Hired Gun Page #11

So, we were the first band to go on.

Come on feel the noize

Girls rock your boys

We get wild, wild, wild

Wild, wild, wild

So you think I got an evil Mind

Well I'll tell you honey

And I don't know why

And I don't know why

So you think my singing's Out of time

Well it makes me money

[Rudy] And, that was incredible exposure for us.

You know, just phenomenal. Phenomenal!

And by then the record was double platinum.

You know, we had Come On Feel The

Noise was in rotation on MTV

every half hour. I could set my watch.

Because every half hour

Come On Feel The Noise came on

on MTV, you know, Music Television.

Who knew?

And by November,

we had a number one album.

We're talking number one when

your competition is Thriller,

and all those those incredible albums.

So, to me it wasn't just about,

having a number one album...

It was about being in such

great company.

What's really interesting about going to the top,

with any group is that,

your landscape is exactly the same,

because I've experienced that with three bands.

Going from the bottom,

to the very top.

I did it with Ozzy,

I experienced that with Quiet Riot,

and then later on with Whitesnake.

And then once you get there,

the trick is to stay there. [laughs]

To stay on the top,

which is because there's

plenty of room at the bottom.

There's only so much room at the top.

There's only gonna be people trying to push you,

you know, shove you off the the top.

So, that is the toughest thing to accomplish.

Getting to the top is hard.

Staying at the top is virtually impossible.

I wish I would have the foresight,

to predict any of the band's successes,

or you would just have to follow your heart.

And after doing this for a while

I began to see the signs.

You know, I began to realize that,

all of these opportunities, to be...

To be playing with some of the greatest musicians,

in the world,

actually are...

it's a blessing to do that.

The Ozzy Band.

I played with Quiet Riot and

achieved such incredible heights,

you know, success.

To go on stage with Whitesnake,

a band that I'd been a fan of.

My God!

So, it took me a few years to actually have the time,

to look back and really relish,

in all of the success that I've been blessed with.

And after all said and clone,

the most important thing that you have to remember,

is the journey itself.

That's when you say,

"Oh, wow, check this out.

I've accomplished this."

But I've gotta tell you,

it's the people,

that I am on the journey along with.

That is priceless!

That really is.

And that is...

why I get out of bed everyday.

Since I made God a promise

that as long as my fingers were gonna

keep moving I was gonna keep playing.

I can't go back on my promise, you know.

This is what I do. I am a musician.

I must play.

[man] I'd like to introduce you to, Liberty DeVitto!

How's it going?

[all] Good!

One of the last things that was ever said to me

while I was on the road with Billy,

came from the piano tuner.

We were walking down the street

I remember coming from breakfast or something.

We weren't even talking, just silent,

He just turned to me and he goes,

"You know what your problem is?

You're a nice guy."

You're the drums. The center of everything.

Like almost being the center of the universe.

We're the ones that make people get

up when they dance. it's our beat.

So' Little Kids Rock puts instruments

and gives free lessons to kids,

where their school program has

been taken out of the school

in underprivileged schools, like in Harlem...

and you know, down and out areas in different cities.

Little Kids Rock has been a saving grace for me.

That was fun, right?

[all] Yeah!

Music is always fun. It's a lot of fun.

It's a great way to burn off

energy and stuff like that.

And, you know whats great about it

is going from emotion to emotion.

Like a fast song to a slow song.

Reflecting back,

we made great records.

We really did.

I mean, those records will last forever.

People still get off on that stuff.

Every time I'm driving in the

car and the station plays,

Scenes from an Italian Restaurant,

like, "Yeah, that's me playing."

You know, and when I hear that stuff, people say,

"Does it upset you?"

And I say, "No, I just go right back to the studio,

and what it was like in the

studio making that record."

We were like brothers.

It was like going to war and we've

got very successful at what we did.

If Billy is the father,

the parent of those songs,

I'm at least the uncle, you know.

But now if I saw Billy I'd hug

him and tell him I love him.

If he called me up and said,

"I'm sorry. Do you want to play again?"

I'd say, "Yeah."

Playing music gives you an identity.

It really, like, "look what I can do!

It took me a long time to learn how to do this.

But look what I can do now."

So, it's a great, great thing to

learn how to play an instrument.

And it's not too bad.

I got my shot. My mother

used to tell me all the time,

"Lib, you had your turn.

Now it's the young guys turns."

But right now life is good.

I play all the time, great people.

You know.

It's cool.

I want to see Bucket-head

get together with the other guy

that's in the other band,

and the other drummer that's in that band,

and put together a band,

of side guys.

They're all great players, why not?

Why not put their own band together?

Nobody's done that yet.

Just call themselves On The Side.

Like French fries on the side.

One, two, one two, three four.

[music playing]

["Hired Gun" playing]

Day fight shines through

My window shade

Feels like my dues

Are always far from paid

It ain't the good life

But I can't complain

When it's all said and done

Gotta carry on

I've been clawing along

It tears me apart

I'll be the last one Standing

It started with hope

But finished with heart

I am your hired gun

Wake up alone again

Someone else is there

Talk to myself again

My only friend

When it's all said and done

You gotta carry on

I've been clawing along

It tears me apart

I'll be the last one standing

It started with hope

It finished with heart

I am your hired gun

I sold my soul to protect

What's left

Cause it's worth defending

I will never forget

I am your hired gun

Hired gun, hired gun Hired gun

Hired gun, hired gun Hired gun

Started with hope

Finished with heart

I am your hired gun

I've been clawing along

It tears me apart

I'll be the last one Standing

It started with hope But finished with heart

I am your hired gun

I sold my soul to protect What's left

Because it's worth Defending

I will never forget

I am your hired gun

Daylight shines through

My window shade

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