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The Time Has Come to Rock & Roll

by WYLDLIFE

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    Our second LP makes its second appearance with this limited reissue. Since it's 2013 release, "The Time Has Come to Rock & Roll" has been the party down weekend soundtrack for those in the know. Now it returns to you on pitch black vinyl and includes the singles "Saturday Night" "The Right!" and more.

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1.
The Right! 02:37
You gotta lotta nerve to try and gimme advice You just wanna put me down and gimme sleepless nights You say you got plenty of warm love left to spare Your heart’s gone cold, so I’m told so I don’t care You don’t have the right to say you’re sorry You don’t have the right saying “It won’t happen again” You don’t have the right… the right to say I don’t have the right… the right… of way If you wanna fight… tonight… s’OK You gimme fisticuff love you better put ‘em up in front of your face. You try so hard to get back into my good graces Showing up at our shows, you wanna go back stage? You must be crazy You wanna yak yak yak about that past we shared You oughta call it quits, you and I split and I ain’t splitting hairs. If I’m black and blue, it’s got nothing to do with you Uppercut and a quick left jab ‘cause baby, you just don’t have… The Right…
2.
You used to live by the “Do or Die!” You traded it in for the suit and tie Now you got money but you’re acting shady What happened to the party? What happened to ya’, baby? You used to roll to the rock shows You used to live for getting loco… ONE: You did whatever you want TWO: You’d never think it through THREE: You were free and you rock and rolled You were out on the streets, you were outta control. FOUR: You’d get down on the floor FIVE: You’d never ask why SIX: Got your kicks and you felt alright When you were living everyday like it was Saturday night! Friends to the end didn’t mean so much Remember when you used to live as fast as us? We’re having fun, running ‘round the city You used to take it now you just take it easy You used to roll to the rock shows You used to live for getting loco Jumping and screaming to the pogo But why you grew up I just don’t know (and I don’t wanna know) Do you remember when Saturday nights would last forever?
3.
Wasted 03:45
Lost my head ‘bout 5 years back Forget all the real world I’m through with that Tonight I’m talking louder than I should I can’t remember half of the things I took I wouldn’t change one thing even if I could… I’ve been drunk from the absence of stars I’ve been high from the horns of the passing cars I couldn’t even tell my left from right from wrong I’ve been stoned from the lick of my leather Plastered like a bastard who don’t know any better I’ve been wasted… so wasted… I’ve been wasted in this city for so long Terrified of the 9 to 5 We all wanna live not just survive We’re dedicated to misbehave We can sleep it off when we’re in the grave Tonight it doesn’t matter what comes next The sun’s coming up but we ain’t done yet You better realize it’s as good as it gets Tonight I got nothing left to say If you can’t move around then move out my way ‘Cause we ain’t got tomorrow, we’re gonna have to take it today
4.
Sonofabitch 02:34
And when I came to I was lying facedown in my living room I had a necklace made of scars and a suicide note like a Xmas card I ran to my window on top of 286 I heard all their broken words I read all their empty lips. So where were you when I was gasping out for air? You was right behind me kicking out my chair You’re such a parasite you stood and watched me die But I know you just can’t help yourself you son of a bitch. You tried to cash in my chips but all bets were off Now you hanging ‘round I got the noose wound round all your thoughts You didn’t realize or you just didn’t expect I ain’t got a new lease on life I just made real good friends with death So where were you when I was gasping out for breath? You was right beside me standing on my neck You’re such a parasite you stood and you watched me die But I know you just can’t help yourself you son of a bitch.
5.
It’s like an old-time Western by Sergio Leone It’s the only thing that you ever known And your favorite song is the blood on the walls And the wind mixed with the crack of the bone Like a tumble-weed you roll out on the streets Out from the shadows looking so humble Tonight around 4, meet at the liquor store All the kids are getting ready to rumble Dressed in black from your motorcycle jacket Down to your leather boots You got one chance to dance with death give it your best ‘Cause you ain’t got nothing to lose With the big beat you get knoked off your feet Your pretty face connects with the pavement So quick you react no you never lookin’ back The devil’s got your soul on down payment. Don’t you wish that you could live? Someday you’re gonna die Can’t you see that it ain’t on me? I ain’t got guardian angels on my side And this life… it cuts like a knife Don’t ever let it tear you apart You’ll go on just as so long As you got rock and roll in your heart You walk down the boulevard The red and blue lights and sirens scream You glimpse at the factories The smoke billows up so serene So proud you see the shiners in your eyes It’s a look you won’t soon forget Like you was playing Lucifer in Russian Roulette He’s playing for keeps so c’mon, place your bet.
