Bon Jovi

Always

This romeo is bleeding
But you can't see his blood
It's nothing but some feelings
That this old dog kicked up

It's been raining since you left me
Now I'm drowning in the flood
You see I've always been a fighter
But without you I give up

Now I can't sing a love song
Like the way it's meant to be
Well, I guess I'm not that good anymore
But baby, that's just me

And I will love you, baby - Always
And I'll be there forever and a day - Always
I'll be there till the stars don't shine
Till the heavens burst and
The words don't rhyme
And I know when I die, you'll be on my mind
And I'll love you - Always

Now your pictures that you left behind
Are just memories of a different life
Some that made us laugh, some that made us cry
One that made you have to say goodbye
What I'd give to run my fingers through your hair
To touch your lips, to hold you near
When you say your prayers try to understand
I've made mistakes, I'm just a man

When he holds you close, when he pulls you near
When he says the words you've been needing to hear
I'll wish I was him 'cause those words are mine
To say to you till the end of time

Yeah, I will love you baby - Always
And I'll be there forever and a day - Always

If you told me to cry for you
I could
If you told me to die for you
I would
Take a look at my face
There's no price I won't pay
To say these words to you

Well, there ain't no luck
In these loaded dice
But baby if you give me just one more try
We can pack up our old dreams
And our old lives
We'll find a place where the sun still shines

And I will love you, baby - Always
And I'll be there forever and a day - Always
I'll be there till the stars don't shine
Till the heavens burst and
The words don't rhyme
And I know when I die, you'll be on my mind
And I'll love you - Always

I Wanna Be Loved

I had a roof over head
Had shoes on my feet
Yeah sure I was fed
But no one was there when I was in need... yeah

So who am I now?
Who do you want me to be?
I can forgive you but I won't relive you
I ain't the same scared kid I use to be

I'm gonna live, I'm gonna survive
Don't want the world to pass me by
I'm gonna dream, I ain't gonna die thinking my life was just a lie
I want to be loved
I want to be loved

I found a picture, our so called family tree... yeah
I broke all the branches looking for answers
Don't you know that it ain't how it supposed to be

I'm gonna live, I'm gonna survive
Don't want the world to pass me by
I'm gonna dream, I ain't gonna die thinking my life was just a lie
I wanna give, I'm ready to try, willing to lay it on the line
I want to be loved
I want to be!

I ain't gonna cry, I don't want to scream
But I got so much left unsaid inside of me
Taken from
I'm gonna live, I'm gonna survive
Don't want the world to pass me by
I'm gonna dream, I ain't gonna die thinking my life was just a lie
I wanna give, I'm ready to try, willing to lay it on the line
I want to be loved
I want to be loved
I just want to be loved
I want to be loved
I want to be loved

Misunderstood

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, youd still be mine

You cried, I died
I should have shut my mouth, things headed south
As the words slipped off my tongue, they sounded dumb
If this old heart could talk, itd say youre the one
Im wasting time when I think about it

[chorus:]
I should have drove all night, I would have 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 sleeping on the couch that night
Staying out too late with all my friends
You found me passed out in the yard again

You cried, I tried
To stretch the truth, but didnt lie
Its not so bad when you think about it

[chorus:]
I should have drove all night, I would have run all the lights
I was misunderstood
I stumbled like my words, did the best I could
Damn, misunderstood
Intentions good

[guitar solo]

Its you and i, just think about it...

[chorus:]
I should have drove all night
I would have run all the lights
I was misunderstood
I stumbled like my words, did the best I could
I m hanging outside your door
Ive been here before
Misunderstood

I stumbled like my words, did the best I could
Damn, misunderstood
Intentions good.

It's My Life

It's My Life

This ain't a song for the broken-hearted
No silent prayer for the faith-departed
I ain't gonna be just a face in the crowd
You're gonna hear my voice
When I shout it out loud

Chorus:
It's my life
It's now or never
I ain't gonna live forever
I just want to live while I'm alive
(It's my life)
My heart is like an open highway
Like Frankie said
I did it my way
I just wanna live while I'm alive
It's my life

This is for the ones who stood their ground
For Tommy and Gina who never backed down
Tomorrow's getting harder make no mistake
Luck ain't even lucky
Got to make your own breaks

Chorus:
It's my life
And it's now or never
I ain't gonna live forever
I just want to live while I'm alive
(It's my life)
My heart is like an open highway
Like Frankie said
I did it my way
I just want to live while I'm alive
'Cause it's my life

Better stand tall when they're calling you out
Don't bend, don't break, baby, don't back down

Chorus:
It's my life
And it's now or never
'Cause I ain't gonna live forever
I just want to live while I'm alive
(It's my life)
My heart is like an open highway
Like Frankie said
I did it my way
I just want to live while I'm alive

Chorus:
It's my life
And it's now or never
'Cause I ain't gonna live forever
I just want to live while I'm alive
(It's my life)
My heart is like an open highway
Like Frankie said
I did it my way
I just want to live while I'm alive
'Cause it's my life!

