The Righteous & The Wicked

Album: Blood Sugar Sex Magik (1991)
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  • I can't rest in war
    Will you be my friend?
    Dark ages never change
    Well, I can't comprehend

    Kiss me, we self destruct
    Can you hear me, Lord?
    Yes, I think we're fucked
    But I can't rest in war

    Righteous and the wicked
    Are the war and peace

    The righteous and the wicked
    War and peace
    The killing fist of the human beast
    P.O.P., prodigies of peace
    Hear me when I'm calling you
    From my knees

    I am playing for a better day
    Playing for a better day, anyway
    Oh yeah, I'm playing for a better day

    Holy Mother Earth
    Crying into space
    Tears on her pretty face
    I thought she had been raped

    Killing your future blood
    Fill her with disease
    Global abortion pleas
    That is what she needs

    Righteous and the wicked
    Are the war and peace

    The righteous and the wicked
    War and peace
    The killing fist of the human beast
    P.O.P., prodigies of peace
    Hear me when I'm calling you
    From my knees

    And I am playing for a better day
    Oh yeah, playing for a better day
    Anyway

    Are we fire flies
    Flashing in the night?
    Big thunder rumble fish
    But did you get it right?

    Headstrong 'bout this song
    Exploding souls, be gone
    Marvin Gaye, my love
    Where did we go wrong?

    Righteous and the wicked
    Are the war and peace

    The righteous and the wicked
    War and peace
    The killing fist of the human beast
    P.O.P., prodigies of peace
    Hear me when I'm calling you
    From my knees

    Well, I am playing for a better day Writer/s: Anthony Kiedis, Chad Gaylord Smith, John Anthony Frusciante, Michael Peter Balzary
    Publisher: Hipgnosis Songs Group, Universal Music Publishing Group
    Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

Comments: 3

  • Rrdetective from Baton Rouge La.Guitar break quotes the intro from "Tea For One" by Led Zeppelin.
  • Martin from Prague, Czech RepublicActually, Flea uses a 5-string bass in this one.
  • Layton from Paris, TxThe bass in this song is in drop D. I like this song a lot!!
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