an appetite for destruction

as my days in college wind down, i can't help but reminisce about some good times we've had over the years.. almost entirely fuelled by girls and alcohol, drugs and rock n' roll in copious quantities.. living the rockstar lifestyle! call me what you like, but heck, i had fun, made it through in one piece (sort of!).. and got an education!

Guns N' Roses were one of the last of that dying breed of bands who lived it up, and lived it out.. who epitomised the fast life, then crashed and burned in a ball of flames! this one song is a eulogy to those carefree times.. from their hell-raising debut album 'Appetite For Destruction'.. this is 'Nightrain'


Well I'm a west coast struttin', one bad motherf**ker
Got a rattlesnake suitcase under my arm
Said I'm a mean machine, been drinkin' gasoline
And honey you can make my motor hum
I got one chance left, in a nine life cat
I got a dog eat dog sly smile
I got a Molotov cocktail, with a match to go
I smoke my cigarette with style
And I can tell you honey you can make my money tonight

Wake up late honey, and put on your clothes
Take your credit card to the liquor store
That's one for you, and two for me by tonight
And I'll be..

Loaded like a freight train.. Flyin' like an aeroplane
Feelin' like a space brain.. One more time tonight

I'm on the nightrain.. Bottoms up
I'm on the nightrain.. Fill my cup
I'm on the nightrain..
Ready to crash and burn, I never learn

I'm on the nightrain.. I love that stuff
I'm on the nightrain.. Can never get enough
I'm on the nightrain..
Never to return, no never to return!