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Lights out tonight,
Trouble in the heartland, Got a head on collision, Smashin' in my guts, man, I'm caught in a cross fire, That I don't understand, I don't give a damn, for the same old played out scenes, I don't give a damn, for just the in betweens, Honey, I want the heart, I want the soul, I want control right now Talk about a dream, try to make it real You wake up in the night, with a fear so real, Spend your life waiting, for a moment that just don't come, Well, don't waste your time waiting, Badlands, you gotta live it everyday, Let the broken hearts stand As the price you've gotta pay, We'll keep pushin' till it's understood, and these badlands start treating us good. Workin' in the fields till you get your back burned, Workin' 'neath the wheel till you get your facts learned, Baby, I got my facts learned real good right now, Poor man wanna be rich, rich man wanna be king, And a king ain't satisfied, till he rules everything, I wanna go out tonight, I wanna find out what I got I believe in the love that you gave me, I believe in the hope that can save me, I believe in the faith and I pray, that someday it may raise me, Above these badlands Badlands, you gotta live it everyday, Let the broken hearts stand As the price you've gotta pay, We'll keep pushin' till it's understood, and these badlands start treating us good. For the ones who had a notion, A notion deep inside, That it ain't no sin to be glad you're alive I wanna find one face that ain't looking through me I wanna find one place, I wanna spit in the face of these badlands Badlands, you gotta live it everyday, Let the broken hearts stand As the price you've gotta pay, We'll keep pushin' till it's understood, and these badlands start treating us good. |
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| 4:32 |
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In the summer that I was baptized,
My father held me to his side, As they put me to the water, He said how on that day I cried. We were prisoners of love, a love in chains, He was standin' in the door, I was standin' in the rain, with the same hot blood burning in our veins, Adam raised a Cain. All of the old faces, Ask you why you're back, They fit you with position, And the keys to your daddy's Cadillac, In the darkness of your room, Your mother calls you by your true name, You remember the faces, the places, the names, You know it's never over, it's relentless as the rain, Adam raised a Cain. In the Bible Cain slew Abel And East of Eden he was cast, You're born into this life paying, for the sins of somebody else's past, Daddy worked his whole life, for nothing but the pain, Now he walks these empty rooms, looking for something to blame, You inherit the sins, you inherit the flames, Adam raised a Cain. Lost but not forgotten, from the dark heart of a dream, Adam raised a Cain |
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| 3. |
| 5:12 |
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Well I'm riding down Kingsley, figuring I'll get a drink
I turn the radio way up loud, so I don't have to think Then I take her to the floor Looking for a moment when the world seems right And I tear into the guts of something in the night I picked this chick up hitch-hiking She hung her head out the window and she screamed She said she was looking for someplace to go To die or be redeemed She said, well you can ride this road till dawn Without another human being in sight Everybody's gone lookin' for something in the night She said she was born with nothing Said she was better off that way Soon as you got something They send somebody to come along and try and take it away She wants me to push this old car Says together, me and her, we can make it clean Make it fast make it out of sight We can surrneder to the justice of something in the night And I know that nothing is forgotten or forgiven You only got one time around And there's stuff running round my he I can't live with or live down And inside all the Big Boys and the Players Sit around the table and mumble about some big wrong or right While kids like us rumble - over something in the night And then we found the things we loved They were crushed and dying in the dirt Me and her we tried to pick up, pick up some of the pieces And get away without getting hurt - should've known Because they caught us at the State line Burned our cars in one last fight And then they sent us running blind into the swamps Chasing something in the night Alternative final verses And now all them people out on the Island They better lock up their doors and take their children by the hand Because tonight the Devil will walk these streets like a king Better bring along some switchblades in case that old fool wants to fight You can tell him I'll be waiting in my room with all the light out Crazy with that something in the night Tonight me and that little girl we're gonna love each other Till we got nothing left to show We're gonna push my old car as hard and as fast as she will go For all the ones caught laughing in the face of the Devil Who went when the moment was right Somewhere we'll surrender to the beauty Of something in the night |
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| 2:45 |
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In Candy's room, there are pictures of her heroes on the wall,
but to get to Candy's room, you gotta walk the darkness of Candy's hall, Strangers from the city, call my baby's number and they bring her toys, When I come knocking, she smiles pretty, she knows I wanna be Candy's boy, There's a sadness hidden in that pretty face, a sadness all her own, from which no man can keep Candy safe. We kiss, my heart's pumpin' to my brain the blood rushes in my veins, when I touch Candy's lips, We go driving, driving deep into the night, I go driving deep into the light, in Candy's eyes. She says, Baby if you wanna be wild, you got a lot to learn, close your eyes, Let them melt, let them fire, let them burn Cause in the darkness, there'll be hidden worlds that shine, When I hold Candy close she makes the hidden worlds mine, She has fancy clothes and diamond rings, She has men who give her anything she wants, but they don't see, That what she wants is me, Oh, and I want her so, I'll never let her go, no, no, no She knows that I'd give all that I got to give, All that I want, all that I live, to make Candy mine Tonight |
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| 6:53 |
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I got a '32 Ford she's a 318 Fuelie heads and a hurst on the floor
