Bon Jovi

Lyrics

• 1. One Wild Night 2001

  It's a hot night, the natives are restless
  We're sweating by the light of the moon
  There's a voodoo mojo brewing at the go-go
  That could knock a witch off her broom

  We slither on in and shed our skin
  Make our way into the bump and the grind
  So I'm passing by, she gives me the eye
  So I stop to give her a light

  Chorus:
  One wild night (blinded by the moonlight)
  One wild night (24 hours of midnight)
  One wild night (I stepped into the twilight zone
  And she left my heart with vertigo)
  One wild, one wild, one wild, one wild night

  Havin' as much fun as you can in your clothes
  Margarita had me feelin' alright
  It just might be that I found religion
  I've been on my knees for half of the night
  Then I'm rolling the bones with Jimmy 'no dice'
  Gonna take him for a couple weeks' pay
  Man, if you lose this roll I take your girlfriend home
  So I stopped
  But you're not gonna believe who comes walking out

  Chorus:
  One wild night (blinded by the moonlight)
  One wild night (24 hours of midnight)
  One wild night (I stepped into the twilight zone
  And she left my heart with vertigo)
  One wild night (hey, c'est la vie)
  One wild night (welcome to the party)
  One wild night (life is for the living so
  You gotta live it up, come on let's go)
  One wild, one wild, one wild, one wild night

  Guitar solo

  Chorus:
  One wild night (blinded by the moonlight)
  One wild night (24 hours of midnight)
  One wild night (I stepped into the twilight zone
  And she left my heart with vertigo)
  One wild night (hey, c'est la vie)
  One wild night (welcome to the party)
  One wild night (life if for the living so
  You gotta live it up, come on let's go)
  One wild, one wild, one wild, one..

  One wild night (blinded by the moonlight)
  One wild night (24 hours of midnight)
  One wild night (I stepped into the twilight zone)
  For one wild night
  One wild night (hey,c'est la vie)
  One wild night (welcome to the party)
  One wild night (life is for the living)
  All we've got is one wild night

  One wild night (4x)
  One wild night blinded by the moonlight
  One wild night 24 hours of midnight
  One wild night stepped into the twilight zone for
  One wild, one wild, one wild, one wild night.

• 2. 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

• 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. 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

• 5. 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

• 6. 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!

• 7. Blood On Blood

  I can still remember
  When I was just a kid
  When friends were friends forever
  And what you said was what you did

  Well, it was me and Danny and Bobby
  We cut each other's hands
  And held tight to a promise
  Only brothers understand

  But we were so young (so young)
  One for all and all for one (for one)
  Just as sure as the river's gonna run

  Blood on blood
  One on one
  We'd still be standing
  When all was said and done
  Blood on blood
  One on one
  And I'll be here for you
  Till Kingdom come
  Blood on blood

  Well, Bobby was our hero
  Cause he had a fake I.D.
  I got busted stealing cigarettes
  And he took the rap for me

  Danny knew this white trash girl
  We each threw in a ten
  She took us to this cheap motel
  And turned us into men

  We were so young (so young)
  One for all and all for one (for one)
  Just as sure as the river's gonna run

  Blood on blood
  One on one
  We'd still be standing
  When all is said and done
  Blood on blood
  One on one
  And I'll be here for you
  Till Kingdom come
  Blood on blood

  [Solo]

  Now Bobby, he's an uptown lawyer
  Danny, he's a medicin man
  And me, I'm just the singer
  In a long haired rock'n'roll band

  Through the years and miles between us
  It's been a long and lonely ride
  But if I got a call in the dead of the night
  I'd be right by your side

  Blood on blood, blood on blood

  Blood on blood
  One on one
  We'd still be standing
  When all is said and done
  Blood on blood
  One on one
  And I'll be here for you
  Till Kingdom come
  Blood on blood

  Blood on blood

• 8. 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

• 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. Tokyo Road

  In a time, in a place
  In a world, they forgot
  Lives the heart of me
  A part that just won't die
  Just a boy, not a man
  Sent to war, in a land
  They said we'd fight for their freedom
  But I felt like a hired hand
  Sometimes I have to find my way
  Sometimes I have to get away
  Take me back to Tokyo Road
  Take me back to Tokyo Road
  Working hard, for a pass
  Got the night, make it last
  It was a time to remember
  All my life I would never forget
  In a bar, breathing smoke
  Snorting whiskey, drinking coke
  It was a time when no one would die
  And there wasn't a care
  Sometimes I wish it was that way
  Cause sometimes I have to get away
  Take me back to Tokyo Road
  Take me back to Tokyo Road
  Take me back to Tokyo Road
  Take me back to Tokyo Road
  This guy turns me around and he's pointing up the stairs
  I found myself in her doorway but there wasn't anybody there
  She walked in the room with nothing on but a red light
  And with a smile she got so close to me.
  She whispered something 'bout midnight
  You know I didn't understand a word she said
  But it felt so good
  She knew that I didn't have any money
  But baby I knew she would...
  Take me back to Tokyo Road
  Take me back to Tokyo Road

