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Little Bit Of Soul

You been robbed

You been used

You been crucified and

You been abused

You been sacrificen and

Now you're confused

Ain't it the truth

 

You got a hole in your head

And a cold empty spot

In your big brass bed

When you're mad at the world and

You feel like you're losing control

All you need to get by is

A little bit o soul

 

When you've lost in the flood

And you feel like you been

Kicked through the mud

You know they still

Haven't found the drug

To pick us up

 

Feeling down, misunderstood

You know these times

They ain't looking so good

When you're mad at the world and

You feel like you're losing control

What we all need to get by is

A little o soul

 

Whoa oh

Little bit of soul

What we all need

To survive

Is just

A little bit o soul

 

Everyone's complaining

Nothing but frustration

The king has pissed in

Your pot of gold

It ain't entertaining spending

So much time in the hole

Send down

A little bit o soul

 

When you're mad at the world

And you feel like

You're losing control

What we all need

To get by is just

A little bit o soul

 

Whoa oh little bit o soul

 

Whoa oh little bit o soul

 

Whoa oh little bit o soul

 

 

Livin' On A Prayer

Tommy used to work on the docks

Union's been on strike

He's down on his luck

It's tough, so tough

 

Gina works at a diner all day

Working for her man

She brings home her pay

For love, for love

 

She says

We've gotta hold on

To what we've got

It doesn't make a difference if we make it or not

We've got each other

And that's a lot

For love, we'll give it a shot

 

Oh, they're halfway there

Oh, living on a prayer

Take my hand

We'll make it I swear

Oh, living on a prayer

 

Tommy's got his six-string in hock

Now he's holding in when he used to make it talk

So tough, it's tough

Gina dreams of running away

She cries in the night

Tommy whispers 'baby it's okay, someday...'

 

We've gotta hold on

To what we've got

It doesn't make a difference if we make it or not

We've got each other

And that's a lot

For love, we'll give it a shot

 

Oh, they're halfway there

Oh, living on a prayer

Take my hand

We'll make it I swear

Oh, living on a prayer

Living on a prayer

 

Oh, we've gotta hold on

Ready or not

You live for the fight

When that's all that you've got

 

Oh, they're halfway there

Oh, living on a prayer

Take my hand

And we'll make it I swear

Oh, living on a prayer

[repeat to end]

 

 

Living In Sin

I don't need no license

To sign on no line

And I don't need no preacher

To tell me you're mine

I don't need no diamonds

I don't need new bride

I just need you, baby

To look me in the eye

 

I know they have a hard time

And your Daddy don't approve

But I don't need your Daddy

Telling us what we should do

 

Now there's a million questions

I could ask about our lives

But I only need one answer

To get me through the night

 

So I say baby, can you tell me just where we fit in

I call it love they call it living in sin

Is it you and me or just this world we live in

I say we're living on love they say we're living in sin

 

Is it right for both our parents

Who fight it out most nights

Then pray for God's forgivness

When they both turn out the lights

Or wear that ring of diamonds

When your heart is made of stone

You can talk but still say nothing

You stay together but alone

 

Or is it right to hold you

And kiss your lips goodnight

They say the promise is forever

If you sign it on the dotted line

 

Baby, can you tell me just where we fit in

I call it love they call it living in sin

Is it you and me or just this world we live in

I say we're living on love they say we're living in sin

 

Solo

 

Baby, can you tell me just where we fit in

I call it love they call it living in sin

Is it you and me or just this world we live in

I say we're living on love they say we're living in sin

 

I call it love they call it living in sin

 

Living in sin

 

I don't know where to begin

I don't know where we fit in

 

Living in sin

 

 

Lonely

There' s a whole lotta lonely

Waiting out there

There's a whole lot of people

That will lead you nowhere

So be safe my lover

Let me offer my prayer

 

There' s a whole lotta lonely

Waiting out there

There's a whole lot of kisses

Waiting out there

And the world you've been missing

That don't play fair

 

Let me offer you comfort

And show you how much I care

There's a whole lotta lonely

Waiting out there

When love is blind sometimes the lies

Can get you through the night

I'm holding on to what I need

Till you're too tired to fight

 

Now there's a lot of lone riders so baby beware

After the warmth of his whisper

In the cool night air

It'll be hard to wake up to that handsome cold blank stare

Cause there's a hell of a lotta lonely waiting out there

 

When love is blind sometimes the lies

Can get you through the night

I'm holding on to what I need

Till you're too tired to fly

 

Now there's a whole lotta lonely

Waiting out there

There's a whole lot of people

That will lead you nowhere

There's only so much sorrow that a heart can bear

There's a hell of a lotta lonely waiting out there

There's a hell of a lotta lonely

Baby I'm scared

Waiting out there

 

 

Lonely At The Top

Tell Franie I'm sorry she didn't get to know her dad

I'll bet he's sorry he didn't get to know you too

Tell her there'll be people singing things that make her sad

How her daddy felt alone how he was hurtin' bad

I guess that won't be too far from the truth

 

Yeah, it's lonely at the top

Happy is one thing it's not.

 

I was jaded, suffocated, it got too hard to breath

But never got as high as I needed to be

You know life becomes worthless when they steal your dreams

I just couldn't live with what was left for me

And I couldn't run far enough from the truth, what's the use

 

Yeah, it's lonely at the top

Happy's one thing it's not

 

Before you know you find yourself alone and looking down

No one there can help you stop before you hit the ground

It's lonely at the top

 

Oooh yeah,

 

Tell Franie, I'm sorry I better kiss her when she cries

I'm sorry I left her, never said good-bye

Didn't mean to leave you all alone but then the music died

Though the song remains the same, I couldn't live that lie

You know that ain't too far from the truth

And you know that ain't too far from the truth

 

Yeah, it's lonely at the top

Happy's one thing it's not

 

Before you know you find yourself alone and looking down

No one there to help you stop before you hit the ground

Yeah, it's lonely at the top

Yeah, it's lonely at the top

It's lonely

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Lonely Is The Night

I need someone, I need somebody to be there for me,

I'm not alone, but still I'm lonely anyway.

She was runnin' away on the 9 o'clock train, so very far from home,

With a head full of schemes, a handfull of dreams.

I was on my own.

 

I know you're out there, I know you're there.

Lonely, lonely is the night.

Lonely, lonely is the night.

 

What can I do, what can I say, to get her back,

All night I wait for my train comin' down the track.

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I guess you say it's the price that you pay for holdin' on.

 

I know you're out there, I know you're there.

Lonely, lonely is the night. Lonely, lonely is the night.

Lonely, lonely is the night. Lonely, lonely is the night.

 

If you want me, if you need me, I'll be there,

If you want me, please believe me, I'll be waiting.

 

I know you're out there, I know you're there.

Lonely, lonely is the night. Lonely, lonely is the night.

Lonely, lonely is the night. Lonely, lonely is the night.

 

 

Lost Highway

 

In my rearview mirror

My life is getting clearer

The sunset sighs and slowly disappears

These trinkets once were treasure

Life changes like the weather

You grow up, grow old, or you hit the road 'round here

So I drive (drive drive)

Watching white lines passing by

My plastic dashboard Jesus

Waiting there to greet us

 

Hey Hey I finally found my way

Said goodbye to yesterday

Hit the gas, there ain't no brakes on this lost highway

Yeah, I'm busting loose, I'm lettin go

Out on this open road

It's independence day on this lost highway

Hey hey, hey hey

 

Don't know where I'm going

But I know where I've been

I'm afraid of going back again

So I drive (drive drive)

Years and miles are flying by

And waiting there to greet us

Is my plastic dashboard Jesus

 

Hey Hey

Hey Hey I finally found my way

Said goodbye to yesterday

Hit the gas, there ain't no brakes on this lost highway

Hell, I'm busting loose, I'm lettin go

Out on this open road

It's independence day on this lost highway

Hey hey

hey, hey

 

Oh patron saint of lonely souls

Tell this boy which way to go

Guide the car, you've got the keys

Farewell to mediocrity

Kicking off the cruise control

And turning up the radio

Got just enough religion

And a half a tank of gas

Come on

Let's go

 

I finally found my way

Said goodbye to yesterday

Hit the gas, there ain't no brakes on this lost highway

I'm busting loose, I'm lettin go

When I'm out on this open road

It's independence day on this lost highway

Hey hey

 

 

Love For Sale

Well I wake up this morning I rolled out of bed

I felt like a dog who's been kicked in the head

Checked out my mail there was letter that read

Love for sale, love for sale

 

I picked up the phone I called everyone I could

I let my fingers do the walking through the telephone book

You can't catch a fish if you ain't got the hook

Love for sale, love for sale

 

Send up a signal throw me a line

Somebody explain " this funny Valentine"

It might not be signal but it sure ain't a crime

I'm one step from crazy and two steps behind

 

I called Lt. Columbo from my TV set

I've tried the Dating Game I haven't found her yet

I'm hoping that she's looking like a Penthouse Pet

Love for sale, love for sale

 

Solo

 

We've been living together 3 years,

2 hours, 20 minutes maybe four houndred beers

You can't shop for love when you're shopping at, Sears

Love for sale, love for sale

 

I guess I've learnt my lesson it was easy to see

My old lady she played this joke on me

I never looked where I forgot it would be

Love for sale, love for sale

 

 

Love Is War

Load your guns, take sides

Raise your flag, 'cause baby, love is war

 

Hey baby, what ever happened to the girl next door

If I remember, she looked a lot like you

Whatever happened to the boy who said, "I'd die for you"

We're hangin' on, but love is gone and now it's war

 

You got your weapons, baby I got mine

You tried to trap me with your bedroom eyes

Under the covers, 'cross the enemy lines

When you don't know, you just say no.

 

Tell me why, love is war

When the battle is done you still want more

Every broken heart is tryin' to even the score

It's the way of the world, love is war

Where boy meets girl, love is war

 

Oh I remember when the love was good and the bed was hot

But now we sleep on separate sides and the sheets are cold

Aw, I used to love your candy baby, now the store is closed

 

I know my silence tears you up inside

You built a fortress for your hurt to hide

You think you've won, but it's a tie

'Cause nobody wins a war of pride

 

Tell me why, love is war

When the battle is done you still want more

Every broken heart is tryin' to even the score

It's the way of the world, love is war

Where boy meets girl, love is war

 

Tell me why, love is war

What the hell are we fighting for

 

Tell me why love is war

When the battle is done you still want more

Every broken heart is trying to even the score

It's the way of the world, love is war

 

Tell me why love is war

When the battle is done you still want more

Every broken heart is trying to even up the score

It's the way of the world, love is war

 

War, love is war, war, love is war

War, love is war, war, love is war

 

 

Love Lies

I was lost, then I found you.

I never thought it would be this way.

Showed you my heart, I left it unguarded,

like a thief in the night you stole it away.

 

Now you're gone, the pain goes on and on.

I still hear you whispering to me through the shadows of the night.

 

Love lies, you're just a victim of the headlines.

You're running on into a cold night.

You're just a number of the love lies.

 

All alone you call it survival,

he lost at love to a stranger's lines.

Walking the streets, searching with vengeance

for a face that he dreams of night after night.

 

Time goes on, all signs of life stolen, simple dreams were all broken.

Best of times become desperation but how many tears must you cry to survive?

 

Love lies, you're just a victim of the headlines.

You're running on into a cold night.

Just a number of the love lies.

 

Love lies, you're just another victim of the headlines.

You're running on into a cold night.

Just a number of the love lies.

 

They met late one night in the city.

Both men knew only one would stay.

Scratched a picture of a heart on a bullet

and took his life away.

 

Love lies, you're just another victim of the headlines.

You're running on into a cold night.

Just a number of the love lies.

 

Love lies, you're just a victim of the headlines.

You're running on into a cold night.

Just a number of the love lies.

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Love Me Back To Life

This world don't give you nothing

But it can take away

Everybody holding on to something

Nobody wanna fade away

 

No forgiveness on the streets of this town

Left my patience at a traffic light

There's no denying I almost lost it

Threw in the towel, too tired to fight

 

Tonight I need you,

More then yesterday

Tonight I need you

 

Take me, touch me

Hold me like you mean it

Make me come alive

Hurt me, heal me

Come on and make me feel it

Rescue me tonight

Love me back to life

 

These days I'd trade sight for feeling

There are days my feelings gone

Figure out who's life I'm living

I don't know right from wrong

When I lost faith you found it

And gave it back to me

There's a new light on your halo

It took blind eyes to see

 

That I need you

More then yesterday

Yeah I need you

 

Take me, touch me

Hold me like you mean it

Make me come alive

Hurt me, heal me

Come on and make me feel it

Rescue me tonight

Love me back to life

 

Take me, touch me

Hold me like you mean it

Make me come alive

Hurt me, heal me

Come on make me feel it

Rescue me...

 

Come on...

 

Take me, touch me

Hold me like you mean it

Make me come alive

Hurt me, heal me

Come on and make me feel it

Rescue me tonight

Love me back to life

 

 

Make A Memory

Hello again, it's you and me

Kinda always like it used to be

Sippin' wine, killing time

Trying to solve life's mysteries

 

How's your life, it's been a while

God it's good to see you smile

I see you reaching for your keys

Looking for a reason not to leave

 

If you don't know if you should stay

If you don't say what's on your mind

Baby just breathe

There's nowhere else tonight we should be

 

You wanna make a memory?

 

I dug up this old photograph

Look at all that hair we had.

It's bittersweet to hear you laugh

Your phone is ringing I don't wanna ask

 

If you go now, I'll understand

If you stay, hey, I've got a plan

We're gonna make a memory

You wanna steal a piece of time

You can sing the melody to me

And I can write a couple of lines

 

You wanna make a memory?

 

If you don't know if you should stay

And you don't say what's on your mind

Baby just breathe

There's nowhere else tonight we should be

We Should be

 

You wanna make a memory

You wanna steal a piece of time

You can sing the melody to me

And I can write a couple of lines

 

You wanna make a memory? (x2)

 

 

Maybe Someday

And I would give up tomorrow

And die for one yesterday

I'd lie, beg, steal and borrow

To hear you whisper my name

Tonight there ain't no miracles

Washing up on this beach

The angels left here long ago

But I still believe that

 

Maybe someday

I will hold your hand

and maybe some way

We'll trace our footsteps in the sand

And just walk away

baby, someday

 

Now I don't know how a heart beats

But I sure know how one breaks

Remember how I used to hold you

To share every breath that you'd take

How can I forget

Your every tear that I cry

I know you're coming back

You never kissed me goodbye

 

Maybe someday

I will hold your hand

And maybe some way

We'll trace our footsteps in the sand

And just walk away…

 

They say that nothing lasts forever

But we know our two hearts beat together

And though you're far away

Every night I pray

Maybe someday

Someday …

 

Maybe someday

I will understand

baby some way

We'll trace these footsteps in the sand

just walk away

Maybe someday

Maybe someday

Maybe someday

Maybe some way

 

 

Maybe Tomorrow

Seems like years since I've been home

Livin' this dream on the endless road

Faces in the crowd they stare at me

Your is the only one that I want to see

My heart cries out for sympathy

But I need to hold you next to me

And it won't be long baby...

