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2010

Livin' On A Prayer

Once upon a time
Not so long ago
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 the diner all day
Working for her man, she brings hom her pay
For love - for love

She says: We've got to hold on to what we've got
'Cause 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

We're half way there
Livin' on a prayer
Take my hand and we'll make it - I swear
Livin' on a prayer

Tommy got his six string in hock
Now he's holding in what he used
To make it talk - so tough, it's tough
Gina dreams of running away
When she cries in the night
Tommy whispers: Baby it's okay, someday

We've got to hold on to what we've got
'Cause 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

We're half way there
Livin' on a prayer
Take my hand and we'll make it - I swear

We've got to hold on ready or not
You live for the fight when it's all that you've got

We're half way there
Livin' on a prayer
Take my hand and we'll make it - I swear
Livin' on a prayer
 

You Give Love A Bad Name

An angel's smile is what you sell
You promise me heaven, then put me through hell
Chains of love got a hold on me
When passion's a prison, you can't break free

You're a loaded gun
There's nowhere to run
No one can save me
The damage is done

Chorus:
Shot through the heart
And you're to blame
You give love a bad name
I play my part and you play your game
You give love a bad name
You give love a bad name

Paint your smile on your lips
Blood red nails on your fingertips
A school boy's dream, you act so shy
Your very first kiss was your first kiss goodbye

You're a loaded gun
There's nowhere to run
No one can save me
The damage is done

Chorus
 

Runaway

On the streets where you live
Girls talk about their social lives
They're made of lipstick plastic and paint
A touch of sable in their eyes
All your life, all your life
All you've asked is whens your Daddy gonna talk to you
But you were living in another world
Tryin' to get a message through
No one heard a single word you said
They should have seen in it your eyes
What was going round your head

Ooh, shes a little runaway
Daddys girl learned fast
All those things she couldn't say
Ooh, shes a little runaway

A different line every night
Guarenteed to blow your mind
I see you out on the streets
Calling for a wild time
So you sit home alone
Cause theres nothing left that you can do
Theres only pictures hung in the shadows
Left there to look at you
You know she likes the lights at night
On the neon Broadway sign
She don't really mind
Its only love she hoped to find

Ooh, shes a little runaway
Daddys girl learned fast
All those things she couldn't say
Ooh, shes a little runaway

No one heard a single word you said
They should have seen it in your eyes
What was going round your head

Ooh, shes a little runaway
Daddys girl learned fast
All those things she couldnt say
Ooh, shes a little runaway
Daddys girl learned fast
Now she works the night away

Ooh, shes a little runaway
Daddys girl learned fast
All those things she couldnt say
Ooh, shes a little runaway
Daddys girl learned fast
Now she works the night away ...
  

Bad Medicine

Your love is like bad medicine
Bad medicine is what I need
Shake it up, just like a bad medicine
There ain't no doctor that can cure my desease

I ain't got a fever, got a permanent desease
It'll take more than a doctor to prescribe a remedy
I got lots of money but it isn't what I need
Gonna take more than a shot to get this poison out of me

I got all the symptoms
Count 'em 1, 2, 3

First you need
That's what you get for falling in love
Then you bleed
You get a little but it's never enough
On your knees
That's what you get for falling in love
And now this boy's addicted 'cause your kiss is the drug

Your love is like bad medicine
Bad medicine is what I need
Shake it up, just like bad medicine
There ain't no doctor that can cure my desease

Bad, bad medicine
I don't need no needle to be giving me a thrill
And I don't need no anesthesia or a nurse to bring a pill
I got a dirty down addiction, it doesn't leave a track
I got a jones for your affection like a monkey on my back

There ain't no paramedic gonna save this heart attack

When you need
That's what you get for falling in love
Then you bleed
You get a little but it's never enough
On your knees
That's what you get for falling in love
Now this boy's addicted and your kiss is the drug

Your love is like bad medicine
Bad medicine is what I need
Shake it up, just like bad medicine
So let's play doctor, baby cure my desease

