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Under the Big Black Sun
Real Child of Hell

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Real Child of Hell

Release date: 1st July 1982

From Under the Big Black Sun

About This Track

"Real Child of Hell" is a track by X, from the album Under the Big Black Sun , released 1st July 1982. Full lyrics are available below.

About the Artist

X

Lyrics

Real Child of Hell

Men of flesh hitch a ride

Shorts and tans and greasy thighs

At night drive into slimy bars

And piss it out on our front yards

They're looking in our window now

Real child of hell

Nobody's seen him

Real child of hell

Real child of hell

Nobody knows what shape she takes

St. Paddy's Day, old Irish man

Shamrocks painted on his face

He mumbles warnings from Ireland

In the back I sense a fight

And that old man has done his deed

Real child of hell

Nobody's seen him

Real child of hell

Real child of hell

Nobody knows what shape she takes

This stage I'm on gets repossessed

Vigilantes acting bored

The mindless fan wants my dress

And I can't tell which one is worse

And I can't see the cursing child

Real child of hell

Nobody's seen him

Real child of hell

Real child of hell

Nobody knows what shape she takes

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Track details

From Under the Big Black Sun

1982

Album

Under the Big Black Sun

Release year

1982

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4th of July
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All the Time in the World

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Credits

Credited: Exene Cervenka, John Doe, Ray Manzarek