Gene Simmons Solo

RIAA: Platinum --Billboard Chart Peak: #22 --Rating: ***
Released: 18 September, 1978--Re-issue April, 1988
Produced by Sean Delaney and Gene Simmons.
Recorded at The Manor, Oxford; Cherokee Studios, LA; Blue Rock Studio,
NYC. Spring, 1978.
Mixed at Trident Studios, London, by Mike Stone, John Brand, Allen
Douglass and Frank "Cheech" D'Amico.


   The Azusa Citrus College
        Choir________________Vocals on 5 & 7.
   Jeff Baxter_______________Back-up vocals on 2, 3, 4 & 9.
   Cher______________________Telephone voice on 6.
   Sean Delaney______________Percussion/back-up vocals.
   Michael Des Barres________Back-up vocals on 10.
   Franny Eisenberg__________Back-up vocals.
   Ron Frangipane____________Symphonic Arrangements/conductor
                             NY & LA Philarmonic Orchestras.
   Richard Gerstein__________Piano on 5 & 7.
   Diva Gray_________________Back-up vocals.
   Gordon Grody______________Back-up vocals.
   Janis Ian_________________Vocals on prelude to 1.
   John Shane Howell_________Classical guitar on intro to 2.
   Neil Jason________________Bass.
   Steve Lacey_______________Guitar on 1.
   Rick Neilsen______________Guitar on 10.
   Joe Pecorino______________Back-up vocals on 3, 7 & 9.
   Joe Perry_________________Guitar on 1 & 4.
   Ritchie Ranno_____________Guitar on 4.
   Elliot Randall____________Guitar.
   Carolyn Ray_______________Back-up vocals.
   Helen Reddy_______________Back-up vocals on 5.
   Kate Sagall_______________Back-up vocals.
   Bob Seger_________________Guitar & back-up vocals on 1 & 6.
   Allan Schwartzberg________Drums.
   Gene Simmons______________Electric & acoustic guitar/lead vocals.
   Donna Summer______________Back-up vocals on 2.
   Eric Troyer_______________Piano & back-up vocals on 1 & 6.
   Mitch Weissman____________Acoustic guitar on 3, 7 & 9.

RADIO ACTIVE

You're my food, you're my water, you've got to be the devil's daughter
Can't get near, can't get far, you've got the power, but know you are

She's radioactive (radioactive), she's very selective (radioactive)
She's what I need, she's so pretty indeed, she wants it all the time

And I'm crazy, kinda hazy, I'm not sorry, gonna worry
I'm not lonely, she's my only, she's got me eatin' out of her hands

Chorus:
She's radioactive (radioactive), she's very selective (radioactive)
She's what I need, she's so pretty indeed, I've gotta make her mine

She's my little baby (radioactive), she's such a lady (radioactive)
She knows how I feel, she knows that it's real, she wants it all the time

BURNING UP WITH FEVER

I'm the gift and giver, not a woman mistreater, you know that is no one else
You can have me just one time baby, she said
Baby, I'll give you a chance, 'cos I'm

Chorus:
Burning up with fever, and you're the fever inside
I'm burning up with fever, it's something I can't hide

Sometimes you do me, sometimes you don't, I know, I want you all the time
Here's one thing you should know, I won't, I won't stand in line for your love

Sometimes you do me, sometimes you don't
I know, I want you all the time, but I'm

SEE YOU TONITE

I know it's around, I don't have any doubts about that night
I'll see you get it tonight, and if I can't I'll cry and cry
You won't see me without it and I'll see you tonite

I'll see you get it tonight, and if I can't I'll cry and cry
You won't see me without it and I'll see you tonite, outside
See you tonite, outside, see you tonite
(repeats 3x)

TUNNEL OF LOVE

Well if you're lookin' for the best, then baby be my guest
I'm right before your eyes and I'm tellin' you no lies

You wanted my disease, you'll have to do as I please
You'll jump off the roof if I say, I won't let you get away

Chorus:
Tunnel of love, tunnel of love, let me visit your tunnel of love
Tunnel of love, tunnel of love, I've got to visit your tunnel of love

You're just a victimless crime, it happens all the time, yeah
You'll have an overstay, and your bill is my pay

TRUE CONFESSIONS

Before you tell me to go, I've got to let you know
How you're makin' my temperature rise
I let you use me, you tried to abuse me, you tell me you're not very nice

I'm not your social security, I'm not your star opportunity, yeah
Oh baby, you can have me absolutely, won't you give me

