T-Ride

T-Ride Lyrics - Heroes and villains

2009-01-24T04:39:00.000-08:00

Won't need no mercy on my soul
When the lawman's got me cold
'Cause breaking the rules that they told
Was something I had to do
Play their game
But you start to win and the rules change
So my ship come rollin' in, it's gonna roll right over you
(And your law too)

The tightrope we walk leads straight to the gallows
And when the hangman calls your name

Heroes and villains hang the same

Early in the morning swinging in the breeze
There's a mist shrouded figure hangin' in the sycamore tree
Hero or villain don't matter much to me
They all end up the same, no one gets off scot-free

The tightrope we walk leads straight to the gallows
And when the hangman calls your name

Heroes and villains hang the same
Sinner or sainthood's your game

Whether you're a demon or divine
When the hangman says it's time
You won't see me sing the blues
'Cause I said fuck all your rules

Heroes and villains hang the same

It's just the writing on the tombstone change
There ain't a peasant or a king
Escapes that Dodge city rope swing

When the hangman calls your name
Heroes and villains hang the same

Maybe I'll concede to do anything you want me to
Maybe I'll bleed for you but you gotta catch me
You know I'll cry for you
Maybe I'll fry for you
Someday I'll die for you
But you gotta catch me
(Better hit me with your first shot)

Won't need no mercy on my soul
When the lawman's got me cold
Before I swing from that gallows pole
Catch me if you can
My time ain't due.....

T-Ride Lyrics - Fire it Up

2009-01-23T04:38:00.000-08:00

Well, the wind whispers rumors
This is poisoned love
And on a closer inspection

Such a little liar
I'm your infection
Panties on fire

Why can't you turn me
Down

It's a sin what you're doin'
Wastin' your time on me
I've got antifreeze in my blood

Such a little liar
Don't treat you no good
Panties on fire

If you're so damn cool, then
Why can't you turn me down

Slip 'em off your back
Like They're a ball and chain
Turn this back alley into lover's lane

Cause no one
Fire it up

Like your monkey and you
If this is burnin' your soul
Then just let it burn

Such a little liar
Panties on fire
Why can't you turn me down

Slip 'em off your back
Like they're a ball and chain
Turn this back alley into lover's lane

Cause no one
Fire it up

Like your monkey and you
If this is burnin' your soul
Just let it...

Burn

Up when you get my number down
Fire it up
Light up when you get my number down
Fire it up

I may be your dirty dog
But you'll be my bitch until
The stars fall out of your eyes

She burns

Fire it up

T-Ride Lyrics - Bad Girls And Angels

2009-01-22T04:37:00.000-08:00

Romance rides a limo down a dark street
A king needs a queen for his back seat
Words that he whisper make 'em lose control
Turns the bad girls to angels when he touch their soul

Love a reflection in his cold eyes
Kindness is worn like a disguise
Come on girl, he's got a heart of gold
Turns the bad girls to angels with a love so cold

You was a good girl, I know
Lovin' was all you'd show
Everything was kisses and sighs
When Cupid's arrow hit you between the eyes

One touch is just a little too much
Just ask them bad girls
He turned to angels when he touched their world

Just ask the bad girls
He turned to angels when he clutched their world

Glory awaits any girl
Come into his world
And be one of his angels

Turns the bad girls to angels
When he touches their world

Your mama warned you one time
Love can make you so blind
You forgot what she said
'Cause he had the looks that made the girls drop dead

One kiss and you can be all his

Heaven awaits any girl
Come into his world and be one of his angels
Glory awaits any girl
Come into his world
You can fly like an angel on golden wings
Get all the glory and the wonderful things
Fly like an angel

T-Ride Lyrics - Hit Squad

2009-01-21T04:36:00.000-08:00

You call me up in the midnight
To get them when they're asleep
You want to know that there're shaking
And hear the sound of their shriek
I know somebody told you
After I'm done I'll be gone
I ain't a genie in a lamp
You rub me wrong and I'll be stamping more than just the fella doing you wrong
I got a little bit of bang bang
And I can give it to 'em
And all you gotta do is give me something
All that you've got then more
And when I'm finished huntin' you know you'll owe me somethin'
You knew what you were getting into
I'm number one with a bullet
So get up and dance when I tell you to

Hit squad
And when the time has come to pay what you owe
You know I'll be collecting on you body and soul
And when we find we've taken everything that you own

It's like a hit squad

So when you wonder what happened to it all
Remember when you've got to give us a call
We're like a locust swarm and our time of dormancy has passed

