Shout It Out Loud: Lick It Up Lyrics

LICK IT UP (1983)

Mercury/PolyGram 314 558 858-2
RIAA: Platinum
Billboard Chart Peak: #24
Weeks on Charts: 30
Rating: ***1/2
Released: September 13, 1983
CD Issue: July, 1987
CD Remastered Edition: September 1, 1998

1. Exciter (4.11)
2. Not For The Innocent (4.23)
3. Lick It Up (3.56)
4. Young And Wasted (4.03)
5. Gimme More (3.44)
6. All Hell's Breakin' Loose (4.34)
7. A Million To One (4.10)
8. Fits Like A Glove (4.04)
9. Dance All Over Your Face (4.16)
10. And On The 8th Day (4.03)

Produced by Michael James Jackson for Quiet Starker Productions, with Paul Stanley and Gene Simmons.
Recorded June-August 1983 at Right Track Studio and Record Plant in New York City.
Engineered by Frank Filipetti with Moria Marquis at Right Track Studio in New York City. Tracks 3, 9 & 10 engineered by Rob Freeman at Record Plant in New York City.
Additional engineers were Dave Wittman and Stephan Benben at Atlantic Studios in New York City and Danny Caccavo at Hit Factory in New York City.
Mixed by Frank Filipetti with Moria Marquis at Right Track Studio in New York City.
Digitally Remastered for Compact Disc by Joseph M. Palmaccio at Sterling Sound in New York City.
Remastering Supervision by Bill Levenson.

THE BAND:

Eric Carr: Drums/back-up vocals.
Gene Simmons: Bass/lead vocals on 2, 4 & 8-10/back-up vocals.
Paul Stanley: Rhythm guitar/lead vocals on 1, 3 & 5-7/back-up vocals.
Vinnie Vincent: Lead & rhythm guitar/back-up vocals.

ADDITIONAL MUSCIANS:

Rick Derringer: Lead guitar on 1.


EXCITER (Paul Stanley/Vinnie Vincent)

Oh, deep in the night I am waiting
Sent from above, power of love in my hand
And I know what you want, I know what you need
And I know what you feel
Lose all your fears and live out your dreams
I'm the one who's gonna make it real

Passion and fire, lust and desire, exciter
Pleasure and pain, this is my name, exciter

Oh, heaven is yours for the taking
Power of love, sent from above in your hand
And I'll give you more than ever before
So take all you need
When you open your arms, open your eyes
I'm the one who's gonna make you see

Chorus
Passion and fire, lust and desire, exciter
Pleasure and pain, whisper my name, exciter
Surrender to me and I'll guarantee
You'll pray that the night never ends
Come play the game, this is my name, exciter

Ohh, ah

And I'll show you a world where you've never been
It's time that you knew
There's no time for waiting, it's time to begin
I'm the one's gonna take you

Repeat Chorus


NOT FOR THE INNOCENT (Gene Simmons/Vinnie Vincent)

I'm mean and I'm dirty, like none you've ever seen
Bad habits drip like honey, no tongue can lick me clean, yeah
I'm not of royal blood, I've never been discreet

Better lock up your daughters, we're comin' to your town
We're here for the slaughter
Kick you when you're down, kick you when you're down

We're not for the innocent, we're not for the innocent
Oh, we're not for the innocent, let the beast run wild, yeah

I've been damned, I've been cursed, I've been guilty and abused
I spit the hangman in his face and hung him with his noose
Habitual threat, I got you in my claws

Gonna tan your hide, rip the flesh off your bones
Look me in the eye
And you're gonna turn to stone, you're gonna turn to stone

We're not for the innocent, oh, we're not for the innocent
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, we're not for the innocent
Let the beast rund wild

Better lock up your daughters, we're comin' to your town
Better pray we're not around
Oh, oh, ohh, ooh yeah, oh, oh, ohh, yeah, yeah, yeah, oh, oh, ohh
Let the beast run wild
Not for the innocent, no, no, no, we're not for the innocent
Yeah, not for the innocent, let the beast run wild
Oh, oh, ohh, yeah, yeah, yeah, oh, oh, ohh, yeah, yeah, yeah
To Fade


