Bon Jovi

Lyrics

• 1. 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!
  

• 2. Say It Isn't So

  I just can't believe
  It was all a lie
  No man in the moon
  Just a big light in the sky
  I hear Disneyland
  Might lose Mickey Mouse
  In some giant hostile corporate shake-up
  Tell me it's a nightmare
  Please wake me up
  (Say it isn't so)
  I found a book of matches
  From someplace we've never been
  How come you hang the phone up
  The minute I walk in
  Last night I had this dream
  That I was losing you
  I woke up in a cold sweat shaking
  Rescue me my heart is breaking

  Say it isn't so (tell me it's not true)
  Say it isn't so (I believe in you)
  Tell me it's a lie (I don't need no proof)
  Say everything's all right (couldn't be, not you)
  Say it isn't so

  Superman don't fly
  They did it all with strings
  Elvis Presley died
  They deep fried the king
  Like some tacky cheesy bathing beauty
  Dancing on the beach in a bad b-movie

  Say it isn't so (tell me it's not true)
  Say it isn't so (I believe in you)
  Tell me it's a lie (I don't need no proof)
  Say everything's all right (couldn't be, not you)

  Say it isn't so (don't give up on me)
  Say it isn't so (don't give up on you)
  Get me through the night (we'll make it through)
  Make everything all right (couldn't be, not you)
  Say it isn't so...

  Say it isn't so (tell me it's not true)
  Say it isn't so (I believe in you)
  Tell me it's a lie (I don't need no proof)
  Say everything's all right (couldn't be, not you)

  Say it isn't so (don't give up on me)
  Say it isn't so (don't give up on you)
  Get me through the night (we'll make it through)
  Make everything all right (couldn't be, not you)
  Say it isn't so

• 3. 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 tonight

  [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 tonight

  [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

• 4. Two Story Town

  I couldn't sleep
  Took a walk down Second Avenue

  Sick of dreaming dreams that never come true
  One way street and I know where its leading to
  There's a "For Sale" sign on the front door of the city hall
  The subway line got graffiti crawling off the wall
  I could take a hit but I don't want to take the fall

  That's just one side of the story
  In this two story town

  [Chorus:]
  It's just the same old sights
  And the same old sounds
  I want to take my car and drive out of this two story town
  It's the same old shit going around
  I'm going down, down ,down, down, down
  In a two story town

  There's a girl that I sleep with
  She's got ecstasy eyes
  He promised her roses and American pie
  I called her and my demons
  And I kissed them both goodbye

  Seven days of Monday morning
  In a two story town

  [Chorus:]
  It's just the same old sights
  And the same old sounds
  I want to take my car and drive out of this two story town
  It's the same old shit going around
  I'm going down, down, down, down, down
  In a two story town

  One shot to make a move now
  The ghosts are calling me out

  [Guitar solo ]

  And me I'm just one story
  In a two story town
  But you're never going to find me in the lost and found

  [Chorus:]
  It's just the same old sights
  And the same old sounds
  I want to take my car and drive out of this two story town
  It's the same old shit going around
  I'm going down, down, down, down, down
  In a two story town

  [Chorus 2:]
  It's just the same old sights and the same old sounds
  I want to take my horse and drive out of this merry-go-round.
  I won't give in and I won't back down
  I'm going down, down, down, down down
  Never going down, down, down, down, down
  I ain't going down, down, down, down, down
  In a two-story town
  In this two story town

• 5. Next 100 Years

  Time ain't nothing but time
  It's a verse with no rhyme
  Man, it all comes down to you

  Change ain't nothing but change
  Just the faces and the names
  But you know we're gonna make it through

  I'll believe
  When you don't believe in anything

  [Chorus:]
  I'm gonna hold you 'til your hurt is gone
  Be the shoulder that you're leaning on
  I'll be standing here
  For the next 100 years
  If it all should end tonight
  I'll know it was worth the fight
  And we'll be standing here
  For the next 100 years

  I, when I think that I'm losing my mind
  It all comes back to you

  And you, you know that it's true
  After all we've been through
  There's nothing that I wouldn't do

