BED OF ROSES (BON JOVI)
Sitting here wasted and wounded at this old piano
Trying hard to capture the moment this morning I donīt know
īCause a bottle of vodka is still lodged in my head
And some blond have me nightmares,
I think that sheīs still in my bed
As I dream about movies they wonīt make of me when Iīm dead
With an ironclad fist I wake up and French kiss the morning
While some marching band beats its own beat in my head
While weīre 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 youīre all that I need
I want to lay you down on a bed of roses
For tonite I sleep on a bed of nails
I want to be just as close as the Holy Ghost is...
...Well Iīm so far away that each step that I take
is on my way home. A kingīs ransom in dimes Iīd give each night
Just to see through this payphone
Still I run out of time or itīs hard to get through
Till the bird on the wire flies me back to you
Iīll just close my eyes and whisper, baby blind love is true
The hotel bar hangover whiskeyīs gone dry
The barkeeperīs wigīs crooked and sheīs giving me the eye
I might have said yeah but I laughed so hard I think I died
When you close your eyes know Iīll be thinking about you
While my mistress she calls me to stand in her spotlight again
Tonite I wonīt be alone but you know that donīt
Mean Iīm not lonely Iīve got nothing to prove
For itīs you that Iīd die to defend...
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SOMETHING TO BELIEVE IN (BON JOVI)
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 Iīll dust myself off...Iīll suck my gut in
Iīll face the night and Iīll 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 wonīt win
Iīll take this one on the chin
Weīll raise a toast...
...If I donīt believe in Jesus,
how can I believe the Pope?
If I donīt believe in heroin,
how can I believe in dope?
If thereīs nothing but survival,
how can I believe in sin?
In a world that gives you nothing
we need something to believe in...
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BLAZE OF GLORY (BON JOVI)
I wake up in the morning and I raise my weary head
Iīve got an old coat for a pillow
And the earth was last nightīs bed
I donīt know where Iīm going,
only God knows where Iīve been
Iīm a devil on the run,
a six gun lover, a candle in the wind
When youīre brought into this world
they say youīre born in sin
Well at least they gave me something
I didnīt have to steal or have to win
Well they tell me that Iīm wanted,
yeah, Iīm a wanted man
Iīm a colt in your stable,
Iīm what Cain was to Abel
Mister catch me if you can
Iīm going out in a blaze of glory
Take me now but know the truth...
...Lord I never drew first
but I drew first blood
Iīm no oneīs son call me young gun
You ask about my conscience
and I offer you my soul
You ask if Iīll grow to be a wise man,
well I ask if Iīll grow old,
you ask me if Iīve known love
and what itīs like to sing songs in the rain
Well, Iīve seen love come
and Iīve seen it shot down
Iīve seen it die in vain
Shot down in a blaze of glory...
...īCause Iīm going down in a blaze of glory...
...Iīm the devilīs son...
...Each night I go to bed
I pray the Lord my soul to keep
No I ainīt looking for forgiveness
but before Iīm six foot deep
Lord, I got to ask a favor
and hope youīll understand
īCause Iīve lived life to the fullest
Let this boy die like a man staring down a bullet
let me make my final stand...Iīm a young gun...
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THESE DAYS (BON JOVI)
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
Thereīs 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 sheīs trying to be James Dean
Sheīs seen all the disciples and all the "wanna beīs"
No one wants to be themselves these days
Still thereīs nothing to hold on to but...
...the stars seem out of reach...
...there ainīt a ladder on these streets...
...are fast, love donīt last in this graceless age
There ainīt nobody left but us...
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 "Iīve got to try"
Donīt you know that all my heroes died
And I guess Iīd rather die than fade away...
...Even innocence has caught the morning train and...
...I know Romeīs still burning
though the times have changed
This world keepd turning round and...
...are fast, nothing lasts,
there ainīt no time to waste
There ainīt nobody left to take the blame...
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MY GUITAR LIES BLEEDING IN MY ARMS (BON JOVI)
Misery likes company, I like the way that sounds
Iīve been trying to find the meaning,
so I can write it down
Staring out the window, itīs such a long way down
Iīd like to jump, but Iīm afraid to hit the ground
I canīt write a love song the way I feel today
I canīt sing no song of hope, Iīve 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
Iīm tired of watching TV, it makes me want to scream
Outside the world is burning, man itīs so hard to belive
Each day you know youīre dying from the cradle to the grave
I get so numb sometimes, that I canīt feel the pain...
...itīs strange enough these days
I send this song to you, whoever you are...
...Staring at the paper, I donīt know what to write
Iīll have my last cigarette-well, turn out the lights
Maybe tomorrow Iīll fell a different way
But here in my delusion , I donīt know what to say...
...save, and I canīt fight the feelings buried in my brains...
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THIS AINīT A LOVE SONG (BON JOVI)
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, ainīt it funny, how you never ever learn to fall
Youīre really on your knees,
when you think youīre 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 ainīt that long
Then Iīm wrong, yeah Iīm wrong, this ainīt 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 wouldnīt fade
You and I were the renegades, some things never change
It made me so mad īcause I wanted it bad for us, baby
Now itīs so sad that whatever we had, ainīt worth saving...
...If the pain that Iīm feeling so strong...
...Is the reason that Iīm holding on...
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LIE TO ME (BON JOVI)
Rumour has it that your daddyīs coming down,
heīs gonna pay the rent
Tell me baby, is this as good as life is gonna get
It feels like thereīs a stranger standing in these shoes
But, I know I canīt lose me, īcause then Iīd be losing you
I know I promised baby I would be the one to make our dreams
come true I ainīt too proud of all the struggles
And the hard times weīve been through when this cold world
comes between us, please tell me youīll be brave
īCause I can realize the danger when forgiveness fades away
If you donīt love me, lie to me
īCause baby youīre the one thing I believe
Let it all fall down around us, if thatīs whatīs meant to be
Right now...Pour another cup of coffee, babe I got something
to say to you I ainīt got the winning ticket,
not the one thatīs gonna pull us through
No one said that itīd be easy let your old man take you home
But know that if you walk out on me that darling Iīd be gone...
...Right now if you canīt love me baby, lie to me
Baby, I can take it. Itīs a bitch, but lifeīs a roller
coaster ride the ups and downs will make you scream sometimes
Itīs hard believing that the thrill is gone but we got to go
around again, so letīs hold on...Cīmon lie to me...
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HEARTS BREAKING EVEN (BON JOVI)
Itīs been a cold...night
and I canīt get you off of my mind
God knows Iīve 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
Donīt say my name, run away, īcause itīs all in vain
My heartīs breaking even, now thereīs no use we even try
Hey I cried, yeah I lied, hell I almost died...
Donīt got a reason,
letīs just fold the cards and say good-bye
Itīs all right, just two hearts breaking even tonight
Itīs been a long...time since
Iīve had your love here in my hands
We didnīt understand it, we couldnīt understand it
But, nothingīs fair in love and hate...
You lay it all down and walk away, before itīs 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...
...Go on, get on with your life, yeah, Iīll get on with mine
Broken hearts canīt call the cops, yeah, itīs a perfect crime
Twisting and turning the night keeps me yearning
Iīm burning alive, Iīm paying the price again,
but Iīll see the light again...
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