Hanoi Rocks Album

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I love my freedom
And speaking out my mind
I can see how that could get somebody down
You can't always see them
You can feel their vicious vibes
Somehow they seem to find their way around

And you'll never see me fail
You can't make me disappear

Been obscured by too much darkness
Overcome with so much sadness
But I'm still shining bright as ever

Nobody can touch me
It's a universal law
My kind of spirit just can't be controlled
I can only win, even if I lose
I always find out something I can use

No use tryin' to stop me now
To overshadow me somehow

Been obscured by too much darkness
Overcome with so much sadness
But I'm still shining bright as ever

The best kept secret in rock 'n' roll
Harder they come harder they fall
They couldn't mess with my gang
Can't suss my lingo and our slang
They couldn't mess with my gang
My gang's a rock 'n' roll band

Been obscured by too much darkness
Overcome with so much sadness
But I'm still shining bright as ever

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Took myself outta New York City
But New York won't leave me alone
I found everything I needed there
In a Deli right down the street
It's always in my blood
The last place I felt at home
Chewing up the great Big Apple
You learn to love the smell of the streets

THERE'S ROCK 'N' ROLL IN NEW YORK CITY
AND LOTS OF THINGS TO GET ON DOWN
LIFE CAN GET HARD IN NEW YORK CITY
BUT I'LL BE BACK TO ROCK THAT TOWN
JUST STICK AROUND

Either I had nails for breakfast
Or the day just wasn't right
Face to face with sheer brutality
Concrete cold reality
Part of me just couldn't stay
Part of me just can't break away
Survivin' New York City
Is an impressive fact indeed

THERE'S ROCK 'N' ROLL IN NEW YORK CITY
AND LOTS OF THINGS TO GET ON DOWN
LIFE CAN GET HARD IN NEW YORK CITY
BUT I'LL BE BACK TO ROCK THAT TOWN
JUST STICK AROUND

No one in the world likes me
No one gets it right with me
No one knows what I'm about
That's why I just scream and shout
No one stands up for the real me

YOU DON'T TAKE ME SERIOUS
SAY I'M JUST DELIRIOUS
I'M NOT RESPONSIBLE
I'M JUST IMPOSSIBLE
I'M JUST DELIRIOUS

Well I hope someone up there loves me
Don't know where I've been lately
Close my eyes and I see red
Was it something I just said
Maybe I'm going out of my head

YOU DON'T TAKE ME SERIOUS
SAY I'M JUST DELIRIOUS
I'M NOT RESPONSIBLE
I'M JUST IMPOSSIBLE
I'M JUST DELIRIOUS

No one knows what I'm about
That's why I just scream and shout
I'm going out of my head

YOU DON'T TAKE ME SERIOUS
SAY I'M JUST DELIRIOUS
I'M NOT RESPONSIBLE
I'M JUST IMPOSSIBLE
I'M JUST DELIRIOUS

Late at night as I lay down to sleep
I think of all the secrets people keep
like how I feel for you
Do you feel it too
or is it something we have to resume

We're just two people watching time fly by
In a world in it's obvious decline
But we are young and strong
We can carry on
Find a little Paradise of our own

'cos no one saves the day
it's no one else's fault
if you're a day late or dollar short

Just think about how lovely life could be
Excluding all the man-made misery
If we're too far behind
And really out of time
Is there another world they plan to find?

Too many dreams of youth
That we never caught
Just a day late or dollar short

We're all just lonely people
Only dyin' to fall in love

Feelings that we thought
Dreams we never caught
Just a day late or dollar short

All the loneliness, the blues
Feelings so distraught
When you're a day late or a dollar short

Too many dreams of youth
That we never caught
Just a day late or a dollar short

And no one saves the day
It's no one else's fault
When you're a day late or a dollar short

In the real dark night of the soul
It's always 3 a.m.
It's always darkest before the dawn
It never dawned on me
At my weakest I'm pretending to be strong
Sometimes the demons are too hard to control

IN MY DARKEST MOMENT
SOMETHING TAKES ME OVER, MAKES ME TURN A COLD SHOULDER
IN MY DARKEST MOMENT
I NEED A REVELATION, DIVINE ILLUMINATION TO COME MY WAY

Just when I thought I was me
It just wasn't me talkin'
And the last one that I'd ever wanna hurt
Stood right in my way
Hating is easy and loving takes real character
Love ain't in fashion in this hard stone cold hearted world

IN MY DARKEST MOMENT
SOMETHING TAKES ME OVER AND I DON'T KNOW WHY
IN MY DARKEST MOMENT
I PRAY FOR REVELATION, DIVINE ILLUMINATION TO COME MY WAY

(The pain, the grief, the agony...)

