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This album is a "greatest hits, with a twist". Each song was completely reworked from an acoustic base with new arrangements and various styles. Some lyrics were also changed or deleted. The lyrics that are different from the original, are shown in italics.
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
To get back home
I'm a cowboy, on a steel horse I ride
Wanted dead or alive
I'm a cowboy
Wanted dead or alive
Sometimes I sleep, sometimes it's not for days
And people I meet come and go their separate ways
You can tell the day
By the bottle that you drink
And times when you're alone all you do is think
I'm a cowboy, on a steel horse I ride
Wanted dead or alive
I'm a cowboy
Wanted dead or alive
Now I walk these streets, this six string in my hand
still playing for keeps
the same ol' me, same ol' band
been everywhere, standing tall
seen a million faces
seen an awful lot of faces
I'm a cowboy, on a steel horse I ride
Wanted dead or alive
I'm a cowboy, I've got the night on my side
Wanted dead or alive
I'm a cowboy
Wanted dead or alive
Livin' On A Prayer
Tommy used to work on the docks
The union went 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
she brings home her pay for love
You know We've got to hold on to what we've got
It doesn't make a difference
If we make it or not
We've got each other and that's a lot
For love
For love
Oh, Oh, we're half way there
Oh, oh, livin' on a prayer
Take my hand and we'll make it - I swear
Oh, oh, livin' on a prayer
Tommy threw his six string in hock
Now he's holding in what he used
To make talk so tough
used to make it talk so tough
Gina dreams of running away
When she cries in the night
Tommy whispers: it's ok, it's ok
Baby, it's okay
We've got to hold on to what we've got
It doesn't make a difference
If we make it or not
We've got each other and that's a lot
For love - let's give it a shot
Oh, oh, we're half way there
Oh, oh, livin' on a prayer
Take my hand, we'll make it - I swear
Oh, oh, livin' on a prayer
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
Oh, we're half way there
Livin' on a prayer
Take my hand and we'll make it - I swear
Oh, oh, livin' on a prayer
take my hand, we'll make it I swear
take my hand
I'll take your hand
Bad Medicine
I ain't got a fever
Got a permanent disease
It'll take more than a doctor
To prescribe a remedy
Awful lot of money
More than I need
Gonna take more than a shot
To get the poison out of me
I got all the symptoms
1, 2 and 3
First you need
First you need
Then you bleed
then you bleed
On your knees
Such a tease
this boy's addicted
your kiss is the drug
Your love is like bad medicine
Bad medicine is all I need
Your love is like bad medicine
Let's play doctor
To cure my disease
I don't need a needle
To be giving me a thrill
I don't need no anesthesia
Or a nurse to bring a pill
I got a dirty down addiction
Lord it doesn't leave a track
I got a jones for some affection
Like a monkey on my back
Ain't no paramedics
Gonna save this heart attack
First you need
yeah, you need
Then you bleed
you're bleeding all over
On your knees
Ah, baby, please
this boy's addicted
your kiss is the drug
Your love is like bad medicine
Bad medicine is all I need
Your love is like bad medicine
Let's play doctor
Cure my disease
I need a respirator
I'm running out of breath
You're an all night generator
Wrapped in stockings and a dress
When you find your medicine
You take what you can get
If there's something better
Baby, Lord
They haven't found it yet
Your love is like bad medicine
Bad medicine is all I need
Your love is like bad medicine
Let's play doctor
Cure my disease
It's My Life
This ain't a song for the broken hearted
No silent prayer for 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
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
It's for Tommy and Gina who never backed down
Tomorrow's getting harder make no mistake
Luck ain't even luck
You got to make your own breaks
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 want to live while I'm alive
It's my life
You better stand tall when they're calling you out
Don't bend, don't break, baby, don't back down
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 want to live while I'm alive
It's my life
Lay Your Hands On Me
If you're ready, I'm willing and able
Wanna lay my cards out on the table
Cuz 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 is guaranteed
But what you give is always
What you need
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
Lay your hands on me
I'm a fighter, I'm a poet
and 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 is guaranteed
But the ride never
Comes 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
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
Lay your hands on me
Lay your hands on me
You Give Love A Bad Name
An angel's smile is what you sell
You promise me heaven, then you put me through hell
Chains of your love got this hold on me
that passion's a prison, and I can't break free
Oh, oh, you're a loaded gun
Oh, Oh, I got nowhere to run
No one gonna save me
Cuz 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 pretty lips
You got blood red nails on your fingertips
A school boy's dream, so why'd you act so shy
you kissed me once, baby, then bye, bye
Oh, you're a loaded gun
Oh, I got nowhere to run
No one gonna save me
Now 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
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 give love a bad name
You give love a bad name
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 blonde gave me nightmares
I think that she's still in my bed
As I dream about movies
they won't make of me when I'm dead
With an ironclast fist I wake up to
French kiss the morning
While some marching band keeps
its own beat in my head
While we're talking
About all of the things I still 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 down in a bed of roses
For tonite I sleep on a bed of nails
And I want to be just as close as the Holy Ghost is
And lay you down on a bed of roses
Well I'll so far away
That each step that I take is on my way home
A king's ransom in dimes I'd give
Just to see through this payphone
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 in 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
And lay you down on a bed of roses
The hotel bar hangover whiskey ran dry
The barkeeper's wig's crooked
She's giving me the eye
I might have said yes
But I laughed till I cried
When you close your eyes
Know I'll be thinking about you
While my mistress she calls me
to stand in her spotlight again
Tonite 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 in 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
And lay you down on a bed of roses
lay you down...
