A Different Kind of Truth es un álbum de Van Halen, publicado en 2012 por Interscope Records. El disco incluye 13 canciones, entre ellas «Tattoo», «She's the Woman», «You and Your Blues» y «China Town».
Listado de Canciones
- Tattoo4:44
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Tattoo, tattoo I got Elvis on my elbow. When I flex, Elvis talks. I got hula girls on the back of my leg. And she hulas when I walk. Screaching cherry red Screamin' electric green Purple mountain's majesty Really talk to me. Talk to me, babe. Swap meet Sally, tramp stamp Kat Mousewife to momshell in the time it took to get that new tattoo. Tattoo, tattoo (Tattoo, tattoo) Show me your dragon magic. (Tattoo, tattoo) So autobiographic. Best believe that needle won't hurt you. Best to see these true colors, than to follow one of your false virtues. Here's a secret to make you think: Why is the crazy stuff we never say, poetry in ink? Speaking dayglow red, Explode-o pink, purple mountain's majesty Show me you, I'll show you me. Swap meet Sally Tramp stamp Kat Mousewife to momshell in the time it took to get that new tattoo. Tattoo, tattoo. (Tattoo, tattoo) Sexy dragon magic. (Tattoo, tattoo) So very autobiographic. (Tattoo, tattoo) Got a hold on me. (Tattoo, tattoo) Put a spell on me. Uncle Danny, had a coal tattoo He fought for the unions Some of us still do. On my shoulder is the number Of the chapter he was in. That number is forever Like the struggle here to win. (Everybody!) Swap meet Sally Tramp stamp Kat Mousewife to momshell in the time it takes to get that new tattoo. Tattoo, tattoo. (Tattoo, tattoo) Sexy dragon magic. (Tattoo, tattoo) So very autobiographic. (Tattoo, tattoo) Got a hold on me. (Tattoo, tattoo) Put a spell on me. (Tattoo, tattoo) I'm in love with you. (Tattoo, tattoo) Show me me, show me you. (Tattoo, tattoo) Look at me, look at you (Tattoo, tattoo) - She's the Woman2:58
- You and Your Blues3:44
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Ain’t no Red House over yonder No Stormy Monday waits for you Ain’t no Midnight Train to Georgia And I'm not looking for the truth And I’ll tell you what I’m getting rid of next You and your blues Yes I am You’re bad mood's permanent Communication Breakdown Like watching someone reinvent Their 19th Nervous Breakdown Woman you suffer from a color I suffered 'cause of you Now everybody’s suffered ‘Cause of you and your blues Ain’t goin’ down to no Crossroads Ain’t gonna dust no broom No Evil Woman got a hold on me Ain’t going to Heaven anytime soon You’re bad mood's permanent Communication Breakdown Like watching someone reinvent Their 19th Nervous Breakdown Woman you suffer from a color I suffered 'cause of you Now everybody’s suffered I’m done with coexisting This is heavy lifting No more growing codependent over you And baby while we at it I’ve had it, with you and your blues Woman you suffer from a color I suffered 'cause of you Now everybody’s suffered Woman you suffer from a color And I suffered 'cause of you yeah Now everybody’s suffered Now everybody’s suffered 'Cause you and your blues - China Town3:15
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Headless body in a topless bar Warring clans in lowered cars A buck is still a buck in Shanghai And a buck is all you earn A great night for all concerned Steel fingers play a deadly song Whole lotta Shakespeare going on and on and on It’s all happening downtown You painted daughters of the Tong underground Don’t mess around Welcome to China Town Well, you're in our town now Welcome to China Town Heroes aren't born, they're cornered And this corner is where we write the story Two tribes warring Downtown after hours The best to you each morning Can't survive and think to win Drugged into sin Next episode begins and begins and begins and begins It’s all happening downtown You painted daughters of the Tong underground Don’t mess around Welcome to China Town Well, you're in our town now Welcome to China Town It’s all happening downtown Welcome to my town, my town, my town! It’s all happening downtown You painted daughters of the Tong underground Don’t mess around Welcome to China Town Well, you're in our town now Welcome to China Town Welcome to my town, my town, my town! - Blood and Fire4:27