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 could knock a witch off her broom

We slither on in and shed our skin
Make our way into the bump and the grind
So I’m passing by, she gives me the eye
So I stop to give her a light

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
It just might be that I found religion
I’ve been on my knees for half of the night
Then 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:
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

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 night (hey, c’est la vie)
One wild night (welcome to the party)
One wild night (life if for the living so
You gotta live it up, come on let’s go)
One wild, one wild, one wild, one..

One wild night (blinded by the moonlight)
One wild night (24 hours of midnight)
One wild night (I stepped into the twilight zone)
For one wild night
One wild night (hey,c’est la vie)
One wild night (welcome to the party)
One wild night (life is for the living)
All we’ve got is one wild night

One wild night (4x)
One wild night blinded by the moonlight
One wild night 24 hours of midnight
One wild night stepped into the twilight zone for
One wild, one wild, one wild, one wild night.

Everybody's Broken

Welcome to the party
Come on in and disappear
You're feeling like a stranger
But all your friends are here
Little lines and cracks
Around your eyes and mouth
Something's trying to get in
Something's trying to get out

It's ok, to be a little broken
Everybody's broken, in this life
It's ok, to feel a little broken
Everybody's broken, your alright
It's just life

Step into the deep end
Make yourself at home
When you wonder why your breathing
Know your not alone
It's so hard to believe
It's easier to doubt
You're trying to hold in
But your dying to scream out

It's ok to be a little broken
Everybody's broken

In this life
It's ok to feel a little broken
Everybody's broken, your alright
It's alright, it's just life

Solo

Take a look around
Tell me what you see
Is who you think you are
Who you want to be

It's ok, to be a little broken
Everybody's broken, in this life
It's ok, to feel a little broken
Everybody's broken, your alright
Just keep on going
Eyes wide open
Everybody's broken
Everybody's broken
Everybody's broken
Everybody's broken
Everybody's broken
Everybody's broken
Yeah

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

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

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

Chorus:
Thank you for loving me
For being my eyes
When I couldn’t see
You parted my lips
When I couldn’t breathe
Thank you for loving me

When I couldn’t fly
Oh, you gave me wings
You parted my lips
When I couldn’t breathe
Thank you for loving me

Last Cigarette

Regrets are all you left on your lipstick stains
Take a picture of our past there in that ashtray
We had our fun, I used to light your flame
Like the dancing smoke that rose we tried to find our way
No one told me, she told me

Your love's like one last cigarette
Last cigarette, I will savor it
The last cigarette
Take it in and hold your breath, hope it never ends
But when it's gone, it's gone
The last cigarette

Just to breathe reminds me of what used to be
The smoke's the ghost that keeps you close when I can't sleep
Don't ask the past to last; it's about to change
The memories don't answer when I call your name
No one told me, she told me

Your love's like one last cigarette
Last cigarette, I will savor it
The last cigarette
Take it in and hold your breath, hope it never ends
But when it's gone, it's gone
One last cigarette, last cigarette
One I can't forget, the last cigarette
Right there at my fingertips, I got your taste still on my lips
Right or wrong
You're still gone, gone, gone
The last cigarette

No one told me, she told me
You always lose the girl in a Brian Wilson world

Your love's like one last cigarette
Last cigarette, I will savor it
The last cigarette
Take it in and hold your breath, hope it never ends
But when it's gone, it's gone
One last cigarette, last cigarette
One I can't forget, the last cigarette
Right there at my fingertips, I got your taste still on my lips
Right or wrong
You're still gone, gone, gone

Never Say Goodbye

As I sit in this smokey room
The night about to end
I pass my time with strangers
But this bottles 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 - wed break their hearts
Togheter - 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 didnt 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 Id never let you go
Togheter - 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 youd say we used to talk
About busting out
Wed break their hearts
Togheter - forever

