These fits of depression are torturing me
The lives that I seen won't breathe again
A sad child of madness, they'll never be free
Born again to die, the agonies begin

And soldiers keep coming like warriors they die
But gangland's alive when mothers cry
Cause hate's blind addictions, a killing machine
And it burns on the fuel of shattered lives
Lost child, lost child

The seeds of all evil are sown in their minds
And harvest the sad fields of woe
Cause dead boys are martyrs that live on forever
But now it's too late for their souls

Standing on sanities too fragile edge
And worship the Lord of the Flies
And wade through the slaughter
You've made of thy brother
And drown in his blood then when he dies

You see in their eyes
They're the lost child
See in their eyes

Don't turn out the lights
Cause there's demons in the night
And they prey on the fears in us all
They hide inside and wait
And they shun the light of day
The screams in their dreams fill us all

Children of the night
Such a sad tune they rhyme
The bloody boys that sing a wicked song
And for all of them they're
Just memories in the wind

Rise and see
It's the dawn of insanity
Keeper of the gates of fire
And the Heretic has said
You don't have to be afraid
Till I come to get ya

And child in time
On the swords edge you ride
And cast a spell of Heresy
And die in vain
Like a wild dog in chains
And no one can save
Or set you free

THE REAL ME
(Townshend)

I went back to the doctor to get another shrink
I sit and tell him about my weekend
But he never can change what he thinks
Can you see the real me, doctor

I went back to my mother
I said: I'm crazy Ma, help me
She said: I know how it feels son
Cause it runs in the family
Come on tell me
Can you see the real me, mother

The cracks between the pavement stones
Like rivers of flowing rain
Strange people who know me
From behind every window pane

The girl I used to love lives
In this yellow house
Yesterday she passed me by
She don't want to know me now

I ended up with the preacher, full of lies and hate
I seemed to scare him a little, ha
So he showed me to the Golden Gate
Whoa can you see the real me, preacher

Can you see the real me, woah, yeah
Can you see, can you see, woah yeah
Can you see the real me, doctor
Can you see the real me, mama
Can you see the real me

THE HEADLESS CHILDREN
(Lawless)

Father come save us from this madness we're under
God of creation are we blind?
Cause some here are slaves
That worship guns that spit thunder
The children that you've made have lost their minds

This monster that we call the earth is bleeding
Cause the children have been left alone too long
This thing that we've made is fat and feeds on the hate
Of the millions that it's taught to sing the song

The Headless Children
The screams that fill the night
The Headless Children
The madness steals the light

Timebombs in the hands of all the wicked war babies
Light the fuse of temptation and we all burn
Four horsemen sit high up in the saddle
And waiting and ride the bloody trail of no return

Sleeping in the arms of a nightmare
And wake to find we've been away too long
This Frankenstein of flesh stitched together back from death
And preying on the souls of everyone

THUNDERHEAD
(Lawless / Holmes)

Oh, thunderhead, you're a man with a problem
Ah, old habits too hard to break
And soon you'll be dead from that poison that you're on
Oh, the venom that's worse than the snakes

And I say: Hey, hey, hey - oh, no, hey, hey, hey
Oh, no, hey, hey, hey: white thunder
Needles and pins a dead man you're in
So deep you'll never climb out

Hey, hey, hey - oh, no, hey, hey, hey
Oh, no, hey, hey, hey: white thunder
A gun to your head, the trigger you're dead
It's quicker and there ain't no doubt

Oh, thunderhead, tie it off, you're in heaven
Oh, you'll drown in the Heroin flood
And die in your bed and sweat in detox
You're leaving this world
Oh, your epitaph's written in blood

Killer - ya scream and ya bleed
Thriller - you spread your disease
Watch out

Thunderhead - yes, I'm your master
Will you steal for me - yes
Will you ruin yourself and give everything unto me - yes
Will you lie, cheat, deceive, dishonor everything
And even kill thy brother for me - yes, yes
Will you worship only me as your true master - yes
Thunderhead, will you die for me - yes, master

MEAN MAN
(Lawless)

