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THE DAME SAYS
BISCUIT
NO GOOD
CHAMPAGNE TASTE
LIKE A GLOVE (FEAT. CADRE)
27 CLUB
BEST DAMN THING
MISERY
KILLING YOU (FEAT. STING)
JOHNNY BOY
IT AIN’T EASY
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I. THE DAME SAYSProduced by Lucas Banker and Patrick Nissley | Written by Ivy Levan, Lucas Banker and Patrick Nissley | Published by Thin White Dame Publishing, Dead Dolphin Publishing, Copyright Control | Recorded by Patrick Nissley and Tomo Milicevic at Your Living Room Studios, The Lair Studios and Bloodmoney Den Studios | Mixed by Robert Orton at Hot Rocks Studios, www.hitmixer.com | Additional mix engineering by Tony Lake | Mastered by Gene Grimaldi at Oasis Mastering | Vocals by Ivy Levan | Background Vocals by Lucas Banker | Drums, Bass, Keyboard, Percussion and Programming by Patrick Nissley | Guitar by Patrick Nissley and Lucas Banker
i said trick or treatthey say i gotta keep it sweetbut imma do my thingyou got a problem you can kiss this ringnow you act like you got some classbut you know how to back that ass upwatch me drop the hurtmake money money make money money work(make money money make money money work make money work)
all eyes on meall eyes on meimma give you what you needimma give you what you need
all eyes on meall eyes on meimma give you what you needcause if you like it rough you’ll love it when i give it to you raw
oh oh ohoh oh oh
you see i got my cakeand i fuckin ate it tooi’m a grade A steakyou ain’t nothin but dog foodnow you act like you got some classand you know how to back that ass upwatch me drop the hurtmake money money make money money workall eyes on me
all eyes on meimma give you what you needimma give you what you need
all eyes on meall eyes on meimma give you what you needcause if you like it rough you’ll love it when i give it to you raw
oh oh ohoh oh ohi’m gonna give it to you rawoh oh ohoh oh oh
it’s a hairflip it’s whateverit’s a hairflip it’s whatever go on and get yahead on a swivel head on a swivel head on a swivel head on a swivelit’s a hairflip it’s whateverit’s a hairflip it’s whatever go on and get yahead on a swivel head on a swivel head on a swivel head on a swivel
(she gonna give it to ya, uh uh, she gonna give it to ya give it to ya, uh uh she gonna give it to ya)give it to em raw(she gonna give it to ya, uh uh, she gonna give it to ya give it to ya, uh uh she gonna give it to ya)give it to em raw(she gonna give it to ya, uh uh, she gonna give it to ya give it to ya, uh uh she gonna give it to ya)
give it to emoh oh ohoh oh ohgive it to emoh oh ohturn this mothafucka outoh oh oh
II. BISCUITProduced by Lucas Banker and Patrick Nissley | Written by Ivy Levan, Lucas Banker and Patrick Nissley | Published by Thin White Dame Publishing, Dead Dolphin Publishing, Copyright Control | Recorded by Patrick Nissley and Tomo Milicevic at Your Living Room Studios, The Lair Studios and Bloodmoney Den Studios | Mixed by Robert Orton at Hot Rocks Studios, www.hitmixer.com | Additional mix engineering by Tony Lake | Mastered by Gene Grimaldi at Oasis Mastering | Vocals by Ivy Levan | Drums, Bass, Keyboard, Percussion and Programming by Patrick Nissley | Guitar by Lucas Banker
this pots a boilin updon’t press press your luckrun you down like a pick up truckcuz i’m a freak without warningdon’t make me raise a handdrop bombs afghanistandon’t fuck with the master plancan’t say i didn’t warn ya
i think you might have missed iti think you got it twistedwhen i told you to kiss itmy biscuit my biscuiti think you might have missed iti think you got it twistedwhen i told you to kiss itmy biscuit my biscuit
go on give it a kiss(na nana na na na)go on give it a kiss(na nana na na na)(my biscuit biscuit)
who u is trying to fooldone broke the golden ruleyou know honey that shit ain’t cooland you can’t tell me nothinyou be a parasiteroll you like a pair of diceserve you up red beans and riceyea i thought i done told ya
