It's pretty cold for late September
And autumn wind is creepin' in
The summer sun packed up it's long gone
There's a whole lot of leavin' goin' on

Yeah!

I bet it's warm in California
I think it's time to hit the road
I just might call that plain of gypsies
Whose searching for our pot of gold

Seems like lately there's a whole lot of leavin' goin' on

I close my eyes and picture youre hand in mine
I still hear your voice that takes me back to that time
Where I can find a reason to be strong
Seems like lately there's a whole lot of leavin' goin' on

Close the window draw the curtains
You ain't the only one here hurt
No one's right no one's wrong

Lately there's a whole lot of leavin' goin' on

I close my eyes and picture youre hand in mine
I still hear your voice that takes me back to that time
Where I can find a reason to be strong
Seems like lately there's a whole lot of leavin' goin' on

You used to live to say you love me
No you got one foot of the door
It's then you turn around and ask me
Do we got it anymore

I close my eyes and picture youre hand in mine
I still hear your voice that takes me back to that time
Where I need find a reason to be strong

I close my eyes and picture youre hand in mine
Yeah I hold the line you'll never hear me say goodbye
So pretty thing let the years be strong
Seems like lately there's a whole lot of leavin' goin' on

I'll come back for you baby

Hello again, it's you and me
Kinda always like it used to be
Sippin' wine, killing time
Trying to solve life's mysteries

How's your life, it's been a while
God it's good to see you smile
I see you reaching for your keys
Looking for a reason not to leave

If you don't know if you should stay
If you don't say what's on your mind
Baby just breathe
There's nowhere else tonight we should be

You wanna make a memory?

I dug up this old photograph
Look at all that hair we had.
It's bittersweet to hear you laugh
Your phone is ringing I don't wanna ask

If you go now, I'll understand
If you stay, hey, I've got a plan
We're gonna make a memory
You wanna steal a piece of time
You can sing the melody to me
And I can write a couple of lines

You wanna make a memory?

If you don't know if you should stay
And you don't say what's on your mind
Baby just breathe
There's nowhere else tonight we should be
We Should be

You wanna make a memory
You wanna steal a piece of time
You can sing the melody to me
And I can write a couple of lines

You wanna make a memory? (x2)

I spent 20 years trying to get out of this place
I was looking for something I couldn't replace
I was running away from the only thing I've ever known
Like a blind dog without a bone
I was a gypsy lost in the twilight zone
I hijacked a rainbow and crashed into a pot of gold
I been there, done thatand I ain't lookin' back on the seeds I've sown,
Saving dimes, spending too much time on the telephone
Who says you can't go home

[Chorus]
Who says you can't go home
There's only one place they call me one of their own
Just a hometown boy, born a rolling stone, who says you can't go home
Who says you can't go back, been all around the world and as a matter of fact
There's only one place left I want to go, who says you can't go home
It's alright, it's alright, it's alright, it's alright, its alright

I went as far as I could, I tried to find a new face
There isn't one of these lines that I would erase
I lived a million miles of memories on that road
With every step I take I know that I'm not alone
You take the home from the boy, but not the boy from his home
These are my streets, the only life I've ever known,
who says you can't go home

[Chorus]

I been there, done thatand I ain't looking that
It's been a long long road
Feels like I never left, that's how the story goes

It doesn't matter where you are, it doesn't matter where you go
If it's a million miles aways or just a mile up the road
Take it in, take it with you when you go,
who says you can't go home

[Chorus]

It's alright, it's alright, it's alright, it's alright, its alright
Who says you can't go home [x2]

Why, you wanna tell me how to live my life?
Who, are you to tell me if it�s black or white?
Mama, can you hear me? Try to understand.
Is innocence the difference between a boy and a man.
My daddy lived the lie, it�s just the price that he paid.
Sacrificed his life, just slavin� away.

Ohhh, if there�s one thing I hang onto,
It gets me through the night.
I aint gonna do what I don�t want to,
Im gonna live my life.
Shining like a diamond, rolling with the dice,
Standing on the ledge, show the wind how to fly.
When the world gets in my face,
I say, Have A Nice Day.
Have A Nice Day

Take a look around you, look its what he sees.
We�re living in a broken home of hopes and dreams,
Let me be the first to shake a helping hand.
Everybody, pray enough to take a stand,
I knocked on every door, on every dead end street,
Looking for forgiveness,
what�s left to believe?

Ohhh, if there�s one thing I hang onto,
It gets me through the night.
I aint gonna do what I don�t want to,
Im gonna live my life.
Shining like a diamond, rolling with the dice,
Standing on the ledge, show the wind how to fly.
When the world gets in my face,
I say, Have A Nice Day.
Have A Nice Day.


Guitar Solo

Ohhh, if there�s one thing I hang onto,
It gets me through the night.
I aint gonna do what I don�t want to,
Im gonna live my life.
Shining like a diamond, rolling with the dice,
Standing on the ledge, show the wind how to fly.
When the world gets in my face,
I say, Have A Nice Day.
Have A Nice Day.
Have A Nice Day.
Have A Nice Day.
Have A Nice Day.