Got everything a motherfucker could ever really want
And I've got everything that I'd ever need
I ain't in it for the money sucker I do it for the fun
And you could never find too dirty a deed
I don't ever have a problem getting my army going
All I have to do is play that marching beat
And when they hear me call 'em cattle calling
Pretty soon I've got a horde of loyal suckers into the street

T-Ride Lyrics - Luxury Cruiser

2009-01-20T04:35:00.000-08:00

A star
I've seen the face of God

Working for a living is a social disease
I'm looking for a style that won't drag me down
A ray of hope from something better shone its headlights on me
When it came driving through this dirty town

It had a thousand horse power
Hit three twenty-five
Came screaming down from heaven like an angel in disguise

SENT FROM HEAVEN CALLING OUT TO ME
I'D SHINE IN MY LUXURY CRUISER
OUT OF MY WAY DON'T TRY TO GET BETWEEN
ME AND MY LUXURY . . .

Cruising down the street like a leopard in heat
I think I finally found something worth my time
If I can't have heaven, get my own piece of hell
Not owning you would be a capital crime

It had a six speed soul made my temperature rise
Screaming down my dirty street
It left a crack in the sky

Swing down low luxury cruiser
Rise up from the bitch you were born from
Just to touch you, I'd use any device

I'd pray, I'd beg, I'd steal, I'd kill

They moralize us to death but fail to say
We're all supporting actors in a very short play
So put your pedal to the metal and throw caution to the wind
I'm gonna bust down those pearly gates
So they let me in

T-Ride Lyrics - I Hunger

2009-01-19T04:33:00.000-08:00

Dark night lights shine bright
The crowd's burning up tonight
This hour's pumped with power and screams of fright
So grab your coat and hit up the show
You'd be a fool not to go
Tank on up and come on down
See the dogs that wear the crown

They hit the scene banging at their cage
Playing their guitars with fists of rage
They screamed and call it rock & roll
To cheat all the "don't know anyway" groveling at their feet

They say there's only room for one of us in the show
Well that's all right id one of us has got to go
'Cause I hunger

I ain't gonna be hungry no more

All their little girl's fantasies in a photograph
Too much just ain't enough
Better say your prayers if you're gonna last
I think I'm dreaming the devil's dreams
I don't mean to be rude, but I'm busting my seams

Gotta whip the devil
Root hog or die
Call him out and spit in his eye

I ain't got no religion
Though I'm sure it's fine for those who do
I got my own superstition to pull me through

It's a hunger
Like I've never felt before
Hunger got me screaming out for more

Here we come again on a Saturday night
Gonna light up the town 'til it burns down right
This hour's pumped with power and screams of fright
So grab your coat and hit up the show
You'd be a fool not to go
Better tank on up and come on down
There's a new pack of badness coming to town

It's a hunger
Like I've never felt before
Hunger got me screaming out for more
I ain't gonna be hungry no more

T-Ride Lyrics: You and your friend

2008-12-23T03:15:00.000-08:00

Must we go
Running through our lives
With our eyes closed tightly
To the love and happiness we could share
I think I'm in love with you

In my dreams
I can see us in a tight embrace
Doing all the things that we never really dared
I think I'm in love with you and your friend
Honest I do
I can't see you and me and her without each other
And I hope you feel the same way too

You and me and her
I'm spending all of my time
You and your friend
Trying my best to to talk you into being mine
Just a little love thing, sounds so fine

You and me and her
When I say I love you
You and your friend

When I say I love you both
I'm being sincere
Come and whisper something deadly in my ear

In my dreams
I can see us in a tight embrace
Doin' all the things that we never really dare
I think I'm in love with you and your friend
Honest I do
I can't see you and me and her without each other
And I hope you feel the same way too
Cause I think that I'm in love with you

T-Ride Lyrics: Ride

2008-12-19T03:01:00.000-08:00

We are fortune's will, born guilty as charged
Bound up in chains
Heard a shot, but you were only
Blowing out your brains

Cross your fingers and roll your dice
We've got your sacrifice
Who will feel today

Te-hell-you RIDE
So, ride on your rosary
Ashes, Ashes, we all fall down

We're hard to kill
Lady luck's by our side
Don't waste your time
You can get your piece of pie
But keep your hands off mine

Don't give me that righteous rap
And all that live and let live crap
Clap your bloody hands for

Te-hell-ya RIDE

Whisper deadly nothings in my ear
Touch me soft with your disease
Bye, bye my chosen one
Bye, bye my love so divine
Come on, get on 'cause you're glory bound
Gonna fly away to heaven and we'll follow you soon

Hot damn, this is gonna be good
We'll be hanging them high
Just like a bad boy should
I know that we're right
We've got God on our side
No use fussing or fighting, just take a little

