Bon Jovi

Lyrics

• 1. 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

• 2. When We Were Beautiful

  The world is cracked
  The sky is torn
  I'm hanging in
  You're holding on

  I can't pretend
  That nothings changed
  Living in the shadows
  Of the love we made

  Back... When we were beautiful
  Before the world got small
  Before we knew it all
  Back... When we were innocent
  I wonder where it went
  Let's go back and find it

  Sha la la Sha la la hey Sha la la
  Sha la la Sha la la hey Sha la la

  Some dreams live
  Some will die
  But the you and me
  Is still alive

  Now am I blessed?
  Or am I cursed?
  Cause the way we are
  Aint the way we were
  
  Back... When we were beautiful
  Before the world got small
  Before we knew it all
  Back... When we were innocent
  I wonder where it went
  Let's go back and find it

  The world is cracked
  The sky is torn
  So much less
  Meant so much more

  Back... When we were beautiful
  Before the world got small
  Before we knew it all
  Back... When we were innocent
  I wonder where it went
  Let's go back and find it

  Back... When we were beautiful
  Back... When we were beautiful
  Back... When we were beautiful
  Back... When we were beautiful

  Sha la la Sha la la hey Sha la la
  Sha la la Sha la la hey Sha la la

• 3. Work For The Working Man

  I'm here trying to make a living
  I ain't living just to die
  Never getting back what I'm giving
  Wont someone help me, someone justify
  Why these strong hands are on the unemployment line
  And theres nothing left, whats on my mind
  Whoooaa oooh

  Whos gonna work for the working man (work)
  Work for the working man (work)
  Get the hands in the dirt, whos gonna work of the curse (work)
  Brother Ive been damned (work), if I dont raise a hand (work)
  Work for the work, work, work for the working man (work)
  Working man

  Empty pockets full of worries
  I had to get two jobs and it was hard enough just getting by
  But with the grace of God I'm getting us through
  But only know that I know how to do
  That I'm the only one whos gotta look my family in the eye
  Day after day, night after night
  Whoaaaaa oooh

  Whos gonna work for the working man (work)
  Work for the working man (work)
  Get the hands in the dirt, whos gonna work of the curse (work)
  Brother I've been damned (work), if I dont raise a hand (work)
  Work for the work, work, work for the working man (work)
  Working man, Working man, Working man

  I lost my pension
  They took my ID
  These were my friends, these were my dreams
  These were my hopes, these are my dreams
  Can you hear me?

  Whos gonna work for the working man (work)
  Work for the working man (work)
  Get the hands in the dirt, whos gonna work of the curse (work)
  Brother I've been damned (work), if I dont raise a hand (work)
  Work for the work, work, work for the working man (work)
  Working man, working man, working man

  These were my friends, these were my dreams
  These were my hopes, these are my streets

• 4. Superman Tonight

  There's something about you
  I want to rescue
  I don't even know you
  So what does that mean

  Maybe I'm cynical
  I'm painfully logical
  You're tragic and beautiful
  And that's good enough for me

  You're looking for a
  Hero, but it's just my
  Old tattoo
  Tonight I swear I'd sell my
  Soul to be a hero for you

  Who's going to save you
  When the stars fall from your sky
  And who's going to pull you in
  When the tide gets too high
  Who's going to hold you
  When you turn out the lights
  I won't lie I wish that I
  Could be your superman tonight

  If somebody sent you
  An angel to save you
  What would you tell him to turn him away

  That your heart don't break
  That your lips don't kiss
  That life is just a lie
  That heaven don't exist?

  Who's going to save you
  When the stars fall from your sky
  And who's going to pull you in
  hen the tide gets too high
  Who's going to hold you
  When you turn out the lights
  I won't lie I wish that I
  Could be your superman tonight

  Who's going to fix you
  The next time you break down
  Stranded alone by the side of the road
  It's your baggage that's
  Dragging you down
  Don't look back
  Let it go

  Ohhh, Ohhhhh

  Who's going to save you
  When the stars fall from your sky
  And who's going to pull you in
  When the tide gets too high
  Who's going to hold you
  When you turn out the lights
  I won't lie I wish that I
  Was that superman

  Who's going to save you
  When the stars fall from your sky
  And who's going to pull you in
  When the tide gets too high
  Who's going to hold you
  When you turn out the lights
  I won't lie I wish that I
  Could be your superman tonight

  Woooah, woooah, woooah ohhh
  woooah, woooah, woooah ohhh
  woooah, woooah, woooah ohhh
  woooah, woooah, woooah ohhh

• 5. Bullet

  Yeah, Yeah
  Yeah, Yeah
  Yeah, Yeah
  Yeah, Yeah

  Dateline early sunday morning
  Shots ring out without a warning
  No one seems to even blink in this town
  Two dead and a baby missing
  Sirens screaming in the distance
  A mother pleading bring my baby home now

  For the pink slip of an suv
  A night cut down with tragedy
  His defense another generation breakdown

  Yeah, Yeah

  What is the distance between a bullet and a gun
  God are you listening
  Or have you just given up

  Yeah, Yeah
  Yeah, Yeah

  Corporate countries go to war
  Behind the lies they're fighting for
  And black gold from an old king's soul won his round
  How can someone take a life
  In the name of god and say it's right
  How does money lead to greed
  When there's still hungry mouths to feed

  Yeah, Yeah

  What is the distance between a bullet and a gun
  God are you listening
  Or have you just given up

  We need forgiveness
  We all need a lot of love....

