Lyrics?

[dave-gnfnr2k]

I always thought the Oh My God lyrics were-


It's not how you're thinking
Like you've been right
You've been living a trade-off
Believe your own version
Believe your enslavery and drain out your soul

No those are wrong, the ones I have are correct

how do you know they are? please fill me in..... im curious.

At the HOB show the tech guy screwed up and erased the lyrics to oh my god, so he asked axl to write them down so he could type them back into the telepromputer, so axl wrote them down on napkins. After that the tech guy gave the napkins to del james ( I think it was him) and Del gave the lyrics to some fans. Sal (from the gnr bar) got the first verse with those lyrics. A few years ago Sal told us what they said, I think there is a scan out there. Eva also got one of the verses and has it somewhere. So those lyrics (first verse) are from axl so they are 100% correct.

Plus the lyrics the other person posted make no sense, and if you just listen to the lyrics and read both, you can tell the ones that I have are correct.

[Jim]

And in IRS I would still like that goddamn "when you plead the fifth" line replaced even with something like "inaudible". That's just as wrong and plain stupid as that "three more to tame" in Madagascar. The same with "And ought to find someone that belonged insane like I do" in CITR... what the hell does that mean? (Oh, someone already mentioned that.)

The "three more to tame" was fuckin lame... I never understood what the fuck it meant to the people who "transcribed" the song...

Haha, I thought it was hillarious! I liked it so much that I used it for one of my email addresses.

There is still some bad grammar, some downright nonesensical nonesense, going on in the current transcriptions, but there is no point arguing with mister "no, but seriously, I'm a trillion percent right because I am" above me here.

I'll wait for the sleeve thank you very much.

[dave-gnfnr2k]

No one still knows what axl sings on that part. He keeps chaning it.

[Christos AG]

No one still knows what axl sings on that part. He keeps chaning it.

What part?

[metalmessiah80]

Here are some lyrics to IRS (what I got out of the song) there are like 20 different interpretations of what he says, but this is what I got..

There's not anymore that I can do
all the reasons that you give, I follow you
till when you'd leave and it may be the end of time it's true
wouldn't be the first time I've been wrong
wouldn't be the last I'm sure I'm wrong
with all the rumors I can tell
some things didn't work so well

when and where it feels detained <--confused on this one
when you first told me you were gone
so long ago, but I still head on
through all the motions that I've had to set
and that's the truth and here's the worst yet
wouldn't even matter the things that I say
you've made your mind up and gone anyway
and there's no use now in dragging it on
should have seen it coming all along

well it's true
I had my doubts of you
gonna call the president
gonna call myself a private eye
gonna need the IRS
gonna get the FBI
gonna make this a federal case
gonna win it right down in your face
read it baby with your morning news
with a sweet hangover and the headlines true now

I bet you think I'm doing this all for my health
I should've looked again, then at somebody else
feeling like I've done way more than wrong
feelin like I'm livin inside of this song
feelin like I'm just too tired to care
feeling like I've done more than my share
could it be the way that I've carried on
like a broken record for so long
and I do

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I guess we won't really know until CD comes out though, I'm still trying to figure out what he sings in "The Blues" the part that says:
What this means to me is more than I know you'd believe
what I (Can't figure this part out)
has cost more than it should for me"

[dave-gnfnr2k]

No one still knows what axl sings on that part. He keeps chaning it.

What part?

The freed of chains or what ever he sings. If you listen to the rio version, then 2002, then 2006. it sounds like he is singing something different

[dave-gnfnr2k]

I guess we won't really know until CD comes out though, I'm still trying to figure out what he sings in "The Blues" the part that says:
What this means to me is more than I know you'd believe
what I (Can't figure this part out)
has cost more than it should for me"

I think he says this

What this means to me
Is more than I know you('d) believe
What I thought of you now
Has cost more than it should for me

[greendog]

I always thought the Oh My God lyrics were-


It's not how you're thinking
Like you've been right
You've been living a trade-off
Believe your own version
Believe your enslavery and drain out your soul

No those are wrong, the ones I have are correct

how do you know they are? please fill me in..... im curious.

