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THIS LEFT FEELS RIGHT

[Wanted Dead Or Alive] [Livin' On A Prayer] [Bad Medicine] [It's My Life]
[Lay Your Hands On Me] [You Give Love A Bad Name] [Bed Of Roses]
[Everyday] [Born To Be My Baby] [Keep The Faith]
[I'll Be There For You] [Always] [The Distance (Live)]

WANTED DEAD OR ALIVE (TLFR)

It's all the same, only the names will change
Everyday it seems we're wasting away
Another place, where the faces are so cold
Drive all night to get back home

(I'm a cowboy) on a steel horse I ride
Wanted dead or alive
(I'm a cowboy) wanted dead or alive

Sometimes I sleep (sleep... sleep... sleep...)
Sometimes it's not for days
People I meet coming go their separate ways
You could tell the day (day… day…) by the bottle that you drink
Times when you're all alone all you do is think

(I'm a cowboy) on a steel horse I ride
Wanted dead or alive
(I'm a cowboy) wanted dead or alive…

Solo

Now I walk these streets
This six string in my hand
I still play for keeps, it’s to same old me, same old band
Been everywhere standing tall
Seen a million faces
Seen-ya in all for lot of faces...

(I'm a cowboy) on a steel horse I ride
Wanted dead or alive
(I'm a cowboy) I’ve got the night on my side
Wanted dead or alive
(I'm a cowboy) wanted dead or alive

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LIVIN' ON A PRAYER (TLFR)

* Featuring Olivia d’Abo

Tommy used to work on the docks
Union were on strike
He's down on his luck, it's tough… so tough
Gina works the diner all day
Workin’ for her man she brings home her pay for love
She brings home her pay for love

You know we've gotta hold on to what we've got
*It doesn't make a difference if we make it or not
We got each other, that's a lot
*For love, for love

*Woh-oh, we're half way there
Woh-oh, livin' on a prayer
*So take my hand, then we'll make it - I swear
Woh-oh, livin' on a prayer

Tommy do his six string in hock
Now he's holding in what he used to make it talk
So tough... used to make it talk, so tough
Gina dreams of running away
When she cries every night, Tommy whispers…
“It's ok, it’s ok, baby, it’s ok!”

*Say we got to hold on to what we've got
It doesn't make a difference if we make it or not
*We've got each other and that's a lot, for love…
Let’s give it a shot!

Oh-hoh, we're half way there
*Oh-oh, livin' on a prayer
Take my hand, we'll make it - I swear
*Oh-oh, livin' on a prayer
Livin' on a prayer (livin' on a prayer)

Solo

*We’ll got to hold on ready or not
You live for the fight when it’s all that you've got

Woh, we're half way there
Livin' on a prayer
*Take my hand and we'll make it - I swear
Woh-oh, livin' on a prayer
*Take my hand…
We'll make it - I swear
*Take my hand…
I take your hand

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BAD MEDICINE (TLFR)

I ain’t got a fever, got a permanent disease
Take more than a doctor to prescribe a remedy
All for lot of money, more than I need
Gonna take more than a shot to get the poison out of me

Hey… I got the symptoms
One, two and three…

(First you need) First you need
(Then you bleed) Then you bleed
(On your knees) Is such a tease
This boy’s addicted
Your kiss… is the drug

Your love is like bad medicine
(Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh, ooh… ooh-ooh-ooh, ooh… ooh…)
Bad medicine is all I need
Your love is like bad medicine
(Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh, ooh… ooh-ooh-ooh, ooh… ooh…)
Let’s play doctor, cure my disease

I don’t need no needle to be giving me a thrill
I don’t need no anesthesia or nurse to bring a pill
I got a dirty down addiction, Lord, it doesn’t leave a track
I got a Jones for some affection like a monkey on my back
Ain’t no paramedics gonna save this heart attack

(First you need) Yeah, I need
(Then you bleed) I’m bleedin’, honey
(On your knees) Uh… baby, please
This boy’s addicted
Your kiss… is the drug

Your love is like bad medicine
(Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh, ooh… ooh-ooh-ooh, ooh… ooh…)
Bad medicine is all I need
Your love is like bad medicine
(Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh, ooh… ooh-ooh-ooh, ooh… ooh…)
Let’s play doctor, cure my disease

