Your love is like a 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 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 I 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
Bad, bad medicine
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 monkey 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 madicine
Bad medicine is what I need
Shake it up, just like bad madicine
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 thay haven't found it yet
Your love is like bad madicine
Bad medicine is what I need
Shake it up, just like bad madicine
There ain't no doctor that can
Cure my disease
Your love is like bad madicine
Bad medicine is what I need
Shake it up, just like bad madicine
Your love's the potion that
Can cure my disease
Bad, bad medicine
Bad, bad medicine
Growing
up today
There's many mountains you must climb
You're not the only one 'Cause everybody's on that line
Hey mister know it all
What do you recommend
You think you know the answers
But the questions never end
Young hearts better hold on
Beyond the innocence
Your youth is gone
So look in your mirror
You got nothing to lose
Don't waste your time away
Thinkin' 'bout yesterday's blues
Born outta passion
To a world gone cold
Ya wear it on your shoulders
It's a heavy, heavy load I know
Love and its emotions
Come knocking at your door
Young hearts will be broken
And time's the only cure
Young hearts better hold on
Beyond the innocence
Your youth is gone
So look in your mirror
You got nothing to lose
Don't waste your time away
Thinkin' 'bout yesterday's blues
Temptation makes us fall from grace
But the angels were sinners
And the sinners saints
Forgive yourself cause we're all the same
Everybody rides on the karma train
Young hearts
Better hold on
Beyond the innocence
Your youth is gone
Look in your mirror
It'll tell you the truth
Don't waste your time away
Don't waste your life away, no, no
Live today
There's no time to lose
Cause when tomorrow comes
It's all just yesterday's news
All just yesterday news
I
went to see the preacher
To teach me how to pray
He looked at me and smiled
Then the preacher turned away
He said if you want to tell Him something
You ain't gotta fold your hands
Say it with your heart
Your soul and believe it
And I'd say amen
Bang a drum for the sinners
Bang a drum for the sins
Bang a drum for the losers
And those who win
Bang a drum bang it loudly
Or as soft as you need
Bang a drum for yourself son
And a drum for me
I called upon my brother
Just the other day
He said: John I'm gonna die
If I don't start to live again
I work each day and night like clockwork
Just trying to make ends meet
I could kick this bad world's ass
If I could just get on my feet
I'd bang a drum for the dying
Bang a drum for the truth
Bang a drum for the innocence
Lost in our youth
Bang a drum bang it loudly
Or as soft as you need
Bang a drum for you brother
And a drum for me
I don't know where all the rivers run
I don't know how far
I don't know how come
But I'm gonna die believin'
Each step that I take
Ain't worth the ground that I walk on
If we don't walk it our own way
No I don't claim to be a wiseman
A poet or a saint
I'm just another man who's searching
For a better way
But my heart beats loud as thunder
For the things that I believe
Sometimes I wanna run for cover
Sometimes I want to scream
Bang a drum for tomorrow
Bang a drum for the past
Bang a drum for the heros
That won't come back
Bang a drum for the promise
Bang a drum for the lies
Bang a drum for the lovers
And the tears they've cried
Bang a drum bang it loudly
Or as soft as you need
But as long as my heart keeps on bangin'
I got a reason to believe
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
It's 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 your all that I need
I want to lay down on a bed of roses
For tonight 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
Well I'm so far away
That each step thatI take is on my way home
A king's ransom in dimes I'd give each night
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 down on a bed of roses
For tonight 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's gone dry
The barkeepers wig's crooked
And she's giving me the eye
I might have said yeah
But I laughed so hard I think I'd died
Now as 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 to you that I'd die to defend
I want to lay down on a bed of roses
For tonight 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
I just seen trouble
He's calling out your name tonite
Billy get your guns
You could walk away
But I know you were born to fight
So Billy get your guns
The bandileros are strung out
In the promenade
Billy get your guns
And the wind whispers softly
That's the devil's to blame
Billy get your guns
Billy get your guns
There's trouble blowing
Like a hurricane
Billy get your guns
That's the price on your head
For the price of fame
And it'll never change
Billy get your guns
There's a whiskey bottle empty
Sittin' on the bar
Billy get your guns
And some organ grinder singing
About some sucker moving on
Billy get your guns
All the whores are hanging out
Waiting to get paid
Billy get your guns
From some Johnny on the spot
Who said hey keep the change, baby
Billy get your guns
Billy get your guns
There's trouble blowing
Like a hurricane
Billy get your guns
That's the price on your head
For the price of fame
And it'll never change
They
christened you with whiskey
And there's fire running through your veins
Well you're an outlaw just the same
And every night a bullet wears your name
Billy get your guns
There's trouble blowing
Like a hurricane
Billy get your guns
That's the price on your head
For the price of fame
And it'll never change
I've seen hangman dancing
Beneath the pale moonlight
Billy get your guns
And every stranger that you meet
Thinks it's his lucky night
Billy get your guns
I don't envy you Billy
But I want to say
You better get your guns
'Cause every outlaw that's died
Will live to ride again
Billy get your guns
Billy get your guns
There's trouble blowing
Like a hurricane
Billy get your guns
That's the price on your head
For the price of fame
And it'll never change
Billy get your guns
We
met some time ago
When we were almost young
It never crossed my mind to ask you
Where did you come from?