Maybe tomorrow

 

These hotel rooms they're all the same

Only the numbers

On the doors been changed

Lord I gotta do me one more sow

Then it's into the bus and off we go

Should have talked to you

Well I don't have to try

When I find the music in your eyes

And I'm telling myself

That we'll take a ride

 

Should have talked to you

Well I don't have to try

We're all blind lovers

Maybe tomorrow

 

 

Memphis Lives In Me

There's a town that I call home

Where all the streets are paved with soul

Down on Beale there's a honky-tonk bar

So hear the wail of a blues guitar

Have a beer and drop a dime in the blind man's jar

 

The blues sing softly in the air like a Sunday morning prayer

Just one more drink and you'll see God everywhere

Like a sad old melody that cheers you up, it sets you free

That's how Memphis lives in me

 

There comes a time when muddy waters run rough

There comes a point when a man has had enough

Like a friend who always stands by me

Memphis knows me

Memphis shows me

How did life just had to be

 

I couldn't even try to run away, say goodbye

Here I was born and here is where I'll die

I'm just a man from Tennessee

I can't be what I can't be

All I know is Memphis lives in me

 

I said I'm just a man from Tennessee

Can't be what I can't be

All I know is Memphis lives

All I know is Memphis gives

All I know is Memphis lives in me

 

 

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Miss Forth Of July

I used to live but now I survive

I used to believe but now its just one day at a time

The circus is gone, its all packed away

The clown's hat, the makeup's been packed in his case

 

So we wave goodbye to Miss Fourth of July

The queen of the roses has left us with nothing but thorns

Don't say we never tried, Miss Fourth of July

The stars that we reached for have left us with nothing but dawn

 

I used to laugh, but I've learned to cry

And I ain't too proud to let you see tears fall from these eyes

For all of my hopes our heartaches and fears

For a night I just watched as you walked out of here

 

I just waved goodbye to Miss Fourth of July

The queen of the roses has left us with nothing but thorns

Don't say we never tried, Miss Fourth of July

The crown that we reached for has left us with nothing..

But your thorns left me wounded, not unlike the truth did

When innocence sang his last song

He'd tell me that its all gone

Just look me in the eyes and say it meant nothing at all

 

I used to live, now I've learned to die

And I used to dream, I used to dream

 

So now we wave goodbye to Miss Fourth of July

The queen of the roses has left us with nothing but thorns

Don't say we never tried, Miss Fourth of July

The stars that we reached for have left us with nothing but dawn

 

Oh, yeah…

Nothing but a heavy hit of heartbreak

A handful of blues..

Oh, yeah…

 

 

Missunderstood

Should I, could I

Have said the wrong things right

A thousand times

If I could just rewind

I see it in my mind

If I could turn back time

You'd still be mine

 

You cried, I died

I shoulda shut my mouth

Things headed south then

As the words slip off my tongue

Sounding dumb

If this old heart could talk

It'd say you're the one

 

I'm wasting time

When I think about it

 

I should have drove all night

Woulda run all the lights

I was misunderstood

I stumbled like my words

Did the best I could

Damn

Misunderstood

 

Could I, should I

Apologize for sleepin' on the couch that night

Stayin' out too late with all of my friends

You found me passed out in the yard again

 

You cried, I tried

To stretch the truth but didn't lie

It's not so bad

When you think about it

 

I shoulda drove all night

Woulda run all the lights

I was misunderstood

I stumbled like my words

Did the best I could

Damn

Misunderstood

 

Intentions good

 

It's you and I

Just think about it

 

I shoulda drove all night

Woulda run all the lights

I was misunderstood

I stumbled like my words

Did the best I could

 

I hanging outside your door

I been here before

Misunderstood

I stumbled like my words

Did the best I could

Damn

Misunderstood

 

Intentions good

 

 

More Than We Bargained For

I always wanted what I couldn't have,

I hoped and dreamed maybe someday.

That I'd find out what love was all about.

I sure grew up the hard way.

 

Now the candy store's closed, the movie's sold out,

The play's drifter isn't what it's all about, and now we're parting ways.

I won't say a word,

Let our broken hearts cry in our graves, where they'll never be heard.

 

It's more than we bargained for,

Our love is the price we paid.

And just like a faded dream....

It's slippin' away.

 

Last night I saw you out with my best friend,

When I'm with you I see him in your eyes.

I want to hold you but I don't understand,

There's somethin' there that's so hard to disguise.

 

Now tears run down your face, as you walk through the night,

Those cold empty streets leave you wonderin' what's right.

As you walk away.With your broken heart.

Don't try to deny that love had you torn apart.

 

More than we bargained for,

Our love is the price we paid.

And just like a faded dream....

It's slippin' away.

 

It's more than we bargained for.

It's more than we bargained for.

 

More than we bargained for,

Our love is the price we paid.

And just like a faded dream....

It's slippin' away.

 

More than we bargained for,

Our love is the price we paid.

And just like a faded dream....

It's slippin' away.

 

 

My Guitar Lies Bleeding In My Arms

Misery likes company, I like the way that sounds

I've been trying to find the meaning, so I can write it down

Staring out the window, it's such a long way down

I'd like to jump, but I'm afraid to hit the ground

 

I can't write a love song the way I feel today

And I can't sing no song of hope, I got nothing to say

Life is feeling kind of strange, since you went away

I sing this song to you wherever you are,

As my guitar lies bleeding in my arms

 

Tired of watching TV, it makes me want to scream

Outside the world is burning, man thats so hard to believe

Each day you know you're dying from the cradle to the grave

I get so numb sometimes, that I can't feel the pain

 

I can't write a love song the way I feel today

I can't sing no song of hope, I got nothing to say

Life is feeling kind of strange, its strange enougth these days

I send this song to wherever you are,

As my guitar lies bleeding in my arms

 

Staring at the paper, I don't know what to write

I'll have my last cigarette, well turn out the lights

Maybe tomorrow I'll feel a different way

But here in my confusion, I don't know what to say

 

I can't write a love song the way I feel today

And I can't sing no song of hope, I got nothing to say

I can't fight the feelings, that are burning in my veins

I send this song to wherever you are,

As my guitar lies bleeding

 

I can't write a love song the way I feel today

And I can't sing no song of hope, there's no one left to save

And I can't fight the feelings, buried in my brains

I send this song to wherever you are,

As my guitar lies bleeding in my arms

As my guitar lies bleeding in my arms

As my guitar lies bleeding in my arms

 

 

Mystery Train

There are days when she's a whisper

Nights when she's a scream

A reason to wake up in the morning

To close your eyes and dream

 

She'll curse you like a sailor

And wound you with her eyes

She always makes it better

But won't apologize

 

You know everything about her but don't know her at all

 

Chorus

She's a ride on a mystery train

To a place you've never been before

Better hold on tight to that mystery train

You're not in Kansas anymore

She's a ride

Mystery train

 

She cries because she's happy

She sings songs when she's mad

Like a stiff drink when you need it

She's good at being bad

 

And long before you knew her you knew she was the one

 

Repeat chorus

 

Solo

 

I know everything about her but don't know her at all

 

Repeat chorus

 

She's a ride

On a mystery train

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Neurotica

Looking like a train wreck

Sipping on her long neck

This ain't no model-actress

She's attitude and accent (alright)

 

Angel flying solo

Must have gone and sold your halo

She's accidental innocence

And white trash elegance (alright)

 

She's all mixed up

Lays in bed 'til 3

All messed up

She's eccentricity

 

Chorus:

Neurotica

Lay your love all over me

Come on, baby, go a little crazy on me

Erotica

Every school boy's fantasy

Not your ordinary woman

But she's extraordinary to me

 

She got a daily new addiction

A walking contradiction

Chain smoking cigarettes

Talking to her silhouette (alright)

 

All mixed up

A little out of time

All messed up

But she don't really mind

 

Chorus:

Neurotica

Lay your love all over me

Come on, baby, go a little crazy on me

Erotica

Every school boy's fantasy

She's not your ordinary woman

But she's extraordinary to me

 

Alright (no Jane or Gloria)

Alright (she's schizophoria)

Yeah, yeah, yeah

And when I call her I got to call her

And when I call her I call her

 

Solo

 

Chorus:

Neurotica

Lay your love all over me

Come on, baby, go a little crazy on me

Erotica

Every school boy's fantasy

Not your ordinary woman

But she's extraordinary to me

 

 

Never Say Goodbye

As I sit in this smokey room

The night about to end

I pass my time with strangers

But this bottle's my only friend

 

Remember when we used to park

On Butler Street out in the dark

Remember when we lost the keys

And you lost more than that in my backseat

 

Remember when we used to talk

About busting out - we'd break their hearts

Together - forever

 

Never say goodbye, never say goodbye

You and me and my old friends

Hoping it would never end

Never say goodbye, never say goodbye

Holdin' on - we got to try

Holdin' on to never say goodbye

 

Remember days of skipping school

Racing cars and being cool

With a six pack and the radio

We didn't need no place to go

 

Remember at the prom that night

You and me we had a fight

But the band they played our favorite song

And I held you in my arms so strong

 

We danced so close

We danced so slow

And I swore I'd never let you go

Together - forever

 

Never say goodbye, never say goodbye

You and me and my old friends

Hoping it would never end

Never say goodbye, never say goodbye

Holdin' on - we got to try

Holdin' on to never say goodbye

 

I guess you'd say we used to talk

About busting out

We'd break their hearts

Together - forever

 

 

Next 100 Years

Time ain't nothing but time

It's a verse with no rhyme

Man, it all comes down to you

 

Change ain't nothing but change

Just the faces and the names

But you know we're gonna make it through

 

I'll believe

When you don't believe in anything

 

Chorus

I'm gonna hold you 'til your hurt is gone

Be the shoulder that you're leaning on

I'll be standing here

For the next 100 years

If it all should end tonight

I'll know it was worth the fight

And we'll be standing here

For the next 100 years

 

I, when I think that I'm losing my mind

It all comes back to you

 

And you, you know that it's true

After all we've been through

There's nothing that I wouldn't do

 

Stand by me

And I would gladly give up everything

 

Repeat chorus

 

Guitar solo

 

Repeat chorus

 

Time ain't nothing but time

It's a verse with no rhyme

Man, it all comes down to you

 

 

No One Does It Like You

When she walks when she talks

She does it just like you

The way she do everything

She does it just like you

Lord knows that she moves so fine

Those precious lips came and blew my mind

But I can't love somebody new

 

No one does it like you

No one does it like you

 

Someone's takin' my place

Baby say it ain't true

All your friends say you love him

Baby say it ain't true

I close my eyes and see your face

Whole memories lost that I can't replace

Of all the crazy things that we do

 

No one does it like you

No one does it like you

 

I was wrong I must have been crazy

Now I think I'm going out of my mind

These thoughts of you are driving me crazy

A girl like you is so hard to find

 

Repeat Verse I

 

I try to find a girl to treat me right

I take a different one home every night

But no one makes my dreams come true

No one does it like you

 

 

No Regrets

Thunder cracks, the sky is crying

On her back she's pushing, trying

He holds her hand and kneels beside her bed

Break the silence, baby's screaming

In slow motion she ain't dreaming

She closed her eyes, looked up to God and says

 

Should I cry a little more?

Should I try a little more?

I pay the cost and laugh it off

And do it all a thousand times again

No regrets

 

Living's hard and dying's easy

My mistakes, they won't defeat me

I like to burn a candle at both ends

I broke some hearts, been broken hearted

Run away from fires I've started

I didn't break but tried my best to bend

 

Should I cry a little more?

Should I try a little more?

I pay the cost and laugh it off

And do it all a thousand times again

No regrets for things I've done

No regrets for wars I've won

No regrets for fires I've started

No regrets for faith departed

Hey, Hey

 

Thunder cracks, the sky is crying

On her back she's pushing, trying

Holds her hand and kneels beside her

Only faith left there to guide her

 

Should I cry a little more?

Should I try a little more?

Should I lie a little more?

Or get high a little more?

I pay the cost and laugh it off

And do it all a thousand times

Should I...

Should I...

Should I...

No regrets

No regrets

No regrets

No regrets

 

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Nobody's Hero

When you're afraid and it feels like you're too tired to fight

Even if your heart don't know if you're still alive

Man you never felt so alone in this world tonight

And I, don't you know that I felt the same?

I've seen the storm I've been through the rain

You gotta know That I feel your pain

Don't be afraid

When you're on the edge, I will rescue you

When you need a friend, I'll be there for you

 

I'm nobody's hero

But for you I'd lay down my life

Nobody's hero

But I'd tear down the stars from the sky

If you would lean on me, baby dream on me

You can bleed on me, just believe in me

Nobody's hero

 

But out on these streets

They're waiting for blind eyes to see

They're waiting for our cuts to bleed

I hear they're waiting for you and me

Well alright, alright

Cause this time

You know I ain't afraid to fight

For you I ain't afraid to die

As long as you are by my side

It will be alright

When all faith is gone, I will pray for you

Just keep holding on, I'll be there for you

 

I'm nobody's hero

But for you I lay down my life

Nobody's hero

But I'd tear down the stars from the sky

If you would lean on me, baby bleed on me

Baby dream on me, just believe in me

Nobody's hero

 

I'm nobody's hero

But for you I lay down my life

Nobody's hero

But I'd tear down the stars from the sky

If you would lean on me, you can bleed on me

Baby dream on me, just believe in me

Nobody's hero

 

Baby, lean on me, you can dream on me

Just bleed on me, just believe in me

 

 

Nothing

We've been through this all before a thousand times

Come on, come on, come on, tell me what's on your mind

Doesn't matter, baby, what I say

It all amounts to nothing anyway

 

When push comes to shove, it's never enough

It always comes down to something

 

How could I live? Why would I try?

I could learn to live without you but that's a lie

No giving in or saying goodbye

Seems there's always something but all that's ever left is nothing

(All that's ever left is nothing)

 

 

I thought I saw you reach out, thought I saw you try

Waiting here for something, nothing's all I find

Kneeling at your altar, standing on the shore

Waiting out, now listen, I'm outside your door

 

When push comes to shove, it's never enough

It always comes down to something

 

How could I live? Why would I try?

I could learn to live without you but that's a lie

No giving in or saying goodbye

Seems there's always something but all that's ever left is nothing

 

I won't give up

I won't give up… no

`Cause you know I won't let you down

 

How could I live? Why would I try?

I could learn to live without you but I would die

 

No giving in or saying goodbye

Seems there's always something but all that's ever left is nothing

Why would I try?

I could learn to live without you but that's a lie

No giving in or saying goodbye

Seems there's always something but all that's ever left is nothing

 

I won't give up

I won't give up... no

`Cause you know I won't let you down

You know I won't let you down

You know I won't let you down

 

 

Novocaine

You can take back all your secrets

We'll divide up all the lies

Keep all the pictures in their frames

Just cut me out, yeah, I'll be fine

Tell the neighbors all my feelings

Go on give away my pride

It's hard to laugh and cry, live and die every night

 

Keep your rolodex of friends

And all the remnants can be mine

I guess there'll be no happy endings

When “once upon” is doing time

There's a different kind of meaning now

To livin' on a prayer

Some don't seem to notice

And the rest don't seem to care

 

I tell myself I (feel no pain)

But I'm feeling the pain (walk away)

Can't walk away

I'm hanging on the ropes of hope

It's getting hard to cope you know

When you're the needle running through my veins

I've changed my name to novocaine

 

You put my favorite belongings in a box in the garage (let's get this straight)

You burned my favorite sweats from high school

Tried to sell my muscle car (that's not OK)

You're mother's gonna visit for a couple months this year

They say you do the crime, you do the time

It's all so clear

 

I tell my self I (feel no pain)

But I'm feeling the pain (walk away)

Can't walk away

I'm hanging on the ropes of hope

It's getting hard to cope you know

When you're the needle that's running through my veins

I've changed my name to novacaine (feel no pain)

Novacaine

 

Well things ain't what they used to be

It's a sleepless, self-help century

I'm up to here with Dr. Phil and the modern man in me…

 

 

Now And Forever

It's been a long time, baby, how've you been,

But it sure feels good to see you again, my friend.

