Poison

Released: April 6, 1988

Songwriter: Rikki Rockett Bobby Dall Bret Michaels C.C. DeVille

Producer: Tom Werman

[Intro]
Wooh!
Mmm, yeah
Hahahaha
Wooh, yah!
Wooh! Hahaha, yeah
Now listen...

[Verse 1]
Not a dime, I can't pay my rent
I can barely make it through the week
Saturday night, I'd like to make my girl
But right now, I can't make ends meet, no

[Pre-Chorus]
I'm always workin', slavin' every day
Gotta get a break from that same old, same old
I need a chance just to get away
If you could hear me think this is what I'd say

[Chorus]
Don't need nothin' but a good time
How can I resist?
Ain't lookin' for nothin' but a good time
And it don't get better than this

[Verse 2]
They say I spend my money on women and wine
But I couldn't tell you where I spent last night
I'm really sorry about the shape I'm in
I just like my fun every now-and-then

[Pre-Chorus]
I'm always workin', slavin' every day
Gotta get a break from that same old same old
I need a chance just to get away
If you could hear me think this is what I'd say

[Chorus]
Don't need nothin' but a good time
How can I resist?
Ain't lookin' for nothin' but a good time
And it don't get better than this

[Bridge]
You see I, I raise a toast to all of us
Who are breakin' our backs every day
If wanting the good life is such a crime
Lord, then, put me away, yeah
Here's to ya

[Guitar solo]

Mmm, guitar!

[Chorus]
Don't need nothin' but a good time
How can I resist?
Ain't lookin' for nothin' but a good time
And it don't get better than this
Don't need nothin' but a good time
How can I resist?
Ain't lookin' for nothin' but a good time
And it don't get better than this

[Outro]
It don’t get better, babe

Poison is an American rock band that achieved great commercial success in the mid-1980s to the mid-1990s. Poison has sold over 50 million records worldwide and has sold 15 million records in the United States alone.

more tracks from the album

CBS/Sony Hot Tracks Collection 1988, Nov. Dec. 1988

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CBS/Sony Hot Tracks Collection 1988, Nov. Dec. 1988 (1988)
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Mr. & Mrs. Smith (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) (2005)
The Best of Poison: 20 Years of Rock (2006)
Balls of Fury: Music From and Inspired by the Motion Picture (2007)
10 Great Songs (2009)

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CBS/Sony Hot Tracks Collection 1988, Nov. Dec. 1988