Bon Jovi

Lyrics

• 1. 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]

• 2. 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

• 3. 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

• 4. 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!

• 5. 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

• 6. 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

• 7. Bed Of Roses

  Sitting here wasted and wounded
  At this old piano
  Trying hard to capture
  The moment this morning I don't know
  'Cause a bottle of vodka
  Is still lodged in my head
  And some blonde gave me nightmares
  I think that she's still in my bed
  As I dream about movies
  They won't make of me when I'm dead

  With an ironclad fist I wake up and
  French kiss the morning
  While some marching band keeps
  Its own beat in my head
  While we're talking
  About all of the things that I long to believe
  About love and the truth and
  What you mean to me
  And the truth is baby you're all that I need

  I want to lay you down in a bed of roses
  For tonight I sleep on a bed of nails
  I want to be just as close as the Holy Ghost is
  And lay you down on a bed of roses

  Well I'm so far away
  That each step that I take is on my way home
  A king's ransom in dimes I'd given each night
  Just to see through this payphone
  Still I run out of time
  Or it's hard to get through
  Till the bird on the wire flies me back to you
  I'll just close my eyes and whisper,
  Baby blind love is true

  I want to lay you down in a bed of roses
  For tonight I sleep on a bed of nails
  I want to be just as close as the Holy Ghost is
  And lay you down on a bed of roses

  The hotel bar hangover whiskey's gone dry
  The barkeeper's wig's crooked
  And she's giving me the eye
  I might have said yeah
  But I laughed so hard I think I died

  Now as you close your eyes
  Know I'll be thinking about you
  While my mistress she calls me
  To stand in her spotlight again
  Tonight I won't be alone
  But you know that don't
  Mean I'm not lonely I've got nothing to prove
  For it's you that I'd die to defend

  I want to lay you down in a bed of roses
  For tonight I sleep on a bed of nails
  I want to be just as close as the Holy Ghost is
  And lay you down on a bed of roses

• 8. Everyday

  I used to be the kind of guy
  Who'd never let you look inside
  I'd smile when I was crying
  I had nothing but a life to loose
  Thought I had a lot to proof
  In my life, there's no denying

  Goodbye to all my yesterdays
  Goodbye, so long, I'm on my way

  I've had enough of cryin'
  Bleedin', sweatin', dyin'
  Hear me when I say
  Gonna live my life everyday
  I'm gonna touch the sky
  And I spread these wings and fly
  I ain't here to play
  I'm gonna live my life everyday

  Change, everybody's feeling strange
  Never gonna be the same
  Makes you wonder how the world keeps turning
  Life, learning how to live my life
  Learning how to pick my fights
  Take my shots while I'm still burning

  Goodbye to all those rainy nights
  Goodbye, so long, I'm moving on

  I've had enough of cryin'
  Bleedin', sweatin', dyin'
  Hear me when I say
  Gonna live my life everyday
  I'm gonna touch the sky
  And I spread these wings and fly
  I ain't here to play
  I'm gonna live my life everyday

  Hit the gas, take the wheel
  I've just made myself a deal
  There ain't nothing gonna get in my way
  Everyday

  Goodbye, so long, I'm moving on

  I've had enough of cryin'
  Bleedin', sweatin', dyin'
  Hear me when I say
  Gonna live my life everyday
  I'm gonna touch the sky
  And I spread these wings and fly
  I ain't here to play
  I'm gonna live my life everyday

  I, oh I, oh I, I'm gonna live my life everyday
  I (gonna touch the sky), oh I (spread these wings and fly), oh I
  I'm gonna live my life everyday

• 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. Keep The Faith

  Mother mother tell your children
  That their time has just begun
  I have suffered for my anger
  There are wars that cant be won

  Father father please believe me
  I am laying down my guns
  I am broken like an arrow
  Forgive me
  Forgive your wayward son

  Everybody needs somebody to love
  (mother, mother)
  Everybody needs somebody to hate
  (please believe me)
  Everybodys bitching
  cause they cant get enough
  And its hard to hold on
  When theres no one to lean on