LICK IT UP (Paul Stanley/Vinnie Vincent)

Yeah, yeah

Don't wanna wait till you know me better
Let's just be glad for the time together
Life's such a treat and it's time you taste it
There ain't a reason on earth to waste it
It ain't a crime to be good to yourself

Chorus
Lick it up, lick it up, oh, oh, oh, it's only right now
Lick it up, lick it up, oh, oh, oh, ooh, yeah
Lick it up, lick it up, oh, oh, oh, come on, come on
Lick it up, lick it up, oh, oh, oh

Ooh

Don't need to wait for an invitation
You gotta live like you're on vacation
There's something sweet you can't buy with money (lick it up, whoo, lick it up)
It's all you need, so believe me honey
It ain't a crime to be good to yourself

Repeat Chorus

Come on, it's only right now, it's only right now
Ooh yeah, ooh yeah, ooh yeah, ooh yeah, yeah, yeah

Ohh, whoo, lick it up, lick it up, oh, oh, oh, it's only right now
Lick it up, lick it up, oh, oh, oh, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
Lick it up, lick it up, oh, oh, oh, come on, come on
Lick it up, lick it up, oh, oh, oh, oh, whoo
Lick it up, lick it up, oh, oh, oh, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
Lick it up, lick it up, oh, oh, oh, come on, come on
To Fade


YOUNG AND WASTED (Gene Simmons/Vinnie Vincent)

Like a fly to a spider, you're under the spell
It's the game and the liar, for those who toll the bell
You're more than just a name, you fight for the right
Like a moth to a flame, you see the bait you bite

You're restless and wild and walkin' the line
You're not just another pretty face
Need an answer fast and you're runnin' out of time
And the night goes on for days

Young and wasted, ooh yeah, ooh yeah
Young and wasted

You been branded by the iron, you been cut by the knife
There's a monkey on your back runnin' up and down your spine, yeah
Up and down your spine
You hunger for the fire and run with the pack
But you know damn well there ain't no turnin' back
Ain't no turnin' back, no, no

You're damned if you do, you're damned if you don't
You laugh in the face of the fates
Fallen angels spread their wings
So you cross the gates of hate

Young and wasted, I can almost taste it, I can almost taste it
Young and wasted, ooh yeah, ooh yeah, ooh yeah

You're damned if you do, you're damned if you don't
You laugh in the face of the fates
Fallen angels spread their wings
So let the heaven say

Young and wasted, let the heaven say
Young and wasted
Young and wasted, I can almost taste it, I can almost taste it
Young and wasted, ooh, yeah

Young and wasted, young and wasted
Young and wasted


GIMME MORE (Paul Stanley/Vinnie Vincent)

Alright

Live wire on the loose, white fire gotta move
Hot blood, need your love, hard as rock, can't get enough
Wanna feel you deep inside, pumpin' through my veins, fill you to the core
Let me take you through the night, heaven knows no pain, open up the door

Chorus
Gimme more (more)
Ooh, gimme more, baby, gimme love (more), ooh

Like a dog to a bone, make you sweat, make you moan
Love is sweet, so insane, come on lick my candy cane
Passion in the third degree, burning in my brain, slave to love's desire
Livin', lovin', feel the heat, never to be tamed, born to play with fire

Repeat Chorus
Yeah, yeah

Yeah, ooh

Ah, listen, touch my body, take it slow, c'mon make my juices flow
Feelin' good, any price, ooh, nothin' I won't sacrifice
Got a thirst for playin' rough, I can't get my fill, never keepin' score
C'mon baby, let me in, gonna break your will, open up the door

Repeat Chorus
I want you (more)

C'mon and gimme, gimme more
Gimme, gimme more, gimme, gimme, ooh


ALL HELL'S BREAKIN' LOOSE (Eric Carr/Paul Stanley/Vinnie Vincent/Gene Simmons)

