1. IT'S
MY LIFE
This ain't
a song for the broken-hearted
No silent prayer for the 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
Chorus:
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
For Tommy and Gina who never backed down
Tomorrow's getting harder make no mistake
Luck ain't even lucky
Got to make your own breaks
Chorus:
It's my life
And 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
'Cause it's my life
Solo
Better stand tall when they're calling you out
Don't bend, don't break, baby, don't back down
Chorus:
It's my life
And it's now or never
'Cause 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
Chorus:
It's my life
And it's now or never
'Cause 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
'Cause it's my life!
2. SAY IT
ISN´T SO
I just can´t
believe
It was all a lie
No man in the moon
Just a big light in the sky
I hear Disneyland
Might lose Mickey Mouse
In some giant hostile corporate shake-up
Tell me it's a nightmare
Please wake me up
(Say it isn't so)
I found a book of matches
From someplace we've never been
How come you hang the phone up
The minute I walk in
Last night I had this dream
That I was losing you
I woke up in a cold sweat shaking
Rescue me my heart is breaking
Chorus:
Say it isn't so (tell me it's not true)
Say it isn't so (I believe in you)
Tell me it's a lie (I don't need no proof)
Say everything's alright (couldn't be, not
you)
Say it isn't so
Superman don't fly
They did it al with strings
Elvis Presley
died
They deep fried the king
Like some tacky cheesy bathing beauty
Dancing on the beach in a bad b-movie
Chorus 1:
Say it isn't so (tell me it's not true)
Say it isn't so (I believe in you)
Tell me it's a lie (I don't need no proof)
Say everything's alright (couldn't be, not you)
Chorus 2:
Say it isn't so (don't give up on me)
Say it isn't so (don't give up on you)
Get me through the night (we'll make it through)
Make everything alright (couldn't be, not you)
Say it isn't so..
Solo
Chorus 1:
Say it isn't so (tell me it's not true)
Say it isn't so (I believe in you)
Tell me it's a lie (I don't need no proof)
Say everything's alright (couldn't be, not you)
Chorus 2:
Say it isn't so (don't give up on me)
Say it isn't so (don't give up on you)
Get me through the night (we'll make it through)
Make everything alright (couldn't be, not you)
Say it isn't so.
3.THANK YOU
FOR LOVING ME
It's hard for
me to say the things
I want to say sometimes
There's no one here but you and me
And that broken old street light
Lock the doors
We'll leave the world outside
All I've got to give to you
Are these five words when I
Chorus:
Thank you for loving me
For being my eyes
When I couldn't see
For parting my lips
When I couldn't breathe
Thank you for loving me
Thank you for loving me
I never knew I had a dream
Until that dream was you
When I look into your eyes
The sky's a different blue
Cross my heart
I wear no disguise
If I tried, you'd make believe
That you believed my lies
Chorus:
Thank you for loving me
For being my eyes
When I couldn't
see
For parting my lips
When I couldn't breathe
Thank you for loving me
You pick me up when I fall down
You ring the bell before they count me out
If I was drowning you would part the sea
And risk your own life to rescue me
Solo
Lock the doors
We'll leave the world outside
All I've got to give to you
Are these five words when I
Chorus:
Thank you for loving me
For being my eyes
When I couldn't see
You parted my lips
When I couldn't breathe
Thank you for loving me
When I couldn't fly
Oh, you gave me wings
You parted my lips
When I couldn't breathe
Thank you for loving me
4. TWO STORY
TOWN
I couldn't
sleep
Took a walk down Second Avenue
Sick of dreaming dreams that never come true
On a one way street and I know where its leading to
There's a "For Sale" sign on the front door of the city hall
The subway line got graffiti crawling off the wall
I could take a hit but I ain´t gonna take the fall
That's just one side of the story
In this two story town
Chorus:
It's just the same old sights
And the same old sounds
I´m gonna take my car and drive out of this two story town
It's the same old ship going round
I'm going down, down ,down, down, down
It's a two story town
There's a girl that I sleep with
She's got ecstasy eyes
He promised her roses and American pie
I called her and my demons
And I kissed them both goodbye
Seven days of Monday morning
In a two story town
Chorus:
It's just the same old sights
And the same old sounds
I´m gonna take my car and drive out of this two story town
It's the same old ship going round
I'm going down, down, down, down, down
It's a two story town
One shot to make a move now
The ghosts are calling me out
Guitar solo
And me I'm just one story
In a two story town
But you're never gonna find me in the lost and found