  Faith: you know youre gonna live thru the rain
  Lord you got to keep the faith
  Faith: dont let your love turn to hate
  Right now we got to
  Keep the faith
  Keep the faith
  Keep the faith
  Lord we got to keep the faith

  Tell me baby when I hurt you
  Do you keep it all inside
  Do you tell me als forgiven
  And just hide behind your pride

  Everybody needs somebody to love
  (mother, father)
  Everybody needs somebody to hate
  (please dont leave me)
  Everybodys bleeding
  cause the times are tough
  Well its hard to be strong
  When theres no one to dream on

  Faith: you know youre gonna live thru the rain
  Lord you got to keep the faith
  Now you know is not too late
  Oh you got to keep the faith
  Faith: dont let your love turn to hate
  Right now we got to
  Keep the faith
  Keep the faith
  Keep the faith
  Lord we got to keep the faith

  Walking in the footsteps
  Of societys lies
  I dont like what I see no more
  Sometimes I wish that I was blind
  Sometimes I wait forever

  To stand out in the rain
  So no one sees me cryin
  Trying to wash away the pain
  Mother father

  Theres things Ive done I cant erase
  Every night we fall from grace

  Its hard with the world in yours face
  Trying to hold on, trying to hold on

  Faith: you know youre gonna live thru the rain
  Lord you got to keep the faith
  Faith: dont let your love turn to hate
  Right now we got to keep the faith
  Faith: now its not too late
  Try to hold on, trying to hold on
  Keep the faith

• 11. 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

• 12. 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

• 13. The Distance

  There's a train out in the distance, destination still unknown
  Far away where no one's waiting, so far from home, so far from home

  There's a rose outside your window, the first snow is falling down
  Like that lonesome whistle blowing
  I keep on going, keep on going...

  [Chorus:]
  Close your eyes and see my blue skies breaking through these dark clouds
  You are the light
  In my mind I see your red dress and your arms are reaching through the night
  I'll never give up the fight
  I'll go the distance

  There's a thread that runs between us pulling 'cross this great divide
  It's only there for the believers
  Don't stop believing, don't stop believing

  [Chorus:]
  Close your eyes and see my blue skies breaking through these dark clouds
  You are the light
  In my mind I see your red dress and your arms are reaching through the night
  I'll never give up the fight
  I'll go the distance, I'll go the distance

  There's a neverending story that begins with you and I
  Like the rose outside your window
  Don't let it die, don't let it die

  [Chorus:]
  Close your eyes and see my blue skies breaking through these dark clouds
  You are the light
  In my mind I see your red dress and your arms are reaching through the night

  Close your eyes and see my blue skies breaking through these dark clouds
  You are the light
  In my mind I see your red dress and my arms are reaching through the night
  I'll never give up the fight
  I'll go the distance

• 14. Joey

  Joey Keys was from my neighborhood
  Some would say that he was bad and Joe thought that was good
  Joey got the name "Keys" picking locks
  He never really robbed no one; it sure amused the cops
  Joey's parents owned a restaurant
  After closing time they'd give us almost anything we'd want
  I never cared that Joey Keys was slow

  Though he couldn't read or write too well but we'd talk all night long.

  Come on, come on, come on
  What you gonna do with your life?
  Come on, come on, come on
  Chasing sparks in the nights
  His old man said tomorrow is a ride that goes nowhere
  But I'll pull some strings, get blackbird wings
  And break us out of here

  [Chorus:]
  Hey Joey
  C'mon tell me 'bout your dreams
  Tell me all the sights you're gonna see
  Tell me who you're gonna be
  Hey Joey
  You're gonna kiss the girls goodnight
  Sometimes you got to stand and fight
  It'll be alright

  We're gonna find a better life

  See Joe was 3 years younger to the day
  Acting like a little brother but became my ball and chain
  I met this girl named Rhonda, she fell for me
  She said, "I might learn to like him but love ain't built for three."

  [Chorus]

  Hey Joey
  News gets around in this fading neighborhood
  The old man lost the restaurant
  He drinks more than he should
  It's time for Joey keys to do some good
  Pick the lock off our lives, let's get out of here like we always said we would

  [Chorus]

  We're gonna find a better life

  Find a better life
  Find a better life