• 11. 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

• 12. Just Older

  Hey, man, it's been a while
  Do you remember me?
  When I hit the streets I was 17
  A little wild, a little green
  I've been up and down and in between
  After all these years and miles of memories
  I'm still chasing dreams
  But I ain't looking over my shoulder

  [Chorus:]
  I like the bed I'm sleeping in
  It's just like me, it's broken in
  It's not old - just older
  Like a favorite pair of torn blue jeans
  This skin I'm in it's alright with me
  It's not old - just older

  It's good to see your face
  You ain't no worse for wear
  Breathing that California air
  When we took on the world
  When we were young and brave
  We got secrets that we'll take to the grave
  And we're standing here shoulder to shoulder

  [Chorus:]
  I like the bed I'm sleeping in
  It's just like me, it's broken in
  It's not old - just older
  Like a favorite pair of torn blue jeans
  This skin I'm in it's alright with me
  It's not old - just older

  I'm not old enough to sing the blues
  But I wore the holes in the soles of these shoes
  You can roll the dice 'til they call your bluff
  But you can't win until you're not afraid to lose

  [Solo]

  Well, I look in the mirror
  I don't hate what I see
  There's a few more lines staring back at me
  Now the nights has grown a little colder
  Hey man, I gotta run
  Now you take care
  If you see coach T. Tell him I've cut my hair
  I've kept my faith
  I still belive I'm just...
  Ha

  [Chorus:]
  I like the bed I'm sleeping in
  It's just like me, it's broken in
  It's not old - just older
  Like a favorite pair of torn blue jeans
  This skin I'm in it's alright with me
  It's not old - just older

• 13. I'll Sleep When I'm Dead

  Seven days of saturday
  Is all that I need
  Got no use for sunday
  cause I dont rest in peace
  Dont need no mondays
  Or the rest of the week
  I spend a lot of time in bed
  But baby I dont like to sleep no

  I wont lie to you
  Im never gonna cry to you
  Ill probably drive you wild 8 days a week

  Until Im 6 feet under
  Baby I dont need a bed
  Gonna live while Im alive
  Ill sleep when Im dead
  Till they roll me over
  And lay my bones to rest
  Gonna live while Im alive
  Ill sleep when Im dead

  So youre looking for some action
  I got got everything you need
  Better keep your motor running
  cause I was built for speed
  This aint no slumber party
  Got no time for catching zs
  If they say that that aint healthy
  Well then livings a disease

  Were never going to die baby
  Come on let me drive you crazy
  Well make every night another new years eve

  Till Im six feet under
  I wont need a bed
  Gonna live while Im alive
  Ill sleep when Im dead
  Till they roll me over
  And lay my bones to rest
  Gonna live while Im alive
  Ill sleep when Im dead

  Sleep when Im dead, sleep when Im dead
  Gonna live while Im alive,
  Ill sleep when Im dead
  Seven days of saturday
  Is all that I need

  Got no use for sunday
  cause I dont rest in peace
  I was born to live
  You know I wasnt born to die
  But if they party down in heaven
  Ill be sure to be on time

  Until Im six feet under
  I dont need a bed
  Gonna live while Im alive
  Ill sleep when Im dead
  Till they roll me over
  And lay my bones to rest
  Gonna live while Im alive
  Ill sleep when Im dead

  I feel like Im exploding
  Going out of my head
  Gonna live while Im alive
  Ill sleep when Im dead

  Till Im six feet under
  And they lay my bones to rest
  Gonna live while Im alive
  Ill sleep when Im dead

  Sleep when Im dead, sleep when Im dead
  Gonna live while Im alive, sleep when Im dead

• 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. 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

• 16. Next 100 Years

  Time ain't nothing but time
  It's a verse with no rhyme
  Man, it all comes down to you

  Change ain't nothing but change
  Just the faces and the names
  But you know we're gonna make it through

  I'll believe
  When you don't believe in anything

  [Chorus:]
  I'm gonna hold you 'til your hurt is gone
  Be the shoulder that you're leaning on
  I'll be standing here
  For the next 100 years
  If it all should end tonight
  I'll know it was worth the fight
  And we'll be standing here
  For the next 100 years

  I, when I think that I'm losing my mind
  It all comes back to you

  And you, you know that it's true
  After all we've been through
  There's nothing that I wouldn't do

  Stand by me
  And I would gladly give up everything

  [Chorus:]
  I'm gonna hold you 'til your hurt is gone
  Be the shoulder that you're leaning on
  I'll be standing here
  For the next 100 years
  If it all should end tonight
  I'll know it was worth the fight
  And we'll be standing here
  For the next 100 years

  I'm gonna hold you 'til your hurt is gone
  Be the shoulder that you're leaning on
  I'll be standing here
  For the next 100 years
  If it all should end tonight
  I'll know it was worth the fight
  And we'll be standing here
  For the next 100 years