Artist: Blue Öyster Cult
Album: On Flame With Rock And Roll {1990} click for explanation
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Songs:
(Don't Fear) The Reaper
Transmaniacon MC
Cities On Flame With Rock And Roll
Kick Out The Jams
R.U. Ready 2 Rock
Career Of Evil
Godzilla
Burnin' For You
Dominance And Submission
Death Valley Nights





(Don't Fear) The Reaper
All our times have come
Here but now they’re gone

Seasons don’t fear the reaper
Nor do the wind, the sun or the rain
We can be like they are - come on, baby
Don’t fear the reaper - baby, take my hand
Don’t fear the reaper - we’ll be able to fly
Don’t fear the reaper - baby, I’m your man

La, la, la, la, la
La, la, la, la, la

Valentine is done
Here but now they’re gone

Romeo and Juliet are together in eternity
Romeo and Juliet - forty thousand men and women everyday
Like Romeo and Juliet - forty thousand men and women everyday
Redefine happiness - another forty thousand comin’ everyday
We can be like they are - come on, baby
Don’t fear the reaper - baby, take my hand
Don’t fear the reaper - we’ll be able to fly
Don’t fear the reaper - baby, I’m your man

La, la, la, la, la
La, la, la, la, la

Love of two is one
Here but now they’re gone

Came the last night of sadness
And it was clear that she couldn’t go on
And the door was open and the wind appeared
The candles blew and then disappeared
The curtains flew and then he appeared

Saying don’t be afraid - come on, baby
And she had no fear - and she ran to him
Then they started to fly, - they looked backward and said goodbye
She had become like they are - she had taken his hand
She had become like they are - come on, baby
Don’t fear the reaper
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Transmaniacon MC
With satan's hog, no pig at all and the weather's getting dry
We'll head south from Altamont in a cold blooded travelled trance
So clear the road my bully boys and let some thunder pass
We're pain, we're steel, a plot of knives - we're transmaniacon MC, yeah

Behind the pantry, behind the tree the ghouls adopt that child
Whose name resounds forever, whose name resounds on terror
And I'm no fool to call that hog cos man I remember
Those who did resign their souls to transmaniacon MC, yeah baby

And surely we did offer up behind that stage at dawn
Beers and barracuda, reds and monocaine, yeah
Pure nectar of antipathy behind that stage at dawn
To those who would resign their souls to transmaniacon MC, yeah baby

Cry the cable, cry the word - an unknown terror's here
And won't you try this tasty snack behind the scenes or but the back
Which was the stage at Altamont, my humble boys of listless power
We're pain, we're steel, a plot of knives - we're transmaniacon MC
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Cities On Flame With Rock And Roll
My heart is black and my lips are cold
Cities on flame with rock and roll
Three thousand guitars, they seem to cry
My ears will melt and then my eyes

Let the girl, let that girl rock and roll
Cities on flame, now, with rock and roll

Gardens of nocturne, forbidden delights
Reins of steel and it's alright
Cities on flame with rock and roll
Marshal will buoy, but Fender control

So let the girl, let that girl rock and roll
Cities on flame, now, with rock and roll

My heart is black and my lips are cold
Cities on flame with rock and roll
Three thousand guitars, they seem to cry
My ears will melt and then my eyes

So let the girl, let that girl rock and roll
Cities on flame, now, with rock and roll
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Kick Out The Jams
Kick out the jams brothers and sisters


Well, I feel pretty good and I guess that I could get crazy now, baby
Cos we all got in tune when the dressing room got hazy now, baby

Well, I know how you like it, child - hot, sweet and tight
The girls can't stand it when you're doing it right
When you're up on the stand and then they kick out the jams, yes
Kick out the jams, come on, kick 'em out

Well, I'm startin' to sweat, you know my shirt's all wet - what a feelin'
And the sound that abounds and resounds and rebounds off the ceiling
Yeah, you gotta have it, baby, you can't do without
Cos when you got that feelin' you've got the sound above
Put that mic in my hand and let me kick out the jams, yes
Kick out the jams, come on, kick 'em out

