Bon Jovi

Lyrics

• 1. Hey God

  Hey God, I'm just a little man got a wife and family
  But I almost lost the house
  Yeah, I bought into the dream
  We're barely holdin' on, when I'm in way to deep
  We're two paychecks away from living out on the streets

  She's a workin' single mom, like a Saint she doesn't complain
  She never says a word, but she thinks that she's to blame
  Her son just got convicted, he blew some punk away
  She did her best to raise him, but the world got in the way

  Hey God - Tell me what the hell is going on
  Seems like all the good shits gone
  It keeps on getting harder hanging on
  Hey God, there's nights you know I want to scream
  These days you've even harder to believe
  I know how busy you must be, but Hey God...
  Do you ever think about me

  Born into the ghetto in 1991, just a happy child
  Playing beneath the summer sun
  A vacant lots' his playground, by 12 he's got a gun
  The odds are bet against him, junior don't make 21

  Hey God - Tell me what the hell is going on
  Seems like all the good shits gone
  It keeps on getting harder hangin' on
  Hey God, there's nights you know I want to scream
  These days you've even harder to believe
  I know how busy you must be, but Hey God...

  I'd get down on my knees
  I'm going to try this thing you way
  Seen a dying man too proud to beg spit on his own grave
  Was he too gone to save?
  Did you even know his name?
  Are you the one to blame, I got something to say

  Hey God - Tell me what the hell is going on
  Seems like all the good shits gone
  It keeps on getting harder hangin' on
  Hey God, there's nights you know I want to scream
  These days you've even harder to believe
  I know how busy you must be, but Hey God...
  Do you ever think about me

• 2. Something for the Pain

  Happiness, its been no friend to me
  But forever after aint what its all cracked up to be
  Yeah, I had a taste, you were my fantasy
  But I lost my faith when I hit reality
  I dont need no guru to tell me what to do
  When your feeling like a headline on
  Yesterdays news

  Come on, come on, come on
  Give me something for the pain
  Give me something for the blues
  Give me something for the pain when
  I feel Ive been danglin from a hang-mans noose
  Give me something I can use
  To get me through the night
  Make me feel all right,
  Something like you

  Loneliness has found a home in me
  My suitcase and guitar are my only family
  Ive tried to need someone, like they needed me
  I opened up my heart, but all I did was bleed
  I dont need no lover, just to get screwed
  They dont make a bandage, thats going to cover my bruise

  Come on, come on, come on
  Give me something for the pain
  Give me something for the blues
  Give me something for the pain when
  I feel Ive been danglin from a hang-mans noose
  Give me something I can use
  To get me through the night
  Make me feel all right,
  Something like you

  Pull me under (help Im falling)
  Run through my veins (night is calling)
  To a place (feels like Im flying)
  Where I feel no pain (christ Im dying)
  Be the pillow under my head
  Cover me when Im in your bed
  Take me higher than Ive ever been
  Take me down and back again
  Come to me, be my disguise
  Open your coat, let me crawl inside
  Come on, come on, come on

  Come on, come on, come on
  Give me something for the pain
  Give me something for the blues
  Give me something for the pain when
  I feel Ive been danglin from a hang-mans noose
  Give me something I can use
  To get me through the night
  Make me feel all right,
  Something like you

• 3. This Ain't A Love Song

  I should have seen it coming when roses died
  Should have seen the end of summer in your eyes
  I should have listened when you said good night
  You really meant good bye
  Baby, aint it funny, how you never ever learn to fall
  Youre really on your knees, when you think youre standing tall
  But only fools are know-it-alls and I played that fool for you

  I cried and I cried
  There were nights that died for you baby
  I tried and I tried to deny that your love drove me crazy, baby

  If the love that I got for you is gone
  If the river I cried aint that long
  Then Im wrong, yeah Im wrong, this aint a love song

  Baby, I thought you and me would stand the test of time
  Like we got away with the perfect crime but
  We were just a legend in my mind
  I guess that I was blind
  Remember those nights dancing at the masquerade
  The clowns wore smiles that wouldnt fade
  You and I were the renegades, some things never change

  It made me so mad cause I wanted it bad for us baby
  Now its so sad that whatever we had, aint worth saving
  If the love that I got for you is gone
  If the river Ive cried aint that long
  Then Im wrong, yes Im wrong, this aint a love song

  If the pain that Im feeling so strong
  Is the reason that Im holding on
  Then Im wrong, yeah Im wrong - this aint a love song