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 seems you're lost, alone and feelin' 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's 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
Welcome to wherever you are
This is your life, you made it this far
(I say welcome) Welcome to wherever you are

99 In The Shade

I feel I'm burning up with fever
The fire's feeling really good tonight
But it's all right
Cuz I'm gonna see Sahara Jack and Suntan Sally
Somebody tells me even Tommy's coming down
tonight, If Gina says it's all right

I'm gonna see those senoritas lying under the sun
Yeah they're greasing it up with their stereos on
You know I want to be their blanket, gonna tell every girl
Hey baby you're the one

(chorus)
Whoa, tell the boys I'm on my way
I got the radio blasting in my old man's Chevrolet
I got a party in my pocket,
and you know I just got paid
And I'm feeling fine, it's 99 in the shade.

When the sun goes down, that's when the street heats up
Senorita, margarita, fills your empty cup tonight
She makes me feel so right
A good time here doesn't cost much money
Just a little sweet talking, let the pretties in the party
And you're set for life
Or one hell of a night

I can see those sons of beaches
with the surf and the sand and they're living it up
Yu know life ain't so tough
So get me in the action
Gotta tell every girl she's the one

(repeat chorus)

And I'm feeling fine, it's 99 in the shade
(I can almost taste it!)

99,...99,..99,...
99 in the shade,....
99,,,99,.....
99 in the,...whoa!!

(repeat chorus)
sub: I got the radio CRANKED in my old man's Chevrolet

Ain't No Cure For Love

Ain't no cure for love
Ain't no cure for love
There ain't no cure for love
Ain't no cure

Cupid was a blind man
He must have missed his mark
Shot an arrow in the air and hit me in the heart
I went to see Saint Valentine
Said “What's come over me?”
Daddy must have missed the chapter about the birds and bees
You can be the King of diamonds
You can cash in all your gold
You could hire Johnnie Cochran
It's too late to save your soul

Don't need no shot, no ambulance
Don't need prescription drugs
There ain't no cure for love
They can find the cure for the common cold
When the pushing comes to shove
There ain't no cure for love

Now someone call my lawyer
I'm going to see my shrink
I found myself in the jewelry store buying a diamond ring
I went to see my doctor
Said “Won't you help me please?”
He said “Son I'm sorry, it's a terminal disease”
Can't get no love insurance
Cupid draws his bow
I ain't waving boys, I'm drowning
It's a damn good way to go

Don't need no shot, no ambulance
Don't need prescription drugs
There ain't no cure for love
They can find the cure for the common cold
When the pushing comes to shove
There ain't no cure for love

You can be the King of Diamonds
You can cash in all your gold
You can hire Johnnie Cochran
It's too late to save your soul

Don't need no shot, no ambulance
Don't need prescription drugs
There ain't no cure for love
They can find the cure for the common cold
When the pushing comes to shove
There ain't no cure for love

No aspirin
No ambulance
Or Voodoo you can think up
Ain’t no cure for love

Ain't no cure for love
Ain't no cure for love
Ain't no cure for love

There ain’t no cure for love
Ain't no cure for love
Ain't no cure for love

Alive

Feel me like I feel you
Won't you let me come inside
Heal me like I heal you
Let your mind, body, soul, come alive
On my knees (but I'm Rising)
On My Feet (Getting Higher)
I will fly
Hey Hey I'm Alive
Didn't think I'd make it to the other side
Here to stay I'm alive
Hey hey I survived
It's a brand new day
And I feel fine
Here to say I'm alive
Want me like I want you
That's my heart you hold in your hands
Touch me like I touch you
Make me feel like superman
On my knees (but I'm Rising)
On My Feet (Getting Higher)
I will fly
Hey hey I'm alive
Didn't think I'd make it to the other side
Here to stay I'm alive
Hey hey I survived
It's a brand new
And I feel fine
Here to stay I'm alive
Like the wind run with me
Take my hand come with me
Those bastards ain't bringing us down
For all the dreams that died
And all of the tears they cried
If there's one thing I've learned
Life is now
On my knees (but I'm Rising)
On My Feet (Getting Higher)
I will fly
Hey hey I'm alive
Didn't think I'd make it to the other side
Her to stay I'm alive (Didn't think I'd make it)
Hey hey I survived
It's a brand new day
And I feel Fine
Here to say I'm alive (It's here you got to take it)

