I believe this song is about a petty crook who has gone to prison.
While in prison (perhaps solitary confinement) he starts to loose his grip with reality and is hell bent for bloody vengeance (hence..time to kill) against a former girlfriend (stripper/prostitute Mary Gail) who has abandoned the relationship due to his continued incarceration. Just my take on the song. True gem of a tune on a highly underrated album called Raise Your Fist N Yell by Alice Cooper along with amazingly talented guitarist and body builder, Kane Roberts and Kip Winger on bass....yes Kip Winger. Alice gave Kip his start in Rock n Roll. Of course he went off with some 17 year old chick and wrote a song about it becoming famous for it in his own right, but that's another story....
I believe this song is about a petty crook who has gone to prison. While in prison (perhaps solitary confinement) he starts to loose his grip with reality and is hell bent for bloody vengeance (hence..time to kill) against a former girlfriend (stripper/prostitute Mary Gail) who has abandoned the relationship due to his continued incarceration. Just my take on the song. True gem of a tune on a highly underrated album called Raise Your Fist N Yell by Alice Cooper along with amazingly talented guitarist and body builder, Kane Roberts and Kip Winger on bass....yes Kip Winger. Alice gave Kip his start in Rock n Roll. Of course he went off with some 17 year old chick and wrote a song about it becoming famous for it in his own right, but that's another story....