I still remember just like yesterdays

Though the miles and the smiles go home, they won't fade away

And it hurts just like hell to let go, but I know

 

Kings will be kings with crowns to defend

But I'm just one man and I can't pretend

A heart's just a heart and songs have to end

Dreams will be dreams and friends will be friends

Now and forever, now and forever

 

I still remember, baby, you know my name

Through the holes down the road

Put your pain in my home just the same

You gotta wanna say

But you gotta hold on

You won't save the day

But when your radio's on, you're hearing this song

I hope that you say nothing's changed

 

Kings will be kings with crowns to defend

But I'm just one man and I can't pretend

A heart's just a heart and songs have to end

Dreams will be dreams though friends will be friends

Now and forever, now and forever

 

Kings will be kings with crowns to defend

But I'm just one man and I can't pretend

A heart's just a heart and songs have to end

Now dreams will be dreams and friends will be friends

Now and forever, now and forever.

 

 

On The Edge Of A Broken Heart

And there I stood, just like a soldier I was tough, until I saw her

I said Hello, but she just turned away

 

Hey Romeo, whatcha doin' with my girl,

Who are you using now, well I turn and walk away (Turn and walk away)

I'm gonna please her, now you can believe it

I'll be there to catch her when she falls

 

Oooo, here I am (On the edge of a broken heart)

I'm a man (On the edge of a broken heart)

Here we stand (On the edge of a broken heart)

So run if you can 'cause you know I'm a man on the edge (On the edge

of a broken heart)

I'm on the edge (On the edge of a broken heart)

 

I'm on the outside, looking inside

You're with him, who's on the wrong side now

Do you still think of me

I've tried to call, but no one answers

Two silhouettes, a private dancer

Lights go dim, as the music starts to fade, away

(Turn and walk away)

 

I'm the one who needs you, now you can believe it

I'll be there to catch you when you fall

Ooo you better believe I'm the man (On the edge of a broken heart)

Here I am (On the edge of a broken heart)

And we stand (On the edge of a broken heart)

So run if you can 'cause you know I'm a man on the edge (On the edge

of a broken heart)

I'm on the edge (On the edge of a broken heart)

 

Ooohh And when I hold out my hands

I'll be reaching for you

I give it all that I've got, that's all I can do

When you're waiting for love I'll be waiting for you (On the edge of a

broken heart)

Only for you (On the edge of a broken heart)

Oh baby for you (On the edge of a broken heart)

So run if you can, you know I'm a man on the edge (On the edge of a

broken heart)

I'm on the edge (On the edge of a broken heart)

I'm on the edge (On the edge of a broken heart)

I'm on the edge (Of a broken, broken, broken, broken, broken, broken,

broken)

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One Step Closer

I’ve seen the heart of darkness

Let’s just say I crossed over that line

Held hands with the hopeless

In too deep on that ride

Went around one more time

 

When you’re standing on the edge

You don’t look down

Till you’re ready and willing to fly

 

Now I’m one step closer

With my arms open wide

I’m one step closer

And I’m willing to try this time

 

I hitched a ride with forgiveness

In that river of emotion

I went down a third time

I spent the night with the living

Took a chance looked inside

Didn’t know who I’d find

Standing on the corner of hello and goodbye

All alone it’s there I made up my mind

 

Now I’m one step closer

With my arms open wide

I’m one step closer

And I’m willing to try this time

 

I’m sick of giving up

With a little luck

I’m gonna get out of here

 

When you’re standing on the edge

You don’t look down

Till you’re ready and willing to fly

 

Now I’m one step closer

With my arms open wide

I’m one step closer

And I’m willing to try

I’m one step closer

I’m one step closer

 

 

One Wild Night

It's a hot night, the natives are restless

We're sweating by the light of the moon

There's a voodoo mojo brewing at the go-go

That would knock a witch off her broom

 

We slither on in and shed our skin

Make our way into the bump and the grind

I'm passing by, she gives me the eye

So I stop to give her a light

 

Na-na-na-na-na-na….alright!

 

Chorus

One wild night (blinded by the moonlight)

One wild night (24 hours of midnight)

One wild night (I stepped into the twilight zone

And she left my heart with vertigo)

One wild, one wild, one wild, one wild night

 

Havin' as much fun as you can in your clothes

Margarita had me feelin' alright

Just might be I found religion

I've been on my knees for half of the night

I'm rolling the bones with Jimmy 'no dice'

Gonna take him for a couple weeks' pay

”Man, if you lose this roll I take your girlfriend home”

So I stopped

But you're not gonna believe who comes walking out

 

Chorus 2

One wild night (blinded by the moonlight)

One wild night (24 hours of midnight)

One wild night (I stepped into the twilight zone

And she left my heart with vertigo)

One wild night (hey, c'est la vie)

One wild night (welcome to the party)

One wild night (life is for the living so

You gotta live it up, come on let's go)

One wild, one wild, one wild, one wild night

 

Guitar solo

 

Na-na-na-na-na-na…

 

Repeat chorus 2

 

One wild night, one wild night

 

One wild night (blinded by the moonlight)

One wild night (24 hours of midnight)

One wild night (I stepped into the twilight zone)

One wild, one wild, one wild, one wild night

 

 

Only In My Dreams

Barkeep pour me one last shot

Cause I must be on my way

Gotta make that same old stop

That this soul makes everyday

Tell me why am I holding on

Tell me why is love like a flame

It burns you when its hot

But yet its fire-trucks never gain

 

I can't bend the hands of time

So I think myself to sleep

The way you never said goodbye

If only in my dreams

 

Tell me where you wanna go

Tell me what you long to be

Are you longing for my touch?

If only in my dreams

We'll sing the love songs you once sung

Touch the stars you wanna reach

And I will see the job gets done

If only in my dreams

 

Lord I sacrificed my life

Nothing else I'd rather see

You can have my heart, its of little use to me

And if you want my soul I'll throw it in for free

Its all I'm worth that's left, since my angel got her wings

Now I'm down and on my knees

Its of little use to pray unless you give her back, but there's no deals cut these days

They're only in my dreams

 

Tell me where you wanna go

Tell me what you long to be

Are you longing for my touch?

If only in my dreams

We'll sing the love songs you once sung

Touch the stars you wanna reach

And I'll see the job gets done

If only in my dreams

 

Now I curse the day time, when I'm alone at night time

Cause that's what the sunshine does for you

And I know you're anywhere

There ain't no pain there ain't no tears

And if I have my way from the moment I get there

 

Take me where you wanna go

We'll be who you want to be

All I needed was your touch

All I want is you again

We'll sing the love songs you once sung

And you'll be in my dreams

Until the war is won

Its only in my dreams

 

 

Only Lonely

Another long and sleepless night

You need someone to hold you tight

Sometime love don't know wrong from right

Another long and senseless

Fight was all you knew they're all the same

There's no one left to take the blame

What's behind this masquerade

How do we win these losin'

Games we play, words we say

Cutting wounds we know they run so deep

Leave it all behind you

Or someday love will find you

Only lonely -- I can't stop hurting you

Only lonely -- but I can't stop loving you

Only lonely -- how much pain does it take

It's getting sometimes I don't know

When to stot when to go

Sometimes we're so afraid to

Let it show

A stolen kiss so out of place

It wipes the smile right off your face

And when those feelings start

We let them go, let them go

Games we play, words we say

Cutting wounds that run so deep

Leave it all behind you

Or someday love will find you

Only lonely -- I can't stop hurting you

Only lonely -- but I can't stop loving you

Only lonely -- so tell me babe, how much pain

can you take before your heart breaks?

I got this timebomb ticking in my head

This time I think she's gonna blow

How can I say get away

When I just can't let go

Games we play, words we say

Cutting wounds that run so...

Leave it all behind you

Or someday love will find you

Only lonely -- I can't stop hurting you

Only lonely -- but I can't stop loving you

Only lonely -- I can't stop hurting you

Only lonely -- I can't stop loving you

I can't stop...

 

 

Open All Night

I saw you coming from a mile away

Trying to hide behind that pretty face

Bet my last dollar baby you've been bruised

Poor little heart, all black and blue

 

Last thing you needs another pick-up line

You must have heard them all a thousand times

God only knows what you've been through

Believe me I've been broken too

 

It aches, it breaks, it takes your breath away

I've been around that block a time or two

Baby, I don't wanna fall in love with you

I try, try, try

But I can't get around the truth

Please don't say my name, give this Heart a break

I don't wanna make the same mistakes

It's too late, I'll leave on the light

These arms are open all night

 

I got your taste in the back of my mouth

I wanna reach in and pull it out

And I'd be lying if I didn't say

When you're this close, I'm afraid

 

The way I feel if I touch your hand

The way I miss you when you're not there

At night when I see you when I close my eyes

It's too late, I crossed that line

 

And it aches, it breaks, it takes your breath away

But I'll still be around come closing time

I don't wanna fall in love with you

I try, try, try

But I can't get around the truth

Please don't say my name, give this heart a break

I don't wanna make the same mistakes

But it's too late, I'll leave on the light

These arms are open all night

 

It's two A.M.

It's last call baby

The barkeeps gone, I'll walk you home (save me)

Baby...

I don't wanna fall in love with you

I try, try, try

But I can't get around the truth

Please don't make me beg, give this heart a break

Please don't make me make the same mistakes

But it's too late, I'll leave on the light

These arms are open all night

 

 

Open Your Heart

You say you've been used before,

Whole lot of love then it's out the door.

And you swore you'd be used again no more, no more.

 

Then you got on your feet again,

And come to you like a long lost friend.

They say you're wearing a bullet proof heart,

While I wear my heart on my sleve.

 

Baby believe, I would never hurt you.

Baby believe, cause my love will not desert you.

Baby believe you know you gotta get another guy.

I'm down on my knees.

 

Open your heart, you made me love again,

I won't let them take your love from me.

 

You know that I've been hurt too,

It's just your hearts turned black and blue.

There ain't no use in talkin' about it,

You know how hard it is to say.

 

I wanna love you girl, I wanna show you my world.

Stop hidin' the key to your heart,

Baby let me in, let me in.

 

Can't you see, I won't hurt you baby, listen to me.

Can't you see, I need you girl come with me.

Can't you see, oh through all the tears that you cry,

Close your eyes.

 

Open your heart, you made me love again,

I won't let them take your love from me.

Open your heart, you made me love again,

I won't let them take your love from me.

 

Can't you see, I won't hurt you baby, listen to me.

Can't you see, I need you girl come with me.

Can't you see, oh through all the tears that you cry,

Close your eyes.

 

Open your heart (I want to love you girl)

You made me love again (I want to show you my world)

I won't let them take your love, I won't let them take your love,

I won't let them take your love, from me.

 

 

Outlaws Of Love

In his mind he was a man, at least he thought he was

It's hard to understand how old is old enough

Yeah, she was his girl they met back in high school

And they ran off and got married 'cause they thought it'd be cool

They'll never see what you are to me

All that I want, all that I believe is

 

They say we're too young to understand

They don't know how it feels when I hold your hand

They say we've gotta to prove what we're made of

You and me against the world

Outlaws of love

 

The honeymoon was over, the money'd all been spent

Felt like he was kidnapped, his ransom was the rent

Spent too much time crying, holding onto pride

He talks about a promise, he'd look her in the eye

No time to cry living on the run

We never know if our day will come

 

They say we're young and don't understand

They don't know how it feels when I hold your hand

We'll save our dreams before they turn to dust

They'll be no surrender for

Outlaws of love

Outlaws of love

 

You know it ain't easy to sink or rise above

These days you're two paychecks away ain't that simple enough

Now I hope we can laugh when we look back on these years

We'd say about the hard times still sinking from our beer

 

They say we're young and don't understand

They don't' know how it feels when I hold your hand

Each day we gotta prove what we're made up

You and me against the world

Outlaws of love

Outlaws of love

Outlaws of love

 

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Please Come Home For Christmas

Bells will be ringing the glad, glad news

Oh what a Christmas to have the blues

My baby's gone (my baby's gone) I have no friends

To wish me greetings once again

 

Choirs will be singing Silent Night

Those Christmas carols by candlelight

Please come home for Christmas (please come home)

Please come home for Christmas (please come home)

If not for Christmas by New Years night

 

Friends and relations send salutations

Just as sure as the stars shine above (yes they do)

This is Christmas, Christmas my dear

The time of year to be with the one that you love

 

Then won't you tell me, you'll never more roam

Christmas and New Year (Christmas and New Year's)

Will find you at home

There'll be no more sorrow, no grief or pain

I'll be happy (happy) that it's Christmas once again.

 

 

Postcards From The Wasteland

Tonight the moon's as pretty as a brand new rose

And nosey stars, they seem to know where everybody goes

As poets reach for words with broken motel pens

Here's something to hold on to 'til I come home again

 

Out here the days they don't have names they've got numbers

And the nights just seem to fade into each other

Jilted lovers are like fireflies, each one with a spark

Trying to fill the hole where once there was a heart

 

I'm sending postcards from the wasteland

Following my headlights down the highway in the dark

I'm sending postcards from the wasteland

Postmarked from the state of my heart

In care of wherever you are

Postcards from the wasteland

 

Now before the summer sun gets chased away

And all of our tomorrows turn to yesterdays

I'm going to build you that castle

I'm going to write you that song

I've got to find the words to say

Until I hold you in my arms

 

I'm sending postcard from the wasteland

Following my headlights down the highway in the dark

I'm sending postcards from the wasteland

Postmarked from the state of my heart

In care of wherever you are

Postcards from the wasteland

 

Tonight I'll meet you in my dreams

See you soon

Love,

Me

 

I'm sending postcards from the wasteland

Following my headlights down the highway in the dark

I'm sending postcards from the wasteland

I'm sending postcards from the wasteland

 

I'm sending postcards from the wasteland

Following my headlights down the highway in the dark

I'm sending postcards from the wasteland

Postmarked from the state of my heart

 

I'm sending postcards from the wasteland

Following my headlights down this highway in the dark

I'm sending postcards from the wasteland

Postmarked from the state of my heart

In care of wherever you are

 

 

Prostitute

Hey hey hey, hey hey hey, hey hey hey

Hey hey hey, hey hey hey, hey hey hey

 

I was there like your mother

like a brother, like a friend

Said you'd be there like a heartbeat

Thought I'd be there 'till the end

Then you took me like a cancer

You turned my conscience black

Tell the cops "here keep the ransom"

'Cause there's no turning back

 

I ain't here for love or money

And you don't see the truth

So if you want to bleed me honey,

Tonight I'll be your prostitute

I will be your prostitute

Yeah

Hey hey hey

 

Could you tell me one good reason

'Cause I can't think of none

First you love me then you hate me

As the lies slip off your tongue

You say talk for me

Baby smile for me

You tell me I'm the one

You say bleed for me

Baby breath for me

Tell me when it's done

 

Well I ain't here for love or money

And you don't see the truth

So if you're gonna need me honey

Tonight I'll be your prostitute

I will be your prostitute

Yeah

Hey hey hey, hey hey hey, hey hey hey

 

I know there's no forgiveness

For the things I've said and done

At least I know what I am

And I'm not the only one

 

'Cause I ain't here for love or money

You can't see the truth

So if you want to bleed me honey

Tonight I'll be your prostitute

I will be your prostitute

I will be your prostitute

Yeah

Hey hey hey, hey hey hey, hey hey hey, hey hey hey

Hey hey hey, hey hey hey, hey hey hey, hey hey hey, hey hey h

 