i think you might have missed iti think you got it twistedwhen i told you to kiss itmy biscuit my biscuiti think you might have missed it
i think you got it twistedwhen i told you to kiss itmy biscuit my biscuit
go on give it a kiss(na nana na na na)go on give it a kiss(na nana na na na)(my biscuit biscuit)
i see you babycreepin on mecreepin on meimma put you to sleepit on the dailythey checkin on melooking all beatlemme tell you what you need
think you might have missed it babythink you got it twisted baby
i see you babycreepin on mecreepin on meimma put you to sleep nowit on the dailythey checkin on melooking all beatlemme tell you what you need now
III. NO GOODProduced by Lucas Banker and Patrick Nissley | Written by Ivy Levan, Lucas Banker, Patrick Nissley and Tomo Milicevic | Published by Thin White Dame Publishing, Dead Dolphin Publishing, Copyright Control, Ouch That Hurts Music (BMI) | Recorded by Patrick Nissley and Tomo Milicevic at Your Living Room Studios, The Lair Studios and Bloodmoney Den Studios | Mixed by Robert Orton at Hot Rocks Studios, www.hitmixer.com | Additional mix engineering by Tony Lake | Mastered by Gene Grimaldi at Oasis Mastering | Vocals by Ivy Levan | Drums, Bass, Keyboard, Percussion and Programming by Patrick Nissley | Guitar by Lucas Banker
i’m gonna give it like, uhtil you’re blue in the faceand i ain’t gonna stop till you put me awayi’m like damn
how bad can i because imma plead guilty to the filth degree i’m no good(no good no good no good)ain’t got nothin on this no good i’m no good(no good no good no good)ain’t got nothin on this no good
oh, your love, your lovemakes me no goodi’m just no goodyour love, your lovemakes me no goodi’m just no goodand that’s all that i ever want to beand that’s all that i ever want to beyour love, your lovemakes me no goodi’m just no good
now watch me like, uhcaught in my trancedo what i say now dance monkey dancewrapped around my finger like a wedding ringgone tomorrow morning, it ain’t no thingi’m no good(no good no good no good)ain’t got nothin on this no good i’m no goodain’t got nothin on this no good
oh, your love, your lovemakes me no goodi’m just no goodyour love, your lovemakes me no goodi’m just no goodand that’s all that i ever want to beand that’s all that i ever want to beyour love, your lovemakes me no goodi’m just no goodyou spend the night with me and what do you geta lover a fighter but deeper in debt, heydaddy don’t call me cause i ain’t homemomma is a rolling stoneoh, your love, your lovemakes me no good
i’m just no goodyour love, your lovemakes me no goodi’m just no goodand that’s all that i ever want to beand that’s all that i ever want to beyour love, your lovemakes me no goodi’m just no good
IV. CHAMPAGNE TASTEProduced by Lucas Banker and Patrick Nissley | Written by Ivy Levan, Lucas Banker and Patrick Nissley | Published by Thin White Dame Publishing, Dead Dolphin Publishing, Copyright Control | Recorded by Patrick Nissley at Your Living Room Studios and Bloodmoney Den Studios | Mixed by Robert Orton at Hot Rocks Studios, www.hitmixer.com | Additional mix engineering by Tony Lake | Mastered by Gene Grimaldi at Oasis Mastering | Vocals by Ivy Levan | Drums, Bass, Keyboard, Percussion and Programming by Patrick Nissley | Guitar by Lucas Banker
i’ll admit dat I been on the scenei’ll admit I’m sucker for the greenall the low level hatin that I’m methey got nothing on my technique i’ll admit I can get a little meani’ll admit I’m sorry not sorrytake minute bae get yourself a drinkwhen ya loosen up gimme a ring
no paycheck no black cardcould get spent like we are
i said it’s my party i’ll get live if i want tochampagne taste with a bud light budgetwoop woopi know you love iti said it’s my party i’ll get live if i want tochampagne taste with a bud light budgetwoop woopi know you love it
i know all about 9 to 5i know all about have a good timeill take ya with me if ya act real nice now wasn’t that just so polite
