Bon Jovi

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

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

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

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

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 all 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.

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.

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

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!

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.

Now I can't sing a love song
Like the way it's meant to be.
Well, I guess I'm not that good anymore
But baby, that's just me.

And I will love you, baby - Always
And I'll be there forever and a day - Always
I'll be there till the stars don't shine.
Till 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.

Now your pictures that you left behind
Are just memories of a different life
Some that made us laugh, some that made us cry
One that made you have to say goodbye
What I'd give to run my fingers through your hair
To touch your lips, to hold you near.
When you say your prayers try to 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.

Well, there ain't no luck
In these loaded dice.
But baby if you give me just one more try
We can pack up our old dreams.
And our old lives
We'll find a place where the sun still shines.

And I will love you, baby - Always
And I'll be there forever and a day - Always
I'll be there till the stars don't shine.
Till 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

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 keepsits 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 you're all that I need.

I want to lay you on a bed of roses
For tonite I sleep on a bed on nails
I want to be just as close as the Holy Ghost is.
And lay you down on bed of roses

Well I'm so far away.
That each step that I take is on my way home
A king's ransom in dimes I'd given 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 you down on a bed of roses.
For tonite I sleep on a bed on nails
I want to be just as close as the Holy Ghost is.
And lay you down on bed of roses.

The hotel bar hangover whiskey's gone dry.
The barkeeper's wig's crooked
And she's giving me the eye.
I might have said yeah
But I laughed so hard I think I died.

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 on a bed of roses.
For tonite I sleep on a bed on nails
I want to be just as close as the Holy Ghost is.
And lay you down on bed of roses.

Mother mother tell your children.
That their time has just begun
I have suffered for my anger.
There are wars that can't be won.

Father father please believe me.
I am laying down my guns
I am broken like an arrow.
Forgive me.
Forgive your wayward son.

Everybody needs somebody to love (mother, mother)
Everybody needs somebody to hate (please believe me).
Everybody's bitching 'cause they can't get enough.
And it's hard to hold on
When there's no one to lean on.

Faith: you know you're gonna live thru the rain.
Lord you got to keep the faith
Faith: don't let your love turn to hate.
Right now we got to Keep the faith
Keep the faith. Keep the faith.
Lord we got to keep the faith.

Tell me baby when I hurt you.
Do you keep it all inside
Do you tell me all's forgiven.
And just hide behind your pride.

Everybody needs somebody to love (mother, father)
Everybody needs somebody to hate (please don't leave me).
Everybody's bleeding
'cause the times are tough.
Well it's hard to be strong.
When there's no one to dream on.

Faith: you know you're gonna live thru the rain.
Lord you got to keep the faith.
Now you know is not too late.
Oh you got to keep the faith
Faith: don't let your love turn to hate.
Right now we got to. Keep the faith.
Keep the faith. Keep the faith.
Lord we got to keep the faith.

Walking in the footsteps.Of society's lies.
I don't like what I see no more
Sometimes I wish that I was blind.
Sometimes I wait forever.

To stand out in the rain.
So no one sees me cryin'.
Trying to wash away the pain
Mother father.

There's things I've done I can't erase.
Every night we fall from grace
It's hard with the world in yours face.
Trying to hold on, trying to hold on.

Faith: you know you're gonna live thru the rain.
Lord you got to keep the faith.
Faith: don't let your love turn to hate.
Right now we got to keep the faith.
Faith: now it's not too late.
Try to hold on, trying to hold on.
Keep the faith.

Once upon a time. Not so long ago.
Tommy used to work on the docks
Union's been 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 hom her pay
For love - for love.

She says:
We've got to hold on to what we've got.
'Cause it doesn't make a difference.
If we make it or not.
We've got each other and that's a lot.
For love - we'll give it a shot.

We're half way there. Livin' on a prayer.
Take my hand and we'll make it - I swear
Livin' on a prayer.

Tommy got his six string in hock.
Now he's holding in what he used.
To make it talk - so tough, it's tough.
Gina dreams of running away.
When she cries in the night.
Tommy whispers: Baby it's okay, someday.

We've got to hold on to what we've got.
'Cause it doesn't make a difference.
If we make it or not.
We've got each other and that's a lot.
For love - we'll give it a shot.

We're half way there.
Livin' on a prayer.
Take my hand and we'll make it - I swear
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.

We're half way there.
Livin' on a prayer.
Take my hand and we'll make it - I swear
Livin' on a prayer.

An angel's smile is what you sell.
You promise me heaven, then put me through hell.
Chains of love got a hold on me.
When passion's a prison, you can't break free.

You're a loaded gun.
There's nowhere to run.
No one can save me.
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 lips.
Blood red nails on your fingertips.
A school boy's dream, you act so shy.
Your very first kiss was your first kiss goodbye.

You're a loaded gun.
There's nowhere to run.
No one can save me.
The damage is done.