I didn't have much money
So I stole you a rose
You were dressed like an orphan
In Salvation Army clothes
I never thought I'd lose you
No I'd rather go blind
I thought I saw the future
But the fortune teller lied
Your love was my salvation
It could always get me high
What was once holy water
Tastes like bitter wine
I know I wasn't funny
But you laughed at all of my jokes
When I was choking on words to say
You stuck your fingers down my throa
t The first night I said I loved you
You told me to go to hell
You were giving me head
On that creaky old bed
At the Ol' Duval Motel
Just like everything
Even good love has to die
Ain't no sympathy
When it says good-bye
Your love was my salvation
It could always get me high
What was once holy water
Tastes like bitter wine
Just like everything
Good love has to die (good love has to die)
Ain't no sympathy
When it says good-bye
No one even cries
When your one of a kind
One of a kind
One of a kind
Love left me stranded at the station
And the last trains gone by
What was once holy water
Tastes like bitter wine
Your love was my salvation
I t could always get me high
You take the bad from holy water
Now all that's left is bitter wine
Blame It On The Love Of Rock & Roll
First time I hard the music
I thought it was my own
I could feel it in my heartbeat
I could feel it in my bones
My momma thinks I'm crazy
Dad says I'm insane
I got this boogie woogie fever
That's burning in my veins
They took to a doctor
But it's too late for me
They dragged me to a preacher
That they saw on their TV
Who said that for a small donation
My lost soul would be saved
I said that I don't so preacher
I'll come back another day
All thatI want
Is to be a Rolling Stone
They don't understand
What we all know
It feels so good it ought be illegal
I got my vaccination from a phonograph needle
I'll never grow up and
I'll never grow old
Blame it on the rock and roll
My teacher didn't like me
They tried to put me down
'Cause I wore my hair too long
Played my music way to loud
Every little boy
Wants to learn to play guitar
So he can pick up all the chicks
And be a rock-n-roll star
They said it won't last,
But they misunderstood
If people thinks it's bad
I'll be bad for good
It feels so good it ought be illegal
I got my vaccination from a phonograph needle
I'll never grow up and
I'll never grow old
Blame it on the love of rock and roll
Blame it on the love of rock and roll
Daddy just don't understand
What the little girl knows
Blame it on the love of rock and roll
All that I wanted
All I ever needed
My guitar gave to me
Every song I've sung
Blame it on the love
Every war I've won
Blame it on the love
Everything I've done
Blame it on the love
Blame it on the love of rock and roll
It feels so good it ought be illegal
I got my vaccination from a phonograph needle
I'll never grow up and
I'll never grow old
Blame it on the love of rock and roll
Blame it on the love of rock and roll
Daddy just don't get
What the little girl knows
Blame it on the love of rock and roll
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 down in a blaze of glory
Take me now but know the truth
I'm going down 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
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
Hey Patty Garrett
That's what I used to call you
They tell me you want me
But I hear they've got you
They made you a lawman
With a badge made of silver
They paid you some money
To sell them my blood
But you say
This ain't about me
And this ain't about you
Or the good and the bad times
We've both been through
When the lines between brothers
And justice have changed
You do what you've got to
Cause you can't walk away
I wonder what would have happened
If you were the killer
And I was the hero
Would things be the same?
Or would I have traded
Your life for my own life
Would I have paid
Your debts in your place
(I don't know)
But this ain't about me
And this ain't about you
Or the good and the bad times
We've both been through
When the lines between brothers
And justice have changed
You do what you've got to
Cause you can't walk away
Blood money
That's what I call it
'Cause money for blood
Ain't no fair exchange
Blood money
Bought and then sold you
But your conscience is all you
Can take to your grave
I can still remember
When I was just a kid
When friends were friends forever
And what you said was what you did
Well, it was me and Daddy and Bobby
We cut each other's hands
And held tight to a promise
Only brothers understand
But we were so young (so young)
One for all and all for one (for one)
Just as sure as the river's gonna run
Blood on blood
One on one
We'd still be standing
When all was said and done
Blood on blood
One on one
And I'll be here for you
Till Kingdom come
Blood on blood
Well, Bobby was our hero
Cause he had a fake I.D.