 

Raise Your Hands

You - you got a nasty reputation

We\'re in a sticky situation - it\'s down to me and you

So tell me - is it true ... they say there ain\'t nobody better

Well now that we\'re together

Show me what you can do

You\'re under the gun

Out on the run

Gonna set the night on fire

You\'re out on the run

Under the gun

And playin\' to win

Raise your hands

When you want to let a feeling show

Raise your hands

From New York to Chicago

Raise your hands

From New Jersey to Tokyo

Raise your hands

 

I - I\'ve been out on the front line

Where you\'ll go down if you waste time

They\'ll walk all over you

But I - I ain\'t here looking for surrender

I\'ll raise the flag if you\'ll defend her

It\'s up to you

You\'re under the gun

Out on the run

Gonna set the night on fire

You\'re out on the run

Under the gun

And playin\' to win

Raise your hands

When you want to let it go

Raise your hands

When you want to let a feeling show

Raise your hands

From New York to Chicago

Raise your hands

From New Jersey to Tokyo

Raise your hands

 

 

Real Life

Real Life

I wish that life was like it is in the movies

'Cause the hero always gets his way

No matter how hard it gets on that dark, lonely road

At the end he's got a smile on his face

But when they threw me out to the lions

No one saved me as I fell from your grace

And no one wrote me new lines for what I said wrong

And what I did wrong I could not erase

 

This is real life, this is real love

This is real pain, that much I'm sure of

These are real tears, these are real fears inside that I can't

hide

 

I wish that I could be a white knight in armor

With an army just to bring you back home

But I'll admit I'm scared of dialing your number

And someone else is gonna answer the phone

Why can't it be like it is on TV

When the orchestra plays and you come back to me

 

This is real life, this is real love

This is real pain that much I'm sure of

These are real tears, these are real fears inside that I can't

hide

This is real life, this is real love

These are real wounds that I'm bleeding from

And I realize this is real

 

I always thought that our love was a story book tale

God knows that I'd never dream in the end it would fail

 

'Cause this is real life, this is real love

This is real pain that much I'm sure of

These are real tears, these are real fears inside that I can't

hide

This is real life, this is real love

These are real wounds that I'm bleeding from

And I realize this is real

This is real life, this is real love

This is real pain, that much I'm sure of

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Ride Cowboy Ride

Ride cowboy ride. Through the back door to heaven.

To the other side. I wanna know the danger of a kiss.

At midnight. Ride, cowboy, ride. Yeah, I learn my lesson.

In the story of the trial. So I made my confession.

In this cheaper motel. Like could try me pleasant.

But ain't got the money.'N ain't got the town.

Ride, cowboy, ride. Through the back door to heaven to the other side.

I wanna know the danger of a kiss. At midnight. Ride cowboy ride.

So you want to be a cowboy. Ride cowboy, ride. Baby, come on.

Ride, ride, ride.

 

 

Right Side Of Wrong

A friend of a friend

Needs a favor

No questions asked

There's not much more to say

 

Me and the wife

We need the money

We got four kids all hungry

One on the way

 

Slip these sweatsocks in your shirt

And pray they think you're packing

Be sure to keep your head down,

Don't look 'em in the eye

 

And don't get fancy, Ricky

We ain't Jimmy Cagney

"Look at me, lets do the job"

Lets get home tonight

 

I got a half tank of gas

And if we run all the lights

We'll slip across the border

On the wrong side of right

And just like Butch and Sundance,

We'll ride until the dawn

Sippin' whiskey, singing cowboy songs

On the right side of wrong

 

Picked a hell of a night

From the shore I see the skyline

In a couple hours from now

We're gonna get out of this light

We'll stop for smokes, I brought s six-pack

We'll stop at Lookers on our way back

Hell, we'll laugh this off

Keep your fingers crossed

That all goes well tonight

 

I got a half tank of gas

And if we run all the lights

We'll slip across the border

On the wrong side of right

And just like Butch and Sundance,

We'll ride until the dawn

Sippin' whiskey, singing cowboy songs

On the right side of wrong

 

We'll make the page

They'll know our names

I'll need a friend to drive

Wear my necklace, with St. Christopher

And talk to him when i go inside

I'll take that suitcase, get the cash

And we'll be gone before you know

Wait till we tell the girls we're moving down

To the Gulf of Mexico

 

(Guitar solo)

 

A friend of a friend,

needed a favor

Life was just what happened

While we were busy making plans

 

Never saw nothing that wasn't running

Nine millimeter still was coming

Through the windshield of our Oldsmobile

While the cops said "Show your hands"

 

I got a half tank of gas

And if we run all the lights

We'll slip across the border

On the wrong side of right

Yeah and just like Butch and Sundance,

Lets ride until the dawn

Here's to whiskey, here's to singing cowboy songs

On the right side of wrong

 

 

River Runs Dry

I didn't want to say it in this way

I didn't want to see the day I'd say these words to you

I didn't want have to explain

Sometimes heroes have to lose

It's killing me to see you cry

Would it make it any better if I told you I did it all for you

It was just another roll of the dice

Just another star in the sky

Tried to touch it but I couldn't fly

 

 

Everybody knows the promise of the river

Everybody goes with the fire in their eyes

Everybody knows you can lead a horse to water

But there's nothing anybody can do

Rivers run dry

 

 

Gonna have to go away

I always told you that a man has got to face his own mistakes

Sometimes you get a lucky break

Sometimes your winning streak will stay

Sometimes you gotta pay

 

 

Everybody knows the promise of the river

Everybody goes with the fire in their eyes

Everybody knows you can lead a horse to water

But there's nothing anybody can do

When the rivers run dry

 

 

Oh, I remember when the rivers ran high

Oh, we could make it to the other side

Make it to the other side

 

 

Everybody knows the promise of the river

Everybody goes with the fire in their eyes

Everybody knows you can lead a horse to water

But there's nothing anybody can do

Oh, there's nothing anybody can do

There's nothing anybody can do

When the rivers run dry

 

 

Rockin' In The Free World

There's colors on the street

Red, white and blue

People shufflin' their feet

People sleepin' in their shoes

But there's a warnin' sign

on the road ahead

There's a lot of people sayin'

we'd be better off dead

Don't feel like Satan,

but I am to them

So I try to forget it,

any way I can.

 

Keep on rockin' in the free world,

Keep on rockin' in the free world

Keep on rockin' in the free world,

Keep on rockin' in the free world.

 

I see a woman in the night

With a baby in her hand

Under an old street light

Near a garbage can

Now she puts the kid away,

and she's gone to get a hit

She hates her life,

and what she's done to it

There's one more kid

that will never go to school

Never get to fall in love,

never get to be cool.

 

Keep on rockin' in the free world,

Keep on rockin' in the free world

Keep on rockin' in the free world,

Keep on rockin' in the free world.

 

We got a thousand points of light

For the homeless man

We got a kinder, gentler,

Machine gun hand

We got department stores

and toilet paper

Got styrofoam boxes

for the ozone layer

Got a man of the people,

says keep hope alive

Got fuel to burn,

got roads to drive.

 

Keep on rockin' in the free world,

Keep on rockin' in the free world

Keep on rockin' in the free world,

Keep on rockin' in the free world.

 

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Roulette

Bet the black comes in red, crimes of passion rule my head.

I need you, you want him, dressed to kill we live in sin.

 

I know the game you play, I know it well.

You just keep on playin' when all the bets are down.

 

Roulette ROULETTE you're goin' round in a spin,

caught up in a game you just can't win.

Roulette, you're just a fantasy.

It's everything that you want it to be.

 

Play the numbers one by one, fire the shot and the'd am age is done.

Restless lovers pay the price, cheating hearts don't think twice.

 

When you make the rules no one can slow you down,

you just keep 'em waiting when you're on the prowl.

 

Roulette ROULETTE you're goin' round in a spin,

caught up in a game you just can't win.

Roulette, you're just a fantasy.

It's everything that you want it to be.

 

Roulette ROULETTE you're goin' round in a spin,

caught up in a game you just can't win.

Roulette, you're just a fantasy.

It's everything that you want it to be.

 

Backdoor runner got away this time,

leaves her mark at the scene of the crime.

Nothing matters, no faces, no names,

you're just a number, it's all the same.

You just love to play the game.

 

I know the game you play, I know it well.

You just keep on playin' when all the bets are down.

 

Roulette ROULETTE you're goin' round in a spin,

caught up in a game you just can't win.

Roulette, you're just a fantasy.

It's everything that you want it to be.

 

Roulette ROULETTE you're goin' round in a spin,

caught up in a game you just can't win.

Roulette, you're just a fantasy.

It's everything that you want it to be.

 

 

Runaway

On the street where you live

The girls talk about their social lives

They're made of lipstick, plastic and paint

A touch of sable in their lives

 

All your life all you asked

When is your daddy gonna talk to you

But you were living in another world

Tryin' to get your messages through

 

No one heard a single word you said

They should have seen it in your eyes

What was going around your head

 

Chorus:

Ooh, she's a little runaway

Daddy's girl learned fast

All those things he couldn't say

Ooh, she's a little runaway

 

A different line every night

Guaranteed to blow your mind

See you out on the streets

Call me for a wild time

So you sit home alone

Cause there's nothing left that you can do

There's only pictures hung in the shadows

Left there to look at you

 

You know she likes the lights

At night on the neon Broadway signs

And she don't really mind

It's only love she hoped to find

 

Chorus

 

No one heard a single word you said

They should have seen it in your eyes

What was going around your head

 

Chorus

 

 

Sad Song Night

She was a little bit older

I was a little bit shy

But Iknew how to kiss

Her lips with mine

Whiskey breath and cigarettes

There's smell perfume and that's as good as it gets

 

She taught me how to dance in a Spanish town

She got a kick out of watching me spin round and round

Stars shawn bright and the moon hung low

Willie Digger singing on the radio

 

Well it's a sad song night

With a long ago girl running through my mind

It's a sad song night

Ain't nothing stops time like a sad song night

Sad song night

 

She came in the room, wild flowers in her hair

She lit the way with a hundred candles up the stairs

We made love in a Chinese lantern room

Ain't it a b**ch it had to end so soon

 

Well it's a sad song night

With a long ago girl running through my mind

It's a sad song night

Ain't nothing stops time like a sad song

It's a sad song night

With a long ago girl running through my mind

Another sad song night

Ain't nothing stops time like a sad song night

 

Well I never went back to the Spanish town

Hung up my dancing shows

And the world kept on spinning round and round

I think of her when they play that song

Sometimes I even sing along...

 

Well it's a sad song night

With a long ago girl running through my mind

It's a sad song night

Ain't nothing stops time like a sad song

It's a sad song night

With a long ago girl running through my mind

Another sad song night

Ain't nothing stops time like a sad song

It's a sad song night

It's a sad song night

Sad song night

Sad song night

 

 

Satellite

Are you out there?

Can you hear me?

Do you know my whereabouts?

Do you know what I'm all about?

Through the static you're so close, so far away

Are you listening?

I'm desperate.

Sendin' out an S.O.S.

'Cause I'm lost I must confess

Throw a lifeline

I'm down here drownin'

In the deepest part of me

 

Satellite

Can you feel me?

Satellite

Come and heal me

Are you watchin' over me tonight?

I need to know you're out there

Are your lines open and receiving?

You know I got so much to say

I just don't want to fade away

Keep on talkin' 'cause you're keeping' me alive

 

Satellite

Can you feel me?

Satellite

Come and heal me

Are you watchin' over me tonight

I need to know you're out there

Everybody hurts

Everybody cries

Everybody needs someone

To save them sometimes

Everybody hurts

Everybody cries

Everybody needs someone

To save them sometimes

 

Satellite

Can you feel me?

Satellite

Come and heal me

Satellite

Can you feel me?

Satellite

Come and heal me

Are you watchin' over me tonight

I need to know you're out there

Satellite

Satellite

 

 

Save A Prayer

Dear Lord, Jesus, Buddah, Allah or can I just call you Joe

I've got a lot of things to tell you and some things I gotta know

I'm tired of hearing talk about this world's about to end

If we can die together then can't we all be friends

I gotta know hey, I gotta know

So Mister can you tell me, gotta know

Baby can you tell me, gotta know

Whoa oh oh I gotta know

Yeah, Yeah, Yeah, I gotta know

Baby can you help me, gotta know

I gotta know

 

Did you ever feel like you were drowning, did you ever feel

betrayed by a kiss?

Did you ever feel like you needed somebody, would you feel alone

in a world like this?

Did you ever feel like you needed shelter, did you ever laugh

when you wanted to cry?

Did you ever dream about evolution, don't you ever feel like your

living a lie?

 

Oh, Whoa, too many children grow up blind to the truth.v I say,

Oh Oh, Oh, Oh, say a prayer for me, I'll save a prayer for you.

Did you ever feel like you were helpless, did you ever feel like

an open wound?

Did you ever feel that there ain't no forgiveness, did you ever

feel that close to the truth.

 

Oh Whoa, the world closed their eyes on the blinding truth.

I say, Oh, Oh, Oh, Oh , say a prayer for me, and I'll save a prayer for you

I'll save a prayer for you, I'll save a prayer for you,

I'll save a prayer.... for you, for you, for you. I'll save a prayer.

 

Did you ever feel like you need shelter, did you ever feel like

you lived in a flood?

Did you ever feel a lust for survival,

did you ever feel, feel, feel?

The world couldn't take me from getting dirty.

There's too many hearts that haven't found a home.

This train's on the tracks and the world's on my back,

save a prayer for me and I'll save one for you

 

No one will ???? , but it's hard to explain,

why too many soul's are feeling so alone.

You've got to hold on if it's all you can do.

Save a prayer for me, I'll save a prayer for you.

I'll save a prayer for you, I'll save a prayer for you,

I'll Save a prayer.... for you, for you, for you.

 

 

Save The World

I never went to college

I don't have a degree

Let's say I went to night school

I learned all I know on the streets

I wasn't born a rich man

I ain't got no pedigree

The sweat on this old collar

That's my Ph.D.

 

It comes down to this

I wouldn't exist

Without you it ain't worth the grind

I'd fight for one kiss

On a night like this

You make me feel I could fly, like

 

Chorus

I can save the world

Since the night your love saved me

Maybe I can't save the world

But as long as you believe

Maybe I can save the world

 

I've gotta confess

Sometimes I'm a mess

Sometimes I step out of line

Like this old tattoo

I ain't shiny or new

With you by my side nothing matters

 

Repeat chorus

 

Guitar solo

 

They can say it's blind love

But it's a fool who don't believe

That I'd fly all the way to the moon

Just to walk you down your street

 

I can save the world

Since the night your love saved me

Maybe I can't save the world

But as long as you believe

 

Our love is even stronger

Than God hoped it could be

Baby, all it takes is

Just a little faith in me

To feel like

I can save the world

I can save the world

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Say It Isnt So

I just can’t believe

It was all a lie

No man in the moon

Just a big light in the sky

I hear Disneyland

Might lose Mickey Mouse

In some giant hostile corporate shake-up

Tell me it's a nightmare

Please wake me up

(Say it isn't so)

I found a book of matches

From someplace we've never been

How come you hang the phone up the minute I walk in

Last night I had this dream

That I was losing you

I woke up in a cold sweat shaking

Rescue me my heart is breaking

 

Chorus 1

Say it isn't so (tell me it's not true)

Say it isn't so (I believe in you)

Tell me it's a lie (I don't need no proof)

Say everything's alright (couldn't be, not you)

Say it isn't so

 

Superman don't fly

They did it all with strings

Elvis Presley died

They deep fried the king

Like some tacky cheesy bathing beauty

Dancing on the beach in a bad b-movie

 

Repeat chorus 1

 

Chorus 2

Say it isn't so (don't give up on me)

Say it isn't so (don't give up on you)

Get me through the night (we'll make it through)

Make everything alright (couldn't be, not you)

Say it isn't so..