Everyday
And I was the kind of guy
Who'd never let you look inside
I'd smile when I was crying
I had nothing but to a lot to lose
Thought I had a lot to prove
In my life there's no denying
Goodbye to all my yesterdays
They're gone
Goodbye, so long
And I've had enough of crying,
bleeding, sweating, dying
I'm gonna live my life everyday
I'm gonna touch the sky,
spread these wings and fly
I'm gonna live my life everyday
Change, everybody's feelin' strange
Never gonna be the same
Makes you wonder how the world keeps turning
Life, I'm learning how to live my life
Learning how to pick my fights
Take my shots while I'm still burning
Goodbye to all those rainy nights
They're gone
Goodbye, so long
And I've had enough of crying,
bleeding, sweating, dying
I'm gonna live my life everyday
I'm gonna touch the sky
I'll spread these wings and fly
I'm gonna life my life
Hit the gas, take the wheel,
I made myself a deal
Ain't nothing gonna get in my way
Everyday
Guitar Solo
Goodbye to all my yesterdays
They're gone
And I've had enough of crying,
bleeding, sweating, dying
I'm gonna live my life everyday
And I'm gonna touch the sky,
spread these wings and fly
I'm gonna live my life everyday
I, oh I, oh I
gonna live my life
Everyday
And I, (gonna touch the sky)
Oh, I, (spread these wings and fly)
oh I,
I'm gonna live my life
Everyday
Born To Be My Baby
Rainy night and we worked all day
We both got jobs cause there's
bills to play
We've 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 won't ever die
Our dreams, our pride
My heart beats like a drum
Flesh to flesh, one on one
I'll never let go
There's something I know deep inside
You were born to be my baby
I was made to be your man
We've got something to believe in
If we don't know
Where we stand
Only God knows the reasons
But he must have had
A plan
Cause you were born to be my baby
And I was made to be your man
Light a candle, blow the world away
A table for two on a TV tray
Nothing fancy but that's okay
Our time, our way
Hold me close, baby
hang on tight
Buckle your seat for a bumpy ride
We're two kids hitching
this road of life
Our world, our fight
Stand by my side
There's a chance we'll get by
I'll know that you'll live
In my heart till the day I die
You were born to be my baby
And I was made to be your man
We got something to believe in
Even if we don't know
Where we stand
Only God knows the reason
But he must have
Had a plan
Cause you were born to be my baby
And I was made to be your man
My heart beats like a drum
Flesh to flesh, one to one
And I'll never let go cause
There's something I know deep inside
You were born to be my baby
I was made to be your man
We got something to believe in
If we don't know
Where we stand
God knows the reason
But he must have
Had a plan
Cause you were born to be my baby
And I was made to be your man
Keep the Faith
Mother mother tell your children
Their time has just begun
I have suffered for my anger
There's wars that can't be won
Father father believe me
I'm laying down my guns
I am broken like an arrow
Forgive me
Forgive your wayward son
Everybody needs somebody to love
Everybody need somebody
Faith, you know you're gonna live thru the rain
Gotta keep the faith
Don't you let love turn to hate
Gotta keep the faith
Keep the faith
Tell me baby when I hurt you
Do you keep it all inside
Do you tell me all's forgiven
And hide behind your pride
Everybody needs somebody to love
Everybody needs somebody
Faith, you know we're gonna live thru the rain
keep the faith
Don't you know it's never too late
Keep the faith
Don't let your love turn to hate
Gotta keep the faith
Keep the faith
Keep the faith
Keep the faith
Keep the faith
Keep the faith
Guitar Solo
Faith, you know you're gonna live thru the rain
keep the faith
Don't let love turn to hate
Keep the faith
You know you're gonna live thru the rain
Keep the faith
Don't you know it's never too late
Oh, keep the faith
Keep the faith
Keep the faith
Keep the faith
Keep the faith
Everybody needs somebody to love
Everybody needs somebody
Mother mother tell your children
Everybody keep the faith
Father father please believe me
Everybody please
Everybody keep the faith
Keep the faith
Keep the faith
I'll Be There For You
I guess this time you're really leaving
I heard your suitcase say goodbye
As my broken heart lies bleeding
You say true love is 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
I'm praying to God
for one more chance
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 love can do
I'll be there for you
I know you know we've
had some good times
Now 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
I wanted to be your valentine
I'll be the water if you get thirsty, baby
When you get drunk, 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 love can do
I'll be there for you
I wasn't there when you were happy
I wasn't there when you were happy
I wasn't there when you were down
I wasn't there when you were down
there when you were down, down, down
I didn't mean to miss your birthday
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 love can do
I'll be there for you
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
I can't sing a love song
Like the way it's meant to be
I guess I'm not that good anymore
that's just me
I will love you, baby
Always
And I'll be there forever and a day
Always
Now your pictures that you left behind
Are just memories of a different life
Some made us laugh, some made us cry
One that made you have to say goodbye
What I'd give to run my fingers through your hair
Touch your lips, to hold you near
When you say your prayers 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
I will love you, baby
Always
And I'll be there forever and a day
Always
I'll be there when the stars don't shine
when 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
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