I got busted stealing cigarettes
And he took the rap for me
Danny knew this white trash girl
We each threw in a ten
She took us to this cheap motel
And turned us into men
We were so young (so young)
One for all and all for one (for one)
Just as sure as the river's gonna run
Blood on blood
One on one
We'd still be standing
When all is said and done
Blood on blood
One on one
And I'll be here for you
Till Kingdom come
Blood on blood
Now Bobby, he's an uptown lawyer
Danny, he's a medicin man
And me, I'm just the singer
In a long haired rock'n'roll band
Through the years and miles between us
It's been a long and lonely ride
But if I got a call in the dead of the night
I'd be right by your side
Blood on blood, blood on blood
Like
blood on blood
Just
like brothers, blood on blood
Big brothers
Blood on blood
One on one
We'd still be standing
When all is said and done
Blood on blood
One on one
And I'll be here for you
Till Kingdom come
Blood on blood
Blood on blood
Rainy night and the worked all day
We both got jobs cause there's bills to play
We 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'll never die
Our dreams, our pride
My heart beats like a drum (all night)
Flesh to flesh, one to one (and it's alright)
And I'll never let go cause
There's something I know deep inside
You were born to be my baby
And baby, I was made to be your man
We got something to believe in
Even if we don't know where we stand
Only God would know the reasons
But I bet he must have had a plan
Cause you were born to be my baby
And baby, I was made to be your man
Light a candle, blow the world away
Table for two on a TV tray
It ain't fancy, baby that's OK
Our time, our way
So hold me close better hand on tight
Buckle up, baby, it's a bumpy ride
Two kids hitching down the road of life
Our world, our flight
If we stand side by side (all night)
There's a chance we'll get by (and it's alright)
And I'll know that you'll be live
In my heart till the day I die
Cause you were born to be my baby
And baby, I was made to be your man
We got something to believe in
Even if we don't know where we stand
Only God would know the reasons
But I bet he must have had a plan
Cause you were born to be my baby
And baby, I was made to be your man
My heart beats like a drum (all night)
Flesh to flesh, one to one (and it's alright)
And I'll never let go cause
There's something I know deep inside
Cause you were born to be my baby
And baby, I was made to be your man
We got something to believe in
Even if we don't know where we stand
Only God would know the reasons
But I bet he must have had a plan
Cause you were born to be my baby
And baby, I was made to be your man
You were born to be my baby
And baby, I was made to be your man
This time girl I've had enough
You're too hot to handle with kid gloves
It's too late I hear a knock on my door
The game's over baby
I can't take It no more
Breakout, breakout
Take these chains of me
You held my heart for ransom
Baby, set it free
Breakout, breakout
You lies can't hide what I see
I'm better off on my own
Promises made in the heat of the night
Those words were broken under bedroom lights
Your lips they burn your body calls my name
I can feel the fire but it's all in vein
Breakout, breakout
Take these chains of me
You held my heart for ransom
Baby, set it free
Breakout, breakout
You lies can't hide what I see
I'm better off on my own
You say we'll meet around midnight
You're gonna make me feel oh so right
I'm saying no not tonight
You gotta let me go
Breakout, breakout
Take these chains of me
You held my heart for ransom
Baby, set it free
Breakout, breakout
You lies can't hide what I see
I'm better off on my own
You say we'll meet around midnight
You're gonna make me feel oh so right
I'm saying no not tonight
You gotta let me go
Breakout, breakout
Take these chains of me
You held my heart for ransom
Baby, set it free
Breakout, breakout
You lies can't hide what I see
I'm better off on my own
I've
been lied to, you been cheated
I've been cried to, you been mistreated
I've been watching you, you want action
You need love and I need satisfaction
I'm burning for love
Filled with desire
I can't stand the heat
My heart's on fire
I can't get enough
It's down to the wire
Making my move, looking for you
I'm burning for love
You're the victim it's in your eyes
I'm the suspect and love's the crime
Tensions mounting bodies shaking
I can't take the anticipation
I'm burning for love
Filled with desire
I can't stand the heat
My heart's on fire
I can't get enough
It's down to the wire
Making my move, looking for you
I'm burning for love
Now that I got you in my sight
Can't take another sleepless night
Oh no, no
You can run but you can't hide
You're the only one I need
To feel the fire inside