Bad, bad medicine
Bad, bad medicine

I need a respirator 'cause I'm running out of breath
You're an all night generator wrapped in stockings and a dress
When you find your medicine you take what you can get
Cause if there's something better baby well, they haven't found it yet

Your love is like bad medicine
Bad medicine is what I need
Shake it up, just like bad medicine
There ain't no doctor that can cure my desease

Your love is like bad medicine
Bad medicine is what I need
Shake it up, just like bad medicine
Your love's the potion that can cure my desease

Bad, bad medicine
Bad, bad medicine
  

Born To Be My Baby

Rainy night and we worked all day
We both got jobs 'cause there's bills to pay
We got something they can't take away
Our loves, our lives

Close the door, leave the cold outside
I don't need nothing when I'm by your side
We got something that'll never die
Our dreams, our pride

My heart beats like a drum
(All night)
Flesh to flesh, one to one
(And it's alright)
And I'll never let go 'cause there's something I know deep inside

You were born to be my baby
And baby, I was made to be your man
We got something to believe in
Even if we don't know where we stand
Only God would know the reasons
But I bet he must have had a plan
Cause you were born to be my baby
And baby, I was made to be your man

Light a candle, blow the world away
Table for two on a TV tray
It ain't fancy, baby that's okay
Our time, our way

So hold me close, better hang on tight
Buckle up, baby, it's a bumpy ride
We're two kids hitching down the road of life
Our world, our fight

If we stand side by side
(All night)
There's a chance we'll get by
(And it's alright)
And I'll know that you'll be live in my heart till the day that I die

Cause you were born to be my baby
And baby, I was made to be your man
We got something to believe in
Even if we don't know where we stand
Only God would know the reason
But I bet he must have had a plan
Cause you were born to be my baby
And baby, I was made to be your man

My heart beats like a drum
All night
Flesh to flesh, one to one
And it's all right
And I'll never let go 'cause there's something I know deep inside

You were born to be my baby
And baby, I was made to be your man
We got something to believe in
Even if we don't know where we stand
Only God would know the reason
But I bet he must have had a plan
Cause you were born to be my baby
And baby, I was made to be your man
You were born to be my baby
And baby, I was made to be your man
  

I'll Be There For You

I guess this time you're really leaving
I heard your suitcase say goodbye
And as my broken heart lies bleeding
You say true love it's suicide
You say you've cried a thousand rivers
And now you're swimming for the shore
You left me drowning in my tears
And you won't save me anymore
Now I'm praying to God you'll give me one more chance, girl

I'll be there for you
These five words I swear to you
When you breathe I want to be the air for you
I'll be there for you
I'd live and I'd die for you
Steal the sun from the sky for you
Words can't say what a love can do
I'll be there for you

I know you know we've had some good times
Now they have their own hiding place
I can promise you tomorrow
But I can't buy back yesterday
And Baby you know my hands are dirty
But I wanted to be your valentine
I'll be the water when you get thirsty, baby
When you get drunk, I'll be the wine

I'll be there for you
These five words I swear to you
When you breathe I want to be the air for you
I'll be there for you
I'd live and I'd die for you
Steal the sun from the sky for you
Words can't say what a love can do
I'll be there for you

And I wasn't there when you were happy
I wasn't there when you were down
I didn't meam to miss your birthday, baby
I wish I'd seen you blow those candles out

I'll be there for you
These five words I swear to you
When you breathe I want to be the air for you
I'll be there for you
I'd live and I'd die for you
Steal the sun from the sky for you
Words can't say what a love can do
I'll be there for you
  

Lay Your Hands On Me

If you're ready, I'm willing and able
Help me lay my cards out on the table
You're mine and I'm yours for the taking
Right now the rules we made are meant for breaking

What you get ain't always what you see
But satisfaction's guaranteed
They say what you give is always what you need
So if you want me to lay my hands on you