  I cried and I cried
  There were nights that I died for you baby
  I tried and I tried to deny that your love drove me crazy

  If the love that I got for you is gone
  If the river I cried aint that long
  Then Im wrong, yeah Im wrong - this aint no love song

  If the pain that Im feeling so strong
  Is the reason that Im holding on
  Then Im wrong, yeah Im wrong - this aint a love song

  If the pain that Im feeling so strong
  Is the reason that Im holding on
  Then Im wrong, yeah Im wrong - this aint a love song
  Yes, Im wrong, yeah, Im wrong - this aint a love song
  Yes, Im wrong, yeah, Im wrong - this aint a love song
  Yes, Im wrong, yeah, Im wrong - this aint a love song

• 4. These Days

  I was walking around, just a face in the crowd
  Trying to keep myself out of the rain
  Saw a vagabond king wear a styrofoam crown
  Wondered if I might end up the same
  There's a man out on the corner
  Singing old songs about change
  Everybody got their cross to bare, these days

  She came looking for some shelter with a suitcase full of dreams
  To a motel room on the boulevard
  Guess she's trying to be James Dean
  She's seen all the disciples and all the "wanna be's"
  No one wants to be themselves these days
  Still there's nothing to hold on to but these days

  These days - the stars seem out of reach
  These days - there ain't a ladder on these streets
  These days - are fast, love don't last in this graceless age
  There ain't nobody left but us these days

  Jimmy shoes busted both his legs, trying to learn to fly
  From a second story window, he just jumped and closed his eyes
  His momma said he was crazy - he said momma "I've got to try"
  Don't you know that all my heroes died
  And I guess I'd rather die than fade away

  These days - the stars seem out of reach
  But these days - there ain't a ladder on these streets
  These days are fast, love don't lasts-in this graceless age
  Even innocence has caught the morning train
  And there ain't nobody left but us these days

  I know Rome's still burning
  Though the times have changed
  This world keepd turning round and round and round and round
  These days

  These days - the stars seem out of reach
  But these days - there ain't a ladder on these streets
  These days are fast, love don't lasts-in this graceless age
  Even innocence has caught the morning train
  And there ain't nobody left but us these days

  These days - the stars seem out of reach
  These days - there ain't a ladder on these streets
  These days - are fast, nothing lasts
  There ain't no time to waste
  There ain't nobody left to take the blame
  There ain't nobody left but us these days

• 5. Lie To Me

  Rumour has it that your daddy's coming down
  He's gonna pay the rent
  Tell me baby, is this as good as life is gonna get
  It feels like there's a stranger standing in these shoes
  But, I know I can't lose me, 'cause then I'd be losing you

  I know I promised baby
  I would be the one to make our dreams come true
  I ain't too proud of all the struggles
  And the hard times we've been through
  When this cold world comes between us
  Please tell me you'll be brave
  'Cause I can realize the danger when forgiveness fades away

  If you don't love me - lie to me
  'Cause baby you're the one thing I believe
  Let it all fall down around us, if that's what's meant to be
  Right now if you don't love me baby - lie to me

  Pour another cup of coffee
  Babe I got something to say to you
  I ain't got the winning ticket
  Not the one that's gonna pull us through
  No one said that it'd be easy
  Let your old man take you home
  But know that if you walk out on me that darling
  I'd be gone

  If you don't love me - lie to me
  'Cause baby you're the one thing I believe
  Let it all fall down around us, if that's what's meant to be
  Right now if you can't love me baby - lie to me
  Baby, I can take it

  It's a bitch, but life's a roller coaster ride
  The ups and downs will make you scream sometimes
  It's hard believing that the thrill is gone
  But we got to go around again, so let's hold on

  If you don't love me - lie to me
  'Cause baby you're the one thing I believe
  Let it all fall down around us
  If that's what's meant to be
  Right now if you can't love me baby - lie to me
  Lie to me
  Baby, I can take it
  C'mon lie to me

• 6. Damned

  I'm lying here beside you in someone else's bed
  Knowing what were doing's wrong
  But better left unsaid
  Your breathing sounds like screaming
  It's all that I can stand
  His ring is on your finger
  But my heart is in your hands
  Damned if you love me
  Damned if you don't
  It's getting harder holding on, but I can't let you go
  Damned if you don't need me
  Damned if you do
  God, I wish it wasn't me standin' in these shoes
  Damned, damned

