You swear you'll never again, let yourself be tempted
Too many times in the past when you've opened up your heart
You've had it broken in pieces by too many guys
Still it's hard to acknowledge the past
When she flashes those eyes
Over and over the song skips
Just as the final refrain fades away (over and over)
Like fools we are caught in the game
Caught in the game, caught in the game again
Caught in the game, caught in the game

I swore I'd never again catch myself believin'
Too many times I've been hurt, and it makes you hard inside
But when I saw you in the city tonight
Was it just imagination
Or did your eyes burn a little too bright
For purely conversation
Over and over those lights flash down at the corner arcade (over and over)
Swept away, like fools we are caught in the game

Caught in the game, caught in the game again
Caught in the game, caught in the game again
Caught in the game, caught in the game again
Caught in the game, caught in the game

Over and over the song skips
Just as the final refrain fades away (over and over)
Like fools we are caught in the game

Caught in the game, caught in the game
Caught in the game, caught in the game
Caught in the game, caught in the game again
Caught in the game again, caught in the game again

Jackie Don't Go
(Frankie Sullivan/Jim Peterik)

Jackie was the focus of my fantasies
There was passion in the schoolyard
Upon the autumn leaves
Cuttin' class was gettin' easy
Throwin' good sense down the drain
While your touch would always please me
It was love that eased the pain
Believin' that good times forever last
Our love is a thing of the past

Jackie no, Jackie don't go
You're a hard act to follow
Jackie go slow, Jackie please
I'm down on my knees, let's do it again

I was head over heels, I was hard in love
I put Jackie on a pedestal so high above
Rock 'n' roll became our savior
That alone was all it took
And when it came to fool behavior
Me and Jackie, we wrote the book
Believin' that good friends forever last
Now love is a thing of the past

Jackie no, Jackie don't go
You're a hard act to follow
Jackie go slow, Jackie please
I'm down on my knees, let's do it again

Jackie stay I'm living each day
In the streets of the city callin' your name
Jackie please, this is insane
Let's do it again

In the beginning all the time we spent together
Never further than a heartbeat away
Did you try and tell me, Jackie you were leavin'
I couldn't see beyond yesterday

(Jackie) Jackie Don't Go (Jackie)
Jackie no, Jackie don't go
You're a hard act to follow
Jackie go slow, Jackie please
I'm down on my knees, let's do it again
Jackie stay I'm living each day
In the streets of the city callin' your name
Jackie please, this is insane
Let's do it again
Jackie no, Jackie don't go
You're a hard act to follow
Jackie go slow, Jackie please
I'm down on my knees, let's do it again

I Never Stopped Loving You
(Frankie Sullivan/Jim Peterik)

From a distance I can see, the picture looks so clear to me
It's a vantage point so few can hope to find
And patience held the key, our love our only guarantee
Our destiny to make it through the night
Through the tears and through the pain
This house was built to stand the strain
Through harder times I surely can't recall
And crazy as it seems, through all we had were crazy dreams
Those hungry years I'll miss the most of all

Now at last, we fall together
We've been through it all together
Ooh, I never stopped lovin' you
When the money was short
And dreams were shattered
Faith in love was all
That pulled us through
I never stopped lovin' you

We stumbled on the way, so many nights love went astray
At different times we each played separate fools
But love became our pride, when once we'd seen the other side
Every highway led me back to you
Through the wind and through the rain
This house was built to stand the strain
Though harder times I surely can't recall

Now at last, we fall together
We've been through it all together
Ooh, I never stopped lovin' you
When the money was short
And dreams were shattered
Faith in love was all
That pulled us through
I never stopped lovin' you

From a distance I can see, The picture looks so clear to me,
A vantage point that only love can find

It Doesn't Have To Be This Way
(Frankie Sullivan/Jim Peterik)

Sometimes alone at night I lie and wonder
Was breaking up the only thing to do
We live our separate lives like perfect strangers
But in the end, we're really perfect fools
Maybe in time we'll shake the memories
Maybe in time forget the pain
But baby tonight, this heart remembers

It doesn't have to be this way
We don't need to live the lie anymore
I want you back, I'm holding on
It doesn't have to be this way
Here we stand, love's an open door
It doesn't have to be this way

With breakin' up there comes this empty feelin'
The child within you, lost without a prayer
So you run a little wild searching for some meaning
Deep into the streets of your despair
What does it take to shake your memory
What in the world could ease the pain
How can I make your heart surrender

It doesn't have to be this way
We don't need to live the lie anymore
I want you back, I'm holding on
It doesn't have to be this way
Here we stand, love's an open door
It doesn't have to be this way

Maybe in time we'll shake the memories
Maybe in time forget the pain
But baby tonight, this heart remembers all the same

It doesn't have to be this way
We don't need to live the lie anymore
I want you back, I'm holding on
It doesn't have to be this way
Here we stand, love's an open door
It doesn't have to be this way
It doesn't have to be this way
We don't need to live the lie anymore
I want you back, I'm holding on
It doesn't have to be this way
Here we stand, love's an open door
It doesn't have to be this way
It doesn't have to be this way
We don't need to live the lie anymore
I want you back, I'm holding on
It doesn't have to be this way

Ready For The Real Thing
(Frankie Sullivan/Jim Peterik)

Dead on my feet, got a deadline to meet
But it can wait, can't concentrate
This one track mind won't leave you behind
Why punish me with memories
If only now I could turn back the pages (turn back the pages)
I played some games that I've lived to regret
I only wish I had gone through those stages
Years before we met, but I know

This time, I'm ready for the real thing
Last time, I couldn't be true
This time, I'm ready for the real thing too