T-Ride

Ride 'em down, and they'll T-Ride
Ride 'em down, to hell T-Ride
Ride 'em down, we'll all T-Ride

T-Ride Lyrics: Backdoor Romeo

2008-12-15T02:57:00.000-08:00

Knock at the backdoor
Click at the glass
Girl inside has got a little surprise
She gonna get his ass

All over town, he's been leaving the girls undone
Telling them all that they're the only one

She said Bang! Bang! if I catch you
With another woman
Come on, Come on don't you buffalo me

Romeo came knocking at the door
She said: "I catch you sucking someone else's dirty lips you're dead for sure"

I'll knock at your backdoor most every night
But you ain't my only stop
Long as we keep it out of sight
Too bad if I get caught
It's a better game if you play the sucker right
So let me spell it out
So you can keep the rules tight
I'm just a Romeo knockin' at the backdoor
In the middle of the night
So, give it to me
Give it to 'em, babe

Bang! Bang! if I ever touch another woman
Come on, come on don't you buffalo me

Romeo came knocking at the door
She said: "I catch you sucking someone else's dirty lips you're dead for sure"

Valentines of bullets for disloyal lovers
Back door romeo
No way she'll share him with any other

Sitting on death row in her honeymoon suite
Cause soon in the sky when the moon is high
Their reunion will be complete

Well she had to smile when they pulled the switch
'Cause in a little while when her body started to twitch
She knew her romeo knockin' at the back door would be with her again

She said Bang, Bang,
If you catch me with another woman
Come on, she gonna buffalo you

Romeo came knocking at the door
She said: "I catch you sucking someone else's dirty lips you're dead for sure"

T-Ride Lyrics: Zombies From Hell

2008-12-09T02:37:00.000-08:00

Got a sight of something, later the other night
Made the blood in my veins run colder than ice
In the TV's glow
my mind's on
Cruise Control
The man on television says we're under attack from rockin'
Rock and roll
Zombies from Hell
Death Chicago
Destruction San Fransico
Gone Newark
Dust Lost Angeles
Trashed Pittsburgh
Killed Miami
Lost New Orleans
Desolate San Diego
Slayed Detroit
Burned Tallahassee
Flat Dallas
Torched New York, New York

Better burn your records, set 'em all alight
Lock up all your windows, better shutter 'em up tight
Watch where your kids go... keep 'em all...
Home at Night

Betteg get ourselves together or we'll all be wasted
Rock and Roll Zombies From Hell

Years ago in a happier time, everything was right
But somewhere in paradise blazing red eyes
Drilled holes in the night

Ain't no stopping what we got under construction
When we lay it down, don't dare miss our production
Won't be satisfied til you're in full reduction
We are here to stay, we are the earth's destruction

Even though you try, there ain't any use
Putting up your best fight.
You couldn't win
No matter whether or not you try with all your might

You don't know that you're dealin out of your league
You best just come around to see The enemy's won
Earth's begun to crash down to the ground

Should have seen the warnings
Should have been concerned
But when a clue was offered
Your back was always turned

So take it on your feet
Though all hope is gone
If you wipe the tears from out of your eyes
You'll see that I was right all along

Now up in your room, you hide yourself away
And it seems you're losin' touch
A little bit more with every passing day
Maybe it's a nightmare from which you can't escape

And there's something breathing out there under your fire escape

Zombies from hell

What guitar did Jeff Tyson use

2008-10-31T02:12:00.000-07:00

What kind of guitar is fit for Jeff Tyson, the legendary guitar player for T-Ride? What would best suit his amazing skills as a musician. Every fan wants to know what gear their heros use. It makes them more real. It gives you something to aim for. Get the gear, turn up the amp, put on Backdoor Romeo or Zombies from Hell way too loud and try and keep up with T-Ride. It makes you feel part of the band. So what guitar did Jeff Tyson use back in the T-Ride days?

In the late 80's and early 90's when hair metal was still going strong and grunge had yet to take the focus of guitar based music, there was only one guitar to own. Ibanez. All the guitar heros used one - Joe Satriani and Steve Vai had their custom models, as did Paul Gilbert from Mr Big and Vinnie Moore. Ibanez guitars were about the coolest thing an aspiring guitar god could get. Every kid I knew who played guitar wanted an Ibanez. I saved up my money for years and eventually found a store that was closing down and selling off all their stock. I picked up and Ibanez Jem for an absolute bargain, and I have treasured it ever since. These guitars are just built for rock! They have impossibly fast necks and are perfectly balanced, with sustain like nothing else. You can often tell how good an electric guitar is by playing it without plugging it into an amp. You can really feel the tone as the wood vibrates.