All About Lovin' You

Looking at the pages of my life
Faded memories of me and you
Mistakes you know I've made a few
I took some shots and fell from time to time
Baby, you were there to pull me through
We've been around the block a time or two
I'm gonna lay it on the line
Ask me how we've come this far
The answer's written in my eyes
Chorus: Every time I look at you, baby, I see something new
That takes me higher than before and makes me want you more
I don't wanna sleep tonight, dreamin's just a waste of time
When I look at what my life's been comin' to
I'm all about lovin' you
I've lived, I've loved, I've lost, I've paid some dues, baby
We've been to hell and back again
Through it all you're always my best friend
For all the words I didn't say and all the things I didn't do
Tonight I'm gonna find a way
Chorus: Every time I look at you, baby, I see something new
That takes me higher than before and makes me want you more
I don't wanna sleep tonight, dreamin's just a waste of time
When I look at what my life's been comin' to
I'm all about lovin' you
You can take this world away
You're everything I am
Just read the lines upon my face
I'm all about lovin' you
Guitar Solo
Chorus: Every time I look at you, baby, I see something new
That takes me higher than before and makes me want you more
I don't wanna sleep tonight, dreamin's just a waste of time
When I look at what my life's been comin' to
I'm all about lovin' you
All about lovin' you

All I Want Is Everything

Some 15 year old kid sits on his porch, just half past noon
Trying to figure out just what he's doing
why he had to grow up so soon
With all the gangs, all the guns-watcha gonna learn in school
Theres got to be some way out of here,
he says "Man, this life is cruel"

I knew this Puerto Rican girl who lied to change her life
She changed her name,
her face because the grass looks greener on the other side
She turned her back, she ran away straight into the night
Her friends, her family feel the pain,but shes the one who cries

Tell me what you want
Tell me what you need
I want everything

I've had enough of having nothing, i won't take just anything
I got my mind set on something
All i want is everything
It's my life Mr i aint running, i'm no puppet on a string
I want more than i see coming
All i want is everything
All i want is everything

My next door neighbour Donnie, died in his room just the other day
His brother came home,
found him dead on the floor with a needle in his vein
Cops come down with a body bag,
they said Donnie was a casualty
I said, All its about is the boy checked out,
he couldn't handle reality

Tell me what you want
Tell me what you need
I want everything

I've had enough of having nothing, i won't take just anything
I got my mind set on something
All i want is everything
It's my life Mr i aint running, i'm no puppet on a string
I want more than i see coming
All i want is everything
All i want is everything

Always Run To You

THE CLOCK STRIKES TEN, OUT ON THE STREETS AGAIN
I BEEN LOOKING FOR SOMETHING TO PLEASE ME SINCE I DON'T KNOW WHEN
OUT ON THE DARK SIDE OF TOWN ANOTHER RUMBLES GONE DOWN
AND LIFE ON THE HIGH SIDE
ISN'T WHAT THIS BOY'S ABOUT
SHE'S GOT SOMETHING I WANT
MAN, IT'S SOMETHING I NEED
IT TAKES MORE THAN THE NIGHT TO SATISFY ME...
CHOURS: I STAND ACCUSED THAT I CAN ALWAYS RUN TO YOU
ANY ROAD THAT YOU CHOOSE I CAN ALWAYS RUN TO YOU
I STAND ACCUSED I CAN ALWAYS RUN TO YOU
I RUN TO YOU, BABY, I CAN ALWAYS RUN
TO A HEART OF CHROME AND A SOUL OF STEEL
WE'VE DONE MORE WHILE LINES
THAN YOU'LL KNOW ANY ONE WE COULD STEAL
AND WHEN I GIVE HER THE GUN
YOU KNOW SHE FEELS SO RIGHT
AND WE DON'T LET GO
WHEN WE'RE ALONE
WHEN I'M HOLDING ON SO TIGHT
SHE'S GOT SOMETHING I WANT
MAN IT'S SOMETHING I NEED
IT TAKES MORE THAN THE NIGHT TO SATISFY ME
CHOURS: I STAND ACCUSED I CAN ALWAYS RUN TO YOU
ANY ROAD THAT YOU CHOOSE I CAN ALWAYS RUN TO YOU
I STAND ACCUSED I CAN ALWAYS RUN TO YOU
I RUN TO YOU, BABY, I CAN ALWAYS RUN
SOLO
AND WHEN THE MORNING COMES AND I GO TO SLEEP
WHEN I CLOSE MY EYES SHE'S WAITING FOR ME
I KNOW THAT TONIGHT SHE'LL SATISFY ME
CHOURS: I STAND ACCUSED I CAN ALWAYS RUN TO YOU
ANY ROAD THAT YOU CHOOSE I CAN ALWAYS RUN TO YOU
I STAND ACCUSED I CAN ALWAYS RUN TO YOU
I RUN TO YOU, BABY, I CAN ALWAYS RUN

