Why Bleed Black Betty???
People often ask me why this nick?
So I compounded two titles of my best songs - Bleed Black - AFI and Black Betty - Ram Jam... and I've got Bleed Black Betty, easy, isn't it? <lol> (=
Ram Jam » Black Betty
Oh Black Betty bam-e-lam, oh Black Betty bam-e-lam
Black Betty had a child
Bam-e-lam the damn thing gone wild
Bam-e-lam she said it weren't not of mine
Bam-e-lam the damn thing gone blind
Bam-e-lam I said: "Oh, Black Betty"
Bam-e-lam oh Black Betty, bam-e-lam
Oh Black Betty bam-e-lam, oh Black Betty bam-e-lam
She really gets me high
Bam-e-lam you know that's no lie
Bam-e-lam she's so rock steady
Bam-e-lam and she's always ready
Bam-e-lam oh Black Betty bam-e-lam, oh Black Betty bam-e-lam
Oh Black Betty bam-e-lam, oh Black Betty bam-e-lam
She's from Birmingham
Bam-e-lam way down in Alabam
Bam-e-lam well she's shaking that thing
Bam-e-lam boy she makes me sing
Bam-e-lam oh Black Betty bam-e-lam, oh Black Betty bam-e-lam
"Bleed Black"
I am exploring the inside, I find it desolate
I do implore these confines, now, as they penetrate, "recreate me"
I'm hovering throughout time, I crumble in these days
I crumble, I cannot, I cannot find reflection in these days
(If you listen) Listen, listen
(Listen close) Beat by beat
(You can hear when the heart stops) I saved the pieces
(When it broke) And ground them all to dust
I am destroyed by the inside, I disassociate
I hope to destroy the outside, it will alleviate and elevate me
Like water flowing into lungs, I'm flowing through these days
As morphine tears through deadened veins, I'm numbing in these days
So...
(If you listen) Listen, listen
(Listen close) Beat by beat
(You can hear when the heart stops) I saved the pieces
(When it broke) And ground them all to dust
I know what died that night, it can never be brought back to life
Once again, I know
I know I died that night and I'll never be brought back to life
Once again, I know
(If you listen) Listen, listen
(Listen close) Beat by beat
(You can hear when the heart stops) I saved the pieces
(When it broke) And ground them all to dust
So...
(If you listen) Listen, listen
(Listen close) It dies beat by beat
(You can hear when the heart stops) I saved the pieces
(When it broke) And ground them all to dust
