RISE TO IT

Paul Stanley and Bob Halligan

All that style all going to waste

All that beauty, but you never show your face

I'm gonna make my way to you, knock down your door and walk on through

I'm impatient, times a wastin', girl, if you give me an occasion

Chorus:

I'm gonna rise to it, you know I really can do it

I'm gonna rise, I'm gonna rise, I'm gonna rise to it

When you're lying next to me, baby, I can guarantee, I'm gonna rise to it

I'll give you fever, I'll give you chills

Make you a believer, ooh, I'm gonna break your will

A little danger, a little fun, we're gonna take 'em one by one

Walk the wire of desire, and if you dare to take it higher

chorus

Get up, lights, camera, action, it's getting time for the show

Tonight you're the main attraction

And if you want a lover who can play the other role, I'm gonna, I'm gonna

chorus repeats...

BETRAYED

Gene Simmons and Tommy Thayer

You pay your taxes, you pay the rent, till you haven't got a cent

It's the law of the jungle, if you got the hunger

What doesn't kill you makes you stronger

Just hold on to what you got (hold on, hold on), just live it to the last drop

You can't help it, you just can't stop

Betrayed, yeah, life's a bitch, so just don't feel

Betrayed, no, you ain't the only one who's been betrayed, betrayed

Stone cold and all alone, and you're wearin' everything you own

They bare your flesh and strip your soul, but underneath you got a heart of gold

Just hold on to what you got (hold on, hold on)

Betrayed, you ain't satisfied, I know you feel betrayed

You ain't crucified, so get real, betrayed, betrayed

All alone, far from home, and you're feelin' cold as stone

Don't give up, don't give in, life's a bitch if you lose or win

Betrayed - yeah, you ain't the only one who's been

Betrayed - life's a bitch, if you lose or win - betrayed, betrayed

Betrayed, betrayed (repeats out)

HIDE YOUR HEART

Paul Stanley, Desmond Child, and Holly Knight

Johnny saw her riding on a street car named Desire, his fate was sealed

She could see him coming like a hundred other liars, it was no big deal

Rosa had a lover on the shady side of town, Tito, he was king of the streets

She was his possession like a jewel on his crown, Johnny better run, better run

Chorus:

Better hide your heart, better hold on tight

Say your prayers, 'cause there's trouble tonight

When pride and love battle with desire

Better hide your heart, 'cause you're playing with fire

The ride was over but the story doesn't end, he took her heart

She looked him in the eye and said they couldn't meet again

You could see the trouble start

The word went out that Rosa's messin' with someone, it was on the street

Tito looked for Johnny with a vengeance and a gun

Johnny better run, better run

chorus

Johnny's holdin' Rosa on a rooftop in the night, as time stood still

They couldn't hear him coming 'til he had them both in sight

You could feel a chill

A shot ran out like thunder and the blood was on her hands, with nothing won

When someone lies dying, lovers finally understand

chorus...

PRISONER OF LOVE

Gene Simmons and Bruce Kulick

If I can survive, and if you can't deny it

Don't give me love, no, don't even try it

Just give me your trust, and I'll tell you no lies

This is the truth, and I don't know why

Can't you hear your heart is beatin' (Don't you hear it beatin')

Don't you feel that sweet sweet feelin' (Can't you feel that feelin')

Anytime you need some lovin'

Chorus:

Yeah, I know, I'm a prisoner of love, and I can't break these chains

Yeah, yes I know, but here comes that feelin' again

And if you can't believe all your alibis, I can tell by that look in your eyes

When we make love, you play hard to bet, you bet, what you give is what you get

Anytime I see you goin' (Anytime I see you gone)

Everytime the feelin's growin' (This feelin's growin')

Anytime I need your lovin'

chorus

I know it's much too late, but I can't help this feelin', no I can't look away

chorus repeats out

READ MY BODY

Paul Stanley and Rob Halligan

Would you want to know what I'm thinking about

Do you wonder do I wanna make you scream and shout - shout it out

Would you like to see what's in my brain

Does your curiosity make you insane - insane

Baby you're just wastin' precious time, if you want to know what's on my mind

Chorus:

Read my body, are the letters big enough

Read my body, do you like the book of my love

Read my body, turn the page, get to the good stuff, read my body

Would you like to go on a moonlight ride

Do you think you wanna show me what you're like inside

Would you like to touch, do you wanna know

How good it can get, how far it can go - ooh, let's go, let's go

Baby if you're lost between the lines, open up your eyes and see the signs

chorus

Baby you're just wastin' precious time, if you want to know what's on my mind

chorus repeats...

