I've become the one, they warned me about-oh he's gonna die before me
18 bloody roses, each a year that bled my soul 18 and numb, I'm somebody's son Mama, look what I've become
Will he take me down to the gallows And kill the boy inside the man I'm just a rock and roll nigger I know he don't know what I am
I don't see my face in the mirror Long live, long live, long live the king of mercy Is there no love, I am one The side you see, is the nasty me