Lay your hands on me
Lay your hands on me
Lay your hands on me

Lay your hands on me
Lay your hands on me
Lay your hands on me

I'm a fighter, I'm a poet, I'm a preacher
I've been to school and baby, I've been the teacher
If you show me how to get up off the ground
I can show you how to fly and never ever come back down

Everything you want is what I need
Satisfaction guaranteed
But the ride don't never ever come for free
If you want me to lay my hands on you

Lay your hands on me
Lay your hands on me
Lay your hands on me

Lay your hands on me
Lay your hands on me
Lay your hands on me
  

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 

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 

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 

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 

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!
  

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
  

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 way
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 wante 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
  

Blaze Of Glory

I wake up in the morning
And I raise my weary head
I got an old coat for a pillow
And the earth was last night's bed
I don't know where I'm going
Only God knows where I've been
I'm a devil on the run
A six gun lover
A candle in the wind
When you're brought into this world
They say you're born in sin
Well at least they gave me something
I didn't have to steal or have to win
Well they tell me that I'm wanted
Yeah I'm a wanted man
I'm colt in your stable
I'm what Cain was to Abel
Mister catch me if you can
I'm going down in a blaze of glory
Take me now but know the truth
I'm going down in a blaze of glory
Lord I never drew first
But I drew first blood
I'm no one's son
Call me young gun
You ask about my consience
And I offer you my soul
You ask If I'll grow to be a wise man
Well I ask if I'll grow old
You ask me if I known love
And what it's like to sing songs in the rain
Well,I've seen love come
And I've seen it shot down
I've seen it die in vain
Shot down in a blaze of glory
Take me now but know the truth
'Cause I'm going down in a blaze of glory
Lord I never drew first
But I drew first blood
I'm the devil's son
Call me young gun
Each night I go to bed
I pray the Lord my soul to keep
No I ain't looking for forgiveness
But before I'm six foot deep
Lord,I got to ask a favor
And I'll hope you'll understand
'Cause I've lived life to the fullest
Let the boy die like a man
Staring down the bullet
Let me make my final stand
Shot down in a blaze of glory
Take me now but know the truth
I'm going out in a blaze of glory
Lord I never drew first
But I drew first blood
and I'm no one's son
Call me young gun
I'm a young gun
  

Who Says You Can't 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?
  

HAVE A NICE DAY

Why, you wanna tell me how to live my life? 
Who, are you to tell me if it’s black or white? 
Mama, can you hear me? Try to understand. 
is Innocence the difference between a boy and a man. 
My daddy lived a lie, its just the price that he paid. 
Sacrificed his life, slaving away. 

Ohhh, if there’s one thing I hang onto, 
that gets me through the night. 
I, aint gonna do what I don’t want to, 
Im gonna live my life. 
Shining like a diamond, rolling with the dice, 
Standing on the ledge, show the wind how to fly
When the world gets in my face, 
I say, Have A Nice Day 
Have A Nice Day 

Take a look around you, nothings what it seems 
We’re living in a broken home of hopes and dreams 
Let me be the first to shake ya helping hand 
Everybody, brave enough to take a stand 
I knocked on every door, on every dead end street 
Looking for forgiveness 
What’s left to believe? 

Ohhh, if there’s one thing I hang onto 
that gets me through the night 
I aint gonna do what I don’t want to 
Im gonna live my life 
Shining like a diamond, rolling with the dice 
Standing on the ledge, show the wind how to fly 
When the world gets in my face 
I say, Have A Nice Day 
Have A Nice Day 

Guitar Solo 

Ohhh, if there’s one thing I hang onto
that gets me through the night 
I aint gonna do what I don’t want to 
Im gonna live my life 
Shining like a diamond, rolling with the dice 
Standing on the ledge, show the wind how to fly. 
When the world gets in my face 
I say, Have A Nice Day 
Have A Nice Day 
Have A Nice Day 
Have A Nice Day 
Have A Nice Day 

Now when This world keeps trying, to drag me down 
Ive gotta raise my hands to stand my ground 
Well I say, Have A Nice Day 
Have A Nice Day 
Have A Nice Day
  

We weren't Born to Follow

This one goes out to the man who minds the miracles
This one goes out the ones in need
This one goes out the sinner and the cynical
This ain't about no apology
This road was paved by the hopeless and the hungry
This road was paved by the winds of change
Walking beside the guilty and the innocent
How will you raise your hand when the call your name?

