Everybody pay attention to me
I got the answer
I got the answer, oh

Street-walking cheetah with a capital G
So get your hands up
Now get your hands up, oh

Hide your eyes; we're gonna shine tonight
Sub-atomic never gonna get the best of me
Ain't a DJ gonna save my soul
I sold it long ago for rock and roll
Drop the needle when the tape deck blows
Gotta shout this out so everybody knows

This ain't a party
Get off the dance floor
You want the get down
Here comes the gang war
You're doing all right, I got the answer
And all the good times, they give you cancer

If we were all like you in the end
We'd be killing ourselves by sleeping in
So, hit the lights; I'll do it again
And keep your cars, and your dogs, and your famous friends
All right

Slide up the faders when the cabinet slams
And get your hands up
Get your hands up, yeah

Light up the stage and watch me kick out the jams
So throw your fist up
Now throw your fist up, yeah

Ain't nobody gonna take my life
Ain't nobody gonna get the best of me
Ain't a preacher gonna save me now
Grab a seat; I'm gonna show you how

This ain't a party
Get off the dance floor
You want the get down
Here comes the gang war

You're doing all right, I got the answer
And all the good times, they give you cancer

If we were all like you in the end
Oh, we'd be killing ourselves while sleeping in
So, hit the lights; I'll do it again
And keep your cars, and your dogs, and your famous friends
All right

We came to party
Kill the party tonight
We came to party
Kill the party tonight
Let's go

This ain't a party
Get off the dance floor
You want the get down
Here comes the gang war

You're doing all right, I got the answer
'Cause all the good times
Gimme, gimme good times people tonight

This ain't a party
Get off the dance floor
You wanna get down
Here comes the encore

If we were all like you in the end
Oh, we'd be killing ourselves by sleeping in
So, hit the lights; I'll do it again

So, everybody get down
Till the party breaks down
Now everybody get down
Till the party breaks down tonight



Lyrics submitted by kharys

Track duration: 03:36


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    General Comment:The "Ain't no DJ gonna save my soul, I sold it long ago for Rock n Roll" Really speaks to me; I'll always be a man of Rock n Roll
    Flag rejectameric1on April 06, 2012   Link
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    General Comment:I think the Japanese part makes it very comical . . . I love it.
    Kinda 80's cartoon stuff (like Kill Bill). Great concept -- the whole songs in the album seems to be a missile to today's music scene.

    For me, this song shows a violent attack to some preppy (popular) party kids . . . uncool guys getting revenge!!
    I like that idea.
    MCR always goes far from safe circle and tries to give big fist to popular lifestyle and crowd.

    Heil Gerard Arthur!!
    Flag ChadChandraCainon February 18, 2011   Link
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    General Comment:Im sorry... but the freaky asian makes me not like this song as much.
    Flagged HayLiBrianneon February 15, 2011   Link
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    General Comment:to me this song is definitely about living life to the fullest, it's also about not letting partying consume your life and doing some work such as the lines "Oh, we'd be killing ourselves while sleeping in" and "And all the good times, they give you cancer". Also Iggy Pop and the Stooges refrences? first with the solo in the beginning and with the line "Street walking cheetah with a capital G" like the line in search and destroy "street walking cheetah with a heart full of napalm"
    Flag breed182on February 04, 2011   Link
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    Translation:The Japanese parts are translated as follows:

    Minna!
    Kuruma wa mantan dashi
    Su-tsuke-su (suitcase) ni wa bakudan tsumete-iru
    Jinsei wa mijikakute, iku michi wa kiken ga o-oi
    Dakara odorou

    "Everybody!
    The car is filled with gasoline.
    The suitcase is filled with bombs.
    Life is short, and the way to[i.e. future] has a lot of danger.
    So, let's dance!"