 

Repeat chorus 1

 

Repeat chorus 2

 

 

Seat Next To You

A long slow drive down an old dirt road

You got your hand out of the window listening to the radio

That’s where I want to be

On an old park bench in the middle of December

Cold hard rain falling can’t find no cover

That would be alright with me

 

Hard days, good times

Blue skies, dark nights

Baby, I want you to take me

Wherever you’re going to

Maybe, say that you’ll save me

A seat next to you

 

In the corner booth of a downtown bar

With your head on my shoulder

Smoking on a cheap cigar

That would be all right with me

In the back row of a movie

Or a cross-town train

I want to hear your voice

Whispering my name

That’s where I want to be

 

Hard days, good times

Blue skies, dark nights

Baby, I want you to take me

Wherever you’re going to

Maybe, say that you’ll save me

A seat next to you

 

Life is like a Ferris wheel spinning around

When you get to the top it’s hard to look down

Just hang on

We’ll make it through

Save me

A seat next to you

 

When you get to the gates

And all the angels sing

Go to that place

Where the church bells ring and know I’ll come running

Running to find you

 

Baby, say that you’ll take me

Wherever you’re going to

And baby, I want you to save me

A seat next to you

A seat next to you

A seat next to you

A seat next to you

 

 

Secret Dreams

Riding high, then shot down

I load my guns to fire another round

I look deep into your eyes

And can't run there's nowhere left to hide.

Don't stop, no it's much too late

When the night comes I can't wait

Oh I live, love to loose control

It makes me crazy I want to let you know.

Oh, no, I don't want to fall

Oh, oh, can't you hear me calling

All night long in my secret dreams

You tell me I'm the one

When I'm next to you -- next to you.

All I want in my secret dreams

Is you here with me.

I got to get to you, get to you, get to you.

There's a thrill, in the chase

We won't lose when we meet face to lace.

Love, games a means without and end.

I go down but I'll be back again

Thru' the night with no retreat

When your with me in my sleep.

Oh, no, I don't want to fall

Oh, oh, can't you hear me calling

All night long in my secret dreams

You tell me I'm the one

When I'm next to you -- next to you.

All I want in my secret dreams

Is you here with me.

I got ot get to you, get to you, get to you...

All night long in my secret dreams

You tell me I'm the one

When I'm next to you -- next to you.

All I want in my secret dreams

Is you here with me.

I got ot get to you, get to you, get to you.

I can see you

I feel you every night

I need you

But I'm only dreaming

All night long in my secret dreams

You tell me I'm the one

When I'm next to you -- next to you.

All I want in my secret dreams

Is you here with me.

 

 

She Doesnt Know Me

What more can I do, there's nothing I haven't tried

Still it's so hard for her to notice

I've tried hard to be straight

There's nothing left I can say

If only she would look my way

 

Chorus:

She don't know me, she don't know

She don't see me, she don't care

She can't hear me,can't hear

Can not help me, she don't want

She don't want me like I want her

Like I wan't her got to tell her

Got to tell her that I love her

That I love her

She don't even know my name

 

I dream of when she'll be mine

I dream of crossing that line

And holding her so tender

Dreaming it could come true

So many things I could do

If only you'd give me a chance

 

Chorus

 

 

She's A Mystery

She won't let me buy her jewelry

She don't want things that she can keep

She wears wild flowers in her hair

Then throws them to the sea

She's the beginning and the end of me but

 

Chorus

She's a mystery

My most beautiful regret

I will never understand her

She's a mystery

 

I still don't know what to call her

She says that words don't mean a thing

She changes her name every day

And lies all the time

I feel lucky to call her mine but

 

Chorus

She's a mystery

My most beautiful regret

I will never understand her

She's a mystery

The only promise I can keep

Even in my dreams she ruins me

 

She's anything in the world

That you cannot explain

But when she throws me a smile

It's like fire in the rain but

 

Repeat chorus

 

She's a mystery

There's no defense

It's innocence

But she won't let you see

'Cause she's a mystery

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Shot Through The Heart

Would you bbe content to see me crying

After all those little games you put me through

After all you've done for you you're lying

Wouldn't it be nice to tell the truth

 

Didn't somebody somewhere say

You're heading for a fall

I gave you everything

Now here's the curtain call

 

Chorus:

Shot through the heart as I lay there alone

In the dark through the heart

It's all part of this game that we call love

 

Now you've come back here to say you're sorry

But I don't know who you're talking to

It could be the man I used to be, girl

But I've grown up and now I'm over you

Standing there just a livewire

With nowhere left to turn

You were gonna set the world on fire

When will you ever learn?

 

Chorus

 

Didn't somebody somewhere say

You're heading for a fall

I gave you everything

Now here's the curtain call

And I'm shot...

 

Baby does what baby please

And baby must have what she sees

But not this time, the tables turned

Baby, you just got burned

 

Chorus

 

 

Silent Night

After the smoke clears

When it's down to you and I

When the sun appears

And there's nothing left but goodbyes

We'll just turn and walk away

How could we let it end like this

Just turn and walk away

Should we seal it with a kiss

It's too late

Now you're out and on the run

It's too late

Held up in love without a gun

Silent night

We hold up our candle light

Silent night

The night our love died

No words to say

And we're both too tired to fight

Just hold me close and don't let go...

It was all so simple when

You were to be queen and I'd be your king.

I guess those dreams got lost

Cause baby you're still you and I'm still me.

Now letting go

It's always the hardest part to fight

When we both know

We're just two more victims of the night

It's too late

Too late to wonder why

Much too late

To save a love that's died.

Silent night

We hold up our candle light

Silent night

The night our love died

No words to say

Now we're both too tired to fight

Just hold me close and don't let go

Just hold me close and don't let me go

After the smoke cleared

It was down to you and I

When the sun appeared

There was nothing left but goodbyes...

Silent night

 

 

Social Disease

You can read it in the papers

In some places it comes in thirty-two flavors

But you wouldn't tell no one

Your favorite if you could

 

From the White House to the alleys

From the President down to Long Tall Sally

Can't live with it but

You'll die without it - yes you would

 

Senorita's in the kitchen

She's a fistful of dynamite

You call 911 but you

Can't stop the fun tonite, it's alright

 

You can't start a fire without a spark

But there's something that I guarantee

You can't hide when infection starts

Because love is a social disease

 

Where you look you can find it

Try to run but you're always behind it

So you play hide and seek like a blind kid

Till you're caught - yeah you're caught

 

So you'll say that you had some

But they took it and held it for ransom

Were they tall, dark, skinny or

Handsome - you won't talk

 

So you telephone your doctor

Just to see what pill to take

You know there's no prescription

Gonna wipe this one away

 

You can't start a fire without a spark

But there's something that I guarantee

You can't hide when infection starts

Because love is a social disease

 

So full of high grade octane

She could run the bullet train on 38 double d's

Now you know for sure, you know the cure

To make a blind man see

 

 

Someday I'll Be Saturday Night

Hey man, I'm alive

I'm takin' each day and night at a time

I'm feelin' like a Monday but someday I'll be Saturday night

 

Hey my name is Jim, where did I go wrong

My life's a bargain basement, all the good $h!t's gone

I just can't hold a job, where do I belong

Been sleeping in my car, my dreams move on

My name is Billy Jean, my love was bought and sold

I'm only sixteen I feel a hundred years old

My foster daddy went, took my innocence away

The street life aint much better but at least I'm getting paid

 

And Tuesday just might go my way

It can't get worse than yesterday

Thursdays Fridays aint been kind

But somehow I'll survive

 

Hey man, I'm alive

I'm taking each day and night at a time

Yeah I'm down, but I know I'll get by

Hey, hey, hey, hey, man I gotta live my life

Like I aint got nothing but this roll of the dice

I'm feeling like a Monday but someday I'll be Saturday Night

 

Now I can't say my name or tell you where I am

I want to blow myself away, don't know if I can

I wish that I could be in some other time and place

With someone elses soul, someone elses face

 

Oh, Tuesday just might go my way

It can't get worse than yesterday

Thursdays, Fridays aint been kind

But somehow I'll survive

 

Hey, man I'm alive

I'm taking each day and night at a time

Yeah I'm down, but I know I'll get by

Hey, hey, hey, hey, man I gotta live my life

I'm gonna pick up all the pieces and whats left of my pride

I'm feeling like a Monday but someday I'll be Saturday night

 

Saturday night

Here we go

 

Someday I'll be Saturday night

I'll be back on my feet, I'll be doing all right

It may not be tomorrow baby, thats ok

I aint going down, gonna find a way

 

Hey, hey, hey

Man I'm alive I'm taking each day and night at a time

Yeah I'm down, but I know I'll get by

Hey, hey, hey, hey man I'm gonna live my life

Like I aint got nothing but this roll of the dice

I'm feeling like a Monday but someday I'll be Saturday night

 

I'm feeling like a Monday but someday I'll be Saturday night

Saturday night ... all right

All right ... all right

Saturday night

 

 

Something For The Pain

Happiness, its been a friend to me, but forever after aint what its all cracked up to be

Yeah, I had a taste, you were my fantasy, but I almost lost my faith when I hit reality

I don't need no Guru to tell me what to do, when your feeling like a headline on yesterdays news

 

Come on, come on, come on

Give me something for the pain, give me something for the blues

Give me something for the pain when I feel I'm dangling on a hangman's noose

Give me something for the pain, give me something I can use

To get me through the night make me feel alright, something like you

Come on, come on, come on

 

Lonliness has found a home in me, my suitcase and guitar are my only family

I've tried to need someone like they needed me

Well, I opened up my heart but all I did was bleed

I don't need no lover just to get screwed, oh yeah

They don't make no bandaid thats gonna cover my bruise

 

Come on, come on, come on

Give me something for the pain, give me something for the blues

Give me something for the pain when I feel I'm dangling on a hangman's noose

Give me something for the pain, give me something I can use

To get me through the night make me feel alright, something like you

Come on, come on, come on

 

(Help I'm falling) Pull me under run through my veins

To a place where I feel no pain

(Night is calling) Be the pillow under my head, cover me when I'm in my bed

(Feels like I'm flying) Take me higher than I've ever been

Take me down and back again

(Christ I'm dying) Come to me be my disguise

Open your coat and let me crawl inside

Come on, come on, come on

 

Come on, come on, come on

Give me something for the pain, give me something for the blues

Give me something for the pain when I feel I'm dangling on a hangman's noose

Give me something for the pain, give me something I can use

To get me through the night make me feel alright, something like you

 

Give me something for the pain, give me something for the blues

Give me something for the pain when I feel I'm dangling on a hangman's noose

Give me something for the pain, give me something I can use

To get me through the night make me feel alright, something like you

 

Come on, come on, come on

Come on, come on, come on

Come on, come on, come on

 

Gimme, give me something for the pain

Gimme, give me something for the blues, oh yeah

Gimme, got to give me something for the pain baby

Gimme...

 

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Something To Believe In

I lost all faith in my God, in his religion too

I told the angels they could sing their songs to someone new

I lost all trust in my friends, I watched my heart turn to stone

I thought that I was left to walk this wicked world alone

 

Tonight I'll dust myself off

Tonight I'll suck my gut in

I'll face the night and I'll pretend

I've got something to believe in

Something to believe in

 

And I had lost touch with reason

I watched life criticize the truth

Been waiting for a miracle

I know you have too

 

Though I know I won't win

I'll take this one on the chin

We'll raise a toast and I'll pretend

I've got something to believe in

 

If I don't believe in Jesus, how can I believe the Pope?

If I don't believe in heroin, how can I believe in dope?

If there's nothing but survival, how can I believe in sin?

In a world that gives you nothing, we need something to believe in

Something to believe in

Something to believe in

 

If I don't believe in Jesus, how can I believe the Pope?

If I don't believe in heroin, how can I believe in dope?

If there's nothing but survival, how can I believe in sin?

In a world that gives you nothing, I need something to believe in

Something to believe in

Something to believe in

Something to believe in

Something to believe in

Something to believe in

 

 

Standing

What ya gonna say about me

I ain't already thought?

What ya gonna try and sell me

I ain't already bought?

 

You wrap yourself in my colors

Ain't I the one you love to hate?

You reel me in to run me over

I bend but I don't break hey hey hey hey!

I'm my father's son, I'm a son of a gun!

 

I won't back down

Standing, I'm still standing.

I've got my feet on the ground

Standing, I'm still standing.

Now I ain't giving in so figure it out

I'm wild and I'm free

I'm stubborn and proud.

I'm raising these hands

Gonna shout it out loud

Standing, I'm still standing.

 

 

You know me, my hands are dirty

Gonna pound my chest.

Just as soon kill as kiss me

Do your worst, bring out my best.

I -- don't bend for no one

Don't give an inch.

Push when the wind is blowing

Hey, hey, hey, hey

I'm a son of a b**ch, I don't take no $h!t!

 

I won't back down

Standing, I'm still standing

I've got my feet on the ground

Standing, I'm still standing

Now I ain't giving in so figure it out

I'm wild and I'm free

I'm stubborn and proud

I'm raising these hands

Gonna shout it out loud

Standing, I'm still---

 

I won't back down

Standing, I'm still standing.

I've got my feet on the ground

Standing, I'm still standing.

I ain't giving in so figure it out

I'm wild and I'm free

I'm stubborn and proud.

I'm raising these hands

Gonna shout it out loud.

Standing, I'm still standing.

 

So come on, push me around

Standing I'm still standing.

Take a look at me now

Standing, I'm still standing.

I won't back down

Standing, I'm still standing.

I've got my feet on the ground

Standing, I'm still standing.

 

 

Starting All Over Again

I been waiting, standing in the dark for hours,

Tryin' a find the faith and the power to get back home to you.

 

It's been a long time, long time since I've seen your face.

But on and on I could not replace,

The fire that burns for you. Yeah.

 

So here's to the good times, here to the bad,

Here's to the memories that we all had.

Here's to tomorrow, let yesterday pass us by.

 

Tonight, we'll be starting all over again,

And it feels like the first time I.....

No I'll never feel this way again.

Starting all over again.

 

Do you remember, remember the odds we were given,

We had nothing and we thought that was living,

Lord and it's been such a long, long road.

Long, long road.

 

Here's to our old friends who helped us get by,

Here's to the dreamers, may their dreams never die,

If we beleive we can keep all the good times alive.

 

Tonight, we'll be starting all over again,

And it feels like the first time I.....

No I'll never feel this way again.

 

Whoa oh, tonight, we'll be starting all over again,

And it feels like the first time I.....

Know whenever we're together my friends it's like starting all over

again.

 

Tonight, we'll be starting all over again,

And it feels like the first time I.....

No I'll never feel this way again.

Whoa oh, tonight, we'll be starting all over again,

And it feel like the first time I.....

Know whenever we're together my friends it's like starting all over

again.

 

I been waiting, standing in the dark for hours,

Trying to find the faith and the power to start it all over again.