We Weren’t born to follow
Come on and get up off your knees
When life is a bitter pill to swallow
You gotta hold on to what you believe
Believe that the sun will shine tomorrow
And that’s a saints and sinners pleas
We weren’t born to follow
You gotta stand up for what you believe
Let me hear you say

This ones about anyone who does it differently
This ones about the one who doesn’t sit and spits
This ain’t about our living in a fantasy
This ain’t about giving up or giving in

We Weren’t born to follow
Come on and get up off your knees
When life is a bitter pill to swallow
You gotta hold on to what you believe
Believe that the sun will shine tomorrow
And that’s a saints and sinners pleas
We weren’t born to follow
You gotta stand up for what you believe
Let me hear you say
Let me hear you say

We Weren’t born to follow
Come on and get up off your knees
When life is a bitter pill to swallow
You gotta hold on to what you believe
Believe that the sun will shine tomorrow
And that’s a saints and sinners pleas
We weren’t born to follow
You gotta stand up for what you believe
Let me hear you say
  

What Do You Got?

Everybody wants something, just a little more
Makin’ a livin’ and hat we’re living for
A rich man or a poor man, a pawn or a king
he could live on the street, he could rule the whole world
but that don’t mean one damn thing

What do you got if you aint got love
Whatever you got
just ain’t enough
you’re walking a road
but you go nowhere
to find your way home
but there’s no one there
Who do you hold
in the dark of night
You wanna give up
but it’s worth to fight
You can have all the things
that you’ve been dreaming of

If you ain’t got someone you’re afraid to lose
Everybody needs just one, someone to tell them the truth
Maybe I’m a dreamer but I still believe
I believe in hope, I believe the change will get us up off our knees

What do you got if you aint got love
Whatever you got
just ain’t enough
you’re walking a road
but you go nowhere
trying find your way home
but there’s no one there
Who do you hold
in the dark of night
You wanna give up
but it’s worth to fight
You can have all the things
that you’ve been dreaming of
If you ain’t got love, its all just keeping score
If you ain’t got love, what the hell we doing it for

I don’t wanna have to talk about it,
How many songs you gotta sing about it
How long you gonna live without it
Why does some somewhere have to doubt it,
Someday you’ll figure it out

What do you got if you aint got love
Whatever you got
just ain’t enough
you’re walking a road
but you go nowhere
trying find your way home
but there’s no one there
Who do you hold
in the dark of night
You wanna give up
but it’s worth to fight
You can have all the things
that you’ve been dreaming of
If you ain’t got love, its all just keeping score
If you ain’t got love, what the hell we doing it for

Woahhh, I ain’t got, if you ain’t got
What do you got if you ain’t got love
What do you got if you ain’t got love
  

No Apologies

No Apology 
We will not back down 
We are not afraid 
Not a drop of doubt

Let's start this from the happy ending
Just another white trash train-track kid
Fighting for survival
Trying not to do like his daddy did
Double down the devil at three, caught morning
No apology, he just knew when to quit
Push your luck, say your prayers
Make believe you don't care
Take a chance, sometimes it's all you need

No Apology 
We will not back down 
We are not afraid 
Not a drop of doubt 
Hand in hand across this land
Our voices shouting out
No Apologies
No Apologies

You wanna start a personal revolution
Think of living somebody else's life
You can lie about retribution
But there ain't no fire in your lover's eyes
Seems like everybody's selling you dreams 'round here
But no one's buying and it's closing time
Light the fuse, make your break, there's no time left to waste
Baby just like freedom, nothin's free

