Slick Black Limousine
Alice Cooper · Billion Dollar Babies CD2
Oh come along momma gonna take a look at me
Gonna fly though the city
Gonna fly to the sea
Gonna fly my my my my my
I get set get
...it is
Well I get first prize
I remember it quite clear
Gonna fly though the city
Gonna fly to the sea
Gonna fly yay yay yay yay yay yay yay yow
I hope I die in a slick black limousine
Yeah come along momma gonna take a take a look at me
We're gonna fly to the ocean
Gonna fly to the sea
We're gonna fly yay yay yeah
Ninety miles an hour
Swervin' all over the road
Hundred miles an hour
My hand's on the radio
Baby's in the back seat
Bompin' all over the road
No one, no one touch my limousine
Yeah the lord ... my limousine
Yeah the lord ... my limousine
Yeah the lord ... my limousine
Now stuck up livin' with a Model T
My machine, my machine
About Slick Black Limousine
"Slick Black Limousine" stands as a defining track on Alice Cooper's 1974 album *Billion Dollar Babies*, serving as the thematic centerpiece for the band's exploration of excess and corruption. Recorded during the height of the rock opera era, the song utilizes Cooper's signature theatrical vocal style to narrate a story of a wealthy individual trapped in a luxury vehicle, mirroring the album's broader critique of the American Dream. The recording features the band's signature heavy distortion and dramatic sound effects, establishing a template for the horror rock genre that would influence countless artists in the decades following. As a key component of the *Billion Dollar Babies* narrative, the track exemplifies Cooper's ability to blend storytelling with sonic intensity, cementing his status as a pioneer of theatrical rock performance.