You know I got to get it up
You know I can't get enough Miss Mackenzie - Miss Mackenzie
Yeah, it goes straight to my brain
You know it drives me insane with a frenzy - with a frenzy
Well, the wailing guitars and the crash of the drums
Makes me wanna keep on rockin' till the morning comes
Let me be who I am and let me kick out the jams, yes
Kick out the jams, yes, kick out the jams, yes
Kick out the jams - I done kicked 'em out
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R.U. Ready 2 Rock
Come on, come on to the station of night
Come on, come on, everybody’s waiting
Come on, come on with the signal in sight
Come on, come on, there’s a new tune playing

Are you ready to rock - yes I am
Are you ready to rock - yes I am
Are you ready to rock - I am
Who will rock with you
Oh, woman will you

Come on, come on to the cities of night
Come on, come on, everybody’s praying
Come on, come on for the wonder of light
Come on, come on, there’s a new day breaking

Are you ready to rock - yes I am
Are you ready to rock - yes I am
Are you ready to rock - I am
Who will rock with you
Oh, woman will you

I ain’t gonna catch those countdown blues
I ain’t gonna catch those countdown blues
I ain’t gonna catch those countdown blues
I only live to be born again
I only live to be born again
I only live to be born again
I only live to be born again

Are you ready to rock - yes I am
Are you ready to rock - yes I am
Are you ready to rock - I am
Who will rock with you
Oh, woman will you

I ain’t gonna catch those countdown blues
I ain’t gonna catch those countdown blues
I ain’t gonna catch those countdown blues
I only live to be born again
I only live to be born again
I only live to be born again
I only live to be born again

Are you ready to rock - yes I am
Are you ready to rock - yes I am
Are you ready to rock - I am
Who will rock with you - I know now
Who will rock with you - I see somebody
Who will rock with you - somebody like you
Who will rock with you - yeah

Well, I’m ready, really ready now - ready to rock
Well I’m ready, I’m ready, I’m ready, I’m ready, I - ready to rock
Ready, ready, ready, ready, yeah - ready to rock
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, oh yeah - ready to rock
Oh yeah, yeah, yeah, ready, are you - ready to rock
Yeah, yeah, yeah - ready to rock
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Career Of Evil
I plot your rubric scarab
I steal your satellite
I want your life to be mine
Baby tonight, baby tonight

I choose to steal what you choose to show
And you know I will not apologize
You’re mine for the taking

I’m making a career of evil, I’m making a career of evil
I’m making a career of evil, I’m making a career of evil

I’d like your blue eyed horseshoe
I’d like your emerald horny toad
I’d like to do it like ya oughta on a dirt road

And then I’d spend your ransom money
But still I keep your sheep
I’d peel the mask you’re wearing
And then rob you of your sleep, rob you of your sleep

I choose to steal what you choose to show
And you know I will not apologize
You’re mine for the taking

I’m making a career of evil, I’m making a career of evil
I’m making a career of evil, I’m making a career of evil

I’m making a career of evil, I’m making a career of evil
I’m making a career of evil, I’m making a career of evil
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Godzilla
With a purposeful grimace and a terrible sound
He pulls the spitting high-tension wires down
Helpless people on subway trains
Scream bug-eyed as he looks in on them
He picks up a bus and he throws it back down
As he wades through the buildings toward the center of town

Oh no, they say he’s got to go - go, go Godzilla, yeah
Oh no, there goes Tokyo - go, go Godzilla, yeah

Oh no, they say he’s got to go - go, go Godzilla, yeah
Oh no, there goes Tokyo - go, go Godzilla, yeah

Godzilla, zilla, zilla
Godzilla, Godzilla, Godzilla, Godzilla, Godzilla, Godzilla
Godzilla, Godzilla, Godzilla, Godzilla, Godzilla, Godzilla
Godzilla, Godzilla, Godzilla, Godzilla, Godzilla, Godzilla
Rinji news o moshiagemasu, rinji news o moshiagemasu
Godzilla ga Ginza hoomen e mukatte imasu
Daishikyu hinan shite kudasai, daishikyu hinan shite kudasai