No Apology 
We will not back down 
We are not afraid 
Not a drop of doubt 
Hand in hand across this land
Our voices shouting out
No Apologies

You wanna start a personal revolution
What else you gotta do tonight

No Apology
We will not back down 
We are not afraid 
Not a drop of doubt 
Hand in hand across this land
Our voices shouting out
No Apologies

No Apology
No Apology
Hand in hand across this land
Our voices shouting out
No Apologies
  

In These Arms

You want commitment
Take a look into these eyes
They burn with a fire, just for you now
Until the end of time
I would do anything
I'd beg, I'd steal, I'd die
To have you in these arms tonight
Baby I want you like the roses
Want the rain
You know I need you
Like a poet needs the pain
I would give anything
My blood my love my life

If you were in these arms tonight
I'd hold you
I'd need you
I'd get down on my knees for you
And make everything alright
If you were in these arms
I'd love you
I'd please you
I'd tell you that I'd never leave you
And love you till the end of time
If you were in these arms tonights

We stared at the sun
And we made a promise
A promise this world would never blind us
These are my words
Our words were our songs
Our songs are our prayers
These prayers keep me strong
It's what I believe
If you were in these arms tonight

If you were in these arms tonight
I'd hold you
I'd need you
I'd get down on my knees for you
And make everything alright
If you were in these arms
I'd love you
I'd please you
I'd tell you that I'd never leave you
And love you till the end of time
If you were in these arms tonights

Your clothes are still scattered
All over our room
This old place still smells like
Your cheap perfume
Everything here reminds me of you
And there's nothing that I
Wouldn't do to be in your arms

And these were our words
They keep me strong
I'd hold you
I'd need you
I'd get down on my knees for you
And make everything alright
If you were in these arms
I'd love you
I'd please you
I'd tell you that I'd never leave you
And love you till the end of time
If you were in these arms tonights
  

SOMEDAY I'LL BE SATURDAY NIGHT

Hey, my name is Jim, I fought in Vietnam
My life's a bargain basement, all the good shit's gone
I just can't hold a job. Where did I go wrong?
I'm sleeping in my car; My dreams moved on
My name is Billy Jean, my love is bought and sold
I'm only sixteen, I feel a hundred years old
My foster daddy went and took my innocence away
The street life ain't much better but at least I'm getting paid
Tuesday just might go my way
It can't get worse than yesterday
Thursdays, Fridays ain't been kind
But somehow I'll survive
Hey, man, I'm alive
As long as I can breathe, as long as I can fight
Hey man, I know I'll get by
When I wanna die I pick up all the pieces and what's left of my pride
I'm feeling like a Monday but I wish I were a Saturday night
I can't say my name, my life is on the line
They say that I'm to blame, that I'm guilty of a crime
I wish that I could be in another time and place
With someone else's soul and someone else's face
This world ain't so cut and dry but I can't 'why?' wrong or right
I ain't here to justify what I gotta do to survive
Hey, man, I'm alive
As long as I can breathe,
As long as I can fight
Hey man, I know I'll get by
When I wanna die
I pick up all the pieces and what's left of my pride
I'm feeling like a Monday but I wish I were a Saturday night
I'm feeling like a Monday but someday I'll be Saturday night
Tuesday just might go my way
It can't get worse than yesterday
Thursdays, Fridays ain't been kind
Somehow I'll survive
Hey, man, I'm alive
As long as I can breathe, as long as I can fight
Hey man, I know I'll get by
When I wanna die, I pick up all the pieces and what's left of my pride
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
I'm feeling like a Monday but someday I'll be Saturday night
  

LOST HIGHWAY

In my rear view 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
With 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 busted 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 I finally found my way
Say goodbye to yesterday
Hit the gas there ain't no brakes on this lost highway
Hell I busted 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 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
Say goodbye to yesterday
Hit the gas there ain't no brakes on this lost highway
I busted loose I'm lettin go
Well I'm out on this open road
It's independence day on this lost highway
Hey hey
Hey hey
Hey hey
On this lost highway
  