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You can always tell the winners The saints and the sinners Down at the starting line I'm a lucid vision Of the unforgiven I'm your wave-toss guy King-size, we were crushin' Trouble by the dozen Stakes have never been higher Come back when you're younger 'Cause I can feel the thunder 1-800-GUITAR Ooooh yeahhh We came, we came, we came through blood and fire We came, we came, we came through blood and fire Now look at all of the people here tonight It's a world of fools That's just what's expected None of 'em know it Or even suspect it God must love the lazy Shiftless and the crazy Puttin' so many in life Ooooh yeahhh We came, we came, we came through blood and fire We came, we came, we came through blood and fire Now look at all of the people here tonight Forgotten empires Lost victories long past Every time I bloomed again I thought it was the last And then something crazy happens And boom! I'm doing the victory dance! Told ya I was comin' back (Told ya!) Say you missed me (Say it!) Say it like ya mean it! You can always tell the winners The saints and the sinners Down at the starting line Ooooh yeahhh We came, we came, we came through blood and fire We came, we came, we came through blood and fire We came, we came, we came through blood and fire - Bullethead2:32
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My karma just ran over your dogma. I can feel your pain. If everything is coming your way You're facing the wrong lane. Bullethead, Bomb the moon until you're crazy dead. B-b-b-b-b-b-bullethead Got a different kind of true. Bullethead, Yes you are in danger. I drive just like you! How many roads must a man walk down Before he admits he's lost. And do you really, really drive this way Just to piss me off? Boldly going nowhere, Trouble busting through. Yeah, I'm rolling slowly But I'm ahead of you. Bullethead, Bomb the moon until you're crazy dead. B-b-b-b-b-b-bullethead Got a different kind of true. Bullethead, Yes you are in danger. I drive just like you! Well I'm a lovin' the horn baby. Well I'm a bullethead. Come-a, come-a, come-a, come on baby Well I'm a bullethead. Hurt me! Traffic is giving you trouble? I can feel your pain. No light at the end of the tunnel Due to budget constraints. Some days you're the dog, Some days you're the hydrant. If everything is going your way You're facing the wrong lane. Bullethead, Bomb the moon until you're crazy dead. B-b-b-b-b-b-bullethead Got a different kind of true. Bullethead, Yes you are in danger. I drive just like you! - As Is4:47
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Yesterday I was a bum and broke. Today I am a star and broke. In this town that’s called progress, That’s how we do biz. I’ve been rich and I’ve been poor. Rich was better, totally better. (It) requires a degree of acceptance As in: "must accept as is." Drive my search engine home. Dropped, chopped, Alabama chrome. Hey what the hell it runs, so The day is done so Let’s have some fun so. Your's very truly, -As Is. That's how it goes How expensive he was Or what was he worth? Ain't no Brinks truck Following no hearse. Drive my search engine home. Droppe, chopped, Alabama chrome. Hey what the hell it runs, so The day is done so Let’s have some fun so. Your's very truly, -As Is. This next part should really confuse things. Everybody let’s stay focused. Love of the craft Or love of the buck? Every day down here’s a rainy day. We don’t save up. A little more volume in the headphones please Unspoiled by progress, "As Is" is how I follow through. It's not who you squeeze But who returns once again to squeeze you, no doubt! Love 'em all I says. Let Cupid sort 'em out! Drive my search engine home. Dropped, chopped, Alabama chrome. Hey what the hell it runs, so The day is done so Let’s have some fun so. Your's very truly, -As Is. Love of the craft Or love of the buck? Every day down here’s a rainy day We don’t save up. La-la-la-la La-la-la-la-la La-la-la-la La-la-la-la-la La-la-la-la La-la-la-la-la La-la-la-la La-la-la-la-la - Honeybabysweetiedoll3:48
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Honeybabysweetiedoll you're the one that I want or I don't want one at all. Honeybaby my hearts a flame, I'm all up and you're to blame Honeybabysweetiegirl let me count the ways you rock my world Stone soul sistah soccer mom, muchacha-miga, cherry bomb Baby, lover, angel faces, satin doll you straight up aces I'm a bad little cowboy, send me to your room Let's get started, let's not stop soon Rolling like the ocean when the moon is full I'm a face grenade with the sex pin pulled Baby, lover, angel faces, satin doll you straight up aces Honeybaby Hampton's (bitch*) Kinda lost sorta rich I dig both don't care which You're gonna make me crash You red hot Florida trailer trash Now that's a switch - The Trouble with Never4:00