no doubt what i came here forwhen they let up give em some moreget the lower level hot on the floorbreak yo back till you get sore
no paycheck no black cardcould get spent like we are
i said it’s my party i’ll get live if i want tochampagne taste with a bud light budgetwoop woopi know you love iti said it’s my party i’ll get live if i want tochampagne taste with a bud light budgetwoop woopi know you love it
you know you love iti know you love it you know you love iti know you love it
yeah wanna party like meyeah rage against the machinehuh ain’t about no popovbitch get the cris get the jack or get lostyeah i’m a little bit meanand again i’m sorry not sorrywould you be a dear fill up my cupimma squirrel out lookin for my nut
i said it’s my party i’ll get live if i want tochampagne taste with a bud light budgetwoop woopi know you love iti said it’s my party i’ll get live if i want tochampagne taste with a bud light budgetwoop woopi know you love it
you know you love iti know you love it you know you love iti know you love it
V. LIKE A GLOVE (FEAT. CADRE)Produced by Lucas Banker and Patrick Nissley | Written by Ivy Levan, Lucas Banker and Patrick Nissley and Jeremy Gates | Published by Thin White Dame Publishing, Dead Dolphin Publishing, Copyright Control, Copyright Control | Recorded by Patrick Nissley at Your Living Room Studios and Bloodmoney Den Studios | Mixed by Robert Orton at Hot Rocks Studios, www.hitmixer.com | Additional mix engineering by Tony Lake | Mastered by Gene Grimaldi at Oasis Mastering | Vocals by Ivy Levan and Cadre | Background Vocals by Ivy Levan | Drums, Bass, Keyboard, Percussion and Programming by Patrick Nissley | Guitar by Lucas Banker
i’m actin silly got me singin a song yeahnever thought id get so stupid on someonei did my hair like i know that you like aint it funny how I’m losin my mind
cause you got me you got me spinning aroundyeah you got me you got me freaking out
yeah youyeah you fit me like fit me like a gloveyeah youyeah you fit me like fit me like a glove
i gotta warn ya that mean what i say yeaif you were smart then you’d be feelin the samei wore dem jean like I know that you likeI must be out of my god damned mind
that voodoo that you do has got me so crazyyeah who knew we had to be together baby
yeah youyeah you fit me like fit me like a gloveyeah youyeah you fit me like fit me like a glove
yeah youyeah you fit me like fit me like a gloveyeah youyeah you fit me like fit me like a glove
okwe got a connectioni got a confessioni got a erectionyeah you get the messageevery time that we get nakedwe gon leave the bedroom messyyeah she wake me up for breakfastman she crazy and she sexyooo i should tell my mom about usif we ever split up i think imma need some counselingremember when you told me maybe we should take a breakthen i showed up at your place with a shotgun and some mace likewhere you goin? i just wanna talkif you ever call it off you gon have to call the law imma getchagetcha getcha getcha getchagetcha getcha getcha getchaimma getcha
that’s the way i like my loveyou know what i like, thats why i like youthat’s the way i like my loveyou know what i like, that’s why i like you
yeah that voodoo that you do has got me so crazyyeah who knew we had to be together baby
yeah youyeah you fit me like fit me like a gloveyeah youyeah you fit me like fit me like a gloveyeah youyeah you fit me like fit me like a gloveyeah youyeah you fit me like fit me like a glove
VI. 27 CLUBProduced by Diplo, Lucas Banker and Patrick Nissley | Written by Ivy Levan, Lucas Banker and Patrick Nissley, Diplo and Matt Squire | Published by Thin White Dame Publishing, Dead Dolphin Publishing, Copyright Control, Songs Music Publishing, LLC obo I Like Turtles Music (ASCAP)/Songs of SMP (ASCAP), Cletis Jones (ASCAP) and Seven Peaks (ASCAP) | Recorded by