At the HOB show the tech guy screwed up and erased the lyrics to oh my god, so he asked axl to write them down so he could type them back into the telepromputer, so axl wrote them down on napkins. After that the tech guy gave the napkins to del james ( I think it was him) and Del gave the lyrics to some fans. Sal (from the gnr bar) got the first verse with those lyrics. A few years ago Sal told us what they said, I think there is a scan out there. Eva also got one of the verses and has it somewhere. So those lyrics (first verse) are from axl so they are 100% correct.

Plus the lyrics the other person posted make no sense, and if you just listen to the lyrics and read both, you can tell the ones that I have are correct.

HOB was after it was released, and ive heard the Oh My God was actually still unfinnished when released... so he could have changed the lyrics. ?Because after listening to the STUDIO song, reading both versions, these definatly fit alot better to what he is saying.

It's not how you're thinking
Like you've been right
You've been living a trade-off
Believe your own version
Believe your enslavery and drain out your soul

I cant speak for the live version, as its so long since ive heard it, and i dont have it on me anymore.

[dave-gnfnr2k]

I always thought the Oh My God lyrics were-


It's not how you're thinking
Like you've been right
You've been living a trade-off
Believe your own version
Believe your enslavery and drain out your soul

No those are wrong, the ones I have are correct

how do you know they are? please fill me in..... im curious.

At the HOB show the tech guy screwed up and erased the lyrics to oh my god, so he asked axl to write them down so he could type them back into the telepromputer, so axl wrote them down on napkins. After that the tech guy gave the napkins to del james ( I think it was him) and Del gave the lyrics to some fans. Sal (from the gnr bar) got the first verse with those lyrics. A few years ago Sal told us what they said, I think there is a scan out there. Eva also got one of the verses and has it somewhere. So those lyrics (first verse) are from axl so they are 100% correct.

Plus the lyrics the other person posted make no sense, and if you just listen to the lyrics and read both, you can tell the ones that I have are correct.

HOB was after it was released, and ive heard the Oh My God was actually still unfinnished when released... so he could have changed the lyrics. ?Because after listening to the STUDIO song, reading both versions, these definatly fit alot better to what he is saying. I cant speak for the live version, as its so long since ive heard it, and i dont have it on me anymore.

It's not how you're thinking
Like you've been right
You've been living a trade-off
Believe your own version
Believe your enslavery and drain out your soul

I am not going to argue about this again. WE already had a huge debate about this months ago, and even had a poll.
And most people said it was what I had. Trust me its correct. I dont know how you can even hear what? you have, it makes no sense. Plus the lyrics that Axl gave are in his own words. If you dont want to take axls word for it then fine but you are 100% wrong.

The lyrics  you think they are dont fit better and are worst lyrically than the ones I posted that came from Axl

[JAC185]

I guess we won't really know until CD comes out though, I'm still trying to figure out what he sings in "The Blues" the part that says:
What this means to me is more than I know you'd believe
what I (Can't figure this part out)
has cost more than it should for me"

I think he says this

What this means to me
Is more than I know you('d) believe
What I thought of you now
Has cost more than it should for me

I just listened to it and that sounds dead on

[greendog]

I am not going to argue about this again. WE already had a huge debate about this months ago, and even had a poll.
And most people said it was what I had. Trust me its correct. I dont know how you can even hear what? you have, it makes no sense. Plus the lyrics that Axl gave are in his own words. If you dont want to take axls word for it then fine but you are 100% wrong.

I never said that i didnt believe the lyrics that Axl wrote, and i dont expect you to argue, i dont want that... i can do without another negative Karma point since i dont know how i got one in the first place ? ... all i said is that he could have changed them since recording the song in the studio. Its not that hard to believe an artist could do that.