Another Reason To Believe

Love lives in New York City
He got a place off of the park
Heard he was standing in the ruins
And in his hands a broken heart
He called an army of his angels
I heard they had to hide their wings
It was them who brought you water
If you listen closely I know you can hear
The choir singing
Hey, hallelujah, baby
Rise Up
Hold out your hands and reach out
Higher
Get up on your feet
Rise Up
Let it flow though you, baby
Run it through your veins
Like a healing rain
Everywhere you'll see
Another reason to believe
I saw him down south of Canal Street
Right there in a mother's eyes
At a table in a restaurant window
In a taxi passing by
Love went running up the stairwell
When the sky came falling down
It was him in a newborn baby's cry
He was there to make that sound
That keeps this whole world spinning 'round
Rise Up
Hold out your hands and reach out
Higher
Get up on your feet
Rise Up
Let it flow though you, baby
Run it through your veins
Like a healing rain
Everywhere you'll see
Another reason to believe
It's different than it was before
Now we need it even more
Fire's falling from the sky
Innocence just said goodbye
It may never be the same
Maybe it was time to change
A time to grieve
A time to cry
A time to live
A time to fly

August 7, 4:15

It was another day
A perfect Texas afternoon
A mother and two children play
The way the always do
As they raced home from the mailbox
A mother and her son
Against a little girl of 6 years old
The independant one

The deputies went door to door
Through all the neighborhood
They said I got some news to tell you folks
I'm afraid it ain't so good
Somehow something happened
Someone got away
Someone got the answers for what happened here today
Oh no, Oh no, Oh no, no, no, no

Tell me it was just a dream - August 7, 4:15
God closed His eyes and the world got mean
August 7, 4:15

Now the people from the papers and the local TV news
Tried to find the reason
Cop dogs sniffed around for clues
Someone shouted "Hit and Run"
The coroner cried "Foul"
Her blue dress was what she wore
The day they laid her body down
Oh no, Oh no, Oh no, no, no, no

Tell me it was just a dream - August 7, 4:15
God closed His eyes and the world got mean
August 7, 4:15

I know tonight that there's an angel
Up on Heaven's highest hill
And no one there can hurt you baby
No one ever will
Somewhere someone's conscience is like a burning bed
The flames are all around you
How you gonna sleep again

Oh no, Oh no, Oh no, no, no, no

Tell me it was just a dream - August 7, 4:15
God closed His eyes and the world got mean
August 7, 4:15

Bang A Drum

went to see the preacher
To teach me how to pray
He looked at me and smiled
Then the preacher turned away
He said if you want to tell him something
You ain't gotta fold your hands
Say it with your heart
Your soul and believe it
And I'd say amen
Bang a drum for the sinners
Bang a drum for the sins
Bang a drum for the losers
And those who win
Bang a drum bang it loudly
Or as soft as you need
Bang a drum for yourself son
And a drum for me
I called upon my brother just the
Other day, he said: John I'm gonna
Die if I don't start to live again
I work each day and night like clockwork
Just trying to make ends meet
I could kick this bad world's ass
If I could just get on my feet
I'd bang a drum for the dying
Bang a drum for the truth
Bang a drum for the innocence
Lost in our youth
Bang a drum bang it loudly
Or as soft as you need
Bang a drum for you brother
And a drum for me
I don't know where all the rivers run
I don't know how far, I don't know how come
But I'm gonna die believin'
Each step that I take
Ain't worth the ground that
I walk on
If we don't walk it our
Own way
No I don't claim to be a Wiseman
A poet or a saint
I'm just another man who's searching
For a better way
But my heart beats loud as thunder
For the things that I believe
Sometimes I wanna run for cover
Sometimes I want to scream
Bang a drum for tomorrow
Bang a drum for the past
Bang a drum for the heroes
That won't come back
Bang a drum for the promise
Bang a drum for the lies
Bang a drum for the lovers
And the tears they've cried
Bang a drum bang it loudly
Or as soft as you need
But as long as my heart keeps on bangin'
I got a reason to believe