  We need some hope
  We need it now
  A little faith man help me out
  I'll learn to pray
  But it's too late now

  Yeah, Yeah

  What is the distance between a bullet and a gun
  God are you listening
  Or have you just given up

  What is the distance between a bullet and a gun
  We need forgiveness
  We all need a lot of love...
  A lot of love...

• 6. Thorn In My Side

  Thorn in my side
  You're always there
  Just to remind me
  That I still care
  Thorn in my side
  You won't let me go
  Right there beside me
  To let me know

  I've been pushed around
  Been knocked down
  Lost a round or three
  Life took a couple of things I loved
  When I was too blind to see

  But I'll survive
  I gave up on luck but I'm still getting by
  Yeah I'm going to be alright
  You can test my faith
  But you can't take my pride
  Thorn in my side

  Thorn in my side
  You just won't quit
  Once in a while when I crack a smile
  You rub my face in it
  Thorn in my side
  You won't let me run
  God bless the fights
  That I've lost and won

  But I'll survive
  I gave up on luck but I'm still getting by
  Yeah I'm going to be alright
  You can test my faith
  But you can't take my pride
  Thorn in my side

  I've been pushed around
  Been knocked down
  Lost a round or three
  Life took a couple of things I loved
  When I was too blind to see

  But I'll survive
  I gave up on luck but I'm still getting by
  Yeah I'm going to be alright
  You can test my faith
  But you can't take my pride
  Thorn in my side

• 7. Live Before You Die

  I was a little boy of 9 years old
  The whole world in his hands
  Trying to toss that ball across the yard
  A game of catch with my old man
  He would always say I'm sorry
  Every time he had to leave
  And I was much too young to understand
  When he would say to me

  When you're young, you always think
  The sun is going to shine
  There will come a day when you have to say hello to Goodbye
  Sit on down son take my hand
  Look me in the eye
  Take these words, promise me
  You'll live before you die

  I was barely seventeen, summer of seventy-nine
  Already I was feeling like I was running out of time
  I had this girl, we fell in love
  or Should I say that she had me
  Then one fateful night changed our lives
  And made a memory

  When you're young, you always think
  The sun is going to shine
  There will come a day when you have to say hello to Goodbye
  She laid me down, she took my hand
  Looked me in the eye
  And just before she kissed me she said
  You got to live before you die
  Live before you die

  You learn to love, to live
  You fight and you forgive
  You learn what's wrong and right
  You Live before you die

  I made mistakes, I caught some breaks
  But I got no regrets
  There's some things I don't remember
  But one thing I don't forget

  When you're young, you always think
  The sun is going to shine
  One day you're going to have to say hello to Goodbye
  Shout it out, let someone somewhere know you're alive
  Take these words wear them well
  Live before you die

  Live before you die
  Hey
  Live before you die

  You learn to love, to live
  You fight and you forgive
  You face the darkest night
  Just live before you die

• 8. Brokenpromiseland

  Angels falling from the sky
  Imagine that, imagine that
  Nobody getting out of here alive
  No turning back, no turning back

  Who's gonna bail out all our shattered dreams
  And scrape some truth off of these city streets
  No time for praying, get up off your knees

  There's hope I know
  Out on that lonely road
  Cause home is where you are and where I am
  Breathe in, breathe out
  There's only now
  And all I got, I'm holding in my hands
  We're breaking out of
  Brokenpromiseland

  Let's close our eyes and just disappear
  Slip through the cracks, no looking back
  We'll get a million miles away from here
  And let the past just fade to black

  So what you learn to live with your regrets
  No need to fear what hasn't happened yet
  Life will get you but you can't forget

  There's hope, I know
  Out on that lonely road
  Cause home is where you are and where I am
  Breathe in, breathe out
  There's only now
  And all I got, I'm holding in my hands
  We're breaking out of
  Brokenpromiseland

  So rise, my falling angel
  Come on now, Come on now
  Shine Don't let them break you
  Come on now
  Come on now
  Come on now
  Come on now

  There hope, I know
  Out on that lonely road
  Cause home is where you are and where I am
  Breathe in, breathe out
  There's only now
  And all I got, I'm holding in my hands
  We're breaking out of
  Brokenpromiseland

  Breaking out of
  Brokenpromiseland

  Breaking out of
  Brokenpromiseland

• 9. Love's The Only Rulee

  I don't give a damn how it's supposed to be
  That might work for you, it don't work for me
  You write your truth and I'll write mine
  One man's ceiling's another man's sky high

