Crossroad

 

 


LIVIN' ON A PRAYER

 

Once upon a time

Not so long ago

Tommy used to work on the docks

Union's been on strike

He's down on his luck...it's tough, so tough

Gina works the diner all day

Working for her man, she brings home her pay

For love - for love<

 

She says: We've got to hold on to what we've got

'Cause it doesn't make a difference

If we make it or not

We've got each other and that's a lot

For love - we'll give it a shot

 

We're half way there

Livin' on a prayer

Take my hand and we'll make it - I swear

Livin' on a prayer

 

Tommy got his six string in hock

Now he's holding in what he used

To make it talk - so tough, it's tough

Gina dreams of running away

When she cries in the night

Tommy whispers: Baby it's okay, someday

 

We've got to hold on to what we've got

'Cause it doesn't make a difference

If we make it or not

We've got each other and that's a lot

For love - we'll give it a shot

 

We're half way there

Livin' on a prayer

Take my hand and we'll make it - I swear

Livin' on a prayer

We've got to hold on ready or not

You live for the fight when it's all that you've got

 

We're half way there

Livin' on a prayer

Take my hand and we'll make it - I swear

Livin' on a prayer

 

 

KEEP THE FAITH

 

Mother mother tell your children

That their time has just begun

I have suffered for my anger

There are wars that can't 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)

Everybody's bitching

'cause they can't get enough

And it's hard to hold on

When there's no one to lean on

 

Faith: you know you're gonna live through the rain

Lord you got to keep the faith

Faith: don't 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 al's forgiven

And just hide behind your pride

Everybody needs somebody to love

(mother, father)

Everybody needs somebody to hate

(please don't leave me)

Everybody's bleeding

'cause the times are tough

Well it's hard to be strong

 

When there's no one to dream on

Faith: you know you're gonna live through the rain

Lord you got to keep the faith

Now you know is not too late

Oh you got to keep the faith

Faith: don't 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 society's lies

I don't 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

 

There's things I've done I can't erase

Every night we fall from grace

It's hard with the world in yours face

Trying to hold on, trying to hold on

Faith: you know you're gonna live through the rain

Lord you got to keep the faith

Faith: don't let your love turn to hate

Right now we got to keep the faith

Faith: now it's not too late

Try to hold on, trying to hold on

Keep the faith

 

 

SOMEDAY I'LL BE SATURDAY NIGHT

 

Hey, man I'm alive I'm takin' each day and night at a time

I'm feelin' like a Monday but someday I'll be Saturday night

 

Hey, my name is Jim, where did I go wrong

My life's a bargain basement, all the good shit's gone

I just can't hold a job, where do I belong

I'm sleeping in my car, my dreams move on

My name is Billy Jean, my love was bought and sold

I'm only sixteen, I feel a hundred years old

My foster daddy went, took my innocence away

The street life ain't much better, but at least I get paid

And Tuesday just might go my way

It can't get worse than yesterday

Thursdays, Fridays ain't been kind

But somehow I'll survive

 

Hey man I'm alive I'm takin' each day and night at a time

Yeah I'm down, but I know I'll get by

Hey hey hey hey, man gotta live my life

Like I ain't got nothin' but this roll of the dice

I'm feelin' like a Monday, but someday I'll be Saturday night

 

Now I can't say my name, and tell you where I am

I want to roll myself away, don't know if I can

I wish that I could be in some other time and place

With someone else's soul, someone else's face

 

Oh, Tuesday just might go my way

It can't get worse than yesterday

Thursdays, Fridays ain't been kind

But somehow I'll survive

 

Hey, man I'm alive I'm takin' each day and night at a time

Yeah I'm down, but I know I'll get by

Hey hey hey hey, man gotta live my life

I'm gonna pick up all the pieces and what's left of my pride

I'm feelin' like a Monday, but someday I'll be Saturday night

 

Saturday night - here we go

Some day I'll be Saturday night

I'll be back on my feet, I'll be doin' all right

It may not be tomorrow baby, that's OK

I ain't goin' down, gonna find a way, hey hey hey

 

