Red Leather - Reno Album Lyrics

I was born
In the back of a greyhound bus
I was raised
By a family that didn't share blood
I survived
In the valley of death and dust
Where you won't stand a chance as a man if you don't got the guts
Oh mama ma-ma-ma-ma mama
Would you still love me if you know what I done
Don't need money
Don't need god
Livin' fast
Is all I got
I got a Deathwish
I got a Deathwish baby
Don't need love
Don't need friends
Where I'm dying
In the end
I got a Deathwish
I got a Deathwish baby
I got a Deathwish

I'm a wicked, twisted, crooked and bent
I'm a rancid rotten dirty f**kin' son a b***h
I'm a thieving' scheming', lunatic
Steal your wallet out your pocket all just for a fix
Oh mama ma-ma-ma-ma mama
I really need you mama
To help me get through all this trauma
Would you still love me if you know what I done

Don't need money
Don't need god
Livin' fast
Is all I got
I got a Deathwish
I got a Deathwish baby
Don't need love
Don't need friends
We're all dying
In the end
I got a Deathwish
I got a Deathwish baby
I got a Deathwish
I got a Deathwish baby (baby)
I got a Deathwish baby (baby)
No money
No god
No money
No god
No money
No god
No god

(Oh)

On the roof gettin' high
I got diesel in my veins
Thinkin' 'bout suicide
There's no Jesus in LA
But, I still see him sometimes
Sittin' on the Walk of Fame
Next to Jekyll and Hyde

The voices sayin' (bye, bye)
There's no tomorrow (bye, bye)
Drown in my sorrows

Father, forgive me, I'm sorry for my sins
So tired of living, oh, where do I begin?
The coke? The whiskey? I smoke 'til I'm dizzy
I'm so f*ckin' filthy
Forgive me for my sins

My phone's 'bout to die
I only got one call
I almost slipped off the side
'Til an angel broke my fall
Then we drove through the night
And we talked about it all (oh)
I thank God I survived (oh)

The voices sayin' (bye, bye)
There's no tomorrow (bye, bye)
Drown in my sorrow (bye, bye)
There's no tomorrow (bye, bye)
Drown in my sorrows

Father, forgive me, I'm sorry for my sins
So tired of living, oh, where do I begin?
The coke? The whiskey? I smoke 'til I'm dizzy
I'm so f*ckin' filthy
Forgive me for my sins (sins)

(Oh, sins)

Father, forgive me, I'm sorry for my sins
But, wait, just kidding, oh, where do I begin?
The coke? The whiskey? I smoke 'til I'm dizzy
I'm so f*ckin' filthy
Forgive me for my sins (sins)

Reno is the city of gold
Reno has always been known as El Dorado

In the middle of the night
The cabot brought into town
The drunken fool, he heard that there were riches to be found
He played at poker table
He spun the roulette wheel
He bet on black and hit the jack but lost on every deal
Tricked by the city
The city full of sin
He bet against the house
But the house always wins

Reno is the city of gold
Reno has always been known as El Dorado

I saw a man without his shoes
On the corner drinking booze
He was screamin' "Life ain't fair"
And he said his name was Pete
Asked him why he's on the street
He looked down with such despair
He told me, "Back when I was twenty-one, I had a wife, a job, a son
I remember when life was so sweet
But then I started gamblin'
I lost my house, my wife, my kid
Ever since can't get back on my feet"

"So learn from my mistakes before it's too late"

The only time it rains in Hollyoood
Is when somebody cries
People come out here to chase their dreams
But dreams come here to die
Where the dreams come to die
(Ooh, ooo, ooo, ooo, ooo)
Where the dreams come to die

Walkin' Hollyoood and Vine
Saw a woman with a sign
Asked me could I spare some change?
She had tombstones in her eyes
As I caught her by surprise
Asked her why the long face?
And she said, "Back when I was just 18
Had dreams of the silver screen
Left Detroit to be a movie star
And I had a taste of fame
That was until I met cocaine
Now I sleep on Sunset Boulevard"

"So learn from my mistakes before it's too late"

The only time it rains in Hollyoood
Is when somebody cries
People come out here to chase their dreams
But dreams come here to die
The only time it rains in Hollyoood
Is when somebody cries
People come out here to chase their dreams
But dreams come here to die
Where the dreams come to die
(Ooh, ooo, ooo
Ooh, ooo
Ooh, ooo, ooo
Ooh)

I heard a kid playing guitar
Singin' out his broken heart
He wore a hat to hide his face
And Lord knows that times are hard
I threw some money in his jar
'Cause I loved the way he played
And he said, "I been singin' seven years
And every night I shed a tear
'Cause I don't know if anybody cares
About the music that I write
'Cause it's the story of my life
One day I will be a millionaire"


(Ooh, ooo, ooo, ooo, ooo
Ooh, ooo, ooo, ooo
Ooh, ooo, ooo
Ooh
Ooh, ooo, ooo, ooo, ooo)
Ooh, ooo, ooo, ooo, ooo
Ooh, ooo, ooo
Ooh