Bon Jovi

Lyrics

• 1. Livin' On A Prayer

  Once upon a time
  Not so long ago

  Tommy used to work on the docks
  Unions been on strike
  Hes down on his luck...its tough, so tough
  Gina works the diner all day
  Working for her man, she brings home her pay
  For love - for love

  She says weve got to hold on to what weve got
  cause it doesnt make a difference
  If we make it or not
  Weve got each other and thats a lot
  For love - well give it a shot

  Chorus:
  Whooah, were half way there
  Livin on a prayer
  Take my hand and well make it - I swear
  Livin on a prayer

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

  Weve got to hold on to what weve got
  cause it doesnt make a difference
  If we make it or not
  Weve got each other and thats a lot
  For love - well give it a shot

  Chorus

  Weve got to hold on ready or not
  You live for the fight when its all that youve got

  Chorus

• 2. 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

• 3. 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!

• 4. 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 the lie, it's just the price that he paid.
  Sacrificed his life, just slavin' away.

  Ohhh, if there's one thing I hang onto,
  That gets me through the night.
  I ain't gonna do what I don't want to,
  I'm gonna live my life.
  Shining like a diamond, rolling with the dice,
  Standing on the ledge, I 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; nothing's what it seems
  We're living in the broken home of hopes and dreams,
  Let me be the first to shake a helping hand.
  Anybody brave enough to take a stand,
  I've 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 ain't gonna do what I don't want to,
  I'm gonna live my life.
  Shining like a diamond, rolling with the dice,
  Standing on the ledge, I 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 ain't gonna do what I don't want to,
  I'm gonna live my life.
  Shining like a diamond, rolling with the dice,
  Standing on the ledge, I 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.

  When The world keeps trying, to drag me down,
  I've gotta raise my hands, gonna stand my ground.
  Well I say, Have A Nice Day.
  Have A Nice Day
  Have A Nice Day

• 5. Wanted Dead Or Alive

  t'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. Bad Medicine

  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

• 7. We Weren't Born To Follow

  This one goes out to man who mines for miracles
  This one goes out to the ones in need
  This one goes out to 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 they call your name

  Yeah, yeah, yeah

  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 saints and sinners bleed
  We weren't born to follow
  You gotta stand up for what you believe
  Let me here you say yeah, yeah, yeah, oh yeah

  This one's about anyone who does it differently
  This one's about the one who curses and spits
  This ain't about our livin in a fantasy
  This ain't about givin up or giving in

  Yeah, Yeah, Yeah

  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 saints and sinners bleed
  We weren't born to follow
  You gotta stand up for what you believe
  Let me hear you say yeah, yeah, yeah, oh Yeah
  Let me hear you say yeah, yeah, yeah, oh yeah

  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 saints and sinners bleed
  We weren't born to follow
  You gotta stand up for what you believe
  Let me here you say yeah, yeah, yeah, oh yeah
  Let me here you say yeah, yeah, yeah, oh yeah
  We weren't born to follow, oh yeah
  We weren't born to follow, oh yeah

• 8. 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

• 9. 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 love, 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 OK
  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 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

  [Solo]

  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

  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 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

  You were born to be my baby
  And baby, I was made to be your man