 

 

Stay

Every singer's always

singing about someone else

Another bleeding heart, another brand new start

But this time I'm singing all about myself

I made it be so lonely

Even my piano wants to cry

These arms weren't there to hold you

And when I was home I was miles away

Now you've got every right to go

girl but I'm standing here

 

I'm begging you

Stay just a little longer

You've always been the one who's stronger

I can't let you go

I'm begging you stay

Stay because I need you

With every breath I breathe you

I can't let you walk away

 

There are things I didn't ever say or do

Like I would die without you

Didn't mean I didn't want to

But every song I ever sang I sang for you

And every night away from you

Knowing you'd be home's what got me through

Tore up all the pictures of

our wasted yesterdays

I'm fighting for tomorrow, standing here

 

I'm begging you

Stay just a little longer

You've always been the one who's stronger

I can't let you go

I'm begging you stay

Stay because I need you

With every breath I breathe you

I can't let you walk away

 

Stay, I know I've done you wrong

It'd be easy to move on

I'm telling you, I'm begging you,

I'm pleading, I'm screaming

Stay just a little longer

You've always been the one who's stronger

I can't let you go

I'm begging you stay

Stay because I need you

With every breath I breathe you

I can't let you walk away

Stay, come on, come on, come

on, come on, come on

Stay just a little longer

You've always been the one who's stronger

I can't let you walk away

 

 

Stick To Your Guns

So you want to be a cowboy

Well you know it's more that just a ride

Guess you got to know the real thing

If you want to know the other side

Ain't nobody riding shotgun

In this world tonight

 

And when you spit, you better mean it

You got to make 'em all believe it

If you're gonna be the one

 

Stick to your gun

Ain't nobody gonna hurt you, baby

You can go for the trigger

But only if you have to

Aim from the heart

Some will love and some will course you, baby

And you can go to war

But only if you have to

It's only if you have to

 

So you want to be the big time

Some people have to drag you down

There's no living in the backseat

If you're gonna drive through town

And when you pray for independence

Boy, you better stand your ground

 

You got to give it all you got now

Or you might get shot down

Fight hard until the battle is won

 

Stick to your gun

Ain't nobody gonna hurt you, baby

You can go for the trigger

But only if you have to

Aim from the heart

Some will love and some will course you, baby

And you can go to war

But only if you have to

But only if you have to

 

Solo

 

Well, you know that I been through it

I got the scars to prove it

Fight hard and the Battle is yours

 

Stick to your gun

Ain't nobody gonna hurt you, baby

You can go for the trigger

But only if you have to

Aim from the heart

Some will love and some will course you, baby

And you can go to war

But only if you have to

It's only if you have to

 

But stick to your guns

 

 

Story Of My Life

Yesterday's a memory

Another page of history

Sell yourself for hopes and dreams

That leave you feeling sideways

Tripping over my own feet

Trying to walk to my own beat

Another car out on the street

Trying to find the highway

Hey, are you going my way?

 

This is the story of my life

And I write it everyday

I know it isn't black and white

And it's anything but gray

I know that no, I'm not alright

But I'll be OK ‘cause

Anything can, everything can happen

That's the story of my life

 

I'm gonna write the melody

That's gonna make history

Yeah, and when I paint my masterpiece

I swear I'll show you first

There just ain't a way to see

Who, when, why or what will be

‘Til now is then it's a mystery

A blessing and a curse

Or something worse, yeah

 

This is the story of my life

And I write it everyday

I know it isn't black and white

And it's anything but gray

I know that no, I'm not alright

But I'll be OK ‘cause

Anything can, everything can

I've been thinking

Baby, you can help me write the story of my life

Hey, whaddaya say?

 

This is the story of my life

And I write it everyday

And I hope you're by my side

When I'm writing the last page

 

This is the story of my life

And I write it everyday

I know it isn't black and white

And it's anything but gray

I know that no, I'm not alright

But I'll be OK ‘cause

Anything can, everything can

I've been thinking, baby we can..

This is the story of my life

The story of my life….

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Stringin' A Line

He says he's your friend, but you don't see him,

He says that he's so damn buys, but he don't to nothin' at all.

You get him on the phone, he was just gonna call you,

Says he's been thinking about old times, and looking at your picture on the wall.

 

He's stringin' you the same old lines, that he puts everyone through,

They're only lies, intentions just won't do.

At times it feel all wrong, 'till he finds out we've caught on,

He's stringin' a line, he's stringin' a line.

 

So you try to forget, but that ain't so easy,

'Cause if you've got one small doubt, there was never anything there.

You dangle on a line, a captive fool,

Well you know he'll try again, and it will just be the same as last time.

 

He's stringin' you the same old lines, that he puts everyone through,

They're only lies, intentions just won't do.

At times it feel all wrong, 'till he finds out we've caught on,

He's stringin' a line, he's stringin' a line.

 

He's stringin' you the same old lines, that he puts everyone through,

They're only lies, intentions just won't do.

At times it feel all wrong, 'till he finds out we've caught on,

He's stringin' a line, he's stringin' a line.

 

 

Summertime

Feels something like summertime

Top down and nothing but time

Radio's on and you by my side

Feels something like summertime

 

These days life goes like this

Wake up, check that off some list

Got to be a little something more than this

At the bottom of my coffee cup

I keep a postcard in the back of my mind

Of white sand, sunshine

And you shining like a brand new dime

That’s keeping me from giving up

Thinking like I’ve had enough

 

You make me

Feel something like summertime

Top down and nothing but time

Radio's on and you by my side

Feels something like summertime

Like that first slow dance and that first long kiss

There ain't nothing baby better than this

It's like a beach blanket and a bottle of wine

It feels something like summertime

 

I was a warm breeze with a cool tan

Life mapped out on the back of my hand

When God was laughing I was making plans

But He didn’t laugh when I found you

If there is a heaven you’re the proof

 

You make me

Feel something like summertime

Top down and nothing but time

Radio's on and you by my side

Feels something like summertime

Like that first slow dance and that first long kiss

There ain't nothing baby better than this

It's like a beach blanket and a bottle of wine

It feels something like summertime

 

Feel something like summertime

Top down and nothing but time

Radio's on for me and my valentine

It’s like that first slow dance and that first long kiss

There ain't nothing baby better than this

It's like a beach blanket and a bottle of wine

Feel something like summertime

Top down and nothing but time

Radio's on and you by my side

Feels something like summertime

Just like summertime

 

 

Talking In Your Sleep

Another lonely night, on the telephone we talk

When moonlightning strikes, ......?

Pretend every mist, the touch is back again

But our lips never met, it was one kiss could never last ?......?

You're playing lover's tunes

Just dance all night, but you won't have the mood

You're so pose out of reach

Your voice is haunting me

 

You've been talking in your sleep again

You talk in your sleep

Baby, you're talking in your sleep again

You talk in your sleep

 

You play so hard to get, I know, you'll never change your way

You make the minutes seem like the hours

The hours seem like days

You know, I'll come when you whisper

I'll run away if you want

And when I'm calling out to you

Oh baby, I get no reply at all.

 

 

Thank You For Loving Me

It's hard for me to say the things

I want to say sometimes

There's no one here but you and me

And that broken old street light

Lock the doors

We'll leave the world outside

All I've got to give to you

Are these five words when I

 

Chorus

Thank you for loving me

For being my eyes

When I couldn't see

For parting my lips

When I couldn't breathe

Thank you for loving me

Thank you for loving me

 

I never knew I had a dream

Until that dream was you

When I look into your eyes

The sky's a different blue

Cross my heart

I wear no disguise

If I tried, you'd make believe

That you believed my lies

 

Repeat chorus

 

You pick me up when I fall down

You ring the bell before they count me out

If I was drowning you would part the sea

And risk your own life to rescue me

 

Solo

 

Lock the doors

We'll leave the world outside

All I've got to give to you

Are these five words when I

 

Repeat chorus

 

When I couldn't fly

Oh, you gave me wings

You parted my lips

When I couldn't breathe

Thank you for loving me

Thank you for loving me

Thank you for loving me,

For loving me

 

 

The Distance

There's a train out in the distance

Destination still unknown

Far away, where no one's waiting

So far from home

So far from home

 

There's a rose outside your window

The first snow is falling down

Like that lonesome whistle blowing

I keep on going

I keep on going

 

Close your eyes and see my blue skies breaking

Through these dark clouds

You are the light

In my mind I see your red dress and your arms are reaching

Through the night

I'll never give up the fight

I'll go the distance

 

There's a bridge that runs between us

Goin' 'cross this great divide

It's only there for the believers

Don't stop believin'

Don't stop believin'

 

Close your eyes and see my blue skies breaking

Through these dark clouds

You are the light

In my mind I see your red dress and your arms are reaching

Through the night

I'll never give up the fight

I'll go the distance

I'll go the distance

 

There's a neverending story

That begins with you and I

Like the rose outside your window

Don't let it die (don't let it die)

Don't let it die

 

Close your eyes and see my blue skies breaking

Through these dark clouds

You are the light

In my mind I see your red dress and your arms are reaching

Through the night

 

Close your eyes and see my blue skies breaking

Through these dark clouds

You are the light

In my mind I See your red dress and my arms are reaching

Through the night

I'll never give up the fight

I'll go the distance

 

I'll go the distance

I'll go the distance

I'll go the distance

I'll go the distance

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The Last Night

These days

It’s hard to have a heart

It doesn’t matter where you come from

Or who you think you are

These days

It’s hard just fitting in

Why does someone have to lose

For someone else to win

We’re all looking for forgiveness

And someone we can trust

You can’t wrap your arms around the world

It all comes down to us

 

This is the last night

You’ll have to be alone

I’ll be standing right beside you

If you can’t make it on your own

So walk with me please

Help me to be strong

I’ll be the shoulder you can lean on

When everybody’s gone

This is the last night

You’ll have to be alone

 

I know you heard it all before

There’s nothing worse than living less

When you yearn for something more

Makes no sense

It’s hard to understand when the something

That should fill you up

Keeps slipping through your hands

 

This is the last night

You’ll have to be alone

I’ll be standing right beside you

If you can’t make it on your own

So walk with me please

Help me to be strong

I’ll be the shoulder you can lean on

When everybody’s gone

This is the last night

You’ll have to be alone

 

We’re all looking for answers

We’re all down here on our knees

All anybody really wants is something to believe

Enough is enough

I can’t take anymore

I’m standing on your front porch

And kickin’ down your door

This is the last night

 

This is the last night

You’ll have to be alone

I’ll be standing right beside you

If you can’t make it on your own

So walk with me please

Help me and I’ll be strong

I’ll be the shoulder you can lean on

That place where you belong

This is the last night

You’ll have to be alone this is the last night

This is the last night

This is the last night

This is the last night you’ll have to be alone

 

 

The One Who Got Away

If I, I could be anyone

Could I, I be your only one?

If I, I could be anything

Could I be the secret that you keep

Breath that you breathe

Your dreams while you sleep?

If you, if you could read my mind

Then you, you'd now I crossed that line

I, I'd make you my Valentine

I can't let you go but I know

That this ring is there to remind

 

So let's re-enact that scene

From what's-his-name's one act play

I'll be your hero

And you'll be the one who got away

Now I'm chasing headlights back home

And you, you're sitting there on your own

When we were sippin' martinis

I started believing I wouldn't be leaving alone

I told you a joke and you laughed

When I asked you to dance

You said there's no band, there's no radio

I got up real slow, started singing real low

When I was melting in your arms I had to let go

 

So let's re-enact that scene

From what's-his-name's one act play

I'll be your hero

And you'll be the one..

If there was no tomorrow

There were no yesterdays

The stolen moments we've borrowed

We wouldn't let slip away

 

So let's re-enact that scene

From what's-his-name's one act play

I'll be your hero

So let's re-enact that scene

Until our dying day

I'll be the hero

And you can be the one

Yeah, you could be the one that got away

 

 

The Price Of Love

One heart one other

They met last summer

One move she started

Now they love this way

The pain of pleasure

Lying together

You're at their mercy

As the telephone' ringing on

No one said there'd be nights like this

Risk your life for a stolen kiss

We live, we learn, we lie

For the price of love

We kiss then say goodbye

For the price of love

We live, we learn, we lie

For the price of love

We kiss then say goodbye

For the price of love

Each move goes so slow

Until the doors close

No secret codes now

No words as baby goes down

One last dance then goodbye

Practicing his love lies

He runs to his wife

And your left holding the knife

You live your life to take that chance

When your a master of the art of romance

And you know you won't cross that line

Until that last slow dance

We live, we learn, we lie

For the price of love

We kiss, then say goodbye

For the price of love

We live, we learn, we lie

For the price of love

Alone our lonely hearts would die.

It's all in the game

And the way that it's played

There's no time to wonder why

To catch you when you fall

Answer when you call

No one can hear you cry

We live, we learn, we lie

For the price of love

We kiss, then say goodbye

For the price of love

We live, we learn, we lie

For the price of love

We kiss, then say goodbye

For the price of love

 

 

The Radio Saved My Life Tonight

I got something on my mind

I'm just a little bit depressed

I tried to blame it on the rain

But it was in my heart, I guess.

 

I was feeling like a stranger

As I drove through my hometown

Past the sign that reads the boyhood home

Of a place that's long gone now.

 

I realize ain't nothing what it used to be

Till I heard a song that takes me to my memories

The radio saved my life tonight

Old song that the DJ played made me feel all right

I made it home by my dashboard light

The radio saved my life tonight.

 

It was just this side of morning

Just this side of dawn

I walked so soft into my bedroom

Saw my wife sleeping alone

She whispered "baby are you okay? have you been gone for long?"

I just kicked off my jeans and I held her close

I held her all night long.

 

I tried to sleep

But in my mind I heard that song

Like a friend in need

The melody keeps me hanging on

 

The radio saved my life tonight

That old that the DJ played made me feel all right

I made it home by my dashboard light

The radio saved my life tonight.

 

The radio--saved my life tonight.

That sad song that the DJ played made me feel all right.

As I drove down that lonesome highway, just me and my dashboard light,

The radio saved my life tonight.

 

The radio saved my life tonight.

Old song that the DJ played made me feel all right.

Made it home by my dashboard light.

The radio saved my life tonight.

 

The radio saved my life tonight.

The radio saved my life tonight.

 

 

These Days

I was walking around, just a face in the crowd

Trying to keep myself out of the rain

Saw a vagabond king wear a styrofoam crown

Wondered if I might end up the same

There's a man out on the corner, singing old songs about change

Everybody's got their cross to bare, these days

 

She came looking for some shelter with a suitcase full of dreams

To a motel room on the boulevard

I guess she's trying to be James Dean

She's seen all the disciples and all the wanna-be's

No one wants to be themselves these days

Still there's nothing to hold on to but these days

 

These days - the stars ain't out of reach

But these days - there ain't a ladder on the streets, oh no no

These days - are fast, nothing lasts, in this graceless age

There ain't anybody left but us these days

 

Jimmy shoes, he busted both his legs, trying to learn to fly

From a second story window, he just jumped and closed his eyes

His mamma said he was crazy - he said mamma "I've got to try"

Don't you know that all my heroes died?