Bells Of Freedom

I have walked all alone
On these streets I call home
Streets of hope, streets of fear
Through the sidewalk cracks time disappears

I was lost, on my knees
On the eve of defeat
As I choked back the tears
There’s a silent scream no one could hear

So far away from everything you know is true
Something inside that makes you do what you got to do

Ring them bells, ring them loud
Let them ring here and now
Just reach out and ring the Bells of Freedom
When your world’s crashing down
Like you’re lost every round
Stand your ground
And ring the Bells of Freedom

Up the steps of the church
Through the fields and the dirt
In the dark I have seen
That the sun still shines for the one who believes

So far away
So full of doubt and needing proof
Just close your eyes and hear the sounds inside of you

Ring them bells, ring them loud
Let them ring here and now
Just reach out and ring the Bells of Freedom
When your world’s comes crashing down
Like you’ve lost every round
Stand your ground
And ring the bells of freedom

Ring them bells, ring them loud
Let them ring here and now
Just reach out and ring the Bells of Freedom
Yeah, when your world comes crashing down
Like you’ve lost every round
Stand your ground and ring the Bells of Freedom
Ring them bells, ring them loud
Let them ring here and now
Just reach out and ring the Bells of Freedom…

Billy

BILLY
Since you're been gone now honey life ain't nothing but sad luck days
I begged on my knees now, sugar
You acted like you never knew my name
My friends saw you at the station
I guess you must have missed your train
Tell me is it 'cause you love me, Billy
Or is it just because you love the pain?
Chorus:
Billy, Billy
Ain't love hard to explain?
For a debutante you're a real hard woman
But I love you just the same
How come you're sad when I get happy?
Why do you laugh when I want to cry?
Tell me why when I say I need you
You turn around and you say goodbye
Why do you think that a heart's so fragile?
Can you tell me why love's so blind?
Just like a magnet you pull me under
I can't resist you, we're two of a kind
Chorus:
Billy, Billy
Ain't love hard to explain?
For a debutante you're a real hard wmoan
But I love you just the same
Billy , Billy
We're better lovers than friends
Life is like a movie but this ain't pretend
There really doesn't have to be a happy end
Chorus:
Billy, Billy
Ain't love hard to explain?
For a debutante you're a real hard woman
But I love you just the same
I never said you had to walk on water
Or that I could ever stop the rain
Some times we break up just to make up, baby
And we don't care who's to blame
Billy, Billy
Ain't love hard to explain?
For a debutante you're a real hard woman
But I love you just the same
Billy, Billy
Can we be lovers and friends
Life if like a movie but this ain't pretend
There really doesn't have to be a happy end

Billy Get Your Guns

I just seen trouble
He's calling out your name tonite
Billy get your guns

You could walk away
But I know you were born to fight
So Billy get your guns

The bandileros are strung out
In the promenade
Billy get your guns

Chorus

Billy get your guns
There's trouble blowing like a hurricane
Billy get your guns
That's the price on your head for the
Price of fame
And it'll never change
Billy get your guns

There's a whiskey bottle empty
Sittin' on the bar
Billy get your guns
And some organ grinder singing
About some sucker moving on
Billy get your guns

All the whores are hanging out
Waiting to get paid
Billy get your guns
From some Johnny on the spot
Who said hey keep the change baby

Billy get your guns
There's trouble blowing like a hurricane
Billy get your guns
That's the price on your head for the
Price of fame
And it'll never change

They christened you with whiskey
And there's fire running through your veins
Well you're an outlaw just the same
And every night a bullet wears your name

Chorus

I've seen hangman dancing
Beneath the pale moonlight
Billy get your guns
And every stranger that you meet
Thinks it's his lucky night
Billy get your guns

I don't envy you Billy
But I want to say
You better get your guns
'Cause every outlaw that's died
Will live to ride again
Billy get your guns

Billy get your guns
There's trouble blowing like a hurricane
Billy get your guns
That's the price on your head for the
Price of fame
And it'll never change
Billy get your guns

Bitter Wine

We met some time ago when we were almost young
It never crossed my mind to ask where did you come from
I didnt have much money so i stole you a rose
You were dressed like an orphan in salvation army clothes

I never thought i'd lose you,nor i'd rather go blind
I thought i saw a future but the fortune teller lied

Your love was my salvation it could always get me high
What was once holy water tastes like bitter wine

I know I wasnt funny but you laughed at all my jokes
When i was choking on the words to say you your fingers down my throat
The first night i said i love you you told me to go to hell
You were giving me head on that creaky bed at the old duval motel