Street hustler comes up to me one day
And I'm walkin' down the street, mindin' my own business
Now he looks me up and he looks me down and says
"Hey man, what be this" and "What be that" and "Why you gotta look like that?"
Well I just looked at him, I kinda laughed, I said
Hey man, I am cool, I am the Breeze

Haven't you heard, there's a new revolution
Gotta spread the word, ooh, too much confusion

All hell's breakin' loose, hey hey, have you read the news
All hell's breakin' loose, overloadin' 'n' blowin' my fuse
All hell's breakin' loose, day and night, baby, night and day
All hell's breakin' loose, in the streets there's a brand new way, yeah

You know we ain't always winners, but this is the life we choose
And we won't change or rearrange, and we ain't never ever gonna lose
It ain't always easy when the goin' gets rough
When you're gettin' even, you gotta show your stuff, tell about it now

Take a look around, only one solution
Set the world on fire, fight the institution
Gonna stand our ground, feel the new sensation
Something's goin' down, ooh, rock the nation

All hell's breakin' loose, hey, hey, have you read the news
All hell's breakin' loose, overloadin' 'n' blowin' my fuse
All hell's breakin' loose, day and night, baby, night and day
All hell's breakin' loose (ah, take it)

Haven't you heard, only one solution
Gotta spread the word, you gotta tell it to the people now
Take a look around, feel the new sensation
Set the world on fire, ah, rock the nation

All hell's breakin' loose, all hell's breakin' loose
All hell's breakin' loose, baby, baby, baby, baby, whoo

All hell's breakin' loose, ooh, hey, hey, have you read the news
All hell's breakin' loose, overloadin' 'n' blowin' my fuse
All hell's breakin' loose, day and night, baby, night and day
All hell's breakin' loose, in the streets you can hear them say

All hell's breakin' loose, hey, now people have you read the news
All hell's breakin' loose, ow, overloadin' 'n' blowin' my fuse
All hell's breakin' loose, it's day and night, baby, night and day
All hell's breakin' loose, in the streets you can hear them say

All hell's breakin' loose (ooh, yeah yeah, yeah yeah, yeah yeah, yeah yeah)
All hell's breakin' loose, hey now people have you read the news
All hell's breakin' loose, ooh, ooh
To Fade


A MILLION TO ONE (Paul Stanley/Vinnie Vincent)

Baby, now that you've made up your mind
I'm gonna let you go, if that's what it takes to show love is blind
I gave you the best love you ever had, but it wasn't enough
So if you think you're so smart, go and play with your heart
When you walk out the door, you'll realize what you never didbefore

Chorus
A million to one, that's what it will be
A million to one, there's someone better than me
A million to one, no, you never will find
A million to one, another love like mine

Yeah, we chose our sides, ooh, and I've been misunderstood
But everytime I try to open your eyes, I'm damned and I'm no good
Day after day, you're further away, I can't take anymore
So it's time that you go, but I want you to know, I won't stand in your way
Deep in my heart I know, girl you're runnin' away

Repeat Chorus
A million to one

Ohh, one of these days you'll come out of your haze
No matter what you do
It'll be too late, something good won't wait
Love is runnin' out on you

A million to one, a million to one

Repeat Chorus

A million to one, listen to your heart girl, a million to one, oh, ooh, oh
A million to one, no, you never will find
A million to one, another love like mine
A million to one, no, you never will find
A million to one, another love like mine

A million to one, a million to one
Repeats Out


FITS LIKE A GLOVE (Gene Simmons)

Ooh

Ain't a cardinal sin, baby lemme in, girl I'm gonna treat you right
Well goodness sakes, my snake's alive and it's ready tobite
Hornet's nest, lay me down to rest, ooh, I wanna shed my skin
I got the urge to merge, you're cold as ice, baby won't you lemme in

Night scenes, wet dreams, enough to make you drool
And fire, fire, fire for the fuel

Don't like to dress, talk too good, but I found my queen
Not too clean, know what I like, if you know what I mean

