Alice Cooper

Songwriter: Alice Cooper Bob Ezrin

Producer: Bob Ezrin

[Verse 1]
My stars, so far
No one's callin me home
Space brain, vagabond
Living on my own

[Chorus]
Come all you faithful
You know all you people should come to me
I'll make you arms work
And I'll make your legs work
I'll make you see
Ladada-dadada
Dadada-dadada
Da-da-dum, whoa-yeah

[Verse 2]
Well I swear by the air
I'll be made to breathe
You'll pay very dear for this banishing deed
The power alone stored in my little hand
Could melt the Eiffel Tower
Turn the Sphinx into sand
Oh, oh, oh

[Verse 3]
Oh no, thar she blows
Spreadin crazy news
All night, cannonball
Loves to light the fuse

[Chorus]
And everyone blows up
And nobody grows up to fill dad's shoes
But that doesn't matter
Cause no little boys really wanted to
Ladada-dadada
Dadada-dadada
Da-da-dum, woah-woah
Woah-woah-woah

[Verse 4]
I stared at the squall line
I stared at the fault line
I see a funnel black there
I think I see a crack there
Landscapes alive
And it's movin' my feet
All I need's a Holocaust
To make my day complete, oh

[Instrumental outro 4:02-5:49]

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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