Alice Cooper

Released: June 9, 2017

Songwriter: Alice Cooper Bob Ezrin Tommy Denander Tommy Henriksen

Producer: Bob Ezrin

[Verse 1]
Everybody's got something hiding in the back of their mind
Everybody's got something up their sleeve, yeah
Everybody's got tangled wired tight as they can wind
And all of them trying to strangle me, yeah

[Chorus]
I'm smelling a conspiracy
Telling lies about me constantly
They follow me, I see them there, don't they know
That feeds my paranoiac personality

[Verse 2]
Everybody's got vicious rumors dripping off of their tongue
Everybody can't wait to see me run, yeah
Everybody's got loaded stories, and I know for a fact
Everybody sees the bulls-eye on my back, yeah

[Chorus]
I'm smelling a conspiracy
Telling lies about me constantly
They're stalking me, I see you there
Don't you know, that feeds my paranoiac personality

[Chorus]
I'm smelling a conspiracy
They're telling lies about me constantly
They point at me, they stop and star, don't they know
They feed my paranoiac personality

[Outro]
My personoiac paranality
Paranoiac personality

Alice Cooper is the stage name and ‘fun villain’ character of Vincent Furnier. Cooper became the target of parents and ministers for his dark lyrics and gory theatrical performances that earned him the title Godfather of Shock Rock. Despite once claiming the name was conjured from a ouija board that told him he’s the reincarnation of a 17th century witch, Cooper laughs the topic off with flippant answers like “It was either a Scrabble board or a bowl of alphabet soup” and “I didn’t want a name like Iron Butterfly or Black Sabbath. I wanted it to be something your aunt might be called.”

The band Alice Cooper was originally signed by Frank Zappa to his own record label. Their first notoriety came when Cooper tossed a wayward chicken (possibly arranged by long-time manager Shep Gordon) into the crowd, who then tore it apart at the 1969 Toronto Rock ‘n’ Roll Revival Festival. Newspapers claimed he’d bit the bird’s head off and drank its blood. Zappa advised them to not deny the story and Cooper used it as inspiration to make his character darker.

The band’s teaming with producer Bob Ezrin for their third album Love It To Death led to their US breakthrough with a top 30 hit “I’m Eighteen” in early 1971. By then, the band was already infamous for their stage show, which had escalated into simulated torture and executions. That same year, Killer was released with its two singles “Under My Wheels” and “Be My Lover” finding moderate US success, and both albums being certified gold the following year.

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