Just like everything good love has to die
Ain't no sympathy when it says goodbye


Your love was my salvation it could always get me high
What was once holy water tastes like bitter wine

Just like everything good love has to die
No one even cried we were one of a kind

Love left me stranded at the station and the last train's gone by
What was once holy water tastes like bitter wine

Your love was my salvation it could always get me high
You take back the holy water now all that's left is bitter wine

Blame It On The Love Of Rock 'n' Roll

FIRST TIME I HEARD THE MUSIC I THOUGHT IT WAS MY OWN
I COULD FEEL IT IN MY HEARBEAT, I COULD FEEL IT IN MY BONES
MY MOMMA THINKS I'M CRAZY, MY DAD THINKS I'M INSANE
I GOT THIS BOOGIE WOOGIE FEVER THAT'S BURNING IN MY VEINS
THEY TRIED TO TAKE ME TO A DOCTOR BUT IT'S TOO LATE FOR ME
THEN THEY TOOK ME TO A PREACHER THEY SAW ON THEIR TV
HE SAID THAT FOR A SMALL DONATION MY LOST SOUL WOULD BE SAVED
I SAID I DON'T THINK SO PREACHER, I'LL COME BACK ANOTHER DAY
ALL THAT I WANT IS TO BE A ROLLING STONE
THEY DON'T UNDERSTAND WHAT WE ALL KNOW
CHORUS: IT FEELS SO GOOD IT OUGHT TO BE ILLEGAL
I GOT MY VACCINATION FROM A PHONOGRAPH NEEDS
I'LL NEVER GROW UP AND I'LL NEVER GROW OLD
BLAME IT ON THE LOVE OR ROCK & ROLL
MY TEACHERS DIDN'T LIKE ME, THEY ALWAYS TRIED TO PUT ME DOWN
'CAUSE I WORE MY HAIR TOO LONG, I PLAYED MY MUSIC WAY TOO LOUD
EVERY LITTLE BOY WANTS TO LEARN TO PLAY GUITAR
SO HE CAN PICK UP ALL THE CHICKS AND BE A ROCK-N-ROLL STAR
THEY SAID IT WOULDN'T LAST BUT THEY MISUNDERSTOOD
IF PEOPLE THINK IT'S BAD, I'LL BE BAD FOR GOOD
CHORUS: IT FEELS SO GOOD IT OUGHT TO BE ILLEGAL
I GOT MY VACCINATION FROM A PHONOGRAPH NEEDLE
I'LL NEVER GROW UP AND I'LL NEVER GROW OLD
BLAME IT ON THE LOVE OF ROCK & ROLL
BLAME IT ON THE LOVE, BLAME IT ON THE LOVE
DADDY JUST DON'T UNDERSTAND WHAT HIS LITTLE GIRL KNOWS
BLAME IT ON THE LOVE OF ROCK'N'ROLL
ALL I WANTED, ALL I EVER NEEDED
MY GUITAR GAVE TO ME
EVERY SONG I'VE SUNG BLAME IT ON LOVE
EVERY WAR I'VE WON BLAME IT ON LOVE
EVERYTHING I'VE DONE BLAME IT ON LOVE
BLAME IT ON THE LOVE OR ROCK-N-ROLL
CHORUS: IT FEELS SO GOOD IT OUGHT TO BE ILLEGAL
I GOT MY VACCINATION FROM A PHONOGRAPH NEEDLE
I'LL NEVER GROW UP AND I'LL NEVER GROW OLD
BLAME IT ON THE LOVE OF ROCK & ROLL
BLAME IT ON THE LOVE, BLAME IT ON THE LOVE
DADDY JUST DON'T UNDERSTAND WHAT HIS LITTLE GIRL KNOWS
BLAME IT ON THE LOVE OF ROCK-N-ROLL

Blood Money

Hey Patty Garrett that's what I used to call you
They tell me you want me but I hear they've got you
They made you a lawman with a badge made of silver
They paid you some money to sell them my soul

But you say this ain't about me, this ain't about you
Or the good and the bad times we've both been through
When the lines between brothers and justice have changed
You do what you've got to cause you can't walk away

I wonder what would have happened
If you were the killer
And I was the hero
Would things be the same
Or would I have traded
Your life for my own life
Would I have paid
Your debts in your place

But this ain't about me, this ain't about you
Or the good and the bad times we've both been through
When the lines between brothers and justice have changed
You do what you've got to cause you can't walk away

