Bon Jovi

Lyrics

• 1. Livin' On A Prayer

• 2. Keep The Faith

• 3. Someday I'll Be Saturday Night

  Hey, man Im alive Im takin each day and night at a time
  Im feelin like a monday but someday Ill be saturday night

  Hey, my name is jim, where did I go wrong
  My lifes a bargain basement, all the good shits gone
  I just cant hold a job, where do I belong
  Im sleeping in my car, my dreams move on

  My name is billy jean, my love was bought and sold
  Im 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 get paid

  And tuesday just might go my way
  It cant get worse than yesterday
  Thursdays, fridays aint been kind
  But somehow Ill survive

  Hey man Im alive Im takin each day and night at a time
  Yeah Im down, but I know Ill get by
  Hey hey hey hey, man gotta live my life
  Like I aint got nothin but this roll of the dice
  Im feelin like a monday, but someday Ill be saturday night

  Now I cant say my name, and tell you where I am
  I want to roll myself away, dont 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 cant get worse than yesterday
  Thursdays, fridays aint been kind
  But somehow Ill survive

  Hey, man Im alive Im takin each day and night at a time
  Yeah Im down, but I know Ill get by
  Hey hey hey hey, man gotta live my life
  Im gonna pick up all the pieces and whats left of my pride
  Im feelin like a monday, but someday Ill be saturday night

  Saturday night here we go
  Some day Ill be saturday night
  Ill be back on my feet, Ill be doin alright
  It may not be tomorrow baby, thats ok
  I aint goin down, gonna find a way, hey hey hey

  Hey man Im alive Im takin each day and night at a time
  Yeah, Im down, but I know Ill get by
  Hey hey hey hey, man, gotta live my life
  Like I aint got nothin but this roll of the dice
  Im feelin like a monday, but someday Ill be saturday night
  Im feelin like a monday, but someday Ill be saturday night
  Saturday night __________,all right, all right
  Saturday night

• 4. Always

• 5. 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

  [Chorus:]
  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 the people I meet always go their separate ways
  Sometimes you tell the day
  By the bottle that you drink
  And times when you're alone all you do is think

  [Chorus]

  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, and I'm standing tall
  I've seen a million faces an 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
  And I ride, dead or alive
  I still drive, dead or alive
  Dead or alive [x4]

• 6. 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,

  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's 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,

  Lay your hands on me

  [Solo]

  Don't you know I only aim to please
  If you want me to lay my hands on you

  Lay your hands on me

• 7. You Give Love A Bad Name

  An angels smile is what you sell
  You promise me heaven, then put me through hell
  Chains of love got a hold on me
  When passions a prison, you cant break free

  Youre a loaded gun
  Theres nowhere to run
  No one can save me
  The damage is done

  Chorus:
  Shot through the heart
  And youre 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 boys dream, you act so shy
  Your very first kiss was your first kiss goodbye

  Youre a loaded gun
  Theres nowhere to run
  No one can save me
  The damage is done

  Chorus

• 8. 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 blonde gave me nightmares
  I think that 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 down in a bed of roses
  For tonight I sleep on a bed of nails
  I want to be just as close as the Holy Ghost is
  And lay you down on a 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 in a bed of roses
  For tonight I sleep on a bed of nails
  I want to be just as close as the Holy Ghost is
  And lay you down on a 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

  Now as you close your eyes
  Know I'll be thinking about you
  While my mistress she calls me
  To stand in her spotlight again
  Tonight 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 in a bed of roses
  For tonight I sleep on a bed of nails
  I want to be just as close as the Holy Ghost is
  And lay you down on a bed of roses

• 9. 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

• 10. Prayer '94

  Once upon a time
  Not so long ago

  Tommy used to work on the docks
  Union's went on strike
  He's down on his luck...it's tough (Richie)it's tough, so tough
  Gina works the diner all day - (Richie) Yes She Does
  Working for her man, she brings home her pay
  For love (richie) for his 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

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

  Tommy's got his six string in hock
  Now he's holding in what he used
  To make it talk - so tough, so tough
  Gina dreams of running away (Richie)Yes she does
  When she cries in the night
  Tommy whispers baby it's okay (Richie)it's ok, 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

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

  ~Guitar Solo~

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

  You gotta say whooah we're half way there
  Whooah Livin on a prayer
  Take my hand we'll make it i swear
  Ooohhh Livin on a prayer
  Ooohhh, We're half way they
  whooah Livin on a prayer
  take my hand we'll make it i swear
  Oohh livin on a prayer
  Oohh livin on a prayer
  Whooah livin on a prayer yeah

  Tommy used to work on the docks
  The union went on strike
  He's down on his luck, it's tough
  Hey Tommy, it's tough...

• 11. Bad Medicine

  I ain't got a fever got a permanent disease
  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 madicine
  Bad medicine is what I need
  Shake it up, just like bad madicine
  There ain't no doctor that can
  Cure my disease

  Bad, bad medicine
  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 jone 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 I'm addicted and your kiss is the drug

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

  Bad, bad medicine
  Bad, bad medicine

  [Solo]

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

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

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

  Bad, bad medicine
  Bad, bad medicine

• 12. 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're 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

  [Solo]

  And I wasn't there when you were happy
  I wasn't there when you were down
  I didn't mean 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

• 13. In And Out Of Love

  Young and wired
  Set to explode in the heat
  You wont tire
  Cause baby was born with the beat
  Take you higher than youve ever known
  Then drive you down to your knees
  Ill pick you up when youve had enough
  You been burned baby lessons learned

  Chorus:
  In and out of love
  Hear what Im sayin
  In and out of love
  Its the way that were playing
  In and out of love
  Too much is never enough
  Shes gonna get ya

  Running wild
  When me and my boys hit the streets
  Right on time
  Shes here to make my night complete
  Then Im long gone I got another show
  One more town, one mile to go
  One endless night of fantasy
  Is all she left of her with me

  Chorus

• 14. Runaway

  On the street where you live girls talk about their social lives
  Theyre made of lipstick, plastic and paint, a touch of sable in their eyes
  All your life all youve asked whens your daddy gonna talk to you
  You were living in another world tryin to get your message through.

  No one heard a single word you said.
  They should have seen it in your eyes
  What was going around your heart.

  Chorus:
  Ooh, shes a little runaway.
  Daddys girl learned fast
  All those things he couldnt say.
  Ooh, shes 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 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 nights on the neon broadway signs
  She dont really mind, its only love she hoped to find

  Repeat chorus

  No one heard a single word she said
  They should have seen it in your eyes
  What was going around your heart

  Ooh, shes a little runaway
  Daddys girl learned fast
  All those things he 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 he couldnt say

  Ooh, shes a little runaway
  Daddys girl learned fast
  Now she was the night away