Poison

Poison is a song by artist Alice Cooper co-written and produced by Desmond Child, released worldwide as a single in 1989 and is featured on his 18th studio album Trash. The song was one of his biggest hit singles in his home country, the United States, peaking at #7 on the singles chart, while peaking at #2 in the UK, only being held off the top spot by hit dance record, "Swing the Mood" by Jive Bunny & The Mastermixers. The song was made available as downloadable content (as part of the Alice Cooper pack or as a single) for use in the music video game Rock Band on May 19, 2009. There are two versions of the video to the song which shows Alice Cooper being chained to a bizarre mechanism and singing while a ghostly woman looms over him. The original video had to be censored for showings during the day, due to shots of model Rana Kennedy wearing nothing but a black thong. The portions in question were redone with her wearing a corset to cover her breasts. The video is still often played on VH1 Classic's Metal Mania. This song is one of Alice Cooper's most well-known songs, and provided his last major mainstream hit, in 1989.

[Verse 1] Your cruel device Your blood, like ice One look, could kill My pain, your thrill [Chorus] I wanna love you, but I better not touch (don't touch) I wanna hold you, but my senses tell me to stop I wanna kiss you, but I want it too much (too much) I wanna taste you, but your lips are venomous poison You're poison running through my veins You're poison I don't wanna break these chains [Verse 2] Your mouth, so hot Your web, I'm caught Your skin, so wet Black lace, on sweat [Chorus] I hear you calling and it's needles and pins (and pins) I wanna hurt you just to hear you screaming my name Don't wanna touch you but you're under my skin (deep in) I wanna kiss you but your lips are venomous poison You're poison running through my veins You're poison I don't wanna break these chains Poison [Guitar Solo] [Verse 3] One look, (one look) could kill (could kill) My pain, your thrill [Chorus] I want to love you, but I better not touch (don't touch) I wanna hold you, but my senses tell me to stop I wanna kiss you, but I want it too much (too much) I wanna taste you, but your lips are venomous poison You're poison running through my veins You're poison I don't wanna break these chains Poison (poison) I want to love you but I better not touch (don't touch) I wanna hold you but my senses tell me to stop I wanna kiss you but I want it too much (too much) I wanna taste you but your lips are venomous poison [Outro] Yeah! Well, I don't want to break these chains Poison (poison) no Runnin' deep inside my veins Burnin' deep (poison) inside my brain Poison (poison) I don't want (poison) to break these chains Poison (poison)