Here comes daddy with the strap again
Toward my backside with the buckle end
Sing it, yeah, yeah, yeah... Life's a bitch

He said I'll teach you something about the back of my hand
School can't teach you how to fight like a man
Sing it, yeah, yeah, yeah... Life's a bitch

I can hear myself screaming out the backdoor, yeah
And I'm numb from the healing, I can't take no more
I can't take no more


Poor man poor, rich man rich
Hang on baby, cause life's a bitch

My old man waits up, it's a quarter to three
Smells my breath as he's talking to me
Sing it, yeah, yeah, yeah... Life's a bitch

In comes mama with her golden rules
Sayin' me and the boys are just dreamin' fools
Yeah, yeah, yeah

And I catch myself dreaming of the wild side, yeah
And life's wheels are spinning, gonna be one bumpy ride
Well oh yeah



One step up
Two in the ditch
Hang on baby, cause life's a bitch

In the middle of a deep dark night
Your body's soaked in sweat
Well outside it's cold as ice
But you're burning up the bed

You've got a nasty little fever and it's climbing up high
Nothing you can do to stop the aching inside
I can relieve you, you know that I could
You've got it bad, baby I'll make it good


Hang on to Dr. Love
I've got what you need
Baby just call me
Hang on to Dr. Love
My love will set you free
(Just for one night gonna make it alright)

Your pretty head in spinning 'round
Your heart beats out of time
I'm gonna wear your body down
With what's been on your mind

You've got a dirty little secret and it's killing you slow
Nothing you can do to cool the fire down below
I can relieve you with a touch of my hands
I'll feed the fever, baby I am your man



Time is the healer so they say
Don't you believe you can wait
You need me right away
The night is dark, as dark as shame
But I will heal you, treat your pain
Until you call my name

Hit like lightning
And my head started spinning around
Caught in the shuffle
On the corner of lost and found
Well the way that she drove by me
Didn't need to say a word
Well her lips did all the talking
And not a sound was ever heard


Brake baby, won't you tell me what's on your mind
She threw me rhythm from a red car
She threw me rhythm from a red car

Here we go baby
Takin' a turn for the better
I'll work your curves girl
Let the road run on forever
Now you're looking good in my mirror
Then you blind me with your lights
Well you're driving me crazy
On this road to paradise

I can feel the time is slipping
And there is nothing I can do to get through to you
Night after night, fight after fight
Is every inch of hope gone, or is it hiding in you
Through the laughter there's always been pain
There's only heartache and no one's to blame


I feel the change of heart
Burning inside me
It tears us apart
I feel the change of heart
Not a word that you can say
Could change yesterday

Sometimes words don't come out easy
Though we try and try again, the hurt never ends
Maybe we'll learn to love tomorrow
It's my heart I've got to follow more faithfully
I can't stay another day
I've been living a lie in hope
And I'm praying there's a way



You know we have tried
I have nothing to hide
There's no you and I
Yeah, stop talking about love

You're everything I wanted
You're everything that I need

Well we've come this far, it should last forever
Something here so strong, it's holding us together
Everything I do, well I do for you
I didn't mean to let you down
And if I lose control somehow you'll always know
That I'll come back around

I've got this feeling, I can't shake it, alright
Hey baby, hey baby
Can't let you walk away


Cause you're everything I want
You've got everything I need
I can't get over you
No matter what I do
You're everything to me

Like a shot to my heart, girl you keep me going
Everything you touch, girl you give so much
My love is overflowing

I've got this fever, I can't break it, alright
Hey baby, hey baby
Now don't you walk away



There's a message in your eyes
That keeps telling me you're mine
I know you want to stay, can't let you slip away
You're everything... yeah, oh yes you are

You've got this hold on me, it's stronger every day
You're the heart that beats in me, can't let you walk away

Mama said you was a bad girl
Since I set my eyes on you
And who would think that I would sink
In something that you would do
Baby baby, you had a way
To cover up your lies
You took me down for the count
But I never saw it in your eyes