  Flying like an aeroplane
  Crying like the lonely whistle of a long black train
  Dance in the pouring rain
  Spit in the eye of a hurricane
  Who said life's got to be so cruel
  Love's the only rule

  It's written in the stars where I fit in
  It's going to hurt sometimes, you got to lose to win
  You got your sins and I got mine
  Sell your secrets, kiss them all goodbye

  Flying like an aeroplane
  Alive like a lonely note from John Coltrane
  Run like it's a getaway
  Say those things that you shouldn't say
  Think about it, wouldn't it be cool?
  Love's the only rule

  Might be a wrecking ball
  Or just a wake up call
  Don't matter where the pieces fall

  Woohoo

  I'm gonna fly like an aeroplane
  Cry like the whistle of a long black train
  Dance in the pouring train
  I'm alive like a lonely note from John Coltrane
  Run like its a getaway
  Say those things that you shouldn't say

  Where love, Love's the only rule
  Yes love, Love's the only rule

• 10. Fast Cars

  How can I defend
  "Let's live for now and not then"
  We're chasing taillights,
  Let them fade into the distance
  Let's say the engine stalled and start again

  Turn around, let's turn around
  It's a dark road we been heading down
  Trust me tonight I swear I know where we are
  We're gonna run all the lights
  We're gonna blow right through the radar

  Fast cars
  We are fast cars

  How can I pretend The signs don't say dead end
  So many hearts just wind up in a junkyard
  Where memories are nothing but spare parts

  Turn around, just turn around
  And leave the past behind us now
  Come on, we ain't gonna crash
  This time we ain't slowing down
  We'll pull ahead of the pack
  Slip thru the cracks cause we are

  Fast cars
  On a long ride Take your foot off the brake
  Let's just put it in drive
  We are fast cars On the inside
  There's no turning back
  On the highway of life
  Fast cars
  We are fast cars

  (Sha la, sha la)
  Flying through the stop signs
  (Sha la, sha la)
  Running over bad times
  (Sha la, sha la)
  Gunning down the daylight
  Counting days like white lines
  Holding on for our lives

  We are fast cars

  We are fast cars
  On a long ride
  Take your foot off the brake
  Let's just put it in drive
  We are fast cars
  On the inside
  There's no turning back
  On this highway tonight

  (Sha la, sha la)
  (Sha la, sha la)
  We are fast cars
  (Sha la, sha la)
  We are fast cars
  We are fast cars

• 11. Happy Now

  What would you say to me
  If I told you I had a dream
  If I told you everything
  Would you tell me to go back to sleep

  Take a look in these tired eyes
  They're coming back to life
  I know I can change, got hope in my veins
  I tell you I ain't going back to the pain

  Can I be happy now?
  Can I let my breath out
  Let me believe
  I'm building a dream
  Don't try to drag me down

  I just wanna scream out loud
  Can I be happy now?
  Been down on my knees
  I learned how to bleed
  I'm turning my world around

  Can I be happy now
  Can I break free somehow
  I just wanna live again
  Love again
  Pick my pride up off of the ground

  I'm ready to pick a fight
  Crawl out of the dark to shine a light
  I ain't throwing stones, got sins of my own
  Ain't everybody just trying to find a way home

  Can I be happy now?
  Can I let my breath out
  Let me believe
  I'm building a dream
  Don't try to drag me down

  I just wanna scream out loud
  Can I be happy now?
  Been down on my knees
  I learned how to bleed
  I'm turning my world around

  You're born then you die, it's all gone in a minute
  I ain't looking back, 'cause I don't want to miss it
  You better live now
  Cause no one's going to get out alive

  Can I be happy now?
  Can I let my breath out
  Let me believe
  I'm building a dream
  Don't try to drag me down
  
  I just wanna scream out loud
  Can I be happy now?
  Been down on my knees
  I learned how to bleed
  I'm turning my world around

  Can I be happy now? - [oohoohooh]
  I'm turning my world around

  Can I be happy now?

• 12. Learn To Love

  I have run from the truth
  Since the days of my misspent youth
  I was hungry for kindness
  I was lost in life's blindness

  When you're born without wings
  All you dream of, all you want
  Is that feeling of flying
  Of rising and climbing

  Halle, halle,
  We're one breath away
  Halle, halle,
  From our judgement day
  You Leave it all on the table
  If you lose or you win
  You've got to learn to love the world you're living in

  Always thought I'd die young
  In these hands I held the gun
  But it's too late for dying
  Now there's nothing worth hiding

  I've lost love, lived with shame
  I was humbled by my fall from grace
  On the steps of decision
  It's revenge or forgiveness

  Halle, halle,
  We're one breath away
  Halle, halle,
  From our judgement day
  Leave it all on the table
  If you lose or you win
  You got to learn to love the world you're living in

  Halle, halle (2x)

  Halle, halle,
  We're one breath away
  Halle, halle,
  From our judgement day
  Leave it all on the table
  If you lose all you win
  You've got to learn to love the world you're living in

  Halle, halle, and that's how it is
  You've got to learn to love the world you're living in

  Halle, halle