Hey man I'm alive I'm takin' each day and night at a time

Yeah, I'm down, but I know I'll get by

Hey hey hey hey, man, gotta live my life

Like I ain't got nothin' but this roll of the dice

I'm feelin' like a Monday, but someday I'll be Saturday night

I'm feelin' like a Monday, but someday I'll be Saturday night

Saturday night, all right, all right

Saturday night

 

 

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 good-bye

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

 

 

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

 

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 people I meet always go their separate ways

Sometimes you tell the day

By the bottle that you drink

And times when you're all alone all you do is think

 

I'm a cowboy, on a steel horse I ride

I'm wanted dead or alive

Wanted dead or alive

 

I'm a cowboy, on a steel horse I ride

I'm wanted dead or alive

Wanted dead or alive

 

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, still I'm standing tall

I've seen a million faces

And 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

Wanted dead or alive

 

 

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

 

 

YOU GIVE LOVE A BAD NAME

 

An angel's smile is what you sell

You promise me heaven, then put me through hell

Chains of love got a hold on me

When passion's a prison, you can't break free

 

You're a loaded gun

There's nowhere to run

No one can save me

The damage is done

 

Shot through the heart

And you're 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

 

You paint your smile on your lips

Blood red nails on your fingertips

A school boy's dream, you act so shy

Your very first kiss was your first kiss good-bye

 

You're a loaded gun

There's nowhere to run

No one can save me

The damage is done

Shot through the heart

and you're to blame

You give love a bad name

I play my part and you play your game

You give love a bad name

 

 

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 blond gave me nightmares

I think 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 on a bed of roses

For tonight I sleep on a bed on nails

I want to be just as close as the Holy Ghost is

And lay you down on 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 pay phone

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 on a bed of roses

For tonight I sleep on a bed on nails

I want to be just as close as the Holy Ghost is

And lay you down on 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

 

When 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 on a bed of roses

For tonight I sleep on a bed on nails

I want to be just as close as the Holy Ghost is

And lay you down on bed of roses

 

 

BLAZE OF GLORY

 

I wake up in the morning

And I raise my weary head

I've got an old coat for a pillow

And the earth was last night's bed

I don't know where I'm going

Only God knows where I've been

I'm a devil on the run

A six gun lover

A candle in the wind

 

When you're brought into this world

They say you're born in sin

Well at least they gave me something

I didn't have to steal or have to win

Well they tell me that I'm wanted

Yeah, I'm a wanted man

I'm a colt in your stable

I'm what Cain was to Abel

Mister catch me if you can

I'm going out in a blaze of glory

Take me now but know the truth

 

I'm going out in a blaze of glory

Lord I never drew first

But I drew first blood

I'm no one's son

Call me young gun

 

You ask about my conscience

And I offer you my soul

You ask if I'll grow to be a wise man

Well I ask if I'll grow old

You ask me if I've known love

And what it's like to sing songs in the rain

Well, I've seen love come

And I've seen it shot down

I've seen it die in vain

 

Shot down in a blaze of glory

Take me now but know the truth

'Cause I'm going down in a blaze of glory

Lord I never drew first

But I drew first blood

I'm the devil's son

Call me young gun

 

Solo

 

Each night I go to bed

I pray the Lord my soul to keep

No I ain't looking for forgiveness

But before I'm six foot deep

Lord, I got to ask a favor

And hope you'll understand

'Cause I've lived life to the fullest

Let this boy die like a man

Staring down a bullet

Let me make my final stand

 

Shot down in a blaze of glory

Take me now but know the truth

I'm going out in a blaze of glory

Lord I never drew first

But I drew first blood

And I'm no one's son

Call me young gun

I'm a young gun

 

 

IN THESE ARMS

 

You want commitment

Take a look into these eyes

They burn with a fire, just for you now

Until the end of time

I would do anything

I'd beg, I'd steal, I'd die

To have you in these arms tonight

Baby I want you like the roses

Want the rain

You know I need you

Like a poet needs the pain

I would give anything

My blood my love my life

 

If you were in these arms tonight

I'd hold you

I'd need you

I'd get down on my knees for you

And make everything all right

If you were in these arms

I'd love you

I'd please you

I'd tell you that I'd never leave you

And love you till the end of time

If you were in these arms tonight

 

We stared at the sun

And we made a promise

A promise this world would never blind us

These are my words

Our words were our songs

Our songs are our prayers

These prayers keep me strong

It's what I believe

If you were in these arms tonight

 