Keep The Faith

Mother mother tell your children
That their time has just begun
I have suffered for my anger
There are wars that can't be won

Father father please believe me
I am laying down my guns
I am broken like an arrow
Forgive me
Forgive your wayward son

Everybody needs somebody to love
(mother, mother)
Everybody needs somebody to hate
(please believe me)
Everybody's bitching
'cause they can't get enough
And it's hard to hold on
When there's no one to lean on

Faith: you know you're gonna live thru the rain
Lord you got to keep the faith
Faith: don't let your love turn to hate
Right now we got to
Keep the faith
Keep the faith
Keep the faith
Lord we got to keep the faith

Tell me baby when I hurt you
Do you keep it all inside
Do you tell me al's forgiven
And just hide behind your pride

Everybody needs somebody to love
(mother, father)
Everybody needs somebody to hate
(please don't leave me)
Everybody's bleeding
'cause the times are tough
Well it's hard to be strong
When there's no one to dream on

Faith: you know you're gonna live thru the rain
Lord you got to keep the faith
Now you know is not too late
Oh you got to keep the faith
Faith: don't let your love turn to hate
Right now we got to
Keep the faith
Keep the faith
Keep the faith
Lord we got to keep the faith

Walking in the footsteps
Of society's lies
I don't like what I see no more
Sometimes I wish that I was blind
Sometimes I wait forever

To stand out in the rain
So no one sees me cryin'
Trying to wash away the pain
Mother father

There's things I've done I can't erase
Every night we fall from grace

It's hard with the world in yours face
Trying to hold on, trying to hold on

Faith: you know you're gonna live thru the rain
Lord you got to keep the faith
Faith: don't let your love turn to hate
Right now we got to keep the faith
Faith: now it's not too late
Try to hold on, trying to hold on
Keep the faith
  

When We Were Beautiful

The world is cracked
The sky is torn
I'm hanging in
You're holding on

I can't pretend
That nothings changed
Living in the shadows
Of the love we made

Back... When we were beautiful
Before the world got small
Before we knew it all
Back... When we were innocent
I wonder where it went
Let's go back and find it

Sha la la

Some dreams lI've
Some will die
But the you and me
Is still alI've

Now am I blessed?
Or am I cursed?
Cause the way we are
ain't the way we were

Back... When we were beautiful
Before the world got small
Before we knew it all
Back... When we were innocent
I wonder where it went
Let's go back and find it

The world is cracked
The sky is torn
So much less
Meant so much more

Back... When we were beautiful
Before the world got small
Before we knew it all
Back... When we were innocent
I wonder where it went
Let's go back and find it

Back... When we were beautiful
  

Bed Of Roses

Sitting here wasted and wounded
at this old piano
Trying hard to capture
the moment this morning I don't know
'Cause a bottle of vodka
is still lodged in my head
And some blond gave me nightmares
I think she's still in my bed
As I dream about movies
they won't make of me when I'm dead

With an ironclad fist I wake up and
French kiss the morning
While some marching band keeps
its own beat in my head
While we're talking
About all of the things that I long to believe
About love and the truth and
what you mean to me
And the truth is baby you're all that I need

I want to lay you on a bed of roses
For tonite I sleep on a bed on nails
I want to be just as close as the Holy Ghost is
And lay you down on bed of roses

Well I'm so far away
That each step that I take is on my way home
A king's ransom in dimes I'd given each night
Just to see through this payphone
Still I run out of time
Or it's hard to get through
Till the bird on the wire flies me back to you
I'll just close my eyes and whisper,
baby blind love is true

I want to lay you down on a bed of roses
For tonite I sleep on a bed on nails
I want to be just as close as the Holy Ghost is
And lay you down on bed of roses