Chorus:
It's just the same old sights
And the same old sounds
I´m gonna take my car and drive out of this two story town
It's the same old ship going round
I'm going down, down, down, down, down
It's a two story town
Chorus 2:
It's just the same old sights and the same old sounds
I´m gonna take my horse and ride him off this merry-go-round
I won't give in and I won't back down
I'm going down, down, down, down down
Never going down, down, down, down, down
I ain´t going down, down, down, down, down
In a two-story town
In this two
story town
Watch me now…
5. NEXT 100
YEARS
Time ain't
nothing but time
It's a verse with no rhyme
Man, it all comes down to you
and change ain't nothing but change
Just the faces and names
But you know we're gonna make it through
I'll believe
When you don't believe in anything
Chorus:
I'm gonna hold ya 'til your hurt is gone
Be the shoulder that you're leaning on
I'll be standing here
For the next 100 years
If it all should end tonight
I'll know it was worth the fight
And we'll be standing here
For the next 100 years
I, when I think that I'm losing my mind
It all comes back to you
And you, you know that it's true
After all we've been through
There's nothing
that I wouldn't do
Stand by me
And I would gladly give up everything
Chorus:
I'm gonna hold ya 'til your hurt is gone
Be the shoulder that you're leaning on
I'll be standing here
For the next 100 years
If it all should end tonight
I'll know it was worth the fight
And we'll be standing here
For the next 100 years
Solo
I'm gonna hold ya 'til your hurt is gone
Be the shoulder that you're leaning on
I'll be standing here
For the next 100 years
If the world should end tonight
I'll know it was worth the fight
And we'll be standing here
For the next 100 years
Solo
Time, ain´t
nothing but time,
It´s a verse
with no rhyme, Man it all comes down to you
6. JUST OLDER
Hey, man, it's
been a while
Do you remember me?
When I hit the streets I was 17
A little wild, a little green
I've been up and down and in between
After all these years
and miles of memories I'm still chasing dreams
But I ain't looking over my shoulder
Chorus:
I like the bed I'm sleeping in
Just like me, it's broken in
It's not old -- just older
Like a favorite pair of torn blue jeans
This skin I'm in it's alright with me
It's not old -- just older
It's good to see your face
You ain't no worse for wear
Breathing that California air
When we took on the world
When we were young and brave
We got secrets that we'll take to the grave
Standing here shoulder to shoulder
Chorus:
I like the bed I'm sleeping in Just like me, it's broken in
It's not old -- just older
Like a favorite
pair of torn blue jeans
This skin I'm in it's alright with me
It's not old -- just older
I'm not old enough to sing the blues
But I wore the holes in the soles of these shoes
You can roll the dice 'til they call your bluff
But you can't win until you're not afraid to lose
Solo
Well, I look in the mirror
I don't hate what I see
There's a few more lines staring back at me
Now the night has grown a little bit colder
Hey man, I gotta run
Now you take care
If you see coach T. Tell him I´ve cut my hair
I´ve kept my fear
Still believe I´m just- Ha!
Chorus:
I like the bed I'm sleeping in Just like me, it's broken in
It's not old -- just older
Like a favorite pair of torn blue jeans
This skin I'm in it's alright with me
It' s not old -- just older
It´s not old
-- just
7. MYSTERY
TRAIN
There are days
when she's a whisper
Nights when she's a scream
A reason to wake up in the morning
To close your eyes and dream
She'll curse you like a sailor
She'll wound you with her eyes
She always makes it better
But she won't apologize
You know everything about her but don't know her at all
Chorus:
She's a ride on a mystery train
To a place you've never been before
Better hold on tight to that mystery train
You're not in Kansas anymore
Oh, she's a ride
Mystery train
She cries because she's happy
She sings songs when she's mad
Like a stiff drink when you need it
She's good
at being bad
And long before
you knew her you knew she was the one
Chorus:
She's a ride on a mystery train
To a place you've never been before
Better hold on tight to that mystery train
You're not in Kansas anymore
She's a ride
Mystery train
Solo
I know everything about her but don't know her at all
Chorus:
She's a ride on a mystery train
To a place I've never been before
I waited all my life for that mystery train
I'm not in Kansas anymore
She's a ride
On a mystery train
She's a ride
On a mystery train
8. SAVE THE
WORLD
I never went
to college
I don't have a degree
Let's say I went to night school
I learned all I know on the streets
I wasn't born a rich man
I ain't got no pedigree
The sweat on this old collar
That's my Ph.D.