  A door slams like a shotgun, you jump up to your feet
  But it's just the wind blowing through the secrets that we keep
  Made me want to want you, God knows I need to need you
  By the time the love is over, I'll be sleeping on the streets

  Damned if you love me
  Damned if you don't
  It's getting harder holding on, but I can't let you go
  Damned if you don't need me
  Damned if you do
  God, I wish it wasn't me standin' in these shoes
  Damned, damned

  Why don't you talk to me? (Because I'm too blind to see)
  Why don't you look at me? (Because I'm afraid to breath)
  What do you want from me? (All that I can stand)
  The lies are on my tongue and I can't turn back I know
  My soul is damned

  Don't worry
  I ain't gonna call you or hear you say my name
  And if you see me on the street, don't wave just walk away
  Our lives are getting twisted, let's keep our stories straight
  The more that I resist it, my temptation turns to fate

  Damned if you love me
  Damned if you don't
  It's getting harder holding on, but I can't let you go
  Damned if you don't need me
  Damned if you do
  God, I wish it wasn't me standin' in these shoes

• 7. My Guitar Lies Bleeding in My Arms

  Misery likes company, I like the way that sounds
  I've been trying to find the meaning, so I can write it down
  Staring out the window, it's such a long way down
  I'd like to jump, but I'm afraid to hit the ground

  I can't write a love song the way I feel today
  I can't sing no song of hope, I got nothing to say
  Life is feeling kind of strange, since you went away
  I sing this song to you wherever you are
  As my guitar lies bleeding in my arms

  I'm tired of watching TV, it makes me ant to scream
  Outside the world is burning, man it's so hard to belive
  Each day you know you're dying from the cradle to the grave
  I get so numb sometimes, that I can't feel the pain

  I can't write a love song the way I feel today
  I can't sing no song of hope I've got nothing to say
  Life is feeling kind of strange, it's strange enough these days
  I send this song to you, whoever you are
  As my guitar lies bleeding in my arms

  Staring at the paper, I don't know what to write
  I'll have my last cigarette-well, turn out the lights
  Maybe tomorrow I'll fell a different way
  But here im my delusion , I don't know what to say

  I can't write a love song the way I feel today
  I can't sing no song of hope I've got nothing to save
  And I can't fight the feelings buried in my brains
  I send this song to you, whoever you are
  As my guitar lies bleeding

• 8. (It's Hard) Letting You Go

  It ain't no fun lying down to sleep
  And there ain't no secrets left for me to keep
  I wish the stars up in the sky
  Would all just call in sick
  And the clouds would take the moon out
  On some one-way trip

  I drove all night down streets that wouldn't bend
  But somehow they drove me back here once again
  To the place I lost at love, and the place I lost my soul
  I wish I'd just burn down this place that we called home
  It would all have been so easy
  If you'd only made me cry
  And told me how you're leaving me
  To some organ grinder's lullaby

  It's hard, so hard - it's tearing out my heart
  It's hard letting you go

  Now the sky, it shines a different kind of blue
  And the neighbor's dog don't bark like he used to
  Well - me, these days
  I just miss you - it's the nights that I go insane
  Unless you're coming back for me
  That's one thing I know that won't change

  It's hard, so hard - it's tearing out my heart
  It's hard letting you go

  Now some tarot card shark said I'll draw you a heart
  And we'll find you somebody else new
  But I've made my last trip to those carnival lips
  When I bet all that I had on you

  It's hard, it's hard, it's hard, so hard
  It's hard letting you go
  It's hard, so hard, it's tearing out my heart
  But it's hard letting you go

• 9. Hearts Breaking Even

  Its been a cold, cold, cold, cold night, tonight
  And I cant get you off of my mind
  God knows Ive tried
  Did I throw away the best part of my life
  When I cut you off
  Did I cut myself with the same damn knife
  Hide my tears in the pouring rain
  Had my share of hurt and pain
  Dont say my name, run away, cause its all in vain

  My hearts breaking even, now theres no use we even try
  Hey I cried, yeah I lied, hell I almost died
  Dont got a reason
  Lets just fold the cards and say good-bye
  Its all right, just two hearts breaking even tonight

  Its been a long, long, long, long time
  Since Ive had your love here in my hands
  We didnt understand it, we couldnt understand it
  But, nothings fair in love and hate
  You lay it all down and walk away, before its too late
  We danced all night as the music played
  The sheets got tangled in the mess we made
  There in the stains, we remain
  No one left to blame