And our love was cold
It's my heart you sold
And every night you hold on tight, girl you gotta let go


Cause you're takin' me down, girl, you're takin' me, takin' me
Takin' me down, girl, with ya
Takin' me down, girl, you're takin' me, takin' me,
Girl you're takin' me

Now you say there's a better way
That you just can't live without
Take the money from my hands now honey
Take the food right from my mouth
You can say anything you want
You can do all the things you do
Well honey I hope you rot in hell
For all the things you put me through



Girl you're takin' me down
You made the walls come crumbling down
Girl don't kick me around
Yeah you really, really love
You really love to take me down, well oh yeah

Been too long since the last rain
Still the stars sizzle hot in the sky
And there, undressed in the shadows
Stands my sweet Cherie hiding from July

And all night you kept me up, up all night
Hoping that I could make you mine


You're getting me hot, Cherie
I want what you've got all over me
Isn't my love strong enough
I'm ready to rock you long and rough
You're getting me hot, Cherie
I want what you've got all over me
I'm going crazy

I can't wait for October
When the breeze from the lake, she's blowing cold
Well maybe she'll need me for some shelter
When the campfire dies and the tall tales have been told

And all night I've been working overtime
Hoping that I could make you mine

She comes on like a freight train
Tearin' up the tracks again
She'll shift it hard into high gear
To get away from where she's been
And I heard her comin' from a mile away
Yeah, I felt the ground shake
If you wanna ride her put coal into her fire
Man that's your first mistake

Well you're smooth like silk
But you spoil like milk


You leave a bad taste honey
Such a bad, bad taste
Such a sad case honey
Leaving me with this bad, bad taste
Only comes around when there's something goin' down

Fast cars and cigarette boats
Speed with a lot of noise
Well I could not believe that news girl
You've been playin' with another man's toys
Now who's going to be the lucky one
Who will feed your hungry hands
When you're climbing real high on his money tree honey
Shake it, shake it, girl, like you did to me, yeah

Smooth like silk
But you spoil like milk

Here comes that feeling burning in my heart again
And why's it coming back, back to haunt me again
Well I can't stand it, it hurts me blind
Whatever I can see, you appear on my mind


Without you I can't find my way
I can't find my way
All those stormy nights can't wash away the pain
I can't find my way

Here comes that feeling burning in my heart again
Are you ever coming back, back in my arms again
Well I can't stand it, another lonely night
Whatever I can see, you appear on my mind



Nobody told me it would be easy
Oh life they say can't always please me
Well I can't look back now that she's gone

Na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na
Na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na
I know how you feel girl
We've been there many times before
When I've gotta pick up and walk out the door
Sometimes hoping is all that we can do
In mind and spirit girl I'm always there for you


Every time I think about the way it's got to be
You know someday we will work it out
When all that we've wished for is just a memory


Anytime you need me I'll be there
Anytime at all (just say the word)
Just you say the word and I'll be there
Anytime you need me girl
I will be there

The nights seem longer
The days feel just the same
Well a little more lonelier than yesterday
Sometimes words ain't easy to explain
Whether I'm here or gone the feelings stay the same
Oh yeah

Living every moment holding on to a dream
Staring at an empty page will it come to me
And I wonder will the light ever shine on me
If it's a mountain I must climb then that's the way it must be

Day after day like a lifetime away I keep holding on
And night after night out of reach, out of sight from it all
Day after day I won't walk away from this dream of mine
It's in The Hands of Time

Living every moment with a dream burning bright
Never stop reaching when the dream shines its light
Well I take it for granted when the trying's all said and done
Does the pain of remember fade when dreams are won

Day after day fight the storm's shade of gray and keep holding on
Night after night let hope be your light on your way
Day after day I won't walk away from this dream of mine
It's in The Hands of Time

Day after day like a lifetime away keep holding on
Night after night let hope be your light on your way
Day after day I won't walk away from this dream of mine
It's in The Hands of Time