And I guess I'd rather die than fade away

These days - the stars ain't out of reach, yeah

But these days - there ain't a ladder on the streets, oh no no

These days - are fast, nothing lasts, it's this graceless age

Even innocence has caught the midnight train

There ain't anybody left but us these days

 

I know Rome's still burning

Though the times have changed

This world keeps turning round and round and round and round

These days

 

These days - the stars ain't out of reach, yeah

But these days - there ain't a ladder on the streets, oh no no

These days - are fast, love don't last, it's this graceless age

Even innocence has caught the midnight train

 

These days - the stars ain't out of reach, yeah

But these days - there ain't a ladder on the streets, oh no no

These days - are fast, nothing lasts

There ain't no time to waste

There ain't anybody left to take the blame, oh no no

There ain't anybody left but us these days

Ain't anybody left but us these days

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These Open Arms

What if everything you always took for granted was gone

And everything you ever thought was right was wrong

What if everyone you ever loved was torn

From the pages of your life

Would you reach out for tomorrow or try to turn back time

 

These open arms

Will wait for you

These open arms

Can pull us through

Between what's left and left to do

These open arms

These open arms

These open arms

Will wait for you

 

Did you really love the ones you said you'd love

That's right – did you make a damn of difference in somebody else's life?

Is there someone you can count on when you need a friend?

Can't you see I need a friend?

 

These open arms

Will wait for you

These open arms

Can pull us through

Between what's left and left to do

These open arms

These open arms

These open arms

Will wait for you

 

Can you live in your skin? Walk in your own shoes?

Can't win if you don't know how to lose

Crawl, fall, try

You're gonna learn to fly

 

These open arms

Will wait for you

These open arms

Can pull us through

Between what's left and left to do

These open arms

These open arms

These open arms

Will wait for you

 

 

Thief Of Hearts

You can lock up all the doors

Let the covers turn out the lights

I'll know where you are, its alright

 

You can go ahead and hide

You know you can't keep me out

I'll find my way, I'm here to stay

Even the cops can't save you now

 

Hey baby,

There's nothing you can do

Hey baby,

It isn't up to you

 

Cause I am the thief of hearts

Don't hide or try to run

I'll play the part I'm the thief of hearts

I'm gonna steal your love

 

I am the thief of hearts

 

You can hold on to your heart

You ain't gonna win

Go ahead and draw the blinds

I'm still comin in

 

Hey baby,

I'm gonna wear you down

Hey baby,

You'd better listen to me now

 

I am the thief of hearts,

The shadow on your wall

The whisper in your ear

The footsteps in the hall

 

I am the thief of hearts

Don't hide or try to run

I'll play the part, I'm the thief of hearts

I'm gonna steal your love

 

I am the thief of hearts

 

Hey baby,

There's nothing you can do

Hey baby,

You know there ain't no use

 

I am the thief of hearts

Guilty of the charge

You can throw away the keys

And double up the bars

 

I am the thief of hearts

Don't hide don't try to run

I play the part I'm the thief of hearts

I'm gonna steal your love

 

I am the thief of hearts

I am the thief of hearts

I am the thief of hearts

 

 

This Aint A Love Song

Should have seen it coming

When the roses died

Should have seen the end of summer

In you eyes

Should have listened

When you said goodnight

You really meant goodbye

Baby ain’t it funny how

We never ever learned to fall

You’re really on your knees

When you think you're standing tall

But only fools are know-it-alls

And I played that fool for you

I cried and I cried

There were nights that I died for you baby

I tried and I tried

To deny your love drove me crazy, baby

 

If the love that I have for you is gone

And if the river I’ve cried ain’t that long

Then I’m wrong

Yeah I’m wrong

This ain’t a love song

 

Baby I thought you and me

Would stand the test of time

Like we got away with the perfect crime

But we were just a legend in my mind

I guess that I was blind

Remember those nights we’re dancing at the masquerade

The clowns wore smiles that wouldn’t fade

You and I were the renegades

And something’s never change

It made me so mad

Cause I wanted it bad for us baby

And now it’s so sad

That whatever we had ain’t worth saving

 

If the love that I have for you is gone

And if the river I’ve cried ain’t that long

Then I’m wrong

Yeah I’m wrong

This ain’t a love song

If the pain that I’m feeling so strong

Is the reason I’m holding on

Then I’m wrong

Yeah I’m wrong

This ain’t a love song

 

I cried and I cried

There were nights that I’ve died for you baby

I tried and I tried

To deny that your love drove me crazy

 

If the love that I have for you is gone

And if the river I’ve cried ain’t that long

Then I’m wrong

Yeah I’m wrong

This ain’t a love song

If the pain that I’m feeling so strong

Is the reason I’m holding on

Then I’m wrong

Yeah I’m wrong

This ain’t a love song

Then I’m wrong

Yeah I’m wrong

This ain’t a love song

 

Then I’m wrong

Yeah I’m wrong

This ain’t a love song

 

 

Till We Aint Strangers Anymore

It might be hard to be lovers

But it's harder to be friends

Baby pull down the covers

It's time you let me in

Maybe light a couple candles

I'll just go ahead and lock the door

If you’ll just talk to me baby

Till we ain't strangers anymore

 

Lay your head on my pillow

I sit beside you on the bed

Don't you think it's time we say

Some things we haven't said

It ain't too late to get back to that place

Back to the way we thought it was before

Why don't you look at me

Till we ain't strangers anymore

 

Sometimes it's hard to love me

Sometimes it's hard to love you too

I know it's hard believing

That love can pull us through

It would be so easy to live your life with one foot out the door

Just hold me baby

Till we ain't strangers anymore

 

It's hard to find forgiveness

When we just turn out the lights

It's hard to say you're sorry

When you can't tell wrong from right

It would be so easy to spend your whole damn life just keeping score

So let’s get down to it baby

There ain't no need to lie

 

Tell me who you think you see

When you look into my eyes

Let’s put our two hearts back together

And we’ll leave the broken pieces on the floor

Make love with me baby

Till we ain't strangers anymore

 

We're not strangers anymore

 

 

To The Fire

We would take no prisoners

'Cause there was nobody giving in

They came walking through my jungle

And met an angel about to sin

I heard a voice from inside of me

When the youth of America cried:

Can you help me, hear me call

I don't wanna fall (I don't wanna fall)

I don't wanna fall (I don't wanna fall)

To the fire

I don't wanna fall (I don't wanna fall)

I don't wanna fall (I don't wanna fall)

To the fire

When you're a part of society

You know, the heart of your innocence dies

When we met with Authority

I looked him right between the eyes

'Cause all we had was our innocence

All we had was our hearts to try to win the fight you tell me...

Can you save me, from it all

I don't wanna fall (I don't wanna fall)

I don't wanna fall (I don't wanna fall)

To the fire

I don't wanna fall (I don't wanna fall)

I don't wanna fall (I don't wanna fall)

To the fire

'Cause I don't wanna fall (I don't wanna fall)

Don't let me fall (I don't wanna fall)

To the fire

I don't wanna fall (I don't wanna fall)

I don't wanna fall (I don't wanna fall)

To the fire

Can you help me, hear me call

Can you save me, from it all...

I don't wanna fall (I don't wanna fall)

I don't wanna fall (I don't wanna fall)

To the fire

I don't wanna fall (I don't wanna fall)

I don't wanna fall (I don't wanna fall)

To the fire

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Tokyo Road

In a time, in a place

In a world, they forgot

Lives the heart of me

A part that just won't die

Just a boy, not a man

Sent to war, in a land

They said we'd fight for their freedom

But I felt like a hired hand

Sometimes I have to find my way

Sometimes I have to get away

Take me back to Tokyo Road

Take me back to Tokyo Road

Working hard, for a pass

Got the night, make it last

It was a time to remember

All my life I would never forget

In a bar, breathing smoke

Snorting whiskey, drinking coke

It was a time when no one would die

And there wasn't a care

Sometimes I wish it was that way

Cause sometimes I have to get away

Take me back to Tokyo Road

Take me back to Tokyo Road

Take me back to Tokyo Road

Take me back to Tokyo Road

This guy turns me around and he's pointing up the stairs

I found myself in her doorway but there wasn't anybody there

She walked in the room with nothing on but a red light

And with a smile she got so close to me.

She whispered something 'bout midnight

You know I didn't understand a word she said

But it felt so good

She knew that I didn't have any money

But baby I knew she would...

Take me back to Tokyo Road

Take me back to Tokyo Road

 

 

Too Much Of A Good Thing

Love is like quicksand

It's always bringing me down

But I still keep coming back for more

And like an addiction

One is never enough

I'm like a junkie at your door

Too much of a good thing

Is like getting high and coming down

 

My heart's on a string

I've been blind to the sting

Getting much too much of a good thing

 

I came to your party

And stayed a little too late

You woke up naked on the floor

You are my strongest weakness

And I don't want nothing else

You got the fix I'm looking for

Too much of a good thing

Will turn your whole world upside down

 

She's my favorite disease

Makes me crawl on my knees

Getting much too much of a good thing

 

Like you partied all night

And you're too trashed from drinking

The only way out is another shot glass to sink in

Tell me, baby, what'll it take

I keep making the same mistakes

 

And I know it's no good

Yeah, I'd quit if I could

Getting much too much

Getting much too much

Oh, it's just too much of a good thing

 

 

Two Story Town

I couldn't sleep

Took a walk down 2nd Avenue

Sick of dreaming dreams that never come true

One way street and I know where its leading to

There's a "For Sale" sign on the front door of the city hall

The subway line got graffiti crawling off the wall

I could take a hit but I ain't gonna take the fall

 

That's just one side of the story

In the two story town

 

Chorus

It's just the same old sights

And the same old sounds

I’m gonna take my car and drive out of this two story town

The same old ship, it’s going ’round

I'm going down, down, down, down, down

In a two story town

 

There's a girl that I sleep with

Got ecstasy eyes

He promised her roses and American pie

I called her and my demons

I kissed them both goodbye

 

Seven days of Monday morning

In this two story town

 

Repeat chorus

 

One shot to make a move now

The ghosts are calling me out

 

Guitar solo

 

And me I'm just one story

In a two story town

But you're never gonna find me in the lost and found

 

Repeat chorus

 

Chorus 2:

It's just the same old sights and the same old sounds

I’m gonna take my horse and ride him off this merry-go-round

I won't give in and I won't back down

I'm going down, down, down, down down

Never going down, down, down, down, down

I ain't going down, down, down, down, down

In a two story town

In this two story town

 

 

Ugly

If you're ugly, I'm ugly too

In your eyes the sky's a different blue

If you could see yourself like others do

You'd wish you were as beautiful as you

 

And I wish I was a camera sometimes

So, I could take your picture with my mind

Put it in a frame for you to see

How beautiful you really are to me

 

Ugly, Ugly

All of us just feel like that somedays

Ain't no rainbow in the sky

When you feel U.G.L.Y.

And that's ugly, yeah, yeah, yeah

 

Ugly, Ugly

All of us just feel like that somedays

Ain't no rainbow in the sky

When you feel U.G.L.Y.

And that's ugly, ugly

All of us just feel like that somedays

Ain't no cure that you can buy

When you feel U.G.L.Y.

And that's ugly

 

So, if you're ugly, I'm ugly too

If you're a nut, then I must be a screw

If you could see yourself the way I do

You'd wish you were as beautiful as you

I wish I was as beautiful as you

 

 

Unbreakable

You said you made me and you break me

You said it ain't hard to shake me

Uh huh, uh huh

You threw me ever since you've taken me down

You came like a rainy grey Monday

I prayed like it was a Sunday

You say, you say

But I won't run away, I'll be standing my ground

Seen all the screaming and fighting

Lived through the screaming and lying

I'm fine, you can't deny

I'm unbreakable

Unstoppable

I'm invincible

Come on bring it to me

Cuz I'm always gonna be

Unbreakable

Reliable

Undeniable

Come on give it to me

Cuz I'm always gonna be unbreakable

Don't need the diamond cards or cold cash

Don't need to sell my soul so don't ask

Uh huh, uh huh

Took a pass on the pass I'd be leaving right now

Newsflash, I'm causing a commotion

Jump back, I'm poetry in motion,

Think fast, talk trash

Well I ain't talking back but I'm calling you out

No time for fussing and fighting

Lived through the screaming and the lying

I'm fine, you can't deny

I'm unbreakable

Unstoppable

I'm invincible

come on bring it to me

Cuz I'm always gonna be

Unbreakable

Reliable

Undeniable

Come on give it to me

Cuz I'm always gonna be unbreakable

I'm always goan be unbreakable

 

Newsflash, I'm causing a commotion

Jump back, I'm poetry in motion,

I'm fine, you can't deny

I'm unbreakable

Unstoppable

I'm invincible

Come on bring it to me

Cuz I'm always gonna be

Unbreakable

Reliable

Undeniable

Come on give it to me

Cuz I'm always gonna be unbreakable

Unstoppable

I'm invincible

Come on bring it to me

Cuz I'm always gonna be

Unbreakable

Reliable

Undeniable

Come on give it to me

Cuz I'm always gonna be unbreakable

I will be unbreakable

Unbreakable

I will be unbreakable

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Undivided

That was my brother lost in the rubble

That was my sister lost in the crush

That was our mothers, those were our children

That was our fathers, that was each of us

 

A million prayers to God above

A million tears make oceans

 

One for love

One for truth

One for me

One for you

 

I found spirit, they couldn't ruin it

I found courage in the smoke and dust

I found faith in the songs you silenced

Deep down its ringing out of each of us

Yeah. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah

 

One for love

One for truth

One for me

One for you

 

Where we once were divided

Now we stand united

We stand, as one

Undivided

 

How many hands?

How many hearts?

How many dreams been torn apart?

Enough, enough

The time has come to rise back up

As one for love

One for truth

One for me

One for you

 

Where we once were divided

Now we stand united

We stand, as one

Undivided

 

Undivided

Undivided

Undivided

 

One for love

One for truth

One for me

One for you

Where we once were divided

Now we stand united

We stand, as one

Undivided

 

 

Walk Like A Man

He said, Sit down son, we gotta talk

I said, it’s my life, I’m gonna do what I want

I’m not gonna crawl, Im gonna walk

Walk right out that door”

He said, I used to be a lot like you

Theres nothing you’ve done that I didn’t do

I laughed and said, Dad I’m bullet proof

We’ve been through this before

 

I couldn’t believe it there was a tear in my old man’s eye

When I was leaving he tried to say goodbye, he said

 

Stand tall when you stumble stay proud when you’re humbled

The lessons you learn wont be the ones you plan

Every step up that mountain will be more than worth counting

But when you walk through the valley may you walk like a man

 

I’ve seen a couple of miles on a gravel road

Been taught a couple things that I didn’t know

Now I even got a kid of my own starting to sound a lot like me

I learned a little thing called sacrifice

Given up on dreams lost a couple fights

All anybody wants is a better life and something to believe

 

 

Stand tall when you stumble stay proud when you’re humbled

The lessons you learn wont be the ones you plan

Every step up that mountain will be more than worth counting

But when you walk through the valley may you walk like a man

 

 

I couldn’t believe it when the tears came to my eyes

It isn’t easy standing on the other side

I said Sit down son, we gotta talk

Hey it’s your life, you’re gonna do what you want

I wont say crawl before you walk

Cause I heard my old man in my mind saying

 

 

Stand tall when you stumble stay proud when you’re humbled

The lessons you learn wont be the ones you plan

Every step up that mountain will be more than worth counting

But when you walk through the valley may you walk like a man

 

 

And when you go on without me walk like a man

Walk on

 

 

Wanted Dead Or Alive

It's all the same, only the names will change

Everyday it seems we're wasting away

Another place where the faces are so cold

I'd drive all night

Just to get back home

 

I'm a cowboy, on a steel horse I ride

I'm wanted dead or alive

Wanted dead or alive

 

Sometimes I sleep, sometimes it's not for days

And people I meet always go their separate ways

Sometimes you tell the day

By the bottle that you drink

And times when you're all alone all you do is think

 

I'm a cowboy, on a steel horse I ride

I'm wanted dead or alive

Wanted dead or alive

 

I'm a cowboy, on a steel horse I ride

I'm wanted dead or alive

Wanted dead or alive

 

I walk these streets, a loaded six string on my back

I play for keeps, 'cause I might not make it back

I been everywhere, still I'm standing tall

I've seen a million faces

And I've rocked them all

 

I'm a cowboy, on a steel horse I ride

I'm wanted dead or alive

I'm a cowboy, I got the night on my side

I'm wanted dead or alive

Wanted dead or alive

 

I walk the streets, with a Stratocaster on my back!

