[Spoken Word Intro: Axl Rose]

This is somethin' featuring Mr. Stradlin

It’ll be on Use Your Illusion… uh, one of 'em

Called 14 Years

[Verse 1: Izzy Stradlin]

I try and feel the sunshine, but you bring the rain

You try and hold me down with your complaints

You cry and moan and complain, you whine and tear

Up to my neck with [?], the touch you bring

[Pre-Chorus: Izzy Stradlin]

[?] just one day

So hard to keep my own head, that's what I say, but you know

I’ve been the beggar, oh, I've played the thief

I was the dog they all tried to beat

[Chorus: Izzy Stradlin, Axl Rose, & Both]

But it's been 14 years of silence

It's been 14 years of pain

It's been 14 years that are gone forever and I'll never have again

Say it!

[Verse 2: Izzy Stradlin]

Your stupid girlfriends tell you that I'm to blame

Well, they're all washed up has-beens, out of the game

This time I’ll have the last word, you hear what I say?

I tried to see it your way, won’t work for me

[Pre-Chorus: Izzy Stradlin]

You just don't step inside to 14 years

So hard to keep my own head, that’s what I said, but you know

I've been the dealer hangin' on your street

I was the dog they all tried to beat

[Chorus: Axl Rose, & Both]

But it's been 14 years of silence

It’s been 14 years of pain

It's been 14 years that are gone forever and I'll never have again, well

[Guitar Solo]

[Verse 3: Izzy Stradlin]

Bullshit and contemplation, gossip's their trade

If they knew half the real truth, what would they say?

I'm past the point of concern, it's time to play

These last four years of madness sure put me straight

[Outro: Izzy Stradlin & Both]

Don't get back 14 years in just one day

So hard to keep my own head, just go away, but you know

Just like a hooker, she said, "Nothing for free"

Oh, I tried to see it your way

I tried to see it your way