The hotel bar hangover whiskey's gone dry
The barkeeper's wig's crooked
And she's giving me the eye
I might have said yeah
But I laughed so hard I think I died

When you close your eyes
Know I'll be thinking about you
While my mistress she calls me
To stand in her spotlight again
Tonite I won't be alone
But you know that don't
Mean I'm not lonely I've got nothing to prove
For it's you that I'd die to defend

I want to lay you down on a bed of roses
For tonite I sleep on a bed on nails
I want to be just as close as the Holy Ghost is
And lay you down on bed of roses
  

This Ain't A Love Song

I should have seen it coming when roses died 
Should have seen the end of summer in your eyes 
I should have listened when you said good night 
You really meant good bye 
Baby, ain't it funny, how you never ever learn 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 died for you baby 
I tried and I tried to deny that your love drove me crazy, baby 

If the love that I got for you is gone 
If the river I 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 dancing at the masquerade 
The clowns wore smiles that wouldn't fade 
You and I were the renegades, some things never change 

It made me so mad 'cause I wanted it bad for us baby 
Now it's so sad that whatever we had, ain't worth saving 
If the love that I got for you is gone 
If the river I've cried ain't that long 
Then I'm wrong, yes I'm wrong, this ain't a love song 

If the pain that I'm feeling so strong 
Is the reason that 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 died for you baby 
I tried and I tried to deny that your love drove me crazy 

If the love that I got for you is gone 
If the river I cried ain't that long 
Then I'm wrong, yeah I'm wrong - this ain't no love song 

If the pain that I'm feeling so strong 
Is the reason that I'm holding on 
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 that I'm holding on 
Then I'm wrong, yeah I'm wrong - this ain't a love song 
Yes, I'm wrong, yeah, I'm wrong - this ain't a love song 
Yes, I'm wrong, yeah, I'm wrong - this ain't a love song 
Yes, I'm wrong, yeah, I'm wrong - this ain't a love song 
  

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 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 
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 seem out of reach 
These days - there ain't a ladder on these streets 
These days - are fast, love don't last in this graceless age 
There ain't nobody left but us these days 

Jimmy shoes busted both his legs, trying to learn to fly 
From a second story window, he just jumped and closed his eyes 
His momma said he was crazy - he said momma "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 seem out of reach 
But these days - there ain't a ladder on these streets 
These days are fast, love don't lasts-in this graceless age 
Even innocence has caught the morning train 
And there ain't nobody left but us these days 

I know Rome's still burning 
Though the times have changed 
This world keepd turning round and round and round and round 
These days 

These days - the stars seem out of reach 
But these days - there ain't a ladder on these streets 
These days are fast, love don't lasts-in this graceless age 
Even innocence has caught the morning train 
And there ain't nobody left but us these days 

These days - the stars seem out of reach 
These days - there ain't a ladder on these streets 
These days - are fast, nothing lasts 
There ain't no time to waste 
There ain't nobody left to take the blame 
There ain't nobody left but us these days
  

(YOU WANT TO 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 awhile?
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 bitter sweet to hear you laugh
Your phone is ringin I don't wanna ask

If you don't know I'll understand
If you stay hey i've gotta plan
You wanna make a memory?
You wanna steal a peice of time?
You can sing the melody to me
And I can write a couple lines
You wanna make a memory

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 we should be

You wanna make a memory?
You wanna steal a peice of time?
You can sing the melody to me
And I can write a couple lines
  

Blood On Blood

I can still remember
When I was just a kid
When friends were friends forever
And what you said was what you did

Well, it was me and Danny and Bobby
We cut each other's hands
And held tight to a promise
Only brothers understand

But we were so young (so young)
One for all and all for one
Just as sure as the river's gonna run

Blood on blood
One on one
We'd still be standing when all was said and done
Blood on blood
One on one
And I'll be there for you till Kingdom come
Blood on blood

Well, Bobby was our hero
Cause he had a fake I.D.
I got busted stealing cigarettes
And Bobby took the rap for me