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You often wonder, You wanna know. How deep does The rabbit hole go? I know you never thought about it But ask yourself later: When you turn on your stereo Does it return the favor? I gotta know! That's the trouble with never, Sure seems like a mighty long time. That's the trouble with never. When was the last time You did something for the first time? Hello! Every Einstein's assigned A tweedle dumb and tweedle dumber. Any old fool could see, Never even wonder. Yeah we could come together. I will call for you. Hey, never's good for me. How's never sound to you? 1-800-tell-me-babe! That's the trouble with never, (It) sure may be a mighty long time. That's the trouble with never. When was the last time You did something for the first time? Yeah! Level with me baby! Talk to me! This could Damage your reputation: My wicked wicked ways, But maybe I just will Since you put it that way. Delusions of eloquence? You never can say. You wanna play The game? You can't quit when you get played. “Mistakes make people.†Isn't that what people say? Let's un-plan the moment, Dance the night away. Selective amnesia Is only a heartbeat away. A simple question Concerning time: “Suppose you wait forever And then you change your mind?†Oh, no! That's the trouble with never, Sure could be a mighty long time. That's the trouble with never. When was the last time You did something for the first time? When was it? When was it? Ah, text me baby! When baby? Tell me! When was the last time baby? Show me! - Outta Space2:54
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Need no polar bear to scare me, No Eskimo to share with me his fate. Woo! we outta space No blog-o-sphere to sell me. No dolphin needs to tell me. No starving kid To make the case. Counter blast, interstellar facial full. Bumper sticker on my rocket's ass: “Go home. the earth is full.†Outta space, outta space Outta space, outta space Eighty acres of one stop shopping Has somewhat changed the place. Woo! we outta space I do not refuse it. I am guilty, I do use it. I am the reason We outta space. Counter blast, interstellar facial full. Bumper sticker on my rocket's ass: “Go home. the earth is full.†Outta space, outta space Outta space, outta space Danger rides the web tonight. Burst mode dynamite. Spinning up my Facebook page And I'll ride out towards the outer maze. The future ain't what it used to be. Time to change my galaxy in case We outta space! Trouble-free earth despocrats made Mother nature piss her pants and when That's human way. Counter blast, interstellar facial full. Bumper sticker on my rocket's ass: “Go home. the earth is full.†Outta space, outta space Outta space, outta space - Stay Frosty4:08
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I journeyed to the North To hear what the preacher said "Your arms are too short to box with God Learn these words instead" Gold tooth reflecting My advice is free There's a trick to Christian values and it's compulsory Stay frosty That’s what the preacher man said Stay frosty His words still racket in my head Can't control your future Can’t control your friends In a world without end Stay frosty! Hey yeah Stay frosty now Ah huh right, woo! Uh huh huh, uh huh huh Uh huh huh huh huh huh huh Uh huh huh, uh huh huh Huh huh, huh huh And I traveled to the South The ancient Rabbi appeared to me Voice heavy with the sands of time He made me see Same as Kabbalah Dave but for you it's free God guides us on our journey But be careful with those feet Stay frosty In a world without end Stay frosty Like the ancient immortals said Don't want 'em to get your goat Don't show 'em where it's hid And that's just what I did Stay frosty! Woo! Look out! Stay frosty now Use my hand, I won't look. Uh oh! Uh huh huh, uh huh huh Uh huh huh huh huh, huh Uh huh huh, uh huh huh Huh huh, huh huh I journeyed to the East I struggled to stay afloat A solitary Buddhist monk Threw me a rope Looked me in the eye Don't make me say this twice You want to be a monk, you to cook a lot of rice Stay frosty In a world without end Stay frosty Work hard at this my friends Look beyond the Kung Fu fighting God is love But get it in writing Stay frosty Stay frosty now I wandered out West To the California coast Where the folks who know about frostiness stay frostiest the most My brand new landlord Proposed me a toast, "my West Coast host" Stay frosty Chant it like a mantra Stay frosty And there's nothing you can't handle Far and wide far as you ramble Trust in Allah But tie up your camel Stay frosty! - Big River3:52
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Wind at my back, Face in the sun. All my big ideas done. Big river Rollin’. Listen to a sea shell You can hear the sea. Listen to a beer glass That river belongs to me. Big river Rollin’. There’s a river runs here. When it rains we flood. Co-op City first three floors Of Charles River mud. Big river Rollin’. Oh, yeah! Big river Rollin’. Oh, yeah! Land’s edge, Where the East begins, The debris meets the sea When the tide comes in. Oh, look out! Look both ways now. Big river Rollin’. Oh, yeah! Big river Rollin’. Oh, yeah! Big river. Big river. Oh, yeah! - Beats Workin'5:04