Break Every Rule

baby tell me what you're trying to prove
playing games with my heart
hey now listen i ain't gonna take one more night
you're the one who broke the rules
and i'm the one who played the fool
now you're trying to tell me it's alright
you should know better than to hurt a friend
you'll never get another chance again

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you'll be back where you started
i know you won't admit it but you're broken hearted
back where you started
you think it's gonna be easy but it just gets harder harder

you had a way with words
one look and i was under your spell
i didn't know should i stay or should i run
you can't deny you told me lies
love'em and leave'em baby that's your style
i'm not afraid to take life as it comes
you play with fire i guess you'll never learn
you mess with me babe you 're gonna get burned

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you'll be back where you started
then you'll know how it feels when you've been discarded
back where you started
you think you got it made but it won't get you far no it won't get you far
who's gonna help ya throw you a lifetime
i'll tell you one thing you've really done it this time
you took your one chance and let it slip away
you're not the kind who'll ever settle down
the rumour's getting out all over town
you'll be
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girls we come and we go
we kiss come and we go
like a breeze brushing your cheek
like pain like the tears on a face

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girls we come and we go
like spirits we vanish at dawn
my heart suspended in time
like you vanish like tears in the rain

girls we take our loves away
like spirits living so far away
girls pretending to break down and cry
girls whispering wind what are we giving away
we used to be so happy
remember remember so happy
i never knew how lonely how lonely
how lonely could feel

two people living on the edge of life
are people running out of dreams and time
i can hear it when you tell me so
i can feel it but i can't let go

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two people gotta stick together and love one another
save it for a rainy day
some people gotta stay whatever
give one another shelter on a rainy day

two people living in the way we do
are people trying to keep a love anew
what to say to make some sense of it
what to do to make the feeling fit
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i'll come running to your rescue
you gotta stand by me
there's a lot of love between us
we should never let go
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i need you here beside me to chase the night away
i need your love to guide me safe through another day
i lie and watch the lights go down
say goodnight to another town
and though it hurts to be alone
i have my thoughts of you to keep me warm
in the afterglow of your love
dreaming's all i'm guilty of
everyday i'm playing tough
but read my mind

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if you could see me now
just living my life in a limbo
if you could see me now
the me that only you would know
still burning in the afterglow

when the beat of the drum has faded
the show comes to an end
the stage is cleared and loaded
and the highway calls again
i stand and watch the lights go down
in the afterglow of your love
dreaming's all i'm guilty of
everyday i'm playing tough
but read my mind

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if you could see me now
just living my life in a limbo
if you could see me now
the me that only you would know
still burning in the afterglow

stay with me right to the end
till i can hold you again
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you say you wanna live some
move out into the fast lane
you say you need excitement
to make you come alive
some place a million miles from
the shadows that surround you
i look for your attention
you're lost out in the future
where lovers ask no questions
and shadows never fall
some pilgrim bound for paradise
no compromise

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paradise is here
it's time to stop your crying
the future is this moment
and not some place out there
tonight i need your love
don't talk about tomorrow
right now i need your loving
right now give it to me
right now i want your loving
right now now now now now

you talk about your new plans
to move on up the stairway
you dream about the high life
that's waiting for you there
a world of fame and fortune
just around the corner
but i don't need no high life
to make me feel a woman
i don't need to reach for
no castles in the sky
just put your arms around me devour me

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cos' paradise is here
it's time to stop your crying
the future is this moment
and not some place out there
tonight i need your love
don't talk about tomorrow
right now i need your loving
right now give it to me
right now i want your loving
right now
don't say tomorrow
no time for sorrow

well i guess i been a long time
working in the back line
trying to make a song fit
you know it never was mine
two dollar high heel and a honky tonk dress
in the rhythm and soul revues
i had a dream i guess
yes yes

and i had to beat the stagefright
i had to cry all night
tryin' to make a song fit
you know it never was right
i said girl get up and get out of this mess
you're gonna be and overnight sensation
be an overnight success

and all through the badlands
rockin' on the bandstands
it's so hard in the bar bands
when there's no one there who understands
and lady luck'll pass you by
and she'll never say yes
you're gonna be an overnight sensation
gonna be an overnight success

well i used to be a sweet little rock 'n' roll singer
chasing after fortune and fame
what's your story what's your payola
me i'm in the music game

well i guess i've been a long time
workin' in the backline
tryin' to make a song fit
you know it never was mine
what can i tell you
i made a break i guess
now i'm an overnight sensation
i'm an over overnight
i'm an over overnight success