IN MY DARKEST MOMENT
SOMETHING TAKES ME OVER, MAKES ME TURN A COLD SHOULDER
IN MY DARKEST MOMENT
IN MY BLACKEST HOUR I NEED SOMEONE TO COME AND HELP TO LIGHT MY WAY

Let some light come my way...

You need someone to point your finger at
Well yeah, I'm your man, I'm everything you lack
Someone to kick around when I'm down
Maybe steal my credit where success is found

Yeah, one once might've had a hit
But that's yesterday's news, now no one gives a shit
In the void of my depression time
I fought my way back to a better life

But I'm so jaded, dreams faded
It's harder than you think
Loved, hated, frustrated
I'm the missing link
Radio and MTV you need people like me

I never did pussy-foot around
Or trade King for a day for a lifetime clown
I don't look back or before I leap
I get my kicks and I take the heat

(All the same)

But I'm so jaded, dreams faded
It's harder than you think
Loved, hated, frustrated
I'm the missing link
Radio and MTV you need people like me

So jaded, frustrated
Livin' on a brink
You feed off me, lean on me
I'm the beat you missed

But I'm so jaded, dreams faded
It's harder than you think
Loved, hated, frustrated
I'm the missing link
Radio and MTV you need people like me!

I said radio and MTV - you need people like me!

You'll like me!

Knockin' on my shoulder's some liquor stinkin' jerk
To bother me
Even Rock 'n' Rollers need some peace and quiet
And their privacy
God knows this is not a friend
Just someone tryin' to use me in the end
It's just my situation, my frustration tries to get
The best of me

WHO ARE YOU AND WHATCHA WANT?
WHO ARE YOU AND WHATCHA WANT?

Money can buy freedom but no love, maybe some
False security
You can try to work me, you can't hurt me
You can't fake sincerity
No need to live up to what you expect
Of course I'll give you equal respect
But I don't waste my time with no slime
I don't burn my bridges - maybe just one lane

WHO ARE YOU AND WHATCHA WANT?
WHO ARE YOU AND WHATCHA WANT?

Locked up with a complete stranger
In a bathroom, lost in an eight-ball
With great plans for the world's salvation
...Down the drain by the pain of the morning light

Drop off your load and come with me
We're gonna do the moonlite dance
We'll dance all night across wide open fields
'Til we fall into a trance
Don't ask me why
It's a secret of mind
No one knows the secret of this groovy
Moonlite dance

We surf all night on cosmic brainwaves
Throughout the universe
Falling inwards in slow motion
Forward in reverse
Don't ask me why
You get your soul satisfied
Take this chance and take your stance
Let's do the moonlite dance

Step by step we do the dance
'Til the moon begins to wane
We get dressed and feel obsessed to
Do it over again
Come back again
When the full moon glows again
We'll dance until the cows come home
To the brand new moonlite dance

Moody moonlite
Groovy moonlite dance

I'm just a white boy,
lived like a gypsy all my life

One in a billion born with a baby-face like mine
Got these boots made for rockin', kickin' ass and steppin' over lines
Passed down to me from my daddy's daddy's dad
In my family tree the fruit is bitter, bold and bad
Got real deep roots, these gypsy boots of mine

Struttin' the fine line, steel-toes sharp just like my mind
My reputation preceeds me, I always get what's mine in time
You can't spike me with the evil seed of doubt
You can't tell me what my life could be about
'Less you've walked in these gypsy boots of mine

These gypsy boots, they don't wear down
It's in my blood, I roam around and around...