Need a respirator, I’m running out of breath
An all night generator in stockings and a dress
When you find your medicine, take what you can get
If there’s something better, baby
Lord, they haven’t found it yet

Your love is like bad medicine
(Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh, ooh… ooh-ooh-ooh, ooh… ooh…)
Bad medicine is all I need
Your love is like bad medicine
(Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh, ooh… ooh-ooh-ooh, ooh… ooh…)
Let’s play doctor, cure my disease

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IT'S MY LIFE (TLFR)

This ain't a song for the broken-hearted
No silent prayer for 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

It's my life, it's now or never
I ain't gonna live forever
I just gonna live while I'm alive
It's my life
My heart is lied on open highway
Like Frankie said, “I did it my way”
I just gonna live while I'm alive
It's my life

This is for the ones who stood their ground
It’s for Tommy and Gina who never backed down
Tomorrow's getting harder make no mistake
Luck ain't enough, you’ve gotta make your own breaks

It's my life, it's now or never
I ain't gonna live forever
I just gonna live while I'm alive
It's my life
My heart is lied on open highway
Like Frankie said, “I did it my way”
I just gonna live while I'm alive
It's my life

You better stand tall when they're calling you out
Don't bend, don't break, baby, don't back down

It's my life, it's now or never
I ain't gonna live forever
I just gonna live while I'm alive
It's my life
My heart is lied on open highway
Like Frankie said, “I did it my way”
I just gonna live while I'm alive
It's my life

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LAY YOUR HANDS ON ME (TLFR)

If you’re ready, I’m willing and able
Gonna lay my cards out on the table
’Cause you’re mine, I’m yours for the taking
Right now the rules we’ve made are meant for breaking

What you get ain’t always what you see
But satisfaction is guaranteed
What you give is always what you need
If you want me to lay my hands on you

2x (Lay your hands on me)
Lay your hands…
2x (Lay your hands on me)
Lay your hands… on me
4x (Lay your hands on me)

I’m a fighter, poet and a preacher
I’ve been to school, baby, I’ve been the teacher
If you show me how to get up off the ground
I’ll show you how to fly and never come back down

Everything you want is what I need
Satisfaction is guaranteed
The ride never comes for free
So… but if you want me to lay my hands on you

4x (Lay your hands on me)
Lay your hands… on me
4x (Lay your hands on me)
Lay your hands… yeah yeah yeah yeah… on me
4x (Lay your hands on me)

Solo

Don’t you know I only aim to please?
So if you want me to lay my hands on you...

Lay your hands… on me
Listen me up…
Take me high
Listen me up…

Lay your hands… on me
4x (Lay your hands on me)
Lay your hands… yeah yeah yeah yeah… on me
4x (Lay your hands on me)

4x (Lay your hands on me)
4x (Lay your hands on me)
4x (Lay your hands on me)
4x (Lay your hands on me)
4x (Lay your hands on me…)

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YOU GIVE LOVE A BAD NAME (TLFR)

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

Oh-oh, you're a loaded gun, mm...
Oh-oh, I got nowhere to run
No one wanna save me ‘cause the damage is done

Shot through the heart and you're to blame
Baby, you give love a bad name
I play my part, just play your game
You, you give love a bad name
You give love… a bad name

You paint your smile on pretty lips
Got blood red nails on your fingertips
Like a school boy's dream, I want you act so shy
Your kiss wants say me… “then it’s bye, bye”

Oh-oh, you're a loaded gun, yeah
Oh-oh, I got nowhere to run
’Cause no one’s gonna save me, now the damage is done

Shot through the heart and you're to blame
Baby, you give love a bad name
I play my part, just play your game
You, you give love a bad name
You give love… a bad name

Solo

...
(Ooh... ooh ooh, oooh...)
(Ooh ooh, ooh ooh, ooh)
Hi hi hi hi hi...

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 give love a bad... (name, name, name, name)
Eah you give love a bad name
You give love a bad...

Mm-mm… hoom-mm...