Baby, baby, guess you win the prize
Maybe, baby, where the sun never shines

Well this must be love, fits like a glove
Well it must be love, it must be love (fits like a glove), fits like a glove, ooh

Feel the heat, driver's seat, my blessing is my curse
Think I'm gonna burst, a gonna burst, a gonna burst, ooh

Night scenes, wet dreams, enough to make you drool
And fire, fire, fire for the fuel

Ooh baby, babe, fits like a glove
Yeah yeah, yeah yeah, yeah yeah (fits like a glove), fits like a glove, ow

'Cause when I go through her
It's just like a hot knife through butter, ooh, yeah

Baby, baby, guess you win the prize
Maybe, baby, where the sun never shines, yeah

Fits like a glove, well it must be love, it must be love
Fits like a glove, ooh, yeah
Fits like a glove, well it must be love, it must be love
Fits like a glove, fits like a glove, ow


DANCE ALL OVER YOUR FACE (Gene Simmons)

Hey baby, I know it's a jungle out there
Well if you can play it cool, I can play it debonair
You were warm, but there was an inner ice
And baby, it was like a rollin' dice
Well I told you once, I told you twice
Hey listen babe, there's trouble in paradise

Well I found a lipstick stain of your kiss
Well you can sink your teeth into this, bitch

Chorus
So, I'm gonna dance (dance), dance (dance), all over your face
I'm gonna dance all over your face
I'm gonna dance (dance), dance (dance), all over your face
I'm gonna dance all over your face

Hey baby, can you pass this quiz
Well, just put your money where your mouth is
You're as sharp as a slap from a lover's hand
Hey baby, baby, baby, this is all I can stand
You played your hand, and now you lose
Well listen bitch, I've got news

Yes, I saw you with another man
And you put me in disgrace

Repeat Chorus
Dance (dance), dance (dance), all over your face
I'm gonna dance all over your face

No cheap perfume can change my mind, no satin and lace
Yes, I'm gonna dance all over your face

No thigh high boots, forbidden fruits, no satin and lace
Yes, I'm gonna dance (dance), dance (dance), all over your face
I'm gonna dance, ow


AND ON THE 8TH DAY (Gene Simmons/Vinnie Vincent)

The sky is fallin' and the wheels of life are grindin' out a brand new beat
The streets are burnin' with the call of the wild, and I can feel the heat
They'll call you names and spit in your face, but legends never die
Just pick up your guitar, on your knees and pray and hold your head up high

And on the 8th day God created rock and roll
On the 8th day God created rock and roll

Out of the ashes came the dawn and the shape of things to come
Never surrender, just carry on, straight to kingdom come
You sold your soul and virginity, ya can't rape a heart of gold
Yes, you're born to rule, it's destiny, now it can be told

And on the 8th day God created rock and roll (rock and roll)
And on the 8th day God created rock and roll
On the 8th day God created rock and roll (rock and roll)
On the 8th day God created rock and roll

Ooh yeah

Rock of ages carry the news to the heart of a brave new world
Feel the noise in the name of rock, let the heavens roar

And on the 8th day God created rock and roll (rock and roll)
On the 8th day God created rock and roll
Yes, on the 8th day God created rock and roll
(He created rock and roll, rock and roll, rock and roll)
On the 8th day God created rock and roll
(So pick up the guitar, get down on your knees and pray)

On the 8th day God created rock and roll
(Yes, he created, rock and roll, rock and roll, rock and roll)
On the 8th day God created rock and roll
(On the 8th day, ooh, rock and roll, yeah)
And on the 8th day God created rock and roll (rock and roll)
On the 8th day God created rock and roll
To Fade


SONGS PUBLISHED BY:

Songs 1-7 & 10:

Hori Productions America, Inc. and Street Beat Music, admin. by PolyGram International Publishing, Inc. (ASCAP)

Song 8 & 9:

Hori Productions America, Inc. admin. by PolyGram International Publishing, Inc. (ASCAP)

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