It comes down to this
I wouldn't exist
Without you it ain't worth the grind
I'd fight for one kiss
On a night like this
You make me feel I could fly, like
Chorus:
I can save the world
Since the night your love saved me
Maybe I can't save the world
But as long as you believe
Maybe I can save the world
I got to confess
Sometimes I'm a mess
And sometimes I step out of line
Like this old tattoo
I ain't shiny
or new
With you by my side nothing matters
Chorus:
I can save the world
Since the night your love saved me
Maybe I can't save the world
But as long as you believe
Maybe I can save the world
Guitar solo
They can say it's blind love
But it's a fool who don't believe
That I'd fly all the way to the moon
Just to walk you down your street
Chorus:
I can save the world
Since the night your love saved me
Maybe I can't save the world
But as long as you believe
Our love is even stronger
Than god hoped it could be
Baby, all it takes is
Just a little faith in me
To feel like
I can save the world
I can save the world
9. CAPTAIN
CRASH AND THE BEAUTY QUEEN FROM MARS
Dressed up
for a big date
Like Halloween day but it was Fourth of July now
A car crash with a suitcase and a painted face
She was one of a kind
She wears a plastic crown like Cinderella
And roller skates in bed
He rides the greyhound from his hometown
When he comes around 'cause they don't let him drive now
Mixed up as a milkshake
But make no mistake
They're just looking like the star
Chorus:
You and me
We're invincible together
We can be oh so tragical, whatever
Dressed up just like ziggy but he couldn't play guitar
Captain Crash and the beauty queen from mars
Share a toothpick, trading lipstick
Watching traffic for days at the diner
Holding hands, making big plans
Playing Superman,
he was wearing eyeliner
Another local legend and his longtime lucky charm
Chorus:
You and me
We're invincible together
We can be oh so tragical, whatever
All dressed up like ziggy but he couldn't play guitar
Captain Crash and the beauty queen from mars
They're drunk on love as you can get
Getting high on lust and cigarettes
Living life with no regrets
At least they're gonna try to fly
Chorus:
You and me
We're invincible together
We can be oh so tragical, whatever
We're Sid and Nancy
Fred and Ginger
Clyde and Bonnie
Liz and Richard
Kurt and Courtney
Bacall and Bogie
Joltin' Joe and Ms. Monroe
Here's captain crash and the beauty queen from mars
Captain crash
and the beauty queen from mars
10. SHE'S
A MYSTERY
She won't let
me buy her jewelry
She don't want things that she can keep
She wears wildflowers in her hair
Then throws them to the sea
She's the beginning and the end of me
Chorus:
But she's a mystery
My most beautiful regret
I will never understand her
She's a mystery
I still don't know what to call her
She says that words don't mean a thing
She changes her name every day
And lies all the time
And I feel lucky to call her mine
Chorus:
But she's a mystery
My most beautiful regret
I will never understand her
She's a mystery
The only promise I can keep
Even in my dreams she ruins me
She's anything in the world
That you cannot explain
But when she throws me a smile
It's like fire in the rain
Chorus:
But she's a
mystery
My most beautiful regret
I will never
understand her
'Cause she's a mystery
The only promise I can keep
Even in my dreams she ruins me
But she's a mystery
There's no defense
It's innocence
But she won't let you sleep
'Cause she's a mystery
11. I GOT
THE GIRL
It feels like
I'm walkin' on air
When we walk down our street
When the neighbors stop and watch us going by
You can hear 'em talking (let them talk)
Sometimes I think that you're the one reason
The sun still shines (when it shines)
And when this wicked world starts bringing me down
I tell myself that I'm one lucky guy
Chorus:
I got the girl (holding all the cards)
I got the girl (she's a work of art)
I got the girl (who's gonna break my heart)
She likes to wear her stripes with her plaids
And she won't brush her hair (I swear)
She don't like wearing shoes in December
But I don't care (what she wears)
Chorus:
I got the girl (holding all the