And she'll be sitting tonight down in the parking lot At the 7-11 store Me and my partner Sonny built her straight outta scrap (scratch) And he rides with me from town to town We only run for the money, ain't no strings attached We shut 'em up and we shut 'em down And tonight, tonight the strip's just right I wanna blow 'em all out of their seats So come on out around the world We're going racing in the street Well we take all the action we can meet And we cover all the Northeast States When the strip shuts down we run 'em in the street From the backroads to the turnpike gates Well now some guys do it for the money And other guys do it 'cause they don't know what else they can do And me I just didn't have nothing left at home I got tired of waking up in a world somebody else owned And so tonight, tonight the strip's just right I wanna blow 'em off in my forst heat Summer's here and the time is right For going racing in the street Well I met her on the strip three years ago She was in a Camaro with this dude from LA And I blew that Camaro off my back And I stole that little girl away But now there's wrinkles round my baby's eyes And she cries herself to sleep at night When I come and the house is dark She whispers, hey baby did you make it alright Honey tonight tonight the strip's just right Baby you'll blow 'em all outta their seats And so come on out now, the time is right (little one and) We'll go racing in the street Yes come on out now little one And we'll go dying in the street Yes come on out now little one And we'll go dying in the street Well it really is the truth (true) Baby what else can we do Racing in the street Racing in the street Racing in the street Racing in the street Racing in the street |
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| 4:27 |
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On a rattlesnake speedway in the Utah desert
I pick up my money and head back into town Driving cross the Waynesboro county line I got the radio on and I'm just killing time Working all day in my daddy's garage Driving all night, chasing some mirage Pretty soon little girl I'm gonna take charge. The dogs on main street howl, 'cause they understand, If I could take one moment into my hands Mister, I ain't a boy, no, I'm a man, And I believe in a promised land. I've done my best to live the right way I get up every morning and go to work each day But your eyes go blind and your blood runs cold Sometimes I feel so weak I just want to explode Explode and tear this town apart Take a knife and cut this pain from my heart Find somebody itching for something to start The dogs on main street howl, 'cause they understand, If I could take one moment into my hands Mister, I ain't a boy, no, I'm a man, And I believe in a promised land. There's a dark cloud rising from the desert floor I packed my bags and I'm heading straight into the storm Gonna be a twister to blow everything down That ain't got the faith to stand its ground Blow away the dreams that tear you apart Blow away the dreams that break your heart Blow away the lies that leave you nothing but lost and brokenhearted The dogs on main street howl, 'cause they understand, If I could take one moment into my hands Mister, I ain't a boy, no, I'm a man, And I believe in a promised land I believe in a promised land... |
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| 2:17 |
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Early in the morning factory whistle blows,
Man rises from bed and puts on his clothes, Man takes his lunch, walks out in the morning light, It's the working, the working, just the working life. Through the mansions of fear, through the mansions of pain, I see my daddy walking through them factory gates in the rain, Factory takes his hearing, factory gives him life, The working, the working, just the working life. End of the day, factory whistle cries, Men walk through these gates with death in their eyes. And you just better believe, boy, somebody's gonna get hurt tonight, It's the working, the working, just the working life. |
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| 4:03 |
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When the night's quiet and you don't care anymore
And your eyes are tired and there's someone at your door And you realise you gotta let go And there's four tyres callin' in the morning On weak lies but babe I ain;t no liar We got streets of fire Streets of fire Streets of fire Streets of fire I'm wandering a loser down these tracks And I'm dying but babe I can't go back 'Cause in the darkness I hear somebody call my name And when you realise how they tricked you this time And it's all lies but I'm strung out on the wire In these streets of fire Streets of fire Streets of fire I live now, only with strangers I talk to only strangers 'Cause we know, you, yeah me and you girl, we know We know what it's all about now, baby And don't look in my face - don 'Cause I'm strung out on the wire In these streets of fire, yeah Streets of fire Streets of fire Streets of fire Streets of fire |
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| 9. |
| 3:57 |
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I've been working real hard, trying to get my hands clean,
Tonight we'll drive that dusty road from Monroe to Angeline, To buy you a gold ring and pretty dress of blue, Baby just one kiss will get these things for you, A kiss to seal our fate tonight, A kiss to prove it all night. Prove it all night, Girl there's nothing else that we can do, So prove it all night, prove it all night, And girl I'll prove it all night for you. Everybody's got a hunger, a hunger they can't resist, There's so much that you want, you deserve much more than this, But if dreams came true, oh, wouldn't that be nice, But this ain't no dream we're living through tonight, Girl, you want it, you take it, you pay the price. Prove it all night, prove it all night girl and call the bluff, prove it all night, prove it all night and girl, I prove it all night for your love. Baby, tie your hair back in a long white bow, Meet me in the fields out behind the dynamo, You hear the voices telling you not to go, They made their choices and they'll never know, What it means to steal, to cheat, to lie, What it's like to live and die. To prove it all night.. |
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| 10. |
| 4:28 |
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They're still racing out at the Trestles,
But that blood it never burned in her veins, Now I hear she's got a house up in Fairview, And a style she's trying to maintain. Well, if she wants to see me, You can tell her that I'm easily found, Tell her there's a spot out 'neath Abram's Bridge, And tell her, there's a darkness on the edge of town. Everybody's got a secret, Sonny, Something that they just can't face, Some folks spend their whole lives trying to keep it, They carry it with them every step that they take. Till some day they just cut it loose Cut it loose or let it drag 'em down, Where no one asks any questions, or looks too long in your face, In the darkness on the edge of town. Some folks are born into a good life, Other folks get it anyway, anyhow, I lost my money and I lost my wife, Them things don't seem to matter much to me now. Tonight I'll be on that hill 'cause I can't stop, I'll be on that hill with everything I got, Lives on the line where dreams are found and lost, I'll be there on time and I'll pay the cost, For wanting things that can only be found In the darkness on the edge of town. |
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