 

 

We Got It Going On

Is there anybody out there looking for a party

Shake your moneymaker baby smoke it if you got it

We just want to have some fun

If you don't want to kiss this

Everybody raise your hands

Come on I need a witness

 

We got it going on

We'll be bangin’ and sangin’ just like the Rolling Stones

We're gonna shake up your souls

We've come to rattle your bones

’Cause we got it going on

 

You got a ticket to kick it

I wanna hear you scream now

Because tonight you got the right

To let your hair down

When everybody's getting down

We're getting down to business

Insane, freak train

You don’t want to miss this

 

We got it going on

We'll be bangin’ and sangin’ just like the Rolling Stones

We're gonna shake up your souls

We've come to rattle your bones

’Cause we got it going on

We got it going on

 

We got it going on

We got it going on

We'll be bangin’ and sangin’ just like the Rolling Stones

We're gonna shake up your souls

We've come to rattle your bones

We got it going on

 

Getting down with Big and Rich and Richie and Jon

Just a bangin’ and sangin’

Why don’t you all come along

 

We got it going on

We got it

We got it

We got it going on

We got it

We got it

We got it going on

 

 

We Rule The Night

We walked through the sunshine, we walked thru the rain

As endless as time the thoughts will remain

We'll take what we want

You take what you need

We are the targets, you better believe

No one can save you, there's nothing to say

Deception's the name of the game

 

 

We rule the night

Only the strong will survive

There's no wrong, there's no right

We rule the night

We rule the night

We'll never give up the fight

Where the wrong is alright

We rule the night

 

 

All is for one and one is for all

If we take the fight then you take the fall

You run from the shadows but they call my name

You search for the truth but your search is in vain

No one can save you, there's nothing to say

Deception's the name of the game

 

 

We rule the night

Only the strong will survive

There's no wrong, there's no right

We rule the night

We rule the night

We'll never give up the fight

Where the wrong is alright

We rule the night

We rule the night

We rule the night

We rule the night

 

 

 

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Welcome To Wherever You Are

Maybe we're all different but we're still the same

We all got the blood of Eden running through our veins

I know sometimes it's hard for you to see

You're caught between just who you are and who you want to be

 

If you feel alone and lost and need a friend

Remember every new beginning is some beginning's end

 

Welcome to wherever you are

This is your life; you made it this far

Welcome, you got to believe

That right here, right now

You're exactly where you're supposed to be

Welcome to wherever you are

 

When everybody's in and you're left out

And you feel you're drowning in the shadow of a doubt

Everyone's a miracle in their own way

Just listen to yourself, not what other people say

 

When it's seems you're lost, alone and feeling down

Remember everybody's different; just take a look around

 

Welcome to wherever you are

This is your life; you made it this far

Welcome, you got to believe

Right here, right now

You're exactly where you're supposed to be

 

Be who you want to be

Be who you are

Everyone's a hero

Everyone's a star

 

When you want to give up and your heart's about to break

Remember that you're perfect; God makes no mistakes

 

Welcome to wherever you are

This is your life; you made it this far

Welcome, you got to believe

Right here, right now

You're exactly where you're supposed to be

And I say welcome…

I say welcome…

Welcome…

 

 

When She Comes

Outside, this world keeps turning round

and London Bridge keeps burning down

It'll be alright

 

No one hears our silent screams

in this land of broken dreams

It'll be alright

When she comes

 

It'll be alright when she comes

It'll all be fine, when she comes

 

When I lie, she still believes

She don't ask why

Shes there for me

When it gets hard

Shes all I need to get by

 

I hear her voice in a thousand places

I try so hard

still I can't escape it

Shes the one

When she comes, yea

 

And if the sky comes, for the night

I never ever even hear a sound

Its true

Shes as a great as blue skies are blue

 

Everythings alright, when she comes

Everythings all fine, when she comes

 

When I lie, she still believes

She don't ask why,

Shes there for me

When it getes hard

shes all I really need

 

Everythings alright when she comes

It'll all be fine when she comes

 

Its alright, its alright when she comes

its alright, its alright when she comes

its alright, its alright, its alright

when she comes

 

 

Who Said It Would Last Forever

You say you've been hurt before

It's time you realized

The promises they never meant to keep

They're nothing more than lies

 

You can come to me with your problems

How he turned you on with his lines

There ain't no use in pretending

'Cause you know love is blind

Who hurt you this time

You're laying your heart on the line

 

Who said it would last forever

And he'd never break your heart

You should have known better

Lovers sometimes part

 

So baby stop crying

And wipe those teardrops from your eyes

It's time to get back on your feet again

Life's full of alibis

 

If I've told you once (once), I've told you twice (twice),

Said it a thousand times before

But you're so young and too innocent

You keep on coming back for more

Who hurt you this time

When you lay your heart on the line

 

Who said it would last forever

And he'd never break your heart

You should have known better

Cause lovers sometimes part

 

So hold your head up high

It's lonely in the dark

Let someone else try to mend your broken heart

To make a brand new start of things

And I would give you everything that you were missing

 

Who said it would last forever

And he'd never break your heart

You should have known better

Lovers sometimes part

 

Who said it would last forever

And he'd never break your heart

You should have known better

Lovers sometimes part

 

Who said it would last forever

Who said it would last forever

Who said it would last forever

 

 

Who Says You Cant Go Home

I spent twenty years trying to get out of this place

I was looking for something I couldn't replace

I was running away from the only thing I've ever known

Like a blind dog without a bone

I was a gypsy lost in the twilight zone

I hijacked a rainbow and crashed into a pot of gold

 

I been there, done that

But I ain't looking back on the seeds I've sown

Saving dimes spending too much time on the telephone

Who says you can't go home

 

Who says you can't go home

There's only one place they call me one of their own

Just a hometown boy born a rolling stone

Who says you can't go home

Who says you can't go back

I been all around the world and as a matter of fact

There's only one place left I want to go

Who says you can't go home

It's alright, it's alright, it's alright, it's alright, it's alright

 

I went as far as I could, I tried to find a new face

There isn't one of these lines that I would erase

I lived a million miles of memories on that road

With every step I take I know that I'm not alone

You take the home from the boy

But not the boy from his home

These are my streets, the only life I've ever known

Who says you can't go home

 

Who says you can't go home

There's only one place they call me one of their own

Just a hometown boy born a rolling stone

Who says you can't go home

Who says you can't go home

I been all around the world and as a matter of fact

There's only one place left I want to go

Who says you can't go home

It's alright, it's alright, it's alright, it's alright, it's alright

Who says you can't go home

It's alright, it's alright, it's alright, it's alright, it's alright

Who says you can't go home

 

I been there, done that and I ain't looking back

It's been a long, long road

Feels like I never left, that's how the story goes

 

It doesn't matter where you are, It doesn't matter where you go

If it's a million miles away or just ten miles up the road

Take it in , Take it with you when you go

Who says you can't go home?

 

 

Whole Lot Of Leavin'

It’s pretty cold for late September

The autumn wind is creeping in

The summer sun packed up it’s long gone

There’s a whole lot of leavin’ going on

 

I bet it’s warm in California

I think it’s time to hit the road

I just might call that band of gypsies

Go searching for our pout of gold

Seems like lately there’s a whole lot of leavin’ going on

 

I close my eyes and picture your hand in mine

I still hear your voice

It takes me back to that time

Where I could find a reason to be strong

Seems like lately there’s a whole lot of leavin’ going on

 

Close the window draw the curtains

You ain’t the only one here hurtin’

No one’s right, no one’s wrong

Lately there’s a whole lot of leavin’ going on

 

I close my eyes

And picture your hand in mine

I still hear your voice

It takes me back to that time

Where I could find a reason to be strong

Seems like lately there’s a whole lot of leavin’ going on

 

You used to live to say you love me

Now you got one foot out the door

It’s then you turn around and ask me

Do we got it anymore

 

I close my eyes and picture your hand in mine

I still hear your voice

It takes me back to that time

When I need a reason to be strong

I close my eyes and picture your hand in mine

I walk the line you’ll never hear me sayin’ goodbye

So pretty baby please be strong

Seems like lately there’s a whole lot of leavin’ going on

 

I’ll come back for you baby

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Why Arent You Dead

I got the letter you left under my door

Knocked me on my ass to the floor

Never knew two words could take such a bite

It said, “Dear Jon, Hello. Goodbye.”

 

 

I saw your car parked outside Motel Cascade

Saw two shadows go to town on the shade

I can’t believe my own lyin’ eyes, oh my

It better be your girlfriend I saw going down some other guy

 

You told me you loved me, ‘til death do us part

So tell me there’s a tombstone where there used to be a heart

 

Chorus:

 

You said you couldn’t live without me

So why aren’t you dead?

Instead of six feet under you’re in someone else’s bed

There’s just one thing that I can’t get through my head

You said you couldn’t live without me so why aren’t you dead?

 

I cut your face out of our old photographs

And all the junk you left behind’s in the trash

Well, I hoped you were a goner for sure

Well, there’s been a resurrection, yeah, a miracle cure

 

Ashes to ashes, dust to dust

If you can’t trust the livin’ baby who can you trust?

 

Chorus:

 

You said you couldn’t live without me

So why aren’t you dead?

Instead of six feet under you’re in someone else’s bed

There’s just one thing that I can’t get through my head

You said you couldn’t live without me so why aren’t you dead?

 

Ashes to ashes, dust to dust

If you can’t trust the livin’ baby who can you trust?

 

You said you couldn’t live without me

So why aren’t you dead?

Instead of six feet under you’re in someone else’s bed

There’s just one thing that I can’t get through my head

You said you couldn’t live without me so why aren’t you dead?

 

You said you couldn’t live with out me, what a surprise!

Instead of laying you out I’m laying down on the line

You spend my hard-earned money, you left me in the red

You said you couldn’t live without me…. so why aren’t you dead?

 

Why aren't you dead?

 

Why aren't you dead?

 

 

Wild In The Streets

Joey comes from a sacred part of town

Where sometimes you talk so tough

That your feet don't touch the ground

And the sidewalk soldiers sing their midnite blues

While the old men recite their story lines

About when I was young like you

They say: Oh yeah

We were cruising to the backbeat

Oh yeah, Making love in the backseats

We were wild, wild in the streets

Wild, wild in the streets

 

A member of the boy's brigade

Had a date with the girl next door

You know it made her daddy crazy

But it only made her want him more

They weren't looking for trouble

You know that boy didn't want a fight - not tonight

So she headed out thru her bathroom window

What her daddy didn't know was gonna be alright

They said: Oh yeah

We were cruising to the backbeat

Oh yeah, Making love in the backseat

We were wild, wild in the streets

Wild, wild in the streets

Wild, wild in the streets

Wild, wild in the streets

 

Sometimes this town ain't pretty

But you know it ain't so bad

Just like a girl who looks so happy

When inside she's so sad

In here we got this code of honor

Nobody's going down

You don't walk in vain

Through the kid's parade

'Cause this is my hometown

 

 

Wind Is The Wind

I tried to make you happy

You know I tried so hard to be

What you hoped that I would be

I gave you what wanted

God couldn't give you what you need

You wanted more from me

Than I could ever be

You wanted heart and soul

But you didn't know, baby

 

Wild, wild is the wind

That takes me away from you

Cold is the night without your love

To see me through

Wild, wild is the wind

That blows through my heart

 

Wild is the wind,

Wild is the wind

You got to understand, baby

Wild is the wind

 

You need someone to hold you

Somebody to be there night and day

Someone to kiss your fears away

I just went on pretending

Too weak, too proud, too tough to say

I couldn't be the one

To make your dreams come true

That's why I had to run

Though I needed you, baby

 

Wild, wild is the wind

That takes me away from you

Cold is the night without your love

To see me through, baby

Wild, wild is the wind

That blows through my heart tonight

That tears us apart

 

Wild is the wind,

Wild is the wind

You got to understand, baby

Wild is the wind

 

Solo

 

Maybe a better man

Would live and die for you

Baby, a better man would

Never say goodbye to you

 

Wild, wild is the wind

That takes me away from you

Cold is the night without your love

To see me through, baby

Wild, wild is the wind

That blows through my heart tonight

That tears us apart

 

Wild is the wind,

Wild is the wind

You got to understand, baby

Wild is the wind

 

 

Wildflower

She wakes up when I sleep to talk to ghosts like in the movies

If you don't follow what I mean, I sure don't mean to be confusing

They say when she laughs she wants to cry

She'll draw a crowd then try to hide

Don't know if it's her or just my mind I'm losing

 

Nobody knows a wildflower still grows

By the side of the road

And she don't need to need like the roses

Wildflower

 

That girl's sure put a spell on me

Yeah, her voodoos hidden right behind her pocket

If she's fire, I'm gasoline

Yeah, we fight a lot but neither wants to stop it

Well, she'll tell you she's an only child until you meet her brothers

Swear she's never met the man she couldn't make into a lover

 

Nobody knows a wildflower still grows

By the side of the road

And she don't need to need like the roses

She's at home with the weeds

And just as free as the night breeze

She's got the cool of a shade tree

She's growin' on me and I can't live with out her

 

Yesterday's a memory

Tomorrow's accessory

That's her favorite quote about regret

Well, she'll tell you ‘bout her pedigree

With a sailor's mouth he'd have left at sea and it ain't over yet

 

Nobody knows…

Nobody knows… a wildflower still grows

By the side of the road

And she don't need to need like the roses, the roses

She feels at home with the weeds

And just as free as the night breeze

She's got the cool of a shade tree

She's growin' on me and I can't live without her

But nobody knows…

Nobody knows…

Nobody knows…

Nobody knows…

That's right…

 

She wakes up when I sleep to talk to ghosts like in the movies.

 

 

With A Little Help From My Friends

What would you do if I sang out of tune

Would you stand up and walk out on me

Lend me your ears and I'll sing you a song

I'll try not to sing out of key

 

Oh, I'll get by with a little help from my friends

Yes, I'll get high with a little help from my friends

I'm gonna try with a little help from my friends

 

What do I do when my love - she's away

(Does it worry you to be alone)

How do I feel by the end of the day

(Are you sad becaouse you're on your own

 

Oh, I'll get by with a little help from my friends

Yes, I'll get high with a little help from my friends

I'm gonna try with a little help from my friends

 

Baby I don't know

Baby I don't know

 

Oh, I'll get by with a little help from my friends

Yes, I'll get high with a little help from my friends

I'm gonna try with a little help from my friends

 

Do you need anybody

I just need somebody to love

Could it be anybody

I want somebody to love

 

Could you believe in the love at first sight

Yes, I'm certain it happens all the time

What do you see when you turn off the light

I can't tell you but I'm sure I feel nice

 

Oh, I'll get by with a little help from my friends

Yes, I'll get high with a little help from my friends

I'm gonna try with a little help from my friends

 

Do you need anybody

I just need somebody to love

Could it be anybody

Baby I don't know

Baby I don't know

 

Oh, I'll get by with a little help from my friends

Yes, I'll get high with a little help from my friends

I'm gonna try with a little help from my friends

 

 

 

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