Bon Jovi: These Days

These Days

Bitter Wine
Diamond Ring
Hearts Breaking Even
It's hard letting you go
Lie to me
My Guitar Lies Bleeding in My Arms
Something For The Pain
These days
This ain't a love song

Bitter Wine

We met some time ago, when we were almost young
It never crossed my mind to ask, where did you come from?
I didn't have much money, so I stole you a rose
You were dressed like an orphan, in Salvation Army clothes

I never thought I'd lose ya, no - I'd rather go blind
I thought I saw the future, but the fortune teller lied

Your love was my salvation, it could always get me high
What was once holy water, tastes like bitter wine

I know I wasn't funny, but you laughed at all my jokes
When I was choking on the words to say, you shoved your finger down my throat
The first night I said I loved you, you told me to go to hell
You were giving me head, on that creeky, old bed at the Ol'Duvol Motel

Just like everything ,even good love has to die
Ain't no sympathy when it sayes goodbye

No one even cried, we're one of a kind, one of a kind

Love left me stranded at the station and the last train's gone by
What was once holy water, tastes like bitter wine

Your love was my salvation, it could always get me high
You've taken back the holy water, now all that's left is bitter wine

Diamond Ring

Diamond ring wear it on your hand
It's gonna tell the world, I'm your only man
Diamond ring, diamond ring
Baby you're my everything, diamond ring

Red, red rose brought it home to you
Blood red rose, tells me that you're true
Red, red rose, blood red rose
Like a fire inside that grows, blood red rose

When you're hungry, I will fill you up
When you're thirsty, drink out of my loving cup
When you're crying, I'll be the tears for you
There's nothing that I wouldn't do for you

When you're hungry, I will fill you up
When you're thirsty, drink out of my loving cup
When you're crying, I'll be the tears for you
There's nothing that I wouldn't do

You know, I bleed every night you sleep,
'Cause I don't know if I'm in your dreams I want to be your everything...

Darling you're my everything, diamond ring
Now you got me on your string.......diamond ring.

Hearts Breaking Even

It's been a cold, cold, cold, cold night tonight and I can't get you off of my mind
God knows I've tried
Did I throw away the best part of my life
When I cut you off, did I cut myself with the same damn knife
Hide my tears in the pouring rain, had my shore of hurt and pain
Don't say my name, run away, `cause it's all in vain.

My hearts breaking even, now there's no use we even try
Hey I cried, yeah I lied, hell I almost died
Don't got a reason, let's just fold the cards and say goodbye
It's all right, just two hearts breaking even tonight

It's been a long, long, long, long time since I've had your love here in my hands
We didn't understand it, we couldn't understand it
But nothing's fair in love and hate,
You lay it all down and walk away before it's too late.
We danced all night as the music played, the streets got tangled in the mess we made
There in stains, we remain, no one left to blame

Go on, get on with your life, yeah I'll get on with mine
Broken hearts can't call the cops, yeah it's a perfect crime
Twisting and turning the night keeps me yearning, I'm burning alive,
I'm paying the price again, but I'll see the light again

It's hard letting you go

It ain't no fun lying down to sleep
And there ain't no secrets left for me to keep
I wish the stars up in the sky would all just call in sick
And the clouds would take the moon out on some one-way trip

I drove all night down the streets that wouldn't bend
But somehow they drove me back here once again
To the place I lost at love and the place I lost my soul
I wish I'd just burn down this place that we called home

It would all have been so easy if you'd only made me cry
And told me how you're leaving me to some organ grinder's lullaby

It's hard, so hard it's tearing out my heart it's hard letting you go

Now the sky it shines a different kind of blue
And the neighbours dog don't bark like he used to
Well - me, these days I just miss you, it's the nights I go insane
Unless you're coming back, for me, that's one thing I know that won't change

It's hard, so hard it's tearing out my heart it's hard letting you go

Now some tarot card shark said I'll draw you a heart and we'll find you somebody else new
But I've made my last trip to those carnival lips when I bet all that I had on you

It's hard, so hard It's hard, so hard it's hard letting you go

It's hard, so hard it's tearing out my heart but it's hard letting you go

Lie to me

Rumour has it that your daddy's coming down - he's gonna pay the rent
Tell me baby, is this as good as life is gonna get
It feels like there's a stranger standing in these shoes
But, I know I can't lose me, 'cause then I'd be losing you

I know I promised you baby, I would be the one to make our dreams come true
I ain't too proud of all the struggles and the hard times we've been through
When this cold world comes between us, please tell me you'll be brave
'Cause I can realize the danger when forgiveness fades away

If you don't love me lie to me,
'Cause baby you're the one thing I believe
Let it all fall down around us, if that's what's meant to be
Right now if you don't love me baby - lie to me

Pour another cup of coffee, babe I got something to say to you
I ain't got the winning ticket, not the one that's gonna pull us through
No one said it'd be easy, let your old man take you home
But know if you walk out on me that darling, I'd be gone

If you don't love me lie to me,
'Cause baby you're the one thing I believe
Let it all fall down around us, if that's what's meant to be
Right now if you don't love me baby - lie to me

It's a bitch, but life's a roller coaster ride
The ups and downs will make you scream sometimes
It's hard believing that the thrill is gone
But we got to go around again, so let's hold on

If you don't love me lie to me,
'Cause baby you're the one thing I believe
Let it all fall down around us, if that's what's meant to be
Right now if you don't love me baby - lie to me

