so sick of the pain,
Lookin’ for a new situation, tired of livin’ this way.
CHORUS:
Hellraisin’ is how I been livin’
Raisin’ hell to the extreme
Hellraisin’ is what I live for.
Don’t want your pity or your sorry sympathy
(Spoken)
You see, being a hell raiser ain’t somethin’ you learn. It’s in your blood, you’re BORN with
it, so you better just deal with it son. Remember, when you’re sick of everyone’s shit, look
them straight in the eye, smile your black toothed grin and tell them to fuck off and die.
Trodding through the streets of this town, got me sick and tired of being
Liberated from all that is sacred, around me.
Lonely from all this heartbreak, sick of the pain,
Lookin’ for a new situation, tired of livin’ this way.
CHORUS
CHORUS
Ad lib out
6
FANTASY FUEL
Clad in nothing but your long, blonde hair yeah, you got my attention.
Tuck my money up under your G-String….Fantasy Fuel
Purse your lips, takin in a deep breath yeah, you’re livin’ your dream
Give it all to for the video camera.
CHORUS:
I need to know you…..and what makes you move
Turn up the volume, I wanna hear that too.
You’re everyone’s dream and you’re such a tease
Another mindfuck, you fuel my fantasy.
Rock my world with another picture; don’t know how you do it?
I’m taking this and I need a moment…
Blow me up like a hot air zeppelin, I wish you could tell.
Take me out when you stroke my ego…
CHORUS
You take me to places that I’ve never been
This must be a dream!
NO!!!!
Pay my way just to see you dancing, but you don’t know my name
Every night when I leave I’m smilin’…
Met you once and you blew me off like, I was a no one
I needed cash just to play your game you’re …Fantasy Fuel
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FOURTH OF JULY
Sittin’ round thinkin’, drinkin’ and wasted,
Tryin’ to find some time to raise some hell.
Drain another bottle and move full throttle,
Spread a little voodoo cast that spell.
Goofin’ round cueing, screwin’ and spewin’,
Tryin’ to find the words to make this right.
Throwin’ down another, insult her mother,
Better shut it down or it’s a lonely night.
CHORUS:
I’m all lit up like the fourth of July,
Boobs, booze, and tunes are what get me high.
I’m all lit up like the 4th of July,
If you don’t want an answer don’t ask me why.
Vision all basted, pasted, wasted
Try to look around, everything’s in threes
You my friend? What’s your name again?
It’s a fuckin’ party, not a damn disease…
CHORUS
Fourth of July, fourth of July, I’m all lit up like the fourth of July
Fourth of July, fourth of July, I’m all lit up like the fourth of July
All lit up, all lit up, all lit up, all lit up
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RELENTLESS
Dowwwwwwn, aw down…you bring me down. Down, down, down.
Walk me around, when I’m wanting to drive.
Make me a date, when I ask for some time.
Throw me a shit storm, when I want some calm,
Just give me a reason and I’ll do you harm.
CHORUS
You’re relentless, yeah, yeah, yeah yeah, relentless (relentless).
Drag me around when I’m hitchin’ a ride.
Spill all your guts, instead of hold it inside.
Kill my buzz, when I want it saved,
Cremate my bones when I’m willed to the grave.
CHORUS
I ask for a line, and you drop me a noose,
When I want a reason, you lay me excuses.
Give me the finger, when I need a hand,
I give you a hundred and you take a grand.
CHORUS
So damn relentless, yeah yeah yeah, yeah (Relentless)
9
VOODOO VIBE
Down on the Bayou’s, a little place I know,
Appears from the mist, in the swamp
Where there ain’t no road
Some call it legend, but I know it’s true,
That this marsh in the dark, it oozes voodoo
CHORUS:
Weave your spells and use your charms
Save the destitute from harm.
Fear her, reject her, but don’t disrespect her
Please her enshroud her but don’t ever doubt her
Spells…when she calls your name
Dolls…when you need some pain
Charms…about the room she lays
Vibe…it’s what you feel inside you.
Watch what you say, even what you think,
This voodooienne will leave you stone dead on the brink.
Perpetual youth, mulatto decent
Haunt your dreams, end for means, in the eyes of the Voodoo Queen
CHORUS
10
BROKE DICK DOG
Seems like I’ve seen it all (I’ve seen it all)
And I’ve been through heaven and hell
These times are changin’ it’s hard to face (hard to face)
So many paths to get there
But I see only one way out
Tough times have made me lose my way (lose my way)
CHORUS:
Cuz I’m feelin’, as if I’ve lost my mind
Like a broke dick dog and I thank you.
Cuz I’m feelin’, as if I’ve lost my mind
Like a broke dick dog and I think you know my kind.
I’m tired of comin’ out on the losing end (losin’ end)
Sick of snide remarks under breath
It’s up to me and it’s time to make a change (make a change)
I been down and I been beaten
I pick myself off the floor
Wonder how many you been through the same (through the same)
CHORUS
CHORUS
11
GREATEST OF THINGS
from the GI Jams Compilation CD, “The Original Music of Our Military Artists – Vol. 1”
I’d been wanderin’,
Around for years.
And I’d been wastin’ time,
Never faced my fears
CHORUS:
I’ve been with princesses
And I been with queens
Been around this great big world
You won’t believe what I seen
I’ve tasted the finest wines
And I partied with kings
But the life we built right now
Is..the greatest of things
It’s the greatest of things
It’s the greatest of things
It’s the greatest of things. (all stop)
I searched high and low,
‘for I met you.
When I finally found myself
Is when I found you too
CHORUS
It’s the greatest of things X5 and out
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