Patrick Nissley and Tomo Milicevic and Diplo (Thomas Pentz) at Your Living Room Studios, The Lair Studios and Bloodmoney Den Studios | Mixed by Robert Orton at Hot Rocks Studios, www.hitmixer.com | Additional mix engineering by Tony Lake | Mastered by Gene Grimaldi at Oasis Mastering | Vocals by Ivy Levan | Background Vocals by Ivy Levan and Patrick Nissley | Drums, Bass, Keyboard, Percussion and Programming by Patrick Nissley | Guitar by Lucas Banker
you try to play it safebut i am planning my escapeyeah you want your picket fencebut i can’t even pay my rent
i’d rather burn out than spend my life waitingi wanna go down down in historyeverybody gonna know me when i dieso i don’t give a damn if i survivei’d rather burn out than spend my life waiting
you keep it slow and steadybut i am more than good and readyyeah you settle for second placebut i can’t even run the race
i’d rather burn out than spend my life waitingi wanna go down down in historyeverybody gonna know me when i dieso i don’t give a damn if i survivei’d rather burn out than spend my life waiting
i’d rather burn out than spend my life waitingi wanna go down down in historyeverybody gonna know me when i dieso i don’t give a damn if i survivei’d rather burn out than spend my life waiting
VII. BEST DAMN THINGProduced by Lucas Banker and Patrick Nissley | Written by Ivy Levan, Lucas Banker, Patrick Nissley and Tomo Milicevic | Published by Thin White Dame Publishing, Dead Dolphin Publishing, Copyright Control, Ouch That Hurts Music (BMI) | Recorded by Patrick Nissley and Tomo Milicevic at Your Living Room Studios, The Lair Studios and Bloodmoney Den Studios |
Mixed by Robert Orton at Hot Rocks Studios, www.hitmixer.com | Additional mix engineering by Tony Lake | Mastered by Gene Grimaldi at Oasis Mastering | Vocals by Ivy Levan | Drums, Bass, Keyboard, Percussion and Programming by Patrick Nissley | Guitar by Lucas Banker
i say, won’t do this anymore you say you heard that song beforeso let it play, as i walk awaybye-bye, bye-byedon’t come look for sympathy from me, cause i won’t
hey, you better know by now what goes around comes aroundand if you didn’t care then, then tell me why do you care nowyou better know by now what goes around comes aroundsay it again, i was the best damn thing
you say, baby take me backand now you see, what you could’ve hadbut no way, not today, or tomorrowdon’t you look for sympathy from me, cause i won’t
hey, you better know by now what goes around comes aroundand if you didn’t care then, then tell me why do you care nowyou better know by now what goes around comes aroundsay it again, i was the best damn thing
hey you, yeah youdon’t you know that you’re losing the best damn thinghey you, yeah youdon’t you know that you’re losing the best damn thing
hey, you better know by now what goes around comes aroundand if you didn’t care then, then tell me why do you care nowyou better know by now what goes around comes aroundsay it again, i was the best damn thing
VIII. MISERYProduced by Lucas Banker and Patrick Nissley | Written by Ivy Levan, Lucas Banker and Patrick Nissley | Published by Thin White Dame Publishing, Dead Dolphin Publishing, Copyright Control | Recorded by Patrick Nissley and Tomo Milicevic at Your Living Room Studios, The Lair Studios and Bloodmoney Den Studios | Mixed by Robert Orton at Hot Rocks Studios, www.hitmixer.com | Additional mix engineering by Tony Lake | Mastered by Gene Grimaldi at Oasis Mastering | Vocals by Ivy Levan | Drums, Bass, Keyboard, Percussion and Programming by Patrick Nissley | Guitar by Patrick Nissley and Lucas Banker
you got back this morning some time around tensaid you won’t then you go and do it againnow I don’t trust you, can’t hear what you saycause I know what you’ll do to get your way
oh sometimes the one that you think that you love turns out to be a fake