Blood money
That's what I call it
'Cause money for blood ain't no fair exchange
Blood money
Bought and then sold you
But your conscience is all you can take to your grave

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f you need a little lovin', ya call on me
And if you want a little huggin', ya call on me baby, ooh yeah,
You can call me right here at home
All you got to do is pick up the telephone
And dial now (634-5789)
What's my number (634-5789)

If you need a little huggin', ya call on me
And if ya want some kissin', ya call on me, it's all right
No more lonely nights, who'll be alone now
All you got to do is pick up the telephone
And dial now (634-5789)
That's my number (634-5789)

Oh, I'll be right there
Just as soon as I can
If I be a little bit late now
I hope that you'll understand

And if ya need a little lovin', ya call on me, lord have mercy
And if ya want a little kissin', ya call up Jonny B. Baby, it's all right
Ain't no more lonely nights, we'll be alone now
All you got to do is pick up the telephone
And dial it (634-5789)
That's my number (634-5789)
Hey (634-5789)
That's my number (634-5789)
Oooh, hooo (634-5789)
I'm runnin' to ya baby, where I belong (634-5789)
Cause if you need me, want me, telle me that you love me (634-5789)
Anytime, anywhere, come on baby (634-5789)
Oooh hooo (634-5789)
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Fields of fire

There's no-one watching over me tonight and I'm afraid to turn out the lights,
If I close my eyes, it'll all go away and I don't wanna see it end this way.

There was a time when truth and trust meant so much more to each of us
And all the dreams that once we had have seen the sun and left us feeling bad

Now the changing of the guard has left us feeling so damn hard
I'll keep my business, but I'm a little bit afraid
Through the years one thing hasn't changed

Yeah, yeah, yeah-hey
I would run through fields of fire,
I would crawl on broken glass,
Just to swin in your sea of devotion, just to have a second chance
That's all I ask

Now feeling good is not good enough, I know they've changed but not that much
Midnight time has left us feeling beaten up, I never was one who needs to give enough
I ain't a hero who gets the girl, but if I had my chance to save the world
I won't blow it now, I guess I'll understand
This boy becoming a man

Yeah, yeah, yeah-hey
I would run through fields of fire,
I would crawl on broken glass,
Just to swim in your sea of devotion, just to have a second chance
That's all I ask

Well, look at your hands if you hear what I said.
Can you count on your fingers each of your real friends
I know that I'm lucky, I know I'm right.
Fingerst turn into fists, we're here to take on the night.
That's right

Now I'm staring at an open door, we've had a lot and I want much more
You can keep all the money, and the streets that's painted gold
If someone gives me back my soul
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah-hey

I would run through fields of fire,
I would crawl on broken glass
Just to swim in your sea of devotion, just to have a second chance
I would run through fields of fire,
I would run through fields of fire
Oh yeah, oh yeah, oh yeah, oh yeah, I would run
All the way back home, I would run,
Baby come along

I thank you

You didn't have to love me, like you did
But you didn't, but you did
And I thank you
You didn't have to squeeze me, like you did
But you didn't, but you did, and I thank you

If you took your love to someone else
I know what I meant to be the loving dare
You made me feel like I've never felt
Your kiss is so good, I got the holler for help

You didn't have to squeeze me, like you did
But you didn't, but you did, and I thank you
You didn't have to hold me, like you did
But you didn't, but you did, and I thank you

Now every day there's something new
You put your make-up and your mild perfume
You got me trying to do things, too
Just so that I can keep up with you

You didn't have to shake me, like you did
But you didn't, but you did, and I thank you
You didn't have to make me, like you did
But you didn't, but you did, and I thank you

All my life I've been short changed
Without your love it would be a crying shame
Now I know what love I'm looking for
When they say they're being turned on

I wanna thank you, thank you, thank you
Thank you, baby, thank you, thank you I got to say

You didn't have to love me, like you did
But you didn't, but you did, and I thank you
You didn't have to hold me, like you did
But you didn't, but you did, and I thank you
I wanna thank you, baby I wanna thank you, let me count the ways
Let me thank you, baby, baby I've got something to say

Thank you baby
Let me count the ways, for the whole wide world to hear, oh yeah
Now thank you for paying for my cold beer
I wanna thank you for being here with me baby
Thank you for understanding why I was out so late last night
Thank you for giving me your best friend's phone number
Thank you for understanding, that me and your sister are just good friends.