Oh no, they say he’s got to go - go, go Godzilla, yeah
Oh no, there goes Tokyo - go, go Godzilla, yeah

History shows again and again
How nature points up the folly of man - Godzilla
History shows again and again
How nature points up the folly of man - Godzilla
History shows again and again
How nature points up the folly of man - Godzilla
History shows again and again
How nature points up the folly of man - Godzilla
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Burnin' For You
Home in the valley, home in the city
Home isn't pretty - ain't no home for me
Home in the darkness, home on the highway
Home isn't my way - home will never be

Burn out the day, burn out the night
I can't see no reason to put up a fight
I'm living for giving the devil his due
And I'm burning, I'm burning, I'm burning for you
I'm burning, I'm burning, I'm burning for you

Time is the essence, time is the season
Time ain't no reason - got no time to slow
Time everlasting, time to play B-sides
Time ain't on my side - time I'll never know

Burn out the day, burn out the night
I'm not the one to tell you what's wrong or what's right
I’ve seen suns that were freezing and lives that were through
Well, I'm burning, I'm burning, I'm burning for you
I'm burning, I'm burning, I'm burning for you

Burn out the day, burn out the night
I can't see no reason to put up a fight
I'm living for giving the devil his due
And I'm burning, I'm burning, I'm burning for you
I'm burning, I'm burning, I'm burning for you
I'm burning, I'm burning, I'm burning for you
I'm burning, I'm burning, I'm burning for you
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Dominance And Submission
Oh yeah
I spent ten years, half my life
Just getting ready, then it was time
Warpage in my figures, radios appear
Midnight was the barrier back in 1963

Each night the covers were unfolded
Each night it’s Susie’s turn to ride
While Charles, the one they call her brother
Covers on his eyes
Murmurs in the background, "It will be time."

Oh yeah
Susan and her brother Charles, the grinning boy
Put me in the back seat and they took me for a ride
Yeah, the radio was on - can’t you dig the locomotion
Kingdoms of the radio, 45 RPM
Too much revolution, then

Each night the covers were unfolded
Each night it’s Susie’s turn to ride
While Charles, the one they call her brother
Covers on his eyes
Murmurs in the background, "It will be time."

"It’s past midnight," said Charles the grinning boy
And looking at me greedily, said it’s 1964

In Times Square, now, people do the polka
Dominance, submission - radios appear
This New Year’s Eve was the final barrier
Dominance, submission - radios appear
We took you up and we put you in the back seat
Dominance, submission - radios appear
From year to year we looked up for the venture
Dominance, submission - radios appear

Dominance - submission
Dominance - submission
Dominance - submission
Dominance - submission
Dominance - submission
Dominance - submission, submission
Dominance - sub, submission, sub, sub
Dominance - submission, submission
Dominance - submission, submission, submission
Dominance - sub, submission, submission
Dominance - submission, submission, submission
Dominance - sub, submission, sub, sub, submission
Dominance - submission, submission
Dominance - submission 
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Death Valley Nights
Bleached by the sun and scorched by the moon
If I make it till tomorrow noon I’m leaving
Tween the horror of space and the terror of time
My heart in crystal down the line, I’m screaming

What I need is a kiss from you, babe
Before it’s hangover time
What I need is some love from you, babe
Before this stampede arrives

Desolate landscape, storybook bliss
My darling, let me tell you this - it’s crazy
Hell of a memory is a heaven of pain
Snow is cold but so is rain, please save me

What I need is a kiss from you, babe
Before it’s hangover time
What I need is some love from you, babe
Before this stampede arrives

Oh babe, what I need, kiss from you, babe
Before it’s hangover time
Babe, what I need, love from you, babe
Before this stampede arrives

Babe - what I need, death valley nights
Babe - what I need, death valley nights
Babe - what I need, death valley nights
I need you before I lose my mind

I need you - what I need death valley nights
What I need - to run away - death valley nights
Get away - what I need - outer space - death valley nights
Just run away - what I need - I need you - death valley nights
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