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BED OF ROSES (TLFR)

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
Some blond gave me nightmares
Think that 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 to French kiss the morning
While some marching band keeps its own beat in my head
while we're talking
About all of the things that I still long to believe
The love, the truth and what you mean to me
The truth is… baby, you're all that I need

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

I'm so far away, each step that I take is on my way home
King's ransom in dimes
I'd give 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 wanna lay you down in a bed of roses
For tonite I sleep on a bed of nails
And I wanna be just as close as the Holy Ghost is
And lay you down on a bed of roses

The hotel bar hangover whiskey went dry
The barkeeper's wig's crooked, she's givin’ me the eye
I might have said yes, but I laughed till I cried

Solo

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 I'd die to defend

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

Ooh… oh oh oh, ooh… oh oh, oh-oh
Oh… oh oh, mm-mm-mm, mm-mm
And lay you down…

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EVERYDAY (TLFR)

And I was the kind of guy
Who’d never let you look inside
I’d smile when I was cryin’
N’ I had nothing but a lot to lose
Thought I had a lot to prove
In my life there’s no denying

Goodbye to all my yesterdays, let go…
Goodbye, so long…

N’ I had enough of cryin’… bleedin’, sweatin’, dyin’
I’m gonna live my life everyday
I'm gonna touch the sky, spread these wings and fly
I’m gonna live my life everyday

Change, everybody is feeling strange
Never gonna be the same
Makes you wonder how the world keeps turning
Life, I’m 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, let go…
Goodbye, so long…

And had enough of cryin’… bleedin’, sweatin’, dyin’
I’m gonna live my life everyday
I'm gonna touch the sky, I’ll spread these wings and fly
I’m gonna live my life

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

Solo

Goodbye to all my yesterdays, let go…

N’ I had enough of cryin’… bleedin’, sweatin’, dyin’
I’m gonna live my life everyday
N’ I'm gonna touch the sky, spread these wings and fly
I’m gonna live my life everyday

I… (had enough of cryin’)
Oh-ooh I… (bleedin’, sweatin’, dyin’) woh-ooh I…
Gonna live my life everyday
And I… (gonna touch the sky)
Oh-ooh I… (spread these wings and fly)
Oh-ooh I… got to live my life everyday

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BORN TO BE MY BABY (TLFR)

Rainy night and we worked all day
Both got jobs ‘cause there’s bills to pay
We’ve got something they can’t take away
Our love, our lives

Close the door, leave the cold outside
Don’t need nothing by your side
’Cause we’ve got something that won’t never die
Our dreams, our pride

Beats like a drum
Flesh to flesh, one to one
I’ll never let go, something I know deep inside

You were born to be my baby
I was made to be your man
We’ve got something to believe in
If we don’t know where we stand
Only God knows the reason
But he must’ve had a plan
’Cause you were born to be my baby
And I was made to be your man

Light a candle, blow the world away
Table for two on a TV tray
Nothing fancy, but that’s okay
Our time, our way

Hold me close, baby, hang on tight
Buckle up your seat for a bumpy ride
We’re two kids hitching this road of life
Our world, our fight

Stand side by side
There’s a chance we’ll get by
Know that you’ll live in my heart till the day that I die

You were born to be my baby
And I was made to be your man
We got something to believe in
If we don’t know where we stand
Only God knows the reason
But he must’ve had a plan
’Cause you were born to be my baby
I was made to be your man… oh oh oh…

Solo

(Mm… mm mm mm… mm mm…)
2x (Mm mm mm…)
(Mm mm mm… mm mm…)

My heart beats like a drum
Flesh to flesh, one to one
I’ll never let go, something I know deep inside

You were born to be my baby
I was made to be your man
We’ve got something to believe in
If we don’t know where we stand
Oh, God knows the reason
But he must’ve had a plan
’Cause you were born to be my baby
And I was made to be your man… ah ah ah ah…

(Mm… mm mm mm… mm mm…)
4x (Mm mm mm…)
(Mm mm mm… mm mm…)

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KEEP THE FAITH (TLFR)

Mother mother, tell your children
Their time has just begun
I have suffered for my anger
These wars that can't be won

Father father, believe me
I’m laying down my gun
I am broken like an arrow
Forgive me, forgive your wayward son

(Everybody needs somebody to love)
Everybody needs somebody

Faith - You know you're gonna live thru the rain
We’ve gotta keep the faith
Don't you let love turn to hate
We’ve gotta keep the faith - Keep the faith…

Tell me baby, when I hurt you, do you keep it all inside?
And tell me all's forgiven and hide behind your pride

