Don't Damn Me lyrics

Ooh, don't damn me

when I speak a piece of mind,

'cause silence isn't golden

when I'm holding it inside.

'Cause I've been where I've been

an' I've seen what I have seen.

I put the pen to the paper

'cause it's all a part of me.

Be it a song

or casual conversation,

to hold my tongue speaks

of quiet reservations.

Your words once heard,

they can place you in a faction.

My words may disturb,

but at least there's a reaction.

Oh, yeah, ooh yeah.

Sometimes I wanna kill.

Sometimes I wanna die.

Sometimes I wanna destroy.

Sometimes I wanna cry.

Sometimes I could get even.

Sometimes I could give up.

Sometimes I could give.

Sometimes I never give a fuck.

It's only for a while,

I hope you understand.

I never wanted this to happen,

didn't wanna be a man.

So I hid inside my world.

I took what I could find.

I cried when I was lonely.

I fell down when I was blind.

But don't damn me

when I speak a piece of mind,

'cause silence isn't golden

when I'm holding it inside.

'Cause I've been where I have been

an' I've seen what I have seen.

I put the pen to the paper

'cause it's all a part of me.

How can I ever satisfy you?

An' how can I ever make you see that,

deep inside we're all somebody?

An' it don't matter who you wanna be.

But now I gotta smile.

I hope you comprehend

For this man can say it happened

'cause this child has been condemned.

So I stepped into your world.

I kicked you in the mind.

An' I'm the only witness

to the nature of my crime.

But look at what we've done

to the innocent and young.

Whoa, listen to who's talking,

'cause we're not the only ones.

The trash collected by the eyes

and dumped into the brain.

Said, it tears into our conscious thoughts,

you tell me who's to blame.

I know you don't wanna hear me cryin'.

An' I know you don't wanna hear me deny

that your satisfaction lies in your illusions.

But your delusions are yours an' not mine.

We take it for granted

we know the whole story.

We judge a book by its cover an' read what we want

between selected lines.

Don't hail me

an don't idolize the ink

or I've failed in my intentions.

Can you find the missing link?

Your only validation

is in living your own life.

Vicarious existence

is a fucking waste of time.

So I send this song to the offended.

I said what I meant and I've never pretended

as so many others do

intending just to please.

If I damned your point of view,

could you turn the other cheek?

Don't damn me

when I speak a piece of mind,

'cause silence isn't golden

when I'm holding it inside.

I've been where I have been

an' I've seen what I have seen.

Put the pen to the paper

'cause it's all a part of me.

Don't damn me.

I said don't damn me.

I said don't hail me.

Ah, don't damn me!

Smoke 'em if ya got 'em!

All right! That's sucked!

• Artist:Guns N' Roses
• Album:Use Your Illusion I (1991)