I'd hold you

I'd need you

I'd get down on my knees for you

And make everything all right

If you were in these arms

I'd love you

I'd please you

I'd tell you that I'd never leave you

And love you till the end of time

If you were in these arms tonight

 

Your clothes are still scattered

All over our room

This old place still smells like

Your cheap perfume

Everything here reminds me of you

And there's nothing that I

Wouldn't do to be in your arms

 

And these were our words

They keep me strong

I'd hold you

I'd need you

I'd get down on my knees for you

And make everything all right

If you were in these arms

I'd love you

I'd please you

I'd tell you that I'd never leave you

And love you till the end of time

If you were in these arms tonight

 

 

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 medicine

Bad medicine is what I need

Shake it up, just like bad medicine

There ain't no doctor that can

Cure my disease

 

I don't need no needle

To be diving me a thrill

And I don't need no anesthesia

Or a nurse to bring a pill

I got a dirty down addition

It doesn't leave a track

I got a jone for your affection

Like a money 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 medicine

Bad medicine is what I need

Shake it up, just like bad medicine

So let's play doctor, baby

Cure my disease

Bad, bad medicine

Bad, bad medicine

 

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 they haven't found it yet

 

Your love is like bad medicine

Bad medicine is what I need

Shake it up, just like bad medicine

There ain't no doctor that can

Cure my disease

 

Your love is like bad medicine

Bad medicine is what I need

Shake it up, just like bad medicine

Your love's the potion that

Can cure my disease

 

 

I'LL BE THERE FOR YOU

 

I guess this time you're really leaving

I heard your suitcase say good-bye

And as my broken heart lies bleeding

 

You say true love in 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're had some good times

How 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 drink, 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

 

 

IN AND OUT OF LOVE

 

Young and wired

Set to explode in the heat

You won't tire

Cause baby was born with the beat

Take you higher than you've ever known

Then drive you down to your knees

I pick you up when you've had enough

You been burned baby lessons learned

 

In and out of love

Hear what I'm sayin'

In and out of love

It's the way that we're playing

In and out of love

Too much is never enough

 

She's gonna get ya.

Running wild

When me and my boys hit the streets

Right on time

She's here to make my night complete

Then I'm long gone I got another show

One more town, one mile to go

One endless night of fantasy

Is all she left of her with me

 

In and out of love

Hear what I'm sayin'

In and out of love

It's the way that we're playing

In and out of love

 

When we're together

In and out of love

It's too much forever

In and out of love

Hear what I'm saying

In and out of love

It's the way that we're playing

In and out of love

Too much is never enough

She's gonna get you

In and out of love...

 

 

RUNAWAY

 

On the street where you live girls talk about their social lives.

They're made of lipstick, plastic and paint, a touch of sable in their eyes.

 

All your life all you've asked when's 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.

 

Ooh, she's a little runaway.

Daddy's girl learned fast

all those things he couldn't say.

Ooh, she's 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 there's nothing left that you can do.

There's 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 don't really mind, it's only love she hoped to find.

 

Ooh, she's a little runaway.

Daddy's girl learned fast

all those things he couldn't say.

Ooh, she's a little runaway.

 

No one heard a single word she said.

They should have seen it in your eyes

what was going around your heard.

 

Ooh, she's a little runaway.

Daddy's girl learned fast

all those things he couldn't say.

 

Ooh, she's a little runaway.

Daddy's girl learned fast,

now she was the night away.

Ooh, she's a little runaway.

Daddy's girl learned fast

all those things he couldn't say.

Ooh, she's a little runaway.

Daddy's girl learned fast,

now she was the night away

 

 

NEVER SAY GOODBYE

 

As I sit in this smoky 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 when we used to talk

About busting out - we'd break their hearts

Together - forever

 

Never say good-bye, never say good-bye

You and me and my old friends

Hoping it would never end

Never say good-bye, never say good-bye

Holdin' on - we got to try

Holdin' on to never say good-bye

 

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 good-bye, never say good-bye

You and me and my old friends

Hoping it would never end

Never say good-bye, never say good-bye

Holdin' on - we got to try

Holdin' on to never say good-bye

I guess you'd say we used to talk

About busting out

We'd break their hearts

Together - forever