(Everybody needs somebody to love)
Everybody needs somebody

Faith - You know you're gonna live thru the rain
Keep the faith - Don’t you know is never too late
Keep the faith - Don't you let love turn to hate
You gotta keep the faith, keep the faith, keep the faith
Keep the faith, keep the faith, keep the faith

Solo

Faith - You know you're gonna live thru the rain
Keep the faith - Don't let love turn to hate
Keep the faith - You know you're gonna live thru the rain
Keep the faith - Don’t you know is never too late
Oh oh oh, keep the faith, keep the faith, keep the faith
Faith… keep the faith, keep the faith

(Everybody needs somebody to love)
Everybody needs somebody

Mother mother, tell your children
(Everybody keep the faith)
Father father, please believe me
(Everybody bleeds, everybody keep the faith)
Keep the faith, keep the faith…

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I'LL BE THERE FOR YOU (TLFR)

I guess this time you’re really leaving
I heard your suitcase say goodbye
As my broken heart lies bleeding
You say true love is suicide

You say you cried a thousand rivers
And now you’re swimming for the shore
You left me drown in my tears
And you won’t save me anymore
I’m praying to God for one more chance

I’ll be there for you
These five words I swear to you
When you breathe I want to be the air for you
I’ll be there for you
I’d live and I’d die for you
Steal the sun from the sky for you
Words can’t say what love can do
I’ll be there for you

I know you know we’ve had some good times
Now they have their own hiding place
I can promise you tomorrow
But I can’t buy back yesterday

Baby, you know my hands are dirty
I wanted to be your valentine
I’ll be the water if you get thirsty, baby
When you get drunk I’ll be the wine

I’ll be there for you
These five words I swear to you
When you breathe I wanna be the air for you
I’ll be there for you
I’d live and I’d die for you
Steal the sun from the sky for you
Words can’t say what love can do
I’ll be there for...

I wasn’t there when you were happy
(Wasn’t there when you were happy)
(I wasn’t there when you were down)
I wasn’t there when you were down
(There when you were down, down, down…)
I didn’t mean to miss your birthday
I wish I’d seen you blow those candles out

I’ll be there for you
These five words I swear to you
When you breathe I wanna be the air for you
I’ll be there for you
I’d live and I’d die for you
Steal the sun from the sky for you
Words can’t say what love can do
I’ll be there for you

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ALWAYS (TLFR)

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’ll give up

I can’t sing a love song like the way it’s meant to be
I guess I’m not that good anymore
But that’s just me…

I will love you, baby - Always
And I’ll be there forever and a day - Always

Now your pictures that you left behind
Are just memories of a different life
Some that made us laugh, some made us cry
One that made you have to say goodbye
What I’d give to run my fingers through your hair
Touch your lips and hold you near
When you say your prayers understand
I’ve made mistakes, I’m just a man

When he holds you close, he pulls your 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

That 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

I will love you, baby - Always
And I’ll be there forever and a day - Always
I’ll be there when the stars don’t shine
When the heavens burst and words don’t rhyme
I know when I die you’ll be on my mind
And I’ll love you - Always…

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THE DISTANCE (LIVE)

There's a train out in the distance, destination still unknown
Far away where no one's waiting, so far from home, so far from home

There's a rose outside your window, the first snow is falling down
Like that lonesome whistle blowing
I keep on going, keep on going...

Chorus:
Close your eyes and see my blue skies breaking through these dark clouds
You are the light
In my mind I see your red dress and your arms are reaching through the night
I'll never give up the fight
I'll go the distance

There's a thread that runs between us pulling 'cross this great divide
It's only there for the believers
Don't stop believing, don't stop believing

Chorus:
Close your eyes and see my blue skies breaking through these dark clouds
You are the light
In my mind I see your red dress and your arms are reaching through the night
I'll never give up the fight
I'll go the distance, I'll go the distance

There's a neverending story that begins with you and I
Like the rose outside your window
Don't let it die, don't let it die

Chorus:
Close your eyes and see my blue skies breaking through these dark clouds
You are the light
In my mind I see your red dress and your arms are reaching through the night

Close your eyes and see my blue skies breaking through these dark clouds
You are the light
In my mind I see your red dress and my arms are reaching through the night
I'll never give up the fight
I'll go the distance

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Pedro Sampaio Sousa Marques, 2005/10/24
pedrossmbj@gmail.com