  My hearts breaking even, now theres no use we even try
  Hey I cried, yeah I lied, hell I almost died
  Dont got a reason
  Lets just fold the cards and say good-bye
  Its all right, just two hearts breaking even tonight

  Go on, get on with your life
  Yeah - Ill get on with mine
  Broken hearts cant call the cops
  Yeah - its a perfect crime
  Twisting and turning the night keeps me yearning
  Im burning alive
  Im paying the price again
  But Ill see the light again

  My hearts breaking even, now theres no use we even try
  Hey I cried, yeah I lied, hell I almost died
  Dont got a reason
  Lets just fold the cards and say good-bye
  Its all right, just two hearts breaking even tonight

• 10. Something to Believe In

  I lost all faith in my God, in his religion too
  I told the angels they could sing their songs to someone new
  I lost all trust in my friends
  I watched my heart turn to stone
  I thought that I was left to walk this wicked world alone

  Tonight I'll dust myself off
  Tonight I'll suck my gut in
  I'll face the night and I'll pretend
  I got something to believe in

  And I had lost touch with reason
  I watched life criticize the truth
  Been waiting for a miracle
  I know you have too

  Though I know I won't win
  I'll take this one on the chin
  We'll raise a toast and I'll pretend
  I got something to believe in

  If I don't believe in Jesus, how can I believe the Pope
  If I don't believe in heroin, how can I believe in dope
  If there's nothing but survival, how can I believe in sin
  In a world that gives you nothing
  We need something to believe in

  If I don't believe in Jesus, how can I believe the Pope
  If I don't believe in heroin, how can I believe in dope
  If there's nothing but survival, how can I believe in sin
  In a world that gives you nothing
  We need something to believe in

• 11. If That's What It Takes

  I played the part of a broken heart upon a show
  I played that part so lonely and so well
  Thought that love belonged to someone else, not me and you
  Yeah, I know that you've been shattered
  You been bruised
  We both know what it feels like when you lose
  But I'd bet my life on a roll of the dice for you

  If that's what it takes, that's what I'd do
  Tonite's the night, I'm gonna prove it to you
  Do I have to break down, baby just to break through
  If that's what it takes, that's what I'd do
  If that's what it takes...

  I bet you counted all the tears I bet you've cried
  I bet you swore you'd never let love back inside
  'Cause it hurt youway too bad to say good-bye
  Now, there'll be times when I might put us to the test
  And it's hard for broken hearts to just forget
  But I'm driving blind, I'll lay it all on the line for you

  If that's what it takes, that's what I'd do
  Tonite's the night, I'm gonna prove it to you
  Do I have to break down, baby just to break through
  If that's what it takes, that's what I'd do
  If that's what it takes...

  So, when you feel like jumping
  Just when your heart starts pumping
  When you're stading out on that ledge-staring over the edge
  I'll be there to talk to you down
  I'll be there before you hit the ground

  If that's what it takes, that's what I'd do
  Tonite's the night, I'm gonna prove it to you
  Do I have to break down, baby just to break through
  If that's what it takes, that's what I'd do
  If that's what it takes...

  If that's what it takes, that's what I'd do
  If we take the time to do it right, I know we'll put through
  If it took all my life, I'd prove it to you
  If that's what it takes, that's what I'd do
  If that's what it takes...

• 12. Diamond Ring

  Diamond ring, wear it on your hand
  Its gonna tell the world, Im your only man
  Diamond ring, diamond ring
  Baby, youre my everything, diamond ring

  Red, red rose brought it home to you
  Blood red rose, tells me that youre true
  Red, red rose, blood-red rose
  Like a fire inside that grows, blood-red rose

  When youre hungry, I will fill you up
  When youre thristy, drink out of my loving cup
  When youre crying, Ill be the tears for you
  Theres nothing that I wouldnt do for you

  When youre hungry, I will fill you up
  When youre thristy, drink out of my loving cup
  When youre crying, Ill be the tears for you
  Theres nothing that I wouldnt do for you

  You know, I bleed every night you sleep
  cause I dont know if Im in your dreams
  I want to be your everything...

  Diamond ring, wear it on your hand
  Its gonna tell the world, Im your only man
  Diamond ring, diamond ring
  Baby, youre my everything, diamond ring
  Darling, youre my everything, diamond ring
  Now, youve got me on your string... diamond ring