A tattooed madman, I am hell on wheels
Born a wicked child left alone in the fields
My father was the wind, my mother was fire
Raised by the wolves and I grew up wild

A kamikaze man, a hollering Banzai
Never crash and burn, never gonna die
Cannibal it's me, you squeal and shout
I chew you up and spit you out

Storms a c-c-coming and it's gonna be me
Here comes Trouble with a capital "T"

Cause I'm a mean mother fucking man
I gotta scream, that's what I am
All the way, all the way
Cause I'm a mean mother fucking man
Riding the wind and know I'll be damned
All the way, all the way

Chewbacca in the rye, the water of fire
A terror in the flesh, a killer for hire
California man I'm white line, Homer
The Unruly One they call the Blond Bomber

Scooter gypsy, I'm a renegade
An orphan of the road, a live hand greande
Never gonna quit before my time
When the moon gets high then I'll be blind
Mad dog 20-20's king
I drink that stuff and start getting obscene

I'm a motorcycle man
Don't never give a damn
I lie when the truth serves better
The Marquis de Sade, I cheat and steal and rob
A heavy metal creature
All the way, all the way

THE NEUTRON BOMBER
(Lawless)

He came from the East, they called him a Beast
This King of terror insane
Neutron Ronnie, the people would whisper his name
Dangerous and mad, a torch in his hand
Spread fire by the light of the moon
Ooh, pyrotechnical wizard of doom

Oh, no, here comes Ronnie
Ah the boy with the flame
All his life has been burning inside
Oh, no, here comes Ronnie
Ah, the bomber's insane
Ah, till he dies it'll burn in his eyes

A phantom so cool, at midnight would rule
A Molotov cocktail would rain
Babies screaming and house would go up in flames
When next Ronnie goes nobody knows
But inside him's where Lucifer hides
Ooh, he's the boy with the bombs at his side

MEPHISTO WALTZ
(Lawless)

Instrumental

FOREVER FREE
(Lawless)

I ride all alone and can't see
The road to nowhere anymore
And shadows whispers are calling me
To forbidden forests by the shore

And there she fell, deep in the night
One breath away from heaven's light
And she said - don't cry for me
I'm leaving you

The wind cries her name in the breeze
But I can't hold her anymore, no more
Some fallen angel had come to me
And fell too heavy on my soul

And stole from me the love that I heard
Lords of time say never die
And she said - don't cry for me
Cause I'll be

Riding the wind forever free
High in the wind forever free
I'll ride the wind forever free
High in the wind forever free
Forever free

Forever in my hearts a fire burning
I wake up nights and hear her crying my name

MANEATER
(Lawless)

Milwaukee metal on the highway
These wheels of fire eat you alive
Them outlaw riders going my way
Only the strong here will survive

Them bad boys riding on forever
When they die they ride in Harley heaven

REBEL IN THE F.D.G.
(Lawless)

I live my life like a shot in the wind
If tomorrow don't come I know
I stole my share of fun for me
Cause I'm too fast, too rad
I'm going wasted when I go

The cost of freedom's never free
It's the deep six, it's my fix
It's my best friend, cause it's my way or the highway
I'll tell you it's the living end

I'm a rebel in the F.D.G.
And I say only God in heaven knows
I'm a bad child, come and love me
And I say, oh, yeah

If you're fast you might last
Slow you gotta go
A wild one in the decadent zoo
Ooh, I lick up all my seven deadly sins
Cause I'm too hot, too cool

Oh, I've been playing in the fire of fools
I might burn but I'll burn in the wind
It's the deep six, it's my fix
It's the big jam, cause it's my way or the highway
I'll tell you what I am

Oh, I feel the heat and I touch the flesh and bone
And I feel the kiss of fire
Too fast to live, too fast to die
Mom and daddy say: I'm dancing in the fire

Sometimes I feel like an animal in a cage
I pace back and forth and look around
For something to sink my teeth into
But nobody knows what's going on inside me

Originally released on Capitol Records, April 15, 1989
Remastered released on Snapper Music, 1998