Editing Snake Eyes and Sissies

{{Song
| Name        = Snake Eyes and Sissies
| Cover       = Portrait-of-an-American-Family.jpg
| Artist      = [[Marilyn Manson (band)|Marilyn Manson]]
| Album       = [[Portrait of an American Family]]
| Released    = July 19, 1994
| Recorded    = August–December 1993 at Criteria Studios in Miami, Florida, Record Plant Studios in Los Angeles, California, The Village Recorder and Pig
| Genre       = Alternative rock, heavy metal
| Length      = 4:07
| Label       = [[Nothing]], [[Interscope Records|Interscope]]
| Writer      = [[Marilyn Manson]]
| Composer    = [[Madonna Wayne Gacy]], [[Daisy Berkowitz]], [[Gidget Gein]]
| Producer    = Marilyn Manson, [[Trent Reznor]]
}}
"'''Snake Eyes and Sissies'''" is the eleventh track on the 1994 release ''[[Portrait of an American Family]]''. It was initially meant to be the album's lead single, but "[[Get Your Gunn]]" was released instead. It also was originally 5:09, and had extra lyrics.

== Cassettes ==
* ''[[The Manson Family Album]]''
=== Albums ===
* ''[[Portrait of an American Family]]''
=== Singles ===
* ''[[The Beautiful People (single)|The Beautiful People]]''

== Video ==
{{Videos
| 6venC-eWqnk = Portrait Sessions
| Hw-IJpNIeVI = The Manson Family Album Extended Version
| XC2DeM_G14Q = The Manson Family Album Single Mix Edit
}}

== Versions ==
* "Snake Eyes and Sissies" <small>— Appears on ''[[Portrait Sessions]]''.</small>
* "Snake Eyes and Sissies" <small>— Appears on ''[[The Manson Family Album]]''.</small>
* "Snake Eyes and Sissies" (Single Mix-Edit) <small>— Appears on ''[[The Manson Family Album]]''.</small>
* "Snake Eyes and Sissies" <small>— Appears on ''[[Portrait of an American Family]]''.</small>

== Lyrics ==
     wrench is just a household god but I carry mine with pride
     I don't work but I can work with it to split your smile
     run you down without a twitch, your car's just not as big as mine
     tear the son out of your bitch and sprinkle your remains with lime
     I ain't no workin' man, I do the best I can, I got the devil's hand
     rollin' sixes
     I am the habit man, I use up all I can, I got the slacker's hand
     my afternoon's remote control
     daydream milk and genocide
     tranquility with broken knees, silly putty enemies
     butter knife in your side
     what I got I got for free, middle finger technology
     what's yours is mine, yours is mine, told you fucker, yours is mine
     snake eyes for sissies
     I ain't no workin' man, I do the best I can, I got the devil's hand
     rollin' sixes
     I am the habit man, I use up all I can, I got the slacker's hand
     I am the pedophile's dream
     a messianic peter pan
     just a boy, just a boy, just a little fucking boy, I can never be a man
     I ain't no workin' man, I do the best I can, I got the devil's hand
     rollin' sixes
     I am the habit man, I use up all I can, I got the slacker's hand
     I ain't no workin' man, I do the best I can, I got the devil's hand
     I am the habit man, I use up all I can, I got the slacker's hand
     (oh no, oh no)

=== Unused third verses ===
[[The Manson Family Album]] version:

  Thought you were a friend of mine
  You were not my boy
  Friend of mine, friend of mine, thought you were a friend of mine
  You were not my boy
  
  I am just a sick offense
  This is just another lie
  I'll love you if you fuck me and I'll
  Fuck you if you cry

[[Portrait Session]] version:
  Thought you were a friend of mine
  You were not my boy
  Friend of mine, friend of mine
  Thought you were a friend of mine
  You were not my boy

  Wrench is just a house hold god
  But i carry mine with pride
  Fuck with me and you'll see
  A little widdle bit of me
  Fuck with me sissy boy

Live soundcheck:

  Thought you were a friend of mine
  You were wrong sissy boy
  Friend of mine, friend of mine, thought you were a friend of mine
  You were wrong sissy boy
  
  Thought I turned the other check
  You were not my boy
  Friend of mine no friend of mine
  No friend of mine my boy

== Trivia ==
* The sampled quote at the beginning of the song (''"Killing is killing whether done for duty, profit or fun..."'') is of Richard Ramirez, often referred to as The Night Stalker, during a jail-house interview.<ref>[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MC5huwZoPZA A Conversation with Richard Ramirez...]</ref>
* The songs working title was "Snakeyes and Boxcars".
* There are lyrics missing from the booklet. Right before the "Pedophile's dream", you can hear quiet singing, with the lyrics, ''"I was prophesised by Shangri-Las / I am the leader of the pack."'' (These lyrics are actually written next to the song in the booklet: "I was prophesised by Shangri-Las I am the leader of the pack").

== References ==
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[[Category:1989-1995 era]]
[[Category:Marilyn Manson songs]]
[[Category:Songs from Portrait of an American Family]]