When The world keeps trying, to drag me down,
Ive gotta raise my hands, gonna stand my ground.
Well I say, Have A Nice Day.
Have A Nice Day
Have A Nice Day

Looking at the pages of my life
Faded memories of me and you
Mistakes you know I've made a few
I took some shots and fell from time to time
Baby, you were there to pull me through
We've been around the block a time or two
I'm gonna lay it on the line
Ask me how we've come this far
The answer's written in my eyes

Chorus:
Every time I look at you, baby, I see something new
That takes me higher than before and makes me want you more
I don't wanna sleep tonight, dreamin's just a waste of time
When I look at what my life's been comin' to
I'm all about lovin' you

I've lived, I've loved, I've lost, I've paid some dues, baby
We've been to hell and back again
Through it all you're always my best friend
For all the words I didn't say and all the things I didn't do
Tonight I'm gonna find a way

Chorus:
Every time I look at you, baby, I see something new
That takes me higher than before and makes me want you more
I don't wanna sleep tonight, dreamin's just a waste of time
When I look at what my life's been comin' to
I'm all about lovin' you

You can take this world away
You're everything I am
Just read the lines upon my face
I'm all about lovin' you

Chorus:
Every time I look at you, baby, I see something new
That takes me higher than before and makes me want you more
I don't wanna sleep tonight, dreamin's just a waste of time
When I look at what my life's been comin' to
I'm all about lovin' you

All about lovin' you

Should I? Could I?
Have said the wrong things right a thousand times
If I could just rewind, I see it in my mind
If I could turn back time, you'd still be mine

You cried, I died
I should have shut my mouth, things headed south
As the words slipped off my tongue, they sounded dumb
If this old heart could talk, it'd say you're the one
I'm wasting time when I think about it

[Chorus:]
I should have drove all night, I would have run all the lights
I was misunderstood
I stumbled like my words, Did the best I could
Damn, misunderstood

Could I? Should I?
Apologize for sleeping on the couch that night
Staying out too late with all my friends
You found me passed out in the yard again

You cried, I tried
To stretch the truth, but didn't lie
It's not so bad when you think about it

[Chorus:]
I should have drove all night, I would have run all the lights
I was misunderstood
I stumbled like my words, did the best I could
Damn, misunderstood
Intentions good

[Guitar Solo]

It's you and I, just think about it...
[Chorus:]
I should have drove all night
I would have run all the lights
I was misunderstood
I stumbled like my words, did the best I could
I 'm hanging outside your door
I've been here before
Misunderstood

I stumbled like my words, did the best I could
Damn, misunderstood
Intentions good.

I used to be the kind of guy
Who'd never let you look inside
I'd smile when I was crying
I had nothing but a life to lose
Thought I had a lot to proof
In my life, there's no denying

Goodbye to all my yesterdays
Goodbye, so long, I'm on my way
I've had enough of cryin'
Bleedin', sweatin', dyin'
Hear me when I say
Gonna live my life everyday
I'm gonna touch the sky
And I spread these wings and fly
I ain't here to play
I'm gonna live my life everyday

Change, everybody's feeling strange
Never gonna be the same
Makes you wonder how the world keeps turning
Life, learning how to live my life
Learning how to pick my fights
Take my shots while I'm still burning

Goodbye to all those rainy nights
Goodbye, so long, I'm moving on

I've had enough of cryin'
Bleedin', sweatin', dyin'
Hear me when I say
Gonna live my life everyday
I'm gonna touch the sky
And I spread these wings and fly
I ain't here to play
I'm gonna live my life everyday

Hit the gas, take the wheel
I just made myself a deal
There ain't nothing gonna get in my way
Everyday

Goodbye, so long, I'm moving on
I've had enough of cryin'
Bleedin', sweatin', dyin'
Hear me when I say
Gonna live my life everyday
I'm gonna touch the sky
And I spread these wings and fly
I ain't here to play
I'm gonna live my life everyday

I, oh I, oh I, I'm gonna live my life everyday
I (gonna touch the sky), oh I (spread these wings and fly), oh I
I'm gonna live my life everyday

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 would 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

na na na na na na alright

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
just might be i found religion
i've been on my knees for half of the night
i'm 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 2
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

na na na na na na

repeat chorus 2

one wild night one wild night

one wild night blinded by the moonlight
one wild night 24 hours of midnight
one wild night i stepped into the twilight zone
one wild one wild one wild one wild night

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.

Shot through the heartand 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.

Bon Jovi dvd's
Bon Jovi - Broadcast Archives
Bon Jovi - Music In Review
Bon Jovi - Crush Tour
Bon Jovi - Live This Left Feels Right
Bon Jovi - Live Wembley
Bon Jovi - Destination Anywhere
Bon Jovi - Lost Highway
Bon Jovi - Live From London
Bon Jovi - Rock Legends
Bon Jovi - At Yokohama Stadium 1996