Don't Damn Me (Guns N' Roses)
Don�t damn me when I speak a piece of my mind
�Cause silence isn�t golden when I�m holding it inside
�Cause I�ve been where I have been, an I�ve seen what I have seen
I put the pen to the paper �cause it�s all a part of me
Be it a song or a casual conversation
To hold my tongue speaks of quiet reservations
Your words once heard, they can place you in a faction
My words may disturb but at least there�s a reaction
Sometimes I wanna kill, sometimes I wanna die
Sometimes I wanna destroy, sometimes I wanna cry
Sometimes I could get even, sometimes I could give up
Sometimes I could give, sometimes I never give a f***
It�s only for awhile
I hope you understand I never wanted this to happen
Didn�t want to be a man
So I hid inside my world, I took what I could find
I cried when I was lonely, I fell down when I was blind
Don�t damn me when I speak a piece of my mind
�Cause silence isn�t golden when I�m holding it inside
�Cause I�ve been where I have been, an I�ve seen what I have seen
I put the pen to the paper �cause it�s all a part of me
How can I ever satisfy you?
How can I ever make you see that deep inside we�re all somebody
An it don�t matter who you wanna be? But now I gotta smile, I hope you comprehend
For this man can say it�s happened �cause this child�s been condemned
So I stepped into your world, I kicked you in the mind
An I�m the only witness to the nature of my crime
But look at what we�ve done to the innocent and young
Whoa listen to who�s talking 'cause we�re not the only ones
The trash collected by the eyes and dumped into the brain
Said it tears into our conscious thoughts, you tell me who�s to blame
I know you don�t want to hear me crying
An I know you don�t want to hear me deny that your satisfactions lies in your illusions
But your delusions are yours and not mine
We take for granted we know the whole story
We judge a book by it�s cover and read what we want between selected lines
Don�t hail me an don�t idolize the ink
Or I�ve failed in my attentions
Can you find the missing link?
Your only validation lies in living your own life
Vicarious existance is a f***ing waste of time
So I send this song to the offended
I said what I meant and I�ve never pretended as so many others do
Intending just to please
If I damned your point of view, could you turn the other cheek?
Don�t damn me when I speak a piece of my mind
�Cause silence isn�t golden when I�m holding it inside
�Cause I�ve been where I have been, an I�ve seen what I have seen
I put the pen to the paper �cause it�s all a part of me
Don�t damn me
I said don�t damn me, I said don�t hail me
Don�t damn me
© Hudson, Saul and Steve Lank and Bill Bailey, 1991, �Don't Damn Me� (Use Your Illusion I) The David Geffen Company, MCA Records Canada