6.
Trash 03:33
Some nights I feel like I’m going numb Everyone looking for something but I don’t want none Of the girls trying to meet up in the back room They’re just doing cocaine in the bathroom Bottom shelved like the drink in my hand Just another case of “Here we go again” I got no place better to go… I stir my drink and sip it slow. A girl I used to see comes walking past With a short miniskirt thinking she’s so flash… She’s just trash! She’s just trash! She’s just trash! And she’s another man’s treasure now. I hear her down at the other end Of the bar spewing lies like “We used to be friends” I guess I had no heart worth stealing Something’s going on can you feel it? 1:45 and she’s calling my number I’ll make it out one way or the other ‘Cause she moves like a roadmap I wish she’d settle on down for a dirtnap She tries so hard to be queen bee But she’s cheap like a dollar store figurine… She used to hold me down now she’s hanging around With another poor fellow in this two-bit town I’m just glad that she’s another man’s treasure now And another man’s problem…
7.
Christina’s still wasted from the party last night The bruises on her knees say she had a good time And her nose is bleeding in the back of the bus But she’ll be driving when she’s 16 in a couple of months The school bell’s ringing… Teacher’s calling roll Christina’s going through her bag looking for birth control She’s got nothing but cruel intentions She’s got no time for afterschool detention She smells like cigarettes, hard drugs and bathroom sex As fast as she can get: Teenage Degenerate. For the other kids at school it’s just no wonder at all 2 sets of legs, one with fishnets in the boys room stall She’ll be dead by 20 and it ain’t no surprise She’s got track marks crawling up her arms and atop her thighs She ain’t got no class… She ain’t got no taste But when it comes to getting wasted, she ain’t got time to waste!
8.
Suspicion 02:48
I heard your car pulling up last night… Felt you stumble into bed I tried to kiss you on the mouth goodnight… You didn’t hear a word I said Something strange is going ‘round… You said you were with your friends downtown I’m thinking something else entirely… I got suspicion creeping inside of me. With your face dolled up and your skirt rolled high I ain’t getting enough and I’m wondering why You smell like new cologne but that’s not my scent When you’re late getting home why are you covered in sweat? Where you going, baby? Where you going now? Where you been at lately? Why are you going out? Where were you off to last night? Where are you off to now? Where were you off to last night? Whose heart are you breaking now? You got me looking all over the house… Searching for clues in the neighborhood Wondering if you was getting down Or just up to no good I got my ear to the sidewalk Listening to signs of the small talk I know you’re sending me shivers Gotta know if you would sell me up the river. Where you going, baby? You’re going out my door… Where you been at lately? You keep going back for more
9.
Mom and Dad are downstairs in their armchairs Watching television at 8 They don’t hear her talking to her mirror Regretting decisions she’s made It all gets lost on me how her varsity Could be so cruel If he don’t wanna call her back I say to hell with that He must be a fool I got my arm around her shoulder trying to hold her Saying everything will be OK She can’t quit crying trying to tell me that it wasn’t how She wanted to give it away… Veronica, I promise ya’ It will get easier You just gotta give it some time so be cool The first time’s the worst then afterwards You’ll learn all the rules Skipping pretense, they’re hopping her fence I’m not metaphorically speaking Fingers to her lips now, but they’re gonna find out A secret so worth keeping Stood up cheap dates & mascara stains Form the shape of a broken heart So hidden from plain view, so late after curfew So far past 11 o’clock.
10.
There’s the smell of porcelain Time to pick myself off the floor again And if you tell me to get lost I will/Anyway I could never keep still I’m always fully loaded with no time to kill And maybe I’m wreckless as they say Maybe you ignored the warning signs I got nothing of my own but I’m on my way Can’t stand standing ‘round all the time… And I don’t need your judge and jury I gotta move along ‘cause I’m in a hurry It’s the backroads where I belong Moving on with the rising sun I’ve been down… I’ve been out… I’m out on the run There’s the look from the naysayers Wasting all their time with cheap prayers Anyway I never believed in hope My whole life’s been walking a tightrope And maybe I’m nothing but heartache Maybe that’s all you know how to feel I always said that life’s too short But at least she’s wearing high heels Out on the run through the city with a bottle of bum wine Down through the country beneath Atlanta’s skyline Go anywhere my feet will take me to I never said goodbye I’m only passing through I never said goodbye I’m only passing through…

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released April 16, 2013

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