14 Years (Live In London - August 31, 1991)

Lyrics

[Spoken Word Intro: Axl Rose] This is somethin' featuring Mr. Stradlin It'll be on Use Your Illusion… uh, one of 'em Called 14 Years [Verse 1: Izzy Stradlin] I try and feel the sunshine, but you bring the rain You try and hold me down with your complaints You cry and moan and complain, you whine and tear Up to my neck with [?], the touch you bring [Pre-Chorus: Izzy Stradlin] [?] just one day So hard to keep my own head, that's what I say, but you know I've been the beggar, oh, I've played the thief I was the dog they all tried to beat [Chorus: Izzy Stradlin, Axl Rose, & Both] But it's been 14 years of silence It's been 14 years of pain It's been 14 years that are gone forever and I'll never have again Say it! [Verse 2: Izzy Stradlin] Your stupid girlfriends tell you that I'm to blame Well, they're all washed up has-beens, out of the game This time I'll have the last word, you hear what I say? I tried to see it your way, won't work for me [Pre-Chorus: Izzy Stradlin] You just don't step inside to 14 years So hard to keep my own head, that's what I said, but you know I've been the dealer hangin' on your street I was the dog they all tried to beat [Chorus: Axl Rose, & Both] But it's been 14 years of silence It's been 14 years of pain It's been 14 years that are gone forever and I'll never have again, well [Guitar Solo] [Verse 3: Izzy Stradlin] Bullshit and contemplation, gossip's their trade If they knew half the real truth, what would they say? I'm past the point of concern, it's time to play These last four years of madness sure put me straight [Outro: Izzy Stradlin & Both] Don't get back 14 years in just one day So hard to keep my own head, just go away, but you know Just like a hooker, she said, "Nothing for free" Oh, I tried to see it your way I tried to see it your way