Alice Cooper I'm Eighteen HQ with Lyrics in Description

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Track 2 from their third album “Love It to Death” released in 1971 copyright Straight/Warner Bros. Records. It was recorded at the RCA Mid-American Recording Center in Chicago. After their first two albums were unsuccessful, the band decided to move their home base from L.A. to Pontiac, Michigan, a suburb of Detroit Rock City. Their manager Shep Gordon approached Canadian producer Jack Richardson, who had produced six Top 40 hits for the Guess Who, a couple of which were released just the year before. He agreed to take on the project as executive producer but delegated the job of day to day production to his nineteen year-old protégé Bob Ezrin. After meeting the band, Ezrin initially declined to work with them but after seeing them perform live, he was intrigued by their theatrical presentation and the rabid response from their fan base so he agreed to join the team. Pre-production began in Pontiac and Ezrin was able to convince the band to turn their extended psychedelic jams into tight, hard rock songs that he rearranged note by note. Frank Zappa had sold his Straight Records label to his distributor, Warner Bros. the year before. After two unsuccessful albums Warner was hesitant to release another, so it was decided that “I’m Eighteen” would be released as a single first. It was an immediate success, reaching No. 7 in Canada and No. 21 on the Billboard chart. The full album was released soon after and is now considered a classic. Although it received mixed reviews back in the day, it’s cited as a major influence in the development of heavy metal as a genre. It reached No. 35 on the Billboard chart, No. 34 in Canada and No. 28 in the U.K. It was certified Gold a year later and Platinum in 2001. The original album cover is famous for Cooper creating the illusion of his exposed penis by sticking his thumb out from behind his cape. The uproar led to the record company using a censored version of the original photograph on subsequent copies. The band’s collaboration with Bob Ezrin would continue on future albums. Written by Michael Bruce, Alice Cooper, Dennis Dunaway, Neal Smith & Glen Buxton and produced by Jack Richardson & Bob Ezrin. RIP Glen Buxton & Jack Richardson. Featuring:

Alice Cooper – Lead vocals & harmonica
Glen Buxton – Lead & rhythm guitars
Michael Bruce – Rhythm guitars, keyboards & background vocals
Dennis Dunaway – Bass & background vocals
Neal Smith – Drums, percussion & background vocals
Special Guest:
Bob Ezrin – Keyboards

Lines form on my face and hands
Lines form from the ups and downs
I'm in the middle without any plans
I'm a boy and I'm a man

I'm eighteen and I don't know what I want
Eighteen, I just don't know what I want
Eighteen, I gotta get away
I've gotta get outta this place
I'll go runnin' in outer space, oh, yeah

I've got a baby's brain and an old man's heart
Took eighteen years to get this far
Don't always know what I'm talkin' about
Feels like I'm livin' in the middle of doubt

'Cause I'm eighteen, I get confused every day
Eighteen, I just don't know what to say
Eighteen, I gotta get away

Whoa, lines form on my face and my hands
Lines form on the left and right
I'm in the middle, the middle of life
I'm a boy and I'm a man
I'm eighteen and I like it
Yes, I like it
Whoa, I like it, love it, like it, love it
Eighteen, eighteen, eighteen
Eighteen and I like it