cards)
I got the girl (she's a work of art)
I got the girl (who's gonna break my heart)
If I was a holy man I'd get down on my knees
So the angels that watch over her would give a break to me
Holy Mother of saint bubble gum and sister band-aid knees
Won't you please pray for the ones like me
Solo
But the truth is someday
Somebody is gonna take her (from me)
But the queen of hearts will always be
A five-year-old princess to me (to me)
Chorus:
I got the girl (holding all the cards)
I got the girl (she's a work of art)
I got the girl (who's gonna break your heart)
chorus 2:
I got the girl (she's gonna leave her mark)
I got the girl (she's a work of art)
I got the girl (she's gonna break your heart)
I got the girl
I got the girl
I got the girl
She´s gonna
She´s gonna
I got the girl
I got the girl
I got the girl
12. ONE WILD
NIGHT
It's a hot
night, the natives are restless
We're sweating by the light of the moon
There's a voodoo mojo brewing at the go-go
That could knock a witch off her broom
We slither on in and shed our skin
Make our way into the bump and the grind
I'm passing by, she gives me the eye
So I stop to give her a light
Chorus:
One wild night (blinded by the moonlight)
One wild night (24 hours of midnight)
One wild night (I stepped into the twilight zone
And she left my heart with vertigo)
One wild, one wild, one wild, one wild night
Havin' as much fun as you can in your clothes
Margarita had me feelin' alright
It just might be that I found religion
I've been on my knees for half of the night
I was rolling the bones with Jimmy 'no dice'
Gonna take him for a couple weeks' pay
Man, if you lose this roll I take your girlfriend home
So I stopped
But you're not gonna believe who comes walking out
Chorus:
One wild night (blinded by the moonlight)
One wild night (24 hours of midnight)
One wild night (I stepped into the twilight zone
And she left
my heart with vertigo)
One wild night (hey, c'est la vie)
One wild night (welcome to the party)
One wild night (life is for the living so
You gotta live it up, come on let's go)
One wild, one wild, one wild, one wild night
Guitar solo
Chorus:
One wild night (blinded by the moonlight)
One wild night (24 hours of midnight)
One wild night (I stepped into the twilight zone
And she left my heart with vertigo)
One wild night (hey, c'est la vie)
One wild night (welcome to the party)
One wild night (life is for the living so
You gotta live it up, come on let's go)
One wild, one wild,
One wild night
One wild night
One wild night
One wild night blinded by the moonlight
One wild night 24 hours of midnight
One wild night stepped into the twilight zone for
One wild, one wild, one wild, one wild night.
13. I COULD
MAKE A LIVING OUT OF LOVING YOU
Bonus track
for European/Japanese release
If there's
something that needs fixing
I'm the man to see
Look me up, I'm listed
Just check under "B"
If you're ever on the spot
Well, I'm good with my hands
24-7 I'm your handyman
Odd jobs, hard jobs, anything under the sun
Big jobs, small jobs, baby
Chorus:
I'd be a rich man, it's true
If I could make a living out of lovin' you
These two hands know what to do
If I could make a living out of lovin' you
I could make a living out of lovin' you
Until the work is finished
Well, I don't get paid
I don't mind getting dirty
That's my middle name
I'm in the service business
So I understand
Call me 24-7, I'm your handyman
Odd jobs, hard jobs, anything under the sun
Big jobs, small jobs, baby
Chorus:
I'd be a rich man, it's true
If I could make a living out of lovin' you
These two hands know what to do
If I could make a living out of lovin' you
If I could make a living out of lovin'
Solo
Tough jobs, rough jobs, say where and when
I'll leave you my card, call when you need me again
Odd jobs, hard jobs, baby
Chorus:
I'd be a rich man, it's true
If I could make a living out of lovin' you
These two hands know what to do
If I could make a living out of lovin' you
I'd be a rich man, it's true
I could make a living out of lovin' you
I'm a rich man
If I could make a living out of lovin' you
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