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Lyrics-Richie Sambora's Stranger In This Town Album

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Released in 1991

Richie Sambora: Stranger In This Town
Track Listing
1. Rest In Peace
2. Church Of Desire
3. Stranger In This Town
4. Ballad Of Youth
5. One Light Burning
6. Mr. Bluesman
7. Rosie
8. River Of Love
9. Father Time
10. The Answer
 


1. REST IN PEACE

Voodoo woman
I'll see you in my dreams

Gipsy woman

Down on Lonely Street

Gipsy was a friend of mine

In a sacred dream

Voodoo woman magic child

In time you will believe

Every time we say goodbye
Our love will rest in peace

After we make love tonight

Our love shall rest in peace

So say a prayer and close your eyes
Come lay your body down to sleep

After we make love tonight

Our love shall rest in peace


2. CHURCH OF DESIRE

Woke up in a cold sweat
In the middle of the night

Seems like a lifetime

When you're wondering who's wrong or right

One confession would resurrect the truth

Revenge or forgiveness for sins between me and you

Now we dance with the devil down lonely
street, lonely street

Looking for a window in the house of tears
Living in hell, I pray the rain disappears

I'm headed for a breakdown

And the fever runs higher

As I kneel at the altar I can feel your fire

In the church of desire

Church of desire

You never find a reason why love falls from grace
Some kind of voodoo, like a spirit you can't embrace

There's a voice in the mirror, and a ghost in my heart

That relives the passion before we were torn apart

Now we dance with the devil down lonely
street, lonely street

Looking for a window in the house of tears
Living in hell, I pray the rain disappears

I'm headed for a breakdown

And the fever runs higher

As I kneel at the altar I can feel your fire

In the church of desire

Church of desire

Now we dance with the devil down lonely
street, lonely street

Looking for a window in the house of tears
Living in hell, I pray the rain disappears

I'm headed for a breakdown

And the fever runs higher

As I kneel at the altar I can feel your fire

In the church of desire

Church of desire


3. STRANGER IN THIS TOWN

Hey mister can you tell me
What this world's about

It might just help me out

I used to be a dreamer

But my dreams have burned

You know how luck can turn

Sometimes it's hard to find a friendly face
Feel like a stranger to the human race

It's such a lonely, lonely place

I walk alone in the darkness of the city
Got no place to call home

I might be dyin'

But you can't hear a sound

'Cause midnight rain is comin' down

I'm just a stranger, a stranger in this town

Everybody loves a winner
Till the winners lose

And then it's front page news

Nobody loves a loser

When you're down and out

You know there ain't no doubt

I'm just a victim of circumstance
Please mister give me a helping hand

Brother won't you understand

I walk alone in the darkness of the city
Got no place to call home

I might be dyin'

But you can't hear a sound

'Cause midnight rain is comin' down

I'm just a stranger, a stranger in this town

I'm just a victim of circumstance
Please mister give me a helping hand

Brother won't you understand

I walk alone in the darkness of the city
Got no place to call home

I might be dyin'

But you can't hear a sound

'Cause midnight rain is comin' down

I'm just a stranger, a stranger in this town

I mean no danger, I'm a stranger, I'm a stranger

I'm a stranger in this town...

I mean no danger, I'm a stranger...

I'm just a stranger in this town


4. BALLAD OF YOUTH

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


5. ONE LIGHT BURNING

All alone in the dark
No walls no windows

Trying hard to define

Heaven from hell

Standing out in the rain

With just one shadow

Nothing to see or believe

Beyond myself

See my life going by

Each moment I am alive

I keep reaching out, holding on, hoping

Somewhere in my life
There's one light burning

I feel it like my heart beating inside

Somewhere in my life

There's one light burning

All alone with my fears
No words are spoken

A story yet to be told

Locked in my mind

Hope is somewhere ahead

Shining brightly

But the past is always following close behind

See my life going by, each moment I am alive

I keep reaching out, holding on, hoping

Somewhere in my life
There's one light burning

I feel it like my heart beating inside

Somewhere in my life

There's one light burning

Somewhere in my life
There's one light burning

I feel it like my heart beating inside

Somewhere in my life

There's one light burning

Leading the way, leading the way


6. MR. BLUESMAN

He was a man
A ramblin' man he was yes he was

Guitar in hand

His home was on the road and that's where he was

He's seen a thousand roads
He's been a million miles

And when he'd bend a note

A tear would fill my eyes

Where are you playin'

Mr. Bluesman

Mr. Bluesman

Town to town
Honkytonks and dives all look the same

His gipsy heart keeps his shadow ridin' through the rain

A graveyard full of scars
His life will paint his songs

'Cause when you're on the road

There's nowhere you belong

You're just alone

Where are you playin'

Mr. Bluesman

Mr. Bluesman

He's seen a thousand roads
He's been a million miles

And when he'd bend a note

A tear would fill my eyes

Where are you playin'

Mr. Bluesman

Mr. Bluesman

I've paid some dues
Now I make my living as a music man

I play the blues

I guess the blues must be just what I am

A graveyard full of scars
His life will paint his songs

'Cause when you're on the road

There's nowhere you belong

You're just alone

Where are you playin'