True confessions, true confessions, true confessions
That's all I'm askin' for, yeah

I do things to make you crazy inside
And baby that's one thing you know you can't hide
You ask me why, what's your confession
Well baby, the truth is, you're in my possession tonight

True confessions, true confessions, true confessions
That's all I'm askin' for, yeah

I'm not your social security, I'm not your star opportunity, yeah
Oh baby, you can have me absolutely, won't you give me

LIVING IN SIN

I know you write me sexy letters, and you send your pictures for my wall
You found the hotel where I'm stayin'
And you built up the nerves and then you called

Chorus:
I'm living in sin (at the holiday inn)
At the holiday inn, yeah (living in sin)
I'm living in sin (at the holiday inn)
At the holiday inn (just living in sin)

You tell me, you want me to protect you, but sometimes my love can go too far
Deep in your heart you wanna love me, come closer, I know who you are

Deep in your heart you wanna love me, come closer, I know who you are
I know who you are

(Living in sin) I'm living in sin (holiday - at the holiday inn)
(Living in sin) At the holiday inn, yeah (holiday - living in sin)
(Living in sin) Won't you open the door (holiday - at the holiday inn)
(Living in sin) Won't you come on (in) out (in) out
(repeats out)

ALWAYS NEAR YOU / NOWHERE TO HIDE

I've just begun since you've gone, to understand I'm the only one
And if you cross yourself at night

Chorus:
I'll come and see you, don't run and hide
I'm always near you, I'm always near you, near you

And if you turn out the light (turn out the light)
Don't think you'll hide behind the night (behind the night)
And if you touch me, I might

Might turn and see you, don't run and hide
I'm always near you, I'm always near you, near you

I've just begun since you've gone (since you've been gone)
To understand I'm the only one (the only one)
And if you cross yourself at night

Don't run and hide, you'll be the only one
I said don't try to hide for me and everyone
Don't try to hide, you'll be the only one
I said don't try to hide for me and everyone

Everyone, oh everyone, oh everyone
Everyone, oh everyone, aha, oh everyone
Everyone, oh aha, aha, everyone, oh everyone, aha, oh aha

MAN OF 1,000 FACES

I walk the streets by day, I never know quite what to say
It doesn't matter anyway

For years I've lived inside my dreams
Somehow I've made them real, it seems
I made my own rules, because I am a

I can put on any face, you all know me, but it's no disgrace
The king of night, he understands

Man of a 1000 faces, man of a 1000 faces, man of a 1000 faces, who's the man
Who's the man of a 1000 faces, who's the man of a 1000 faces
Who's the man of a 1000 faces, who's the man

I'm the man, I'm the man, I'm the man, I'm the man
I'm the man of a 1000 faces, I'm the man of a 1000 faces
I'm the man of a 1000 faces, I'm the man
I'm the man, I'm the man, I'm the man, I'm the man (to fade)

MR. MAKE BELIEVE

This time I'll try to get it right
Just give me one more chance tonight, oh yeah

I'm tryin' hard to please you, would you believe me if I tell you
Baby won't you try, just one more chance tonight

And when you tell me what you'd like, oh yeah (oh yeah)
You'll know you'll never have to fight, whoa no

I'm tryin' hard to please you, would you believe me if I tell you
Baby won't you try, just one more chance tonight, one more chance tonight

SEE YOU IN YOUR DREAMS

The party's over, you're in the corner, you're all alone for the night
And you pick up a phone, you want me to hold
Well dry your eyes, it's alright, it's alright

Chorus:
See you, feel you in your dreams tonight
See you, feel you in your dreams tonight, dreams tonight

When you're in the room, you're home too soon, you can't get me out of your mind
And you get in bed, you cover your head, my letter to you is signed

I love you, you know I do, but take me home tonight
And think of me, I think of you, baby baby it's alright, it's alright yeah

When you're in the room, you're home too soon, you can't get me out of your mind
When you get in bed, you cover your head, my letter to you is signed
And this is what I'm sayin'

WHEN YOU WISH UPON A STAR

When you wish upon a star, makes no difference who you are
Anything your heart desires will come to you

If your heart is in your dreams, nothing else is too extreme
When you wish upon a star as dreamers do

(Fate is kind, she brings to those who love
The sweet fulfillment of their secret longing)

Like a boat out of the blue, fate steps in and sees you thru
When you wish upon a star, your dreams come true

GENE SIMMONS