Guns N’ Roses Lyrics: Guns N’ Roses is known for their evocative and often provocative lyrics. Here are a few notable examples from some of their most popular songs:
“Sweet Child O’ Mine”:
“She’s got a smile that it seems to me
Reminds me of childhood memories
Where everything was as fresh as the bright blue sky”
“November Rain”:
“‘Cause nothin’ lasts forever
Even cold November rain”
“Welcome to the Jungle”:
“Welcome to the jungle
We’ve got fun ‘n’ games
We got everything you want
Honey, we know the names”
“Paradise City”:
“Take me down to the paradise city
Where the grass is green and the girls are pretty
Oh, won’t you please take me home”
“Patience”:
“Said woman take it slow, and it’ll work itself out fine
All we need is just a little patience”
“Don’t Cry”:
“Give me a whisper and give me a sigh
Give me a kiss before you tell me goodbye
Don’t you take it so hard now and please don’t take it so bad
I’ll still be thinkin’ of you and the times we had, baby”
“Estranged”:
“When you’re talkin’ to yourself
And nobody’s home
You can fool yourself
You came in this world alone”
“Civil War”:
“What’s so civil ’bout war anyway?”
“Rocket Queen”:
“If I say I don’t need anyone
I can say these things to you
‘Cause I can turn on anyone
Just like I’ve turned on you”
“You Could Be Mine”:
“With your bitch slap rappin’
And your cocaine tongue
You get nothin’ done
I said you could be mine”
“Live and Let Die” (a cover of the song by Paul McCartney and Wings):
“But if this ever changin’ world
In which we live in
Makes you give in and cry
Say live and let die”
“Knockin’ on Heaven’s Door” (a cover of the song by Bob Dylan):
“Mama put my guns in the ground
I can’t shoot them anymore.
That cold black cloud is comin’ down
Feels like I’m knockin’ on heaven’s door”
“Mr. Brownstone”:
“I get up around seven, get outta bed around nine
And I don’t worry about nothin’ no, ’cause worryin’s a waste of my time”
“It’s So Easy”:
“It’s so easy, easy
When everybody’s tryin’ to please me baby”
“Nightrain”:
“I’m on the nightrain
Bottoms up
I’m on the nightrain
Fill my cup”
“My Michelle”:
“Your daddy works in porno
Now that mommy’s not around
She used to love her heroin
But now she’s underground”
“Coma”:
“Got this feeling that I’m gonna die before I get old
I don’t know why, I don’t know why”
“Out Ta Get Me”:
“They won’t catch me
I’m fuckin’ innocent
They won’t break me”
“Think About You”:
“You bet your life I’ll think of you
Then I’ll close my eyes and one more time we’re gonna love”
“Used to Love Her”:
“I used to love her, but I had to kill her
I used to love her, mmm, yeah, but I had to kill her”
“Yesterdays”:
“Yesterdays
Got nothin’ for me
Old pictures that I’ll always see”
“Breakdown”:
“Baby, breakdown
Go ahead, give it to me
Breakdown, it’s alright
It’s alright, it’s alright”
“One in a Million”:
“Police and niggas, that’s right
Get outta my way
Don’t need to buy none of your
Gold chains today”
“Bad Apples”:
“We’ve found the bad apples fallen far from the tree
Gonna rot in the garbage or shine like a star”
“Don’t Damn Me”:
“When I speak a piece of my mind ’cause silence isn’t golden
When I’m holding it inside”
“Garden of Eden”:
“There’s no one to take my blame if they wanted to
There’s nothing to keep out the wind and the rain
And there’s no one to blame”