I think one give away is the when hes supposed to say 'Fashioned' its definatly 'Version'...

il just leave it at that, coz i dont want an argument

I also think that "Ruin the wiser" sounds better lyrically and flows with what was sang before than "Who is the wiser"

[dave-gnfnr2k]

^
Its all good, we will never know 100% until we get the lyric book because like we both have said, Axl is always changing lyrics around.

[Christos AG]

No one still knows what axl sings on that part. He keeps chaning it.

What part?

The freed of chains or what ever he sings. If you listen to the rio version, then 2002, then 2006. it sounds like he is singing something different

What part of "I read the lyrics on Axl's screen" didn't you understand?

[dave-gnfnr2k]

No one still knows what axl sings on that part. He keeps chaning it.

What part?

The freed of chains or what ever he sings. If you listen to the rio version, then 2002, then 2006. it sounds like he is singing something different

What part of "I read the lyrics on Axl's screen" didn't you understand?

Oh i missed that post but doesnt change the fact he sings something different at that part on certain shows

[Christos AG]

No one still knows what axl sings on that part. He keeps chaning it.

What part?

The freed of chains or what ever he sings. If you listen to the rio version, then 2002, then 2006. it sounds like he is singing something different

What part of "I read the lyrics on Axl's screen" didn't you understand?

Oh i missed that post but doesnt change the fact he sings something different at that part on certain shows

Rock In Rio 2001: Freedom Or The Chains

Osaka 2002: Freedom Or The Chains (You can even understand it through the crazy people screaming AAAAAAXLLLLL!!)

Tokyo 2002:Freedom Or The Chains

Leeds 2002: Freedom Or The Chains

Cleveland 2002: Freedom Or The Chains

Boston 2002: Freedom Or The Chains

All 2006 shows: Freedom Or The Chains

[dave-gnfnr2k]

I dont hear that on the boston show at all

[agropolus]

Back in 2002 I remember somebody saying they saw part of the lyrics to Madagascar in the screen, I think the guy said he read "I'll free the ball and chain, we end together", or something like that, I'm really not sure now...

[dave-gnfnr2k]

Back in 2002 I remember somebody saying they saw part of the lyrics to Madagascar in the screen, I think the guy said he read "I'll free the ball and chain, we end together", or something like that, I'm really not sure now...

Like I said, the lyrics have changed over the  years.

[axe]

A little sidepath to this thread, although it stays on topic.

English is not my first language, and although I know a lot about it, there's things that I don't always understand in GNR lyrics. So if it's okay, I'll post a few lines, and I hope someone can explain their meaning. Here's two to begin with, and one a little different one.

Rocket Queen, just before the last stanza: "Of those that take you leave you strung out much too far." Translating it to my language it doesn't make much sense.

Garden Of Eden: what is "slammin' to the crunch" that these people are doing inside?

And the bonus, Mr. Brownstone: the first line of the last part. What is just before "...it drove me outta my mind / I should have know better, said I wish I never met her etc."

[dave-gnfnr2k]

A little sidepath to this thread, although it stays on topic.

English is not my first language, and although I know a lot about it, there's things that I don't always understand in GNR lyrics. So if it's okay, I'll post a few lines, and I hope someone can explain their meaning. Here's two to begin with, and one a little different one.

Rocket Queen, just before the last stanza: "Of those that take you leave you strung out much too far." Translating it to my language it doesn't make much sense.

Garden Of Eden: what is "slammin' to the crunch" that these people are doing inside?

And the bonus, Mr. Brownstone: the first line of the last part. What is just before "...it drove me outta my mind / I should have know better, said I wish I never met her etc."

In rocket queen strung out means the same as leaving some one hanging.
Basically he was saying he wont leave the girl hanging (alone) like other people  have in the past

Brownstone
"stuck it in the middle, shot it in the middle, it drove me outta my mind"
He is most likely talking about shooting up the herion into his veins.

as for garden of eden, i have no clue