  Stand by me
  And I would gladly give up everything

  [Chorus:]
  I'm gonna hold you 'til your hurt is gone
  Be the shoulder that you're leaning on
  I'll be standing here
  For the next 100 years
  If it all should end tonight
  I'll know it was worth the fight
  And we'll be standing here
  For the next 100 years

  I'm gonna hold you 'til your hurt is gone
  Be the shoulder that you're leaning on
  I'll be standing here
  For the next 100 years
  If it all should end tonight
  I'll know it was worth the fight
  And we'll be standing here
  For the next 100 years

• 6. Just Older

  Hey, man, it's been a while
  Do you remember me?
  When I hit the streets I was 17
  A little wild, a little green
  I've been up and down and in between
  After all these years and miles of memories
  I'm still chasing dreams
  But I ain't looking over my shoulder

  [Chorus:]
  I like the bed I'm sleeping in
  It's just like me, it's broken in
  It's not old - just older
  Like a favorite pair of torn blue jeans
  This skin I'm in it's alright with me
  It's not old - just older

  It's good to see your face
  You ain't no worse for wear
  Breathing that California air
  When we took on the world
  When we were young and brave
  We got secrets that we'll take to the grave
  And we're standing here shoulder to shoulder

  [Chorus:]
  I like the bed I'm sleeping in
  It's just like me, it's broken in
  It's not old - just older
  Like a favorite pair of torn blue jeans
  This skin I'm in it's alright with me
  It's not old - just older

  I'm not old enough to sing the blues
  But I wore the holes in the soles of these shoes
  You can roll the dice 'til they call your bluff
  But you can't win until you're not afraid to lose

  [Solo]

  Well, I look in the mirror
  I don't hate what I see
  There's a few more lines staring back at me
  Now the nights has grown a little colder
  Hey man, I gotta run
  Now you take care
  If you see coach T. Tell him I've cut my hair
  I've kept my faith
  I still belive I'm just...
  Ha

  [Chorus:]
  I like the bed I'm sleeping in
  It's just like me, it's broken in
  It's not old - just older
  Like a favorite pair of torn blue jeans
  This skin I'm in it's alright with me
  It's not old - just older

• 7. Mystery Train

  There are days when she's a whisper
  Nights when she's a scream
  A reason to wake up in the morning
  To close your eyes and dream
  She'll curse you like a sailor
  She'll wound you with her eyes
  She always makes it better
  But she won't apologize
  I know everything about her but don't know her at all

  [Chorus: ]
  She's a ride on a mystery train
  To a place you've never been before
  Better hold on tight to that mystery train
  You're not in Kansas anymore
  She's a ride
  Mystery train

  She cries because she's happy
  She sings songs when she's mad
  Like a stiff drink when you need it
  She's good at being bad
  And long before you knew her you knew she was the one

  [Chorus: ]
  She's a ride on a mystery train
  To a place you've never been before
  Better hold on tight to that mystery train
  You're not in Kansas anymore
  She's a ride
  Mystery train

  [Solo ]

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

  [Chorus:]
  She's a ride on a mystery train
  To a place I've never been before
  Better hold on tight to that mystery train
  I'm not in Kansas anymore
  She's a ride
  On a mystery train
  She's a ride
  On a mystery train

• 8. Save The World

  I never went to college
  I don't have a degree
  Let's say I went to night school
  I learned all I know on the streets
  I wasn't born a rich man
  I ain't got no pedigree
  The sweat on this old collar
  That's my Ph.D.

  It comes down to this
  I wouldn't exist
  Without you it ain't worth the grind
  I'd fight for one kiss
  On a night like this
  You make me feel I could fly, like

  [Chorus:]
  I could save the world
  Since the night your love saved me
  Maybe I can't save the world
  But as long as you believe
  Maybe I could save the world

  I got to confess
  Sometimes I'm a mess
  And sometimes I step out of line
  Like this old tattoo
  I ain't shiny or new
  With you by my side nothing matters

  [Chorus:]
  I can save the world
  Since the night your love saved me
  Maybe I can't save the world
  But as long as you believe
  Maybe I can save the world

  [Guitar solo ]

  They can say it's blind love
  But it's a fool who don't believe
  That I'd fly all the way to the moon
  Just to walk you down your street

  [Chorus:]
  I can save the world
  Since the night your love saved me
  Maybe I can't save the world
  But as long as you believe
  Our love is even stronger
  Than god hoped it could be
  Baby, all it takes is
  Just a little faith in me
  To feel like
  I can save the world
  I can save the world