Ibanez guitars have a rich history. The original Salvador Ibanez guitars were produced in Spain but when the workshop was destroyed, a Japanese company bought the brand name and started making acoustic guitars, eventually dropping the Salvador from the name and simply going with Ibanez. The modern Ibanez electric guitars had humble beginnings, starting out as simple copies of Gibson and Fender guitars and then moving on to original designs that were inspired by these classics. Ibanez makes electric guitars that could be considered "Super Strats", ideal for rock and metal with aggressive tone and low profile necks.

I often wondered why Jeff Tyson from T-Ride didn't have a signature Ibanez; As a former student of Joe Satriani, he would be a perfect fit for their style of guitar. As far as I can remember, he played a custom Ibanez RS-5, which was one of Joe Satriani's models. Can't argue with that. He also had a guitar built by gary Brawer/Ransome Custom who hail from San Fransisco, which is where T-Ride was born and where Jeff Tyson lived.

My mind's on cruise control

2008-09-30T01:37:00.000-07:00

Why on earth did T-Ride ever end? A band this good should have gone on to rock stardom! But after one album which is out of print, the band just faded away into near obscurity.

Timing is everything in music. And no doubt the sense of rhythm that all the members of T-Ride had was nothing short of perfect. And that band was tight! I mean tighter than that snare drum you got sitting in front of you. I remember being in a band when I was first listening to T-Ride and trying to get that kind of tight syncopation that T-Ride had, and just couldn't manage. The hours of practice these guys put into their playing, practising and performance really pays off when you hear them.

So why haven't we heard a peep out of them in 16 years? Well 1991 saw the release of Nirvana's album Nevermind. Shooting grunge onto the music scene and making Seattle the hottest place on earth for every A&R man and his dog to find new talent. Sure, other grunge bands were already making some headway - Green River had been around and by all accounts are the first band to be described as Grunge. Soundgarden were the first grunge band to be signed to a major label in 1989, but Nirvana really put grunge on the map. T-Ride were not grunge. Firmly rooted in hair metal, and virtuoso playing, they almost eschewed the grunge trend of detuned guitars and simple rhythmic riffs based on the minor pentatonic scale in favour of complex syncopated music, with lush vocal harmonies and huge production.

Yes, timing is everything, and being a hair metal band in the early 90s, even one as good as T-Ride with Satriani hailing you as the "future of metal" is just bad timing. Let's face it - metal band in the bay area when all the A&R execs are after down and dirty grunge in Seattle is really the wrong place at the wrong time. And T-Ride, despite their brilliance, were destined to fade into obscurity, leaving us with one blistering album, which sounds as good today as it did when it was released.

Working for a living is a social disease

2008-09-30T01:36:00.000-07:00

So say the rock gods that are T-Ride. Playing geetar aint a social disease.....

So where the hell did they end up? I mean such a first album should have rocketed them into the stratosphere of rock! The future of metal is what Joe Satriani described the band as. Compared to Van Halen and Queen by others.....somehow though, the world was not ready and the band sunk into obscurity.

Still, music like that doesn't leave the blood, so they must still be out there in the community.....playing, producing....doing what they do.....

Guitar player for T-Ride, Jeff Tyson as he is credited on the album can be found in Prague of all places.....Why there you ask? Well I couldn't tell you, but he has a website Geoff Tyson. In fact, he is looking for a singer. You want to apply? Send him an email.

All sorts of goodies on his website, including a lot of his music. You can hear some T-Ride recordings sans vocals, as well as music from Geoff's other projects. Apparenty, rumour has it that he built his website himself.....man of many tallents.

Still, prague is beautiful so good luck over there matey!

I'm looking for a style that won't drag me down

T-Ride

2008-09-30T01:35:00.000-07:00

Knock at the backdoor......Come in, quietly though....I mean that's why you chose the backdoor isn't it? There aren't a lot of people here, because T Ride didn't really make it huge. I mean they had an album, but they sort of faded into obscurity. Sad really, because I loved that album. It sort of reminded me of the vocal harmonies and complex tune-smithing found on a Queen album, but with a thoroughly full on rock guitarst.

Jeff Tyson is really a guitar players guitar player. The man weaves rhythm tracks that are outstanding, complex, but still hummable. The glide around the chordings of a tune, weaving subtle insinuations of lead licks here and there, without ever really breaking into a huge rocking solo. Understated would be a good word. He never sounds like he's struggling to reach that high note. He never sounds like he's stretched. But man can that boy play.

Kick back, turn it on.....get the album going, lets listen to a few T-Ride tunes! Gotta love that
"Back - a - the - door" off kilter triplet into a 2 beat of the 4/4 at the end of Backdoor Romeo.