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

  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. 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

• 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

• 10. 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

• 11. Who Says You Can't Go Home (duet featuring Jennifer Nettles)

  I spent 20 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 thatand I ain't lookin' back on the seeds I've sown,
  Saving dimes, spending too much time on the telephone
  Who says you can't go home

  [Chorus]
  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, 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, its 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

  [Chorus]

  I been there, done thatand I ain't looking that
  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 aways or just a mile up the road
  Take it in, take it with you when you go,
  who says you can't go home

  [Chorus]

  It's alright, it's alright, it's alright, it's alright, its alright
  Who says you can't go home [x2]

• 12. 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

• 13. 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

• 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

• 15. What Do You Got? *New Song

  Everybody wants something, just a little more
  We're making a living, and what we're livin for
  A rich man or a poor man, a pawn or a king
  You can live on the street, you can rule the whole world
  But you don't mean one damn thing

  Chorus:
  What do you got, if you ain't got love
  Whatever you got, it just ain't enough
  You're walkin' the road, but you're goin' nowhere
  You're tryin' 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 the fight
  You have all the things, that you've been dreamin' 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 can get us off our knees

  Chorus

  If you ain't got love, it's 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 someone somewhere have to doubt it
  Someday you'll figure it out

  Chorus x 2

  If you ain't got love, it's all just keeping score
  If you ain't got love, what the hell we doin' it for
  Woahh, 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

• 16. No Apologies *New Song

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