All I Want Is Everything These Days 1995 (J. Bon Jovi & R. Sambora)

Some 15 year old kid sits on his porch, just half-past noon,
Trying to figure out just what he’s doing,
Why he had to grow up so soon.
With all the gangs, all the guns - whatcha gonna learn in school.
There’s gotta be someway out of here.
He says: Man, this life is cruel.

I used to know this Puerto Rican girl who lied to change her life,
She changed her name, her face because the grass looked greener on the other side.
She turned her back, she ran away straight into the night,
Her friends, her family feel the pain, but she’s the one who cries.

Tell me what you want, tell me what you need,
I want everything, I want it all.
I’ve had enough of havin’ nothing, I won’t take just anything.
I got my mind set on something, all I want is everything.

It’s my life Mr. - I ain’t running, I’m no puppet on a string,
I want more than I see coming, all I want is everything.
All I want is everything.

My nextdoor neighbour Donnie, died in his room just the other day,
His brother came home, found him dead on the floor with a needle in his vein.
Cops came down with a body bag, they said Donnie was a casuality,
I said, all it’s about is the boy checked out, he couldn’t handle reality.

Tell me what you want, tell me what you need,
I want everything, I want it all.
I’ve had enough of havin’ nothing, I won’t take just anything.
I got my mind set on something, all I want is everything.

It’s my life Mr. - I ain’t running, I’m no puppet on a string,
I want more than I see coming, all I want is everything.
All I want is everything.

Tell me what you want, tell me what you need,
I want everything, I want it all. I’ve had enough of havin’ nothing,
I won’t take just anything. I got my mind set on something,
All I want is everything.

It’s my life Mr. - I ain’t running, I’m no puppet on a string,
I want more than I see coming, all I want is everything.
All I want is everything.

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