My Guitar Lies Bleeding in My Arms

Misery likes company, I like the way that sounds
I've been trying to find the meaning, so I can write it down
Staring out the window, it's such a long way down
I'd like to jump, but I'm afraid to hit the ground

I can't write a love song the way I feel today
I can't sing no song of hope, I got nothing to say
Life is feeling kind of strange, since you went away
I sing this song to you wherever you are
As my guitar lies bleeding in my arms

I'm tired of watching TV, it makes me want to scream
Outside the world is burning, man it's so hard to believe
Each day you know you're dying from the cradle to the grave
I get so numb sometimes, that I can't feel the paine

I can't write a love song the way I feel today
I can't sing no song of hope, I've got nothing to say
Life is feeling kind of strange, it's strange enough these days
I send this song to you whoever you are
As my guitar lies bleeding in my arms

Staring at the paper, I don't know what to write
I'll have my last cigarette-well, turn out the lights
Maybe tomorrow I'll feel a different way
But here in my delusion, I don't know what to say

I can't write a love song the way I feel today
I can't sing no song of hope, I've got nothing to say
And I can't fight the feelings that are burning in my veins
I send this song to you wherever you are
As my guitar lies bleeding

I can't write a love song the way I feel today
I can't sing no song of hope, there's no one left to save
And I can't fight the feelings buried in my brains
I send this song to you wherever you are
As my guitar lies bleeding in my arms
As my guitar lies bleeding in my arms
As my guitar lies bleeding in my arms

Something For The Pain

Happiness, it's been no friend to me but forever after ain't what it's all cracked up to be
Yeah, I had a taste, you were my fantasy, but I allmost lost my faith when I hit reality
I don't need no Guru to tell me what to do, when your feeling like a headline on yesterday's news.

Come on, come on, come on
Give me something for the pain, Give me something for the blues
Give me something for the pain when I feel I've been danglin' from a hang-man's noose
Give me shelter from the rain, something I can use
To get me through the night, to make me feel alright some pill like you
Come on come on come on

Loneliness has found a home in me my suitcase and guitar are my only family
I've tried to need someone, like they needed me I opend up my heart, but all I did was bleed
I don't need no lover, just get screwed, they don't make a bandage that's going to cover my bruise

Help I'm falling (pull me under through my veins to a place where I feel no pain)
Night is calling (be my pillow under my head when I'm in your bed)
Feels like I'm flying (take me higher than I've ever been take me down and back again)
Christ I'm dying (come to me, be my disguise open your coat, let me crawl inside)
come on come on come on

Give me something for the pain, Give me something for the blues
Give me something for the pain when I feel I've been danglin' from a hang-man's noose
Give me shelter from the rain, something I can use
To get me through the night, to make me feel alright some pill like you

Gimme, gimme something for the pain, gimme gimme something for the blues
Gimme, gimme something for the pain, gimme

These days

I was walking around, just a face in the crowd try to keep myself out of the rain
Saw a vagabond king wear a styrofoam crown wondered if I might end up the same
There's a man out on the corner, singing old songs about change
Everybody's got their cross to bear, these days.

She came looking for some shelter with a suitcase full of dreams
To a motel room on the boulevard, I guess she's trying to be James Dean
She's seen all the disciples and all the 'wanna be's'
No one wants to be themselves these days
Still there's nothing to hold on to but these days

These days the stars ain't out of reach
These days there ain't a ladder from the streets oh no no
These days are fast, nothing lasts in this graceless age
There ain't nobody left but us these days

Jimmy shoes busted both his legs, trying to learn to fly
From a second story window, he just jumped and closed his eyes
His momma said he was crazy
he said momma "I've got to try"
"Don't you know that all my heroes died?"
And I guess I rather die f-f-f-fade away - yeah

These days the stars ain't out of reach
But these days there ain't a ladder from the streets oh no no
These days are fast, nothing lasts it's a graceless age
Even innocence has caught the midnight train
There ain't nobody left but us these days

I know Rome's still burning though the times have changed
This world keeps turning round and round and round and round these days

These days the stars ain't out of reach
But these days there ain't a ladder from the streets oh no no
These days are fast, nothing lasts
There ain't no time to waste
There ain't nobody left to take the blame

There ain't nobody left but us these days
There ain't nobody left but us these days

This ain't a love song

I should have seen it coming when the roses died,
Should have seen the end of the summer in your eyes
I should have listened when you said good night you really meant good bye
Baby ain't it funny, how you ever learn to fall
You're really on your knees, when you think you're standing tall
But only fools are 'know-it-alls' and I played that fool for you

I cried and I cried there were nights that I died for you baby
I tried and I tried to deny that your love drove me crazy, baby

If the love that I got for you is gone, if the river I cried ain't that long
Then I'm wrong, yeah I'm wrong, this ain't a love song

Baby, I thought you and me would stand the test of time
Like we got away with the perfect crime,
But, we were just a legend in my mind I guess that I was blind
Remember those nights dancing at the masquerade,
The clowns wore smiles that wouldn't fade
You and I were the renegades, some things never change

It made me so mad 'cause I wanted it bad for us baby
Now it's so sad that whatever we had, ain't worth saving.

If the love that I got for you is gone, if the river I cried ain't that long
Then I'm wrong, yeah I'm wrong, this ain't a love song
If the pain that I'm feeling so strong, is the reason that I'm holding on
Then I'm wrong, yeah I'm wrong - this ain't a love song

Yes, I'm wrong, yeah, I'm wrong - this ain't a love song
Yes, I'm wrong, yeah, I'm wrong - this ain't a love song