I used to be a sinner used to have my cake and eat it They warned me of my fate but I was quite prepared To meet it You'll go to Hell they smiled at me And told me of the roaring fires But I was happy living wild And fuelling my own desires I was a wild man Drinking, smoking and messing around with women Lots of women No, not swimming, women
I wanna go to Heaven The place to be is right up there I wanna go to Heaven It's gonna be good so I won't despair
I decided to reform and pray Beg mercy for my soul I prayed in Church Threw away my bad habits Prayed out of Church Adopted an entirely different role I gave money to the poor Until I was poor But at least I ensured That I would go up there Instead of down below To the inferno Where the evil flames of desire Burned higher and higher and higher
I'm gonna go to Heaven Paid my dues so I'm getting in I'm gonna go to Heaven It's looking good if I abstain from sin
I knocked on the pearly gates Neatly side-stepping the long queue Waved hi to St. Peter Who checked my card and let me through I smiled Threw my hands in the air Laughed And got arrested The said 'hey man, you're in the wrong place You behaviour is a disgrace Here we pray every hour On the hour Read extracts from the Bible And look solemn' What says I, no party No party Let me out
Let me out of Heaven I got it wrong no I can't stay here No laughing in Heaven Let me out, I just can't stay here
Well I ran around in a state of shock and panic This wasn't what I expected Here was what looked like a bunch of manic-depressives Can I get a transfer I screamed But no Once you're in Heaven, you're here for good The good of your soul But that's no good to me If you want to go to Hell you've really got to be bad Okay okay, I'll be bad, I'll be bad Too late What do you mean too late Too late No In the meantime
Let me out of Heaven I've got it wrong, no I can't stay here No laughing in Heaven Oh god it's awful here Going crazy in Heaven Take me out let me go to Hell No laughing in Heaven Don't laugh this place is Hell.
If you're looking for trouble You came to the right place If you're looking for trouble Just look right in my face I was born standing up And talking back My daddy was a green-eyed mountain jack Because I'm evil, my middle name is misery Well I'm evil, so don?t you mess around with me Ive never looked for trouble But I've never ran I dont take no orders From no kind of man I'm only made out Of flesh, blood and bone But if you're gonna start a rumble Don't you try it on alone Because Im evil, my middle name is misery Well I'm evil, so don?t you mess around with me I'm evil, evil, evil, as can be I'm evil, evil, evil, as can be So don't mess around don?t mess around don?t mess around with me I'm evil, I'm evil, evil, evil So don't mess around, don't mess around with me I'm evil, I tell you I'm evil So don't mess around with... me
I said a hey, hey, hey yeah I said a hey, hey, hey yeah Well come on everybody take a trip with me Well down the Mississippi down to New Orleans The Honey Suckle's bloomin' on the Honey Suckle vine And love is a blooming there all the time You know every Southern Bell is a Mississippi Queen Down the Mississippi down to New Orleans
I said a hey, hey, hey yeah I said a hey, hey, hey yeah Well come on everybody take a trip with me Well down the Mississippi down to New Orleans Oh well the magnolia blossom fills the air If you ain't been to heaven then you ain't been there You got French Moss growing from big oak tree Down the Mississippi down to New Orleans
I said a hey, hey, hey yeah I said look out child yeah, yeah, yeah I said a hey, hey, hey yeah I said hey
Good Golly, said little Miss Molly When she was rockin' in the house of blue light Tutti Frutti was oh so rooty When you're rockin' to the east and west Lucille was oh so real when she didn't do her daddys will Come on baby, drive me crazy, do it, do it, oh
'Cause I'm a speed king You got to hear me sing 'Cause I'm a speed king See me fly
Saturday night and I just got paid Gonna fool about, ain't gonna save People gonna rock, some people gonna roll Gonna have a party to save my soul Hard headed woman and a soft hearted man They been causing trouble since it all began Take a little rice, take a little beans Gonna rock and roll down to New Orleans
'Cause I'm a speed king You got to hear me sing 'Cause I'm a speed king See me fly
Wanna sing me blue, yeah Oh oh oh oh oh oh oh yeah I wanna hear you sing Oh, come on Oh
Good Golly, said little Miss Molly When she was rockin' in the house of blue light Tutti Frutti was oh so rooty When you're rockin' to the east and west People gonna rock, some people gonna roll Gonna have a party to save my soul Come on baby, drive me crazy, do it, do it, oh
'Cause I'm a speed king You got to hear me sing 'Cause I'm a speed king See me fly
'Cause I'm a speed king You got to hear me sing Yeah, I'm a speed king See me, heh hah hah hah hah hah
Yeah, I'm a speed king You got to hear me sing Yeah, I'm a speed king See me
Gotta black breast Chinese eyes Got an English brain that's gonna make me wise Got a long story that I wanna tell To a rhythm that I know so well Really got a lot of lovin' that I wanna give Baby I'm a mystery but you know I gotta live I tried another but she didn't want to know
Take a hold now if you can Take a lesson from a hard lovin' man I'm a long way from where I wanna go Guess I'll stay awhile I really love you so How's about another sip of all the wine you got Take a tip from me and give it here I'll drink the lot I'm not a winey, I'm a puttin' on a show
You really really grab me but I've gotta move Before they know I'm here and spread the news Maybe in while when I've moved around I can find a way to pay you back your twenty pounds Really got a lot of lovin' that I wanna give Baby I'm a mystery but you know I gotta live I tried another but she didn't want to know
Take the trouble to decide the things you do Will not be the things that don't appeal to you See the mess your makin' can't you see your fakin' Gonna make it hard for you, you're gonna--into the fire
Turn on the mandrake that was given to you See if you can make it like the others do Feel the blood a knockin' when you're finger poppin' Gonna make it hard for you, you're gonna--into the fire
Stop your bleeding mind before it's over and done Listen very closely to the message I've sung Feel the blood a knockin' when you're finger poppin' Gonna get a message through, you're gonna--into the fire