    Yuumei ni naritai no
    Majide
    E-n to ikitai
    Watashi wa bakuhatsu suru

    "You wanna be famous?
    Seriously?
    I wanna keep going forever.
    I'm gonna explode!"
    (Interestingly, 爆発する"bakuhatsu suru" is my favorite Japanese verb ever)

    So when the party gets out
    Minna de odorou
    Till the party breaks down
    Karada ga itaku naru made
    Now everybody get down
    Minna de odorou
    Now everybody get down
    Karada ga itaku naru made
    Till the party breaks down tonight
    Karada ga itaku naru made
    Karada ga itaku naru made

    "So when the party gets out.
    Let's dance together.
    Till the party breaks down.
    Till the body hurts.
    Now everybody get down.
    Let's dance together.
    Now everybody get down.
    Till the body hurts.
    Till the party breaks down tonight.
    Till the body hurts.
    Till the body hurts."

    Hope that helps!
    Flag ExtremistModerateon January 23, 2011   Link
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    General Comment:Mmm... I like the album but I think of personal things when I interpret music. My interpretation is I think of Ke$ha and her "electro-techno-dance-pop" music. This song has a dance tempo and rivals the motivating sounds from a DJ while keeping the rock and roll instruments.
    Flag meatbeateron December 20, 2010   Link
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    General Comment:going with theme of this album, this song has to have two meanings: one that goes along with this story and one that applies to real life.

    In story mode, Party Poison is Gerard. Jet-Star and The Kobra Kid were just killed and this is Party Poison getting his revenge hint the gang wars. I also think he's killing people while they're sleeping.

    In real life, I think it's simply about living life to the fullest.
    Flag stilldirrtyjaon December 02, 2010   Link
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    General Comment:Hahaha Okay. I updated the formerly hilariously misheard lyrics to the accurate ones from the CD booklet.
    Flag kharyson November 24, 2010   Link
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    General Comment:that's cool that this song changed it's name from death before disco to party poison but it is really just that old song living after midnight by judas priest
    Flag sofa king coolon November 24, 2010   Link
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    Lyric Correction:everybody pay attention to me
    i got the answer, i got the answer

    street walking cheetah with a capital g
    so get your hands up, now get your hands up
    hide your eyes, were gonna shine tonight
    sub-atomic never get the best of me
    aint a dj gonna save my soul, i sold it long ago for rock-n-roll
    drop the needle when the tape deck blows
    gotta shout this out so everybody knows

    chorus:
    this aint a party, get off the dance floor
    you want the get down, here comes the gang war
    your doin alright, i got the answer
    cause all the good times, they give you cancer
    if we were all like you in the end,
    oh we'd be killing ourselves by sleeping in
    so hit the lights ill do it again
    and keep your cars, and your dogs and your famous friends

    slide up your faders when the cabinet slams
    and get your hands up, now get your hands up
    light up the stage and watch me kick out the jams
    so throw your fist up, now throw your fist up
    aint nobody gonna take my life, aint nobody gonna get the best of me
    aint a preacher gonna save me now, grab a seat im gonna show you how
    everybody hit the pyro cue,were gonna blow this off and show you what we do

    this aint a party, get off the dance floor
    you want the get down, here comes the gang war
    your doin alright, i got the answer
    cause all the good times, they give you cancer
    if we were all like you in the end,
    well we'd be killing ourselves by sleeping in
    so hit the lights ill do it again
    so keep your cars, and your dogs and your famous friends

    we came to party,kill the party tonight
    we came to party,kill the party tonight
    lets go!

    this aint a party, get off the dance floor
    you want the get down, here comes the gang war
    your doin alright, i got the answer
    cause all the good times, gimme gimme good times people tonight
    this aint a party, get off the dance floor
    you wanna get down, here comes the encore
    if we were all like you in the end, oh we'd be killing ourselves by sleeping in
    so hit the lights i'll do it again, so everybody get down
    till the party breaks down
    now everybody get down, now everybody get down till the party breaks down tonight


    Flag emcbon November 21, 2010   Link

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