• 9. Captain Crash & The Beauty Queen From Mars

  Dressed up for a big date
  Like Halloween day but it was Fourth of July now
  A car crash with a suitcase and a painted face
  She was one of a kind
  She wears a plastic crown like Cinderella
  And roller skates in bed

  Crash rides the greyhound from his hometown
  When he comes around 'cause they don't let him drive now
  Mixed up as a milkshake
  But make no mistake
  They're shooting for the stars

  [Chorus:]
  You and me
  We're invincible together
  We can be so tragical, whatever
  Dressed up just like ziggy but he couldn't play guitar
  Captain Crash and the beauty queen from mars

  Share a toothpick, trading lipstick
  Watching traffic for days at the diner
  Holding hands, making big plans
  Playing Superman, he was wearing eyeliner
  Another local legend and his longtime lucky charm

  [Chorus:]
  You and me
  We're invincible together
  We can be so tragical, whatever
  Dressed up just like ziggy but he couldn't play guitar
  Captain Crash and the beauty queen from mars

  They're drunk on love as you can get
  Getting high on lust and cigarettes
  Living life with no regrets
  At least they're gonna try to fly

  [Chorus:]
  You and me
  We're invincible together
  We can be so tragical, whatever
  We're Sid and Nancy
  Fred and Ginger
  Clyde and Bonnie
  Liz and Richard
  Kurt and Courtney
  Bacall and Bogie
  Joltin' Joe and Ms. Monroe
  Here's captain crash and the beauty queen from mars

• 10. She's A Mystery

  She won't let me buy her jewelry
  She don't want things that she can keep
  She wears wildflowers in her hair
  Then throws them in the sea
  She's the beginning and the end of me

  [Chorus:]
  She's a mystery
  My most beautiful regret
  I will never understand her
  She's a mystery
  The only promise I can keep
  Even in my dreams she ruins me

  I still don't know what to call her
  She says that words don't mean a thing
  She changes her name every day
  And lies all the time
  I feel lucky to call her mine

  [Chorus:]
  She's a mystery
  My most beautiful regret
  I will never understand her
  She's a mystery
  The only promise I can keep
  Even in my dreams she ruins me

  She's anything in the world
  That you cannot explain
  But when she throws me a smile
  It's fire in the rain

  [Chorus:]
  She's a mystery
  My most beautiful regret
  'Cause she's a mystery
  The only promise I can keep
  Even in my dreams she ruins me

  She's a mystery
  There's no defense
  It's innocence
  But she won't let you see
  'Cause she's a mystery

• 11. I Got The Girl

  It feels like I'm walkin' on air
  When we walk down our street
  When the neighbors stop to watch us walk by
  You can hear 'em talking (let them talk)
  Sometimes I think that you're the only reason
  The sun still shines (when it shines)
  And when this wicked world starts bringing me down
  I tell myself that I'm one lucky guy

  [Chorus:]
  I got the girl (with all the cards)
  I got the girl (she's a work of art)
  I got the girl (who's gonna break my heart)

  She says that someday she's gonna marry me
  When that day comes that we walk down the aisle
  She'll make me feel like a prince, a lord or a king
  She likes to wear her stripe with her plaids
  And she won't brush her hair (I swear)
  She don't like wearing shoes in December
  But I don't care (I don't care)

  [Chorus:]
  I got the girl (with all the cards)
  I got the girl (she's a work of art)
  I got the girl (who's gonna break my heart)

  If I was a holy man I'd get down on my knees
  So the angels that watch over her would give a break to me
  Holy Mother of saint bubble gum and sister band-aid knees
  Won't you please pray for the ones like me

  [Solo]

  But the truth is someday
  Somebody is gonna take her (you see)
  But the queen of hearts will always be
  A five-year-old princess to me (to me)

  [Chorus:]
  I got the girl (with all the cards)
  I got the girl (she's a work of art)
  I got the girl (who's gonna break my heart)

  [chorus 2:]
  I got the girl (she's gonna leave her mark)
  I got the girl (she's a work of art)
  I got the girl (she's gonna break your heart)

  I got the girl

• 12. 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.