Turn on the light, I been tossing all night
I tried to read but it's love that I need
In my mind, the sound of goodbye
Keeps hauntin’ me like a distant dream
If only now I could turn back the pages (turn back the pages)
I played some games that I've lived to regret
I only wish I had gone through those changes
Years before we met, and baby

This time, I'm ready for the real thing
Last time, I couldn't be true
This time, I'm ready for the real thing too

If only now I could turn back the pages (turn back the pages)
I played some games that I've lived to regret
I only wish I had gone through those stanges
Years before we met, but baby

This time, I'm ready for the real thing
Last time, I couldn't be true
This time, get ready for the real thing
Cause this time baby, I'm ready for you
I'm ready for the real thing
Last time, I couldn't be true
This time, I'm ready for the real thing too
I'm ready for the real thing
Last time, I couldn't be true
This time, I'm ready for the real thing too
I'm ready for the real thing
Last time, I couldn't be true
This time, get ready for the real thing too

Half-Life
(Frankie Sullivan/Jim Peterik)

This thing we call an existence, I stand here
Trying to make some sense of it all
Each pathway offers resistance, I force a smile
But it's just not from the heart
I'm wrong for the part
And I work like a dog to get even, take my chances
And go on believin', though deep in my heart I dream
Of breakin' away

I'm livin' a half-life
No point of dimension
Trying to find my way
Do we search in the dark
You and I, we're livin' a half-life
Beyond our pretensions
We're much the same
We search for the spark

Behind the smoke screen around me
There beats a heart that is simple, dreams that are mine
We're only here for a moment, we try and capture the magic
Somehow in time, we make it all rhyme
And we work like a dog to get even, take our chances
And go on believin', though deep in our hearts we dream
Of breakin’ the chains

Are we all livin' a half-life
No point of dimension
Trying to find our way
Do we search in the dark
You and I, we're livin' a half-life
Beyond our pretensions
We're much the same
We search for the spark

And I work like a dog to get even
Take my chances and go on believin'
Though deep in my heart I dream of breakin' away

I'm livin' a half-life
No point of dimension
Trying to find my way
Do we search in the dark
You and I, we're livin' a half-life
Beyond our pretensions
We're much the same
We search for the spark
Am I livin' a half-life
No point of dimension
Trying to find my way
Do we search in the dark
You and I, we're livin' a half-life

What Do You Really Think?
(Jim Peterik)

Do you love me? tell me if it's true
Does that look of love reflect the real you?
Why does passion disappear when we're apart
Are you secretly breaking my heart?

What do you really think
What do you really think of me
What do you really think
What do you really think about me

We were dreamers, rebels in our youth
Did our fantasies obscure the bitter truth
Why do you turn your head when those boys walk by
Try looking me straight in the eye

What do you really think
What do you really think of me
What do you really think
What do you really think about me
About me, I gotta know

Ooh, can I reach you, is it worth the climb
Let me teach you, what's the bottom line
Shall we try again some other place and time, in time
Must every passing day be so tough girl
Are you secretly breaking us up girl
I wanna know, I got to know for sure, I wanna know
Do you love me? Tell me if it's true
Does that look of love reflect your point of view?
Why does passion disappear when we're apart
Are you secretly breaking my heart?

What do you really think
What do you really think of me
What do you really think
What do you really think about me
What do you really think
What do you really think of me
What do you really think
What do you really think about me
About me, I got to know, about me
What do you think about me?

Slander
(Frankie Sullivan/Jim Peterik)

The word is out, heads are talkin'
And just like a fire ragin' wild in the night
The rumors hot, the room is rockin'
It's out of control, too vicious to fight
Two lovers split, a heart is shattered
And out of revenge it steals through the night
Making sure the lies are scattered
To every border of this town tonight

The word's on the street
You call it truth, I call it slander
Times are tough, talk is cheap
Soon they'll talk about you, slander

The jury splits, undecided
They're searching for clues
My life in their hands
The hour has come, they stand divided
The future shall judge the good and the bad

And now, there's talk on the street
I call it slander
I will fight this somehow
Revenge will be sweet
Slander, like a knife in my heart, slander
Slander, gonna keep us apart, slander
Slander, there’s talk on the street
Slander, revenge will be sweet
Slander, I'm ready to fight
Slander, I will find it tonight

Slander, like a knife in my heart, slander
Slander, gonna keep us apart, slander
Slander, there's talk on the street
Slander, revenge will be sweet
Slander, too vicious to fight
Slander, wild in the night
Slander, Slander, Slander

Santa Ana Winds
(Frankie Sullivan/Jim Peterik)

When the wind decides that it's time to ride
To spread a little hell through the heartland
It takes a good long toke then it blows the smoke, through the desert night
And the wings of fire, keep climbin' higher
Flames cuttin' hard through the homeland
It takes a mighty strong will to strip the chill from the desert night

You waken from your dream, by a siren's scream
Trapped by the walls that surround you
Then it's will to will, and you wonder still can you struggle free
In a thousand ways, when you turn the phrase
The wind's like a love of a woman (woman, woman, woman)
It takes a mighty mean bitch, some fire witch
To set the night on fire

And the Santa Ana wind's gonna have its way tonight
Nothing you can do's gonna change her mind
And ain't it a lot like love the way desire takes you in
And sparks the fire like the Santa Ana wind

Now the air is calm, and the heart grows numb
The ashes burnin' low in the heartland
Till again the wind starts closin' in to set the night on fire

And the Santa Ana wind's blowin' cross my heart tonight
Nothing you can do's gonna change her mind
And woman I want your love
I need that passion deep within
Like the ragin' fire needs the Santa Ana wind

And the Santa Ana wind's gonna take your life tonight
Nothing you can do's gonna change her mind
And ain't it a lot like love
The way desire takes you in
Swept away with the Santa Ana wind

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