LOVE'S A SLAP IN THE FACE

Gene Simmons and Vinnie Poncia

I been up, down, and all around, tell you what I'm feelin'

I been hurt and I've found, been pushed around, it's how I got this feelin'

I never thought I could hurt so good, no no

I never thought I could lose myself, but I just can't hide it

They never let you down easy, now listen

Chorus:

Sometimes love is like a slap in the face, you been burned and still

It's the same old mistake

If you want my opinion, I'll give it to you straight

Love is like a slap in the face

Singin' na na na na na na na na na, na na na na na na na na na

Love's got a hold on me, I can't believe it, but it's plain to see

Turns me upside down and inside out

Don't know why it never fails to make you scream and shout

I never knew I could fool myself, no no, I never thought I could hurt so good

But I just can't hide it, guess I'm feelin' no pain, now listen

chorus

I never knew I could hurt so good, no no, I never thought I'd say nonono, no no

But I'm here babe, I got a secret inside

Sometimes love is like a ball and chain

Keeps you up at night, why is it always the same

If you wanna know the truth, it's something I can't explain

Yeah love is like a ball and chain

Yeah na na na na, na na na na na, na na na na, na na na na na (repeats out)

FOREVER

Paul Stanley and Michael Bolton

I gotta tell you what I'm feelin' inside, I could lie to myself, but it's true

There's no denying when I look in your eyes, girl I'm out of my head over you

I lived so long believin' all love is blind

But everything about you is tellin' me this time

Chorus:

It's forever, this time I know and there's no doubt in my mind

Forever, until my life is thru, girl I'll be lovin' you forever

I hear the echo of a promise I made

When you're strong you can stand on your own

But those words grow distant as I look at your face

No, I don't wanna go it alone

I never thought I'd lay my heart on the line

But everything about you is tellin' me this time

chorus - yeah!

I see my future when I look in your eyes

It took your love to make my heart come alive

Cos I lived my life believin' all love is blind

But everything about you is tellin' me this time

chorus repeats 2x

SILVER SPOON

Paul Stanley and Vinnie Poncia

I ain't lookin' like nobody's fool, save it for somebody else

And I ain't makin' any desperate move, 'till I'm satisfied myself

I ain't waitin' for no invitation, I just wanna walk on thru

I never needed anybody, and like my daddy said

Chorus:

I wasn't born with a silver spoon, nowhere to hide in a crowded room

I see the attitude that's in your eyes, I got no reason to apologize

'Cos what's so special 'bout a girl like you, with a silver spoon

In a city where the buildings rise, I was just another face

But mama told me when somebody dies, no one else can take your place

I never needed anybody, and like my daddy said

I wasn't born with a silver spoon, nowhere to hide in a crowded room

I see the attitude that's in your eyes, I got no reason to apologize

'Cos I've got something for a girl like you, with a silver spoon

I always knew I'd be somebody, I kept it in my head

I never needed anybody, and like my daddy said

chorus...

CADILLAC DREAMS

Gene Simmons and Vinnie Poncia

When I was seventeen, found out just what it means

If you can get it free, it just ain't worth a damn

When I heard the preacher say, don't throw your life away

I got that message, and I wrote it on the wall

I don't want anybody tellin' me lies, no, I don't want your diamond ring

'Cause you ain't got my size

I want money, money, that's what I need,

I got Cadillac dreams, please mister don'tcha take it from me

Give me money, money, more than I need, I got Cadillac dreams waitin' on me

Cadillac dreams, Cadillac dreams

When I had the young boy blues, I paid some young boy dues

I learned the hard way, there's a heartbreak every day

Stone cold reality came crashing down on me

Well life was hard on me, but I still don't give a damn

When I was seventeen I was an angry young man

But I won't let just anybody tell me who I am

I just want money, money, that's all I need

I got Cadillac dreams, hey mister don'tcha take it from me

Give me money, money, more than I need, these Cadillac dreams are waitin' on me

Didn't have the time of day, till this dream was born

You can't take that away, you can't take that away from me

(Solo)

When I was seventeen, there was this beauty queen

Checked in a one room suite, the back seat of my car

When you want all the best things money can buy

You gotta reach down inside of you, to reach up to the sky

Yeah, I want money, money, that's all I need

I got Cadillac dreams, hey mister you can't take that from me

I want money, money, more than I need, I got Cadillac dreams waitin' on me

Money, money, that's what I need

We're drivin' in my Chevy with my Cadillac dreams

Someday, one day, just you and me

We'll ride inside these Cadillac dreams

KING OF HEARTS

Paul Stanley and Vinnie Poncia

She was just 19, but in here eyes she was old enough to know

We were caught between two city streets, like a bad dream

We could barely survive in the world outside, where the writin's on the wall

Still she lets me know, we just can't let go, and she takes my heart away

Chorus:

When she tells me I want it, I go crazy, I need it

When she touches I feel it, right there in her eyes

I'm the King of Hearts, livin' in a fantasy

The King of Hearts, when she's layin' next to me

Shinin' like a jewel tonight, love is gonna rule tonight

Yeah I'm gonna be the only one, to be King of Hearts

Like a neon light, the shadows flash across my empty room

We could leave tonight and save ourselves from a bad scene

When we walk on by with our heads up high, all the faces turn our way

Yeah it's in their eyes, and they realize, we can make our getaway

chorus

(Solo)

chorus to fade

THE STREET GIVETH AND THE STREET TAKETH AWAY

Gene Simmons and Tommy Thayer

Hey man, gotta take a stand, so you think that you've been had

I'm here to bet ya, street's gonna get ya, well two out of three ain't bad

Hey man, it's gettin' out of hand, cross your heart and hope to die

You got yours, and I got mine, I'm gonna get what's comin' to ya

Chorus:

'Cause the street giveth and the street taketh away

Where there's no blind justice, no way

Hey man, don't you understand, you can run but you can't hide

There ain't no life after death, so save your breath (you're gonna)

Be a rock 'n roll suicide

Hey man, do you need a hand, but I ain't no blessing in disguise

Feel the agony, and the ecstacy, it's gonna burn right through ya

chorus

Life's too short, so help yourself, 'cause I don't walk on water

chorus

'Cause the street giveth and the street taketh away (repeats out)

YOU LOVE ME TO HATE YOU

Paul Stanley and Desmond Child

You tell lies when you look at me, smile when you look away

Spin a web any fool can see, put your candy on display

It's a game of who needs who, who's on top, me or you

Pleasure and pain feel the same when the night is thru

Chorus:

Girl you want me to cry, feel like I'm gonna die

Girl you want me to bleed, feel the thrill of my need

Girl you want me to bed, wish to hell I was dead

Cos you love me to hate you, yeah you love me to hate you

Girl you love me to hate you, and the more that I hate you I love you

You're like a cat on a hot tin roof, I love it when you scratch and bite

You got my heart in a hangman's noose, pull the rope and make it tight

Love's like a chain holdin' you to me, you're the lock, baby I'm the key

Don't wanna walk 'cause we're caught in a fantasy

chorus

It's a game of who needs who, who's on top, me or you

Pleasure and pain feel the same when the night is thru

chorus

Cos you love me to hate you, yeah you love me to hate you

Girl you love me to hate you, and the more that I hate you I love you

And the more that I hate you I love you

Yeah the more that I hate you I love you

(repeats out)

SOMEWHERE BETWEEN HEAVEN AND HELL

Gene Simmons and Vinnie Poncia

I'd have to be a mindreader, baby, just to know what's goin' on

You don't need no crystal ball, sugar, can't you see my love is strong

Don't you know my temperature is startin' to rise up

And it's draggin' me under your spell

Chorus:

Somewhere between heaven and hell

Sometimes I think you want to, but I can never tell

Somewhere between pleasure and pain

I'm about to go insane, I'm so hungry, I'm so hungry

You don't have to see no furtune teller, to see I just can't take no more

You been such a heartbreaker, baby, you keep a lock on heaven's door

Ain't you tired of goin' through the motions

And standin' in the shadow of love

Somewhere between heaven and hell

Sometimes I think you want to, but I can never tell

Somewhere between the truth and a lie

Sometimes I wonder why, I can't hurt you, I can't hurt you

Don't need your lovin', don't want nothin'

Don't need your sympathy, don't need a friend

I just need somethin' I can believe in, I can believe in

Ain't you tired of goin' through the motions

And hidin' in the shadow of love

I'm somewhere between heaven and hell

Sometimes I think you want me, but I can never tell

Somewhere between pleasure and pain

I'm about to go insane, I'm so hungry

Somewhere between love and hate

Don't know just what I'm feelin', babe I think it's gettin' late

Somewhere between the truth and a lie

Sometimes I wonder why, I can't hurt you...

LITTLE CAESAR

Eric Carr, Gene Simmons, and Adam Mitchell

Ten million stories in the city, ten million backs against the wall

Desperation's out tonight, you can cut it with a knife

Everybody wants to have it all

Well they tell you that the world is rough

But they never rocked it hard enough

Chorus:

Hey little Caesar, nobody messing with you

Hey little Caesar, go show 'em what you can do

Nobody said that it was pretty, you haven't got a penny or a prayer

You know it's gonna be a fight, if you wanna see your name in lights

Ain't nobody gives a damn out there

Well you got your guts, you got your pride

But you'll never let them see inside

chorus

(Spoken:)

Well you don't believe in the books and rules

'Cause you just believe in what you know is cool

Well they tell you that the world is rough

But they never rocked it hard enough - I can't hear you

They just don't understand, you gotta fight to be a man

chorus

Hey little Caesar, oh yeah, that's what it is

Hey little Caesar, yeah

BOOMERANG

Gene Simmons and Bruce Kulick

Gonna throw down the dice on a roll, it's a showdown, gonna walk on hot coals

Cut the deck, better place your bet, 'cause the game ain't over yet

Wanna keep you under lock and key, can't you see what you do to me

Get the noose, I know I'm gonna hang, 'cause you're like a boomerang, boomerang

On the way up, you change your tune, so pay up, and it ain't too soon

Can't make up or break up, can't feel a thing, you want a piece of everything

First you're cold and then you're hot, you're in the mood and then you're not

Yeah, I know I'll get a bang, 'cause you're like a boomerang, boomerang

You can slip and you can slide, but there ain't nothin' you can hide

You just can't say no, well here I come, baby, and here I go

A boomerang, a boomerang

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