Mr. Bluesman

Mr. Bluesman

He's seen a thousand roads
He's been a million miles

And when he'd bend a note

A tear would fill my eyes

Where are you playin'

Mr. Bluesman

Mr. Bluesman


7. ROSIE

Rosie watch doin' in this low class joint
Dancin' in the dark all day

You used to be the darlin'

Of your high school scene

Now you put your love on display

Sweaty hands hand you up a dollar bill

Hungry eyes never seem to get their fill

I used to watch you walkin' down the hall

Rosie do you see me

When you hear them call your name

Rosie, Rosie I wanna take you away
Rosie, Rosie I'm gonna make you mine someday

Rosie, I went with you for that rose tattoo
You promised no one else would see

I used to wait and drive you home from dancin' school

Remember when you danced just for me

Our love was deeper then the night was long

But things just didn't work out like our favorite song

I used to watch you walkin' down the hall

Rosie do you see me

When you hear them call your name

Rosie, Rosie I wanna take you away
Rosie, Rosie I'm gonna make you mine someday

Do you remember
Our love was deeper then the night was long

But things just didn't work out like our favorite song

I used to watch you walkin' down the hall

Rosie do you see me

When you hear them call your name

Rosie, Rosie I wanna take you away
Rosie, Rosie I'm gonna make you mine someday

Rosie, Rosie I wanna take you away
Rosie, Rosie I wanna take you away


8. RIVER OF LOVE

Let me tell you a story
About body and blood

There's a fire below

Deep in the river of love

Hey pretty mama I'm just trying to be polite

I wanna make you feel the rhythm of the river tonight

And when the story is over

You'll be satisfied

Honey, honey, honey don't you understand
To make you feel like a woman

Makes me feel like a man

Let me take you down to the river of love
Baby pull me under

Make me drown in your flood

Baptize my body in your river of love

Wontcha take me down

I wanna drown

In your river of love

If you're a little lovesick
Woman I got the cure

Let me be your preacher

And you can be my whore

I feel your heart pumpin honey don't say not

I wanna dive in your river

Take you down real slow

And then your body will quiver

And the river will flow

Honey, honey, honey don't you understand
To make you feel like a woman

Makes me feel like a man

Let me take you down to the river of love
Baby pull me under

Make me drown in your flood

Baptize my body in your river of love

Wontcha take me down

I wanna drown

In your river of love

Down, down, down let me take ya
Down, down, down I wanna take ya

Let me take you down to the river of love

Baby pull me under

Make me drown in your flood

Baptize my body in your river of love

Wontcha take me down

I wanna drown

In our rive of love


9. FATHER TIME

Father time
I couldn't make her wanna stay

I couldn't seem to find the words to say

Now I have to live in yesterday

Father time

I thought that you were on my side
I thought that I could keep our love alive

I thought that I could keep her satisfied

The clock keeps tickin' and I keep on thinkin' 'bout you
I'm knockin' at the door of your heart but I can't break through

Father time
Grant me just another day

Of our love I tried to make her stay

Father time

Don't tell me it's too late

All my life you know that I would wait

Father time

Now she's gone
She didn't even say goodbye

I guess she didn't have the heart to try

She didn't even have the guts to lie

Father time

Only you can turn the page

And close the curtain on this empty stage

Only you can take my pain away

My heart keeps breakin' and my body keeps aching for you
It's time to hold on but there's nothin' left to hold on to

Father time
Grant me just another day

Of our love I tried to make her stay

Father time

Don't tell me it's too late

All my life you know that I would wait

Father time

Father, father can't you see I'm depending on you
I'm dying at the door to your heart and I can't break through

Father time
Grant me just another day

Of our love I tried to make her stay

Father time

Don't tell me it's too late

All my life you know that I would wait

Father time

She's your child make her mine

Father time


10. THE ANSWER

The lightning flashed as angels
Rode fiery chargers through the clouds

That answer scared me into tears

And all the grownups laughed out loud

Now the years roll on, tired voices have all gone
Now they ride their thunder through the heavens

There's a world in every drop of rain
Embracing oceans sweep us home again

Come along with me, come along with me

Seek the truth, you shall not find another lie

They say for every living thing
There's a guide up in the sky

That helps you pass from world to world

So you never really die

Then with scythe and cloak
Death comes waltzing to your side

As the visions pass you ask

If there was meaning to your life

As you strain to hear the answer, spirits sing, and devils fiddle

As he bends to whisper in your hear, he leaves you one more riddle

Oh, the answer lies beyond the pain
All the questions in our minds, we surely ask in vain

Come along with me, come along with me

Seek the truth, and you shall find another life

And now my life is like a storm
Growing stronger every day

Like the unrelenting wind

That comes to blow our lives away

So I live each day like I know it's my last

If there is no future there must be no past

Now I know the answers never meant a thing
And with each instant that I breathe

I feel the joy that life can bring

Come along with me, come along with me

Seek the truth, you shall not find another lie

Come along with me, come along with me

Seek the truth, you shall not find another lie

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