i hope you’re happy for all of the misery you madei hope you’re happy for all of the misery you madeand i hope it follows you down to your graveyou’re gonna carry that weightcarry that weightyou’re gonna carry that weightfor all the misery you madetell me that story, sliding right through your teethbut you got someone else all over your sleevestop trying to be clever, we both know your notyou only act like you care cause you got caught
oh sometimes the one that you think that you love turns out to be a fake
i hope you’re happy for all of the misery you madei hope you’re happy for all of the misery you made
and i hope it follows you down to your graveyou’re gonna carry that weightcarry that weightyou’re gonna carry that weightfor all the misery you madethe misery you madethe misery you madefor all the misery you made
IX. KILLING YOU (FEAT. STING)Produced by Lucas Banker and Patrick Nissley | Written by Ivy Levan, Lucas Banker, Patrick Nissley, and Sting, and Martin Kierszenbaum | Published by Thin White Dame Publishing, Dead Dolphin Publishing, Copyright Control, Steerpike (Overseas) Ltd., administered by EMI Music Publishing Ltd., Martin Cherrytree Music (BMI) administered by Songs of Universal | Recorded by Patrick Nissley and Tomo Milicevic at Your Living Room Studios, The Lair Studios and Bloodmoney Den Studios | Mixed by Robert Orton at Hot Rocks Studios, www.hitmixer.com | Additional mix engineering by Tony Lake | Mastered by Gene Grimaldi at Oasis Mastering | Vocals by Ivy Levan | Featured vocals by Sting | Drums, Keyboard, Percussion and Programming by Patrick Nissley | Guitar by Lucas Banker | Bass by Martin Kierszenbaum
i want a hometo burn it downi want nobody when somebody’s aroundi wanna screamhowl at the moonbut the reason that i’m howling is youoh, oh welli hope it’s warm in helloh, oh welli hope it’s warm in hell
cause no ones ever gonna hurt somebody more than i hurt youno ones ever gonna need somebody more than i need youyou know it’s truethe things i doend up killing you
the things i doend up killing youlove is warlove is blindwe can make it if we just take the timeto figure outwhere were headedlove will take you for a ride if you let itohoh welli hope it’s warm in hellohoh welli hope it’s warm in hell
cause no ones ever gonna hurt somebody more than i hurt youno ones ever gonna need somebody more than i need youyou know it’s truethe things i doend up killing youthe things i doend up killing you
the words right off my lipspromised it was death till us partnow the only thing that’s keeping meis tearing out your heart
cause no ones ever gonna hurt somebody more than i hurt youno ones ever gonna need somebody more than i need youyou know it’s truethe things i doend up killing youthe things i doend up killing you
X. JOHNNY BOYProduced by Lucas Banker and Patrick Nissley | Written by Ivy Levan, Lucas Banker and Patrick Nissley | Published by Thin White Dame Publishing, Dead Dolphin Publishing, Copyright Control | Recorded by Patrick Nissley and Tomo Milicevic at Your Living Room Studios, The Lair Studios and Bloodmoney Den Studios | Mixed by Robert Orton at Hot Rocks Studios, www.hitmixer.com | Additional mix
engineering by Tony Lake | Mastered by Gene Grimaldi at Oasis Mastering | Vocals by Ivy Levan | Drums, Bass, Keyboard, Percussion and Programming by Patrick Nissley | Guitar by Tomo Milicevic
what ever happened to the dayswe were in love like one of those shakespeare playswe’d buy that house up on the hillkeep the flowers you gave me on the window sill
but you left me hangin on the end of the linegoin hello, hello, where’s my johnny boypromised me forever everything would be fineoh hello, hello, where’s my johnny boyyou didn’t give a reasonyou didn’t tell me whyno you just left me hangin on the end of the linegoin, hello, hello, where’s my johnny boy
since you’ve been gone i’ve been so lowjust sittin around staring at the telephonecause i bought that house up on the hillthere’s nothing but dust on empty window sills