Danny knew his white trash girl
We each threw in a ten
She took us to this cheep motel
And turned us into men

But we were so young (so young)
One for all and all for one
Just as sure as the river's gonna run

Blood on blood
One on one
We'd still be standing when all was said and done
Blood on blood
One on one
And I'll be there for you till Kingdom come
Blood on blood

Now Bobby, he's an uptown lawer
Danny, he's a medicine man
And me, I'm just the singer
In a long haired rock'n'roll band
Through the years and miles between us
It's been a long and lonely ride
But if I got a call in the dead of the night
I'd be right by your side

Blood on blood
Blood on blood

Blood on blood
One on one
We'd still be standing when all was said and done
Blood on blood
One on one
And I'll be there for you till Kingdom come
Blood on blood

Blood on blood
Blood on blood
  

This Is Love This Is Life

These days what’s left of me ain’t no Prince Charming
And my Cinderella feels like she stayed at the dance too long
We ain’t got much but what we got is all that matters
We’re pickin’ up the pieces, tryin’ to put ‘em back where they belong

Ohh, it’s gonna be alright
This is love, this is life
When times get tough we’re still worth the fight
This is love, this is life
The road here’s paved with the brokenhearted
We gotta finish what we started
Ohhh, better hold on tight
This is love, this is life

These days it seems like there’s three sides to every story
There’s yours, mine, lately there’s the cold hard truth
Who cares who’s wrong or right when we turn out the lights?
We’ll find forgiveness when we’re in each other’s arms tonight
It ain’t pretty but somehow we always make it through

Ohh, it’s gonna be alright
This is love, this is life
When times get tough we’re still worth the fight
This is love, this is life
The road here’s paved with the brokenhearted
We gotta finish what we started
Ohhh, better hold on tight
This is love, this is life

Ohh, it’s gonna be alright
This is love, this is life
When times get tough we’re still worth the fight
This is love, this is life
The road here’s paved with the brokenhearted
We gotta finish what we started
Ohhh, better hold on tight
This is love, this is life
  

The More Things Change

The more things change the more the stay the same
Is it just me or does anybody see
The new improved tomorrow isn’t what it used to be
Yesterday keeps comin’ ’round, it’s just reality
It’s the same damn song with a different melody
The market keeps on crashin’
Tattered jeans are back in fashion
‘Stead of records, now it’s MP3s
I tell you one more time with feeling
Even though this world is reeling
You’re still you and I’m still me
I didn’t mean to cause a scene
But I guess it’s time to roll up our sleeves

The more things change the more they stay the same
The same sunrise, it’s just another day
If you hang in long enough they say you’re comin’ back
Just take a look, we’re living proof and baby that’s a fact
You know the more things change the more they stay the same
The more things change the more they stay the same

You’re either runnin’ round in circles or you’re runnin’ out of time
Everybody somewhere either 12, 3, 6 or 9
The times they are a-changin’
We’re here to turn the page
It’s the same old story but it’s told a different way

The more things change the more they stay the same
The same sunrise, it’s just another day
If you hang in long enough they say you’re comin’ back
Just take a look, we’re living proof and baby that’s a fact
You know the more things change the more they stay the same
Never and forever just keep comin’ back again
Don’t hold out for tomorrow or hold onto yesterday
The more things change the more they stay the same

Here comes a na na na na na na na
These days it’s the raise the roof instead of sha la la
Here come the rockers, the dancers and the remixed drum machine
This one is for the CEOs and record companies
And if you’re waitin’ on a happy ending
We’re gonna hit the hook one more time

The more things change the more they stay the same
You know the more things change the more they stay the same
The same sunrise, it’s just another day
If you hang in long enough they say you’re comin’ back
Just take a look, we’re living proof and baby that’s a fact
You know the more things change the more they stay the same
Never and forever just keep comin’ back again
Don’t hold out for tomorrow or hold onto yesterday
The more things change the more they stay the same