I'm the original rock'n'roll cliché,
Gypsy pirate cowboy
You wouldn't last a minute in my boots
'Cos baby, I'm the real McCoy
Can't decide if it's a blessing or a curse
Can't see how it could be getting any worse
Can't shake loose these gypsy blues of mine
All tied down to these gypsy boots sublime
Better make good use of these gypsy boots of mine

I’M LUCKY, LUCKY, LUCKY
WHEN IT COMES TO FRIENDS AND LOVE
I’M LUCKY, OH SO LUCKY
WHEN IT COMES TO PUSH AND SHOVE

I can walk under ladders brave
No black cat ever crossed my trail
No kind of curse could get to me
Only good’s gonna come my way

I was born in a video arcade
Graduated to a poolhall shark
Then I was off betting on horse races
Always been a winner, always been a star

I’M LUCKY, LUCKY, LUCKY
WHEN IT COMES TO FRIENDS AND LOVE
I’M LUCKY, OH SO LUCKY
SOMEONE LOVES ME UP ABOVE

I was lucky for quite a while
But then again I only played with dimes
Mistaken once, but never twice
I never lose when I roll the dice

I’m blessed, but I’m a mess
My best friend could be the Roulette
Some sink and some grow wings
You know, we all got the answers deep within

I’M LUCKY, LUCKY, LUCKY
WHEN IT COMES TO FRIENDS AND LOVE
I’M LUCKY, OH SO LUCKY
WHEN IT COMES TO PUSH AND SHOVE

I’m lucky, so lucky
Lucky when it comes to friends and love
Someone really loves me up above
Yeah!

I’M LUCKY, LUCKY, LUCKY
WHEN IT COMES TO FRIENDS AND LOVE
WE’RE LUCKY, OH SO LUCKY
WHEN IT COMES TO PUSH AND SHOVE

We’re lucky, so lucky
Lucky when it comes to friends and love
Someone really loves me up above
I’m lucky!
When it comes to friends and love.

Everything I see
I haven't seen this way before
It's not just you and me
Others do agree for sure

Everyone I know
Is so afraid and quite confused
What becomes of us
Should be known to me and you

All that we have found
The infrastructure's breaking down
I see no saviour coming 'round
The final days have come and gone
And more lies become exposed
Beyond the ones we already know - no nice surprise

WATCH THIS - YOU THINK YOU'VE SEEN IT ALL
WATCH THIS - THE BEST IS YET TO COME
SOME REAL FUN
WATCH THIS - I WATCH IT ALL FLOW BY
AND LET NOTHING PHASE ME OUT

Everything's a mess
But my mind is pure and clean
I can only guess
Have they brainwashed, programmed me?

Almost everyone
Is scared of what they might become
Some already have
Made a nightmare from a dream

All that we have found
The infrastructure's breaking down
But all this chaos calms me down
Disorder comes as safe and sound
I'm detached from the outcome
But I still believe in miracles - some nice surprise

WATCH THIS - YOU THINK YOU'VE SEEN IT ALL
WATCH THIS - THE BEST IS YET TO COME
SOME REAL FUN
WATCH THIS - I WATCH IT ALL FLOW BY
AND LET NOTHING PHASE ME OUT

Goodbye
So now you're leaving
I hope you're feeling
Real good about it
And will not doubt it
When you're without me
And the pain hits back

No more
No more new music
No more tapes I'll make
To help share this lonely heartache
If that's you want
It's only you I want
As it's only human
If your mind should change

You find out about your friends
When you're out on the leap
It's hard to socialize when of you is all they speak
Can't find no place to hide
When trying to be discreet
With my designs on you

So wrong... But
It just feels so right
When we hold tight
Everything is alright

And this with all my might
I try believing
If that's deceiving
Then I'd rather lie

You could go surfing on the tears that I have cried
No matter how I try I can't say the last goodbye
The love in my heart can't deny
To hide my designs on you

No harm
I meant for no one
And I don't owe one
To myself or no one
I'm on my own now
You might be alone now
Well, I'm still here with

*Instrumental*

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Well I'm looking at her
From a Rock'n'Roll tower
With the windows, its eyes
And its black stained sides
That can't be climbed
'Cause they're as slick as wet glass
And the gate let's the force out, but thru
'None shall pass'

But when I'm with you
It's just me in my time
Guess I've taken some form
Who knows which time around
But one of the reasons is to unite me with you
I'm sure of that baby, if a heart tells the truth
Heart tells the truth

IS IT THE WINGED BULL
OR THE HORNS OF OLD PAN
THERE'S RA UNTO ISIS
THERE'S WOMAN TO MAN
SUN AND THE MOON
MINUS AND PLUS
ZERO EQUALS TWO
IN LOVE AND IN US

Wings of fire and me in my time
Taking this form
Making this sound
It's all of the reasons that unite me with you
I'm sure of that baby
If a heart tells the truth
Heart tells the truth