Nice Boys Lyrics
She hit town like a rose in bloom
Smelling sweet, said sweet perfume
The color faded and the petals died
Down in the city, no one cried
[Pre-Chorus]
In the streets, the garbage lies
Protected by a million flies
The roaches so big, you know that they got bones
They moved in and made a tenement home
[Chorus]
I said, "Nice boys don't play rock and roll"
Nice boys don't play rock and roll
I'm not a nice boy
[Verse 2]
Sweet sixteen she was fresh and clean
Wanted so bad to be part of the scene
She met the man and she did the smack
Paid the price laying flat on her back
[Pre-Chorus]
Wanted so bad just to please the boys
They ended up just being a toy
Played so hard burned her life away
Lies were told no promises made
You know, nice boys don't play rock and roll
Nice boys don't play rock and roll
I'm not a nice boy and I never was
[Guitar Solo]
[Verse 3]
Young and fresh when she hit town
Hot for kicks just to get her ass around
But now she lays in a filthy room
She kills the pain with a flick and a spoon
[Pre-Chorus]
And in the streets, the garbage lies
Protected by a million flies
You know the roaches so big, you know that they got bones
Moved in and made a tenement home
[Chorus]
Nice boys don't play rock and roll
Nice boys don't play rock and roll
Nice boys don't play rock and roll
Nice boys don't play rock and roll
[Outro]
Nice boys don't play rock and roll
Na, na, na na, na, na, baby
Nice boys don't play rock and roll
Nice boys don't play rock and roll
I'll bet your mamma said
Nice boys don't play rock and roll
Nice boys don't play rock and roll
Nice boys don't play rock and roll
Nice boys don't play rock and roll
Nice boys don't play rock and roll
Nice boys
About
This song was wrote for Rose Tattoo band. Rose Tattoo are a punk rock band, and Guns N' Roses (mainly Duff McKagan) was influenced by punk rock. And, this is a tribute to this historical band.
Recently, Angry Anderson (vocalist of Rose Tattoo) play this song in Guns N' Roses show and Slash show. In Slash show, they played this song in 2010 in Melbourne, Australia and in GN'R show, they played this song in 2013 in Brisbane, Australia. They played this song in Australia, because Rose Tattoo are Australian.
In original lineup of Guns N' Roses, they play this song many times when they play in small nightclubs in Los Angeles. In fact, the first time they put this song in GN'R album was in Live Like a Suicide in 1985.
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