you left me hangin on the end of the linegoin hello, hello, where’s my johnny boypromised me forever everything would be fineoh hello, hello, where’s my johnny boyyou didn’t give a reasonyou didn’t tell me whyno you just left me hangin on the end of the linegoin, hello, hello, where’s my johnny boy
this ain’t my home sweet homeloving you is all i knowthis ain’t my home sweet home
no this can’t be home sweet home
loving you is all i knowthis ain’t my home sweet home
you left me hangin on the end of the linegoin hello, hello, where’s my johnny boypromised me forever everything would be fineoh hello, hello, where’s my johnny boyyou didn’t give a reasonyou didn’t tell me whyno you just left me hangin on the end of the linegoin, hello, hello, where’s my johnny boy
XI. IT AIN’T EASYProduced by Lucas Banker and Patrick Nissley | Written by Ivy Levan, Lucas Banker and Patrick Nissley | Published by Thin White Dame Publishing, Dead Dolphin Publishing, Copyright Control | Recorded by Patrick Nissley and Tomo Milicevic at Your Living Room Studios, The Lair Studios and Bloodmoney Den Studios | Mixed by Robert Orton at Hot Rocks Studios, www.hitmixer.com | Additional mix engineering by Tony Lake | Mastered by Gene Grimaldi at Oasis Mastering | Vocals by Ivy Levan | Drums, Bass, Keyboard, Percussion and Programming by Patrick Nissley | Guitar by Lucas Banker
inside me a fire’s still burningi wake up each morning tryin to figure it outi know that the world keeps turningbut i keep on hurting the one i care aboutbut i keep on trying and i keep on tryingand hope you never seethat it ain’t easyit ain’t easyloving meloving me
stay with me and things will get betteri never say neverbut theres never a doubti don’t want to end up dividedi’ve already decidedthat i’ll fight this one outbut i keep on trying and i keep on trying
and hope you never seethat it ain’t easyit ain’t easyloving meloving me
baby sit tightit’s a long ridecause i’m gonna die with you by my sidenow that you’re here i never want you to leaveyou best believe that it ain’t easyno it ain’t easyno it ain’t easyno it ain’t easyloving me
CREDITS:
A&R: Martin Kierszenbaum
Cherrytree Records GM:
Andrea Ruffalo
A&R Coordinator: Jody Klein
Marketing Director: Wendy Ong
International Marketing Director:
Don Robinson
International Marketing Coordinator:
Phil Fox
Creative: Stephanie Hsu
Production : Kam Sangha
Business Affairs: Jason Kawejsza
Tour Marketing: Carl Ryan
Photography: Brian Ziff
Inlay Photography: Filip Milicevic
Art Direction: Ivy Levan
Design: Donny Phillips / KIHL Studio
SPECIAL THANKS TO:
Vamp, Martin Kierszenbaum, Lucas Banker, Patrick Nissley, Kristofer Dommin, Tomo Milicevic, Della Levan, Susan Banker, Vicki Milicevic, Filip Milicevic, Brett Nelson, Abreea Saunders, Della Levan, Mikey Minden, Chelsea Davis, Brandon Creed, Kevin Beisler, Elyse Rogers, Kelsi Ring, Christopher Parise, Ivanna Milicevic, Greg Yaitanes, Diplo, Cadre, Sting, Trudie Styler, Kathy Schenker, Tracy Bufferd, Nicole VanGiesen, Larry Goetz, John Janick, Steve Berman, Brenda Romano, Rob Orton, Tony Lake, Andrea Ruffalo, Jody Klein, Kelvin Chu, Scott Enright, Tyler Johnson, Mark Flaherty, Wendy Ong, Nicole Bilzerian, Jennifer Zeller, Anthony Seyler, Catina Dickson, Lisa DiAngelo, Vincenza Conticchio, Carl Ryan, Alison Barziloski, Jacqueline Legan, Rick Mozenter, Grady Brown, Nina Ngunyen at Gelfand, Rennert & Feldman, Susan Banker, Daniel Carberry, Cory Jennings, Dave Aude, Paul Feig, Laurie Feig, Anton Monstad, Rachel Palmisano, Jordan L. Carroll, Babette Labeij, Demitri Veltakamp, Nikki Veltakamp, Chris Cotten, Jared Leto, Adam Lambert, Erica Weis, Junkie XL, Michiel Groeneveld, Jax, Joey Seldon, Brendon Vandergast, David Altschul, Marieke Niestadt, Matt Squire, Perez Hilton, Artie Kenny, Brian Ziff, Chrissy Priske, Jimbo Quaintance, Ben Weinman, Nick Simmons, Nicholaus Goossen, Jason Babadjov, Cody Ross, Brendan Brazier, Doyle Wolfgang Von Frankenstein, Peter Gurnz, Elias Tahan, Neave Bozorgi, Brett Bailey.
DEDICATED IN LOVING MEMORY TO VAMP.