Alice Cooper - Ballad Of Dwight Fry (1971)

In 1971, Alice Cooper were still an unknown quantity — a theatrical shock rock band from the American Midwest with two failed albums behind them. Then came Love It to Death. Recorded after two months of gruelling ten-to-twelve-hour daily rehearsals under a young producer named Bob Ezrin, the album marked a total reinvention: out went the loose psychedelic experimentation, in came a tight, aggressive hard rock sound that nobody had heard quite like this before. The lead single "I'm Eighteen" cracked the Top 40 and convinced Warner Bros. to back the band. The album peaked at No. 35 on the Billboard 200 and went platinum. Watch Alice Cooper perform live — the outrageous theatrics, the straitjackets, the shock rock spectacle that would go on to shape hard rock, punk, and heavy metal for decades to come. #AliceCooper #ClassicRock #BeatClub #LiveMusic #HardRock #1970s #rockhistory LYRICS: Mommy, where′s daddy? He's been gone for so long Do you think he′ll ever come home?" I was gone for fourteen days I could've been gone for more Held up in the intensive care ward Lyin' on the floor I was gone for all those days But I was not all alone I made friends with a lot of people In the danger zone See my lonely life unfold I see it every day See my only mind explode Since I′ve gone away I think I lost some weight there And I, I′m sure I need some rest Sleeping don't come very easy In a straight white vest Sure like to see that little children She′s only four years old, old I'd give her back all of her play things Even, even the ones I stole See my lonely life unfold I see it everyday See my lonely mind explode When I′ve gone insane I wanna get outta here I wanna get outta here I, I've gotta, I′ve gotta get outta here I, I gotta get out of here I, I gotta get outta here, I gotta get outta here, I gotta get outta here I gotta get out of here Ya gotta let me out, I gotta Let me, I gotta I gotta get out, I gotta Let me out, I gotta I gotta get outta here I gotta get outta here I gotta get outta here, I gotta get outta here, I gotta get outta here See my lonely life unfold I see it everyday See my only mind explode Blow up in my face I grabbed my hat and I got my coat And I, I ran into the street I saw a man that was choking there I guess he couldn't breathe Said to myself this is very strange I'm glad it wasn′t me But now I hear those sirens callin′ And so I am not free (I didn't wanna be) (I didn′t wanna be) (I didn't wanna be) See my lonely life unfold (I didn′t wanna be) (I didn't wanna be) (Leave me alone, I didn′t wanna be) (Don't touch me!) See my lonely mind explode When I've gone insane