Bon Jovi

Lyrics

• 1. Let It Rock

  The weekend comes to this town
  Seven days too soon
  For the ones who have to make up
  What we break up of their rules

  Well I saw Captain Kidd on Sunset
  Tell his boys they're in command
  While Chino danced a tango
  With a broomstick in his hand
  He said: It's alright (alright) if you have a good time
  It's alright (alright) if you want to cross that line
  To break on through to the other side

  [Chorus:]
  Let it rock, let it go
  You can't stop a fire burning out of control
  Let it rock, let it go
  With the night you're on the loose
  You got to let it rock

  We go down to the Broadway
  Where everybody goes
  To get on their rockin' horse
  And blast that radio
  Well I saw Roxie on the table
  Her girlfriend down below
  They'll give it to the king of swing
  Before it's time to go

  They said: It's alright (alright) if you have a good time
  It's alright (alright) if you want to cross that line
  To break on through to the other side

  [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

  Chorus

• 3. 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

• 4. Social Disease

  You can read it in the papers
  In some places it comes in thirty-two flavors
  But you wouldn't tell no one
  Your favorite if you could

  From the White House to the alleys
  From the President down to Long Tall Sally
  Can't live with it but
  You'll die without it - yes you would

  Senorita's in the kitchen
  She's a fistful of dynamite
  You call 911 but you
  Can't stop the fun tonite, it's alright

  [Chorus:]
  You can't start a fire without a spark
  But there's something that I guarantee
  You can't hide when infection starts
  Because love is a social disease

  Where you look you can find it
  Try to run but you're always behind it
  So you play hide and seek like a blind kid
  Till you're caught - yeah you're caught

  So you'll say that you had some
  But they took it and held it for ransom
  Were they tall, dark, skinny or
  Handsome - you won't talk

  So you telephone your doctor
  Just to see what pill to take
  You know there's no prescription
  Gonna wipe this one away

  [Chorus]

  So full of high grade octane
  She could run the bullet train on 38 double d's
  Now you know for sure, you know the cure
  To make a blind man see

• 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. Raise Your Hands

  You - you got a nasty reputation
  We're in a sticky situation - it's down to me and you
  So tell me - is it true ... they say there ain't nobody better
  Well now that we're together
  Show me what you can do

  You're under the gun
  Out on the run
  Gonna set the night on fire
  You're out on the run
  Under the gun
  And playin' to win

  [Chorus:]
  Raise your hands
  When you want to let it go
  Raise your hands
  And you want to let a feeling show
  Raise your hands
  From New York to Chicago
  Raise your hands
  From New Jersey to Tokyo
  Raise your hands

  I - I've been out on the front line
  Where you'll go down if you waste time
  They'll walk all over you
  But I - I ain't here looking for surrender
  I'll raise the flag if you'll defend her
  It's up to you

  You're under the gun
  Out on the run
  Gonna set the night on fire
  You're out on the run
  Under the gun
  And playin' to win

  [Chorus]

• 7. Without Love

  She wasn't young, but still a child
  There still was innocence
  In painted smiles
  She called to me as I passed her by
  Lady of the night looked in my eyes
  She said: I been through some changes
  But one thing always stays the same

  [Chorus:]
  Without love, there's nothing without love
  Nothing else can get through the night
  Nothing else feels right without love

  I saw a man down on lonely street
  A broken man who looked like me
  And no one knows the pain that he's been living
  He lost his love and still hasn't forgiven
  He said: I've been through some changes
  But one thing always stays the same

  [Chorus]

  There's nothing without love
  Nothing else but love can burn as bright
  And nothing would mean nothing without love

  I see my life
  There's some things I took for granted
  Love's passed me by
  So many second chances
  I was afraid
  But I won't be afraid no more

  [Chorus]

  There's nothing without love
  Nothing else but love can burn as bright
  And nothing would mean nothing without love

• 8. I'd Die For You

  If you could see inside my heart
  Then you would understand
  I'd never mean to hurt you
  Baby I'm not that kind of man

  I might not say I'm sorry
  Yeah, I might talk tough sometimes
  And I might forget the little things
  Or keep you hanging on the line

  In a world that don't know Romeo and Juliet
  Boy meets girl and promises we can't forget
  We are cast from Eden's gate with no regrets
  Into the fire we cry

  [Chorus:]
  I'd die for you
  I'd cry for you
  I'd do anything
  I'd lie for you
  You know it's true
  Baby I'd die for you
  I'd die for you
  I'd cry for you
  If it came right down to me and you
  You know it's true, Baby I'd die for you

  I might not be a savior
  And I'll never be a king
  I might not send you roses
  Or buy you diamond rings

  But if I could see inside you
  Maybe I'd know just who we are
  'Cause our love is like a hunger
  Without it we would starve

  In a world that don't know Romeo and Juliet
  Boy meets girl and promises we can't forget
  We are cast from Eden's gate with no regrets
  Into the fire we cry

  [Chorus]

• 9. Never Say Goodbye

  As I sit in this smokey room
  The night about to end
  I pass my time with strangers
  But this bottle's my only friend

  Remember when we used to park
  On Butler Street out in the dark
  Remember when we lost the keys
  And you lost more than that in my backseat

  Remember how we used to talk
  About busting out - we'd break their hearts
  Together - forever

  Never say goodbye, never say goodbye
  You and me and my old friends
  Hoping it would never end
  Never say goodbye, never say goodbye
  Holdin' on - we got to try
  Holdin' on to never say goodbye

  Remember days of skipping school
  Racing cars and being cool
  With a six pack and the radio
  We didn't need no place to go

  Remember at the prom that night
  You and me we had a fight
  But the band they played our favorite song
  And I held you in my arms so strong

  We danced so close
  We danced so slow
  And I swore I'd never let you go
  Together - forever

  Never say goodbye, never say goodbye
  You and me and my old friends
  Hoping it would never end
  Never say goodbye, never say goodbye
  Holdin' on - we got to try
  Holdin' on to never say goodbye

  I guess you'd say we used to talk
  About busting out
  We'd break their hearts
  Together - forever

• 10. Wild In The Streets

  Joey comes from a sacred part of town
  Where sometimes you talk so tough
  That your feet don't touch the ground
  And the sidewalk soldiers sing the midnite blues
  While the old men recite their story lines
  About when I was young like you
  They say: Oh yeah
  We were cruising to the backbeat
  Oh yeah, Making love in the backseats
  We were wild, wild in the streets

  A member of the boy's brigade
  Had a date with the girl next door
  You know it made her daddy crazy
  But it only made her want him more
  They weren't looking for trouble
  You know that boy didn't want a fight - not tonight
  So she headed out thru her bathroom window
  What her daddy didn't know was gonna be alright
  They said: Oh yeah
  We were cruising to the backbeat
  Oh yeah, Making love in the backseats
  We were wild, wild in the streets
  Wild, wild in the streets
  Wild, wild in the streets
  Wild, wild in the streets

  Sometimes this town ain't pretty
  But you know it ain't so bad
  Just like a girl who looks so happy
  Whe inside she's so so sad
  In here we got this code of honor
  Nobody's going down
  You don't walk in vain
  Trough the kid's parade
  'Cause this is my hometown