Hot In The Shade

You pay your taxes, you pay the rent, till you haven't got a cent
It's the law of the jungle, if you got the hunger
What doesn't kill you makes you stronger
Just hold on to what you got (hold on, hold on), just live it to the last drop
You can't help it, you just can't stop
Betrayed, yeah, life's a bitch, so just don't feel
Betrayed, no, you ain't the only one who's been betrayed, betrayed

Stone cold and all alone, and you're wearin' everything you own
They bare your flesh and strip your soul, but underneath you got a heart of gold
Just hold on to what you got (hold on, hold on)

Betrayed, you ain't satisfied, i know you feel betrayed
You ain't crucified, so get real, betrayed, betrayed

All alone, far from home, and you're feelin' cold as stone
Don't give up, don't give in, life's a bitch if you lose or win

Betrayed - yeah, you ain't the only one who's been
Betrayed - life's a bitch, if you lose or win - betrayed, betrayed

Betrayed, betrayed (repeats out)

She was just 19, but in here eyes she was old enough to know
We were caught between two city streets, like a bad dream
We could barely survive in the world outside, where the writin's on the wall
Still she lets me know, we just can't let go, and she takes my heart away

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When she tells me i want it, i go crazy, i need it
When she touches i feel it, right there in her eyes
I'm the king of hearts, livin' in a fantasy
The king of hearts, when she's layin' next to me
Shinin' like a jewel tonight, love is gonna rule tonight
Yeah i'm gonna be the only one, to be king of hearts

Like a neon light, the shadows flash across my empty room
We could leave tonight and save ourselves from a bad scene
When we walk on by with our heads up high, all the faces turn our way
Yeah it's in their eyes, and they realize, we can make our getaway

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(solo)

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Gonna throw down the dice on a roll, it's a showdown, gonna walk on hot coals
Cut the deck, better place your bet, 'cause the game ain't over yet
Wanna keep you under lock and key, can't you see what you do to me
Get the noose, i know i'm gonna hang, 'cause you're like a boomerang, boomerang

On the way up, you change your tune, so pay up, and it ain't too soon
Can't make up or break up, can't feel a thing, you want a piece of everything

First you're cold and then you're hot, you're in the mood and then you're not
Yeah, i know i'll get a bang, 'cause you're like a boomerang, boomerang

You can slip and you can slide, but there ain't nothin' you can hide
You just can't say no, well here i come, baby, and here i go

A boomerang, a boomerang

I ain't lookin' like nobody's fool, save it for somebody else
And i ain't makin' any desperate move, 'till i'm satisfied myself
I ain't waitin' for no invitation, i just wanna walk on thru
I never needed anybody, and like my daddy said
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I wasn't born with a silver spoon, nowhere to hide in a crowded room
I see the attitude that's in your eyes, i got no reason to apologize
'cos what's so special 'bout a girl like you, with a silver spoon

In a city where the buildings rise, i was just another face
But mama told me when somebody dies, no one else can take your place
I never needed anybody, and like my daddy said

I wasn't born with a silver spoon, nowhere to hide in a crowded room
I see the attitude that's in your eyes, i got no reason to apologize
'cos i've got something for a girl like you, with a silver spoon

I always knew i'd be somebody, i kept it in my head
I never needed anybody, and like my daddy said

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I been up, down, and all around, tell you what i'm feelin'
I been hurt and i've found, been pushed around, it's how i got this feelin'
I never thought i could hurt so good, no no
I never thought i could lose myself, but i just can't hide it
They never let you down easy, now listen

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Sometimes love is like a slap in the face, you been burned and still
It's the same old mistake
If you want my opinion, i'll give it to you straight
Love is like a slap in the face
Singin' na na na na na na na na na, na na na na na na na na na

Love's got a hold on me, i can't believe it, but it's plain to see
Turns me upside down and inside out
Don't know why it never fails to make you scream and shout

I never knew i could fool myself, no no, i never thought i could hurt so good
But i just can't hide it, guess i'm feelin' no pain, now listen

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I never knew i could hurt so good, no no, i never thought i'd say nonono, no no
But i'm here babe, i got a secret inside

Sometimes love is like a ball and chain
Keeps you up at night, why is it always the same
If you wanna know the truth, it's something i can't explain
Yeah love is like a ball and chain

Yeah na na na na, na na na na na, na na na na, na na na na na (repeats out)

Hey man, gotta take a stand, so you think that you've been had
I'm here to bet ya, street's gonna get ya, well two out of three ain't bad
Hey man, it's gettin' out of hand, cross your heart and hope to die
You got yours, and i got mine, i'm gonna get what's comin' to ya

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'cause the street giveth and the street taketh away
Where there's no blind justice, no way

Hey man, don't you understand, you can run but you can't hide
There ain't no life after death, so save your breath (you're gonna)
Be a rock 'n roll suicide
Hey man, do you need a hand, but i ain't no blessing in disguise

Feel the agony, and the ecstacy, it's gonna burn right through ya

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Life's too short, so help yourself, 'cause i don't walk on water

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'cause the street giveth and the street taketh away (repeats out)

I'd have to be a mindreader, baby, just to know what's goin' on
You don't need no crystal ball, sugar, can't you see my love is strong
Don't you know my temperature is startin' to rise up
And it's draggin' me under your spell

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Somewhere between heaven and hell
Sometimes i think you want to, but i can never tell
Somewhere between pleasure and pain
I'm about to go insane, i'm so hungry, i'm so hungry

You don't have to see no furtune teller, to see i just can't take no more
You been such a heartbreaker, baby, you keep a lock on heaven's door

Ain't you tired of goin' through the motions
And standin' in the shadow of love

Somewhere between heaven and hell
Sometimes i think you want to, but i can never tell
Somewhere between the truth and a lie
Sometimes i wonder why, i can't hurt you, i can't hurt you

Don't need your lovin', don't want nothin'
Don't need your sympathy, don't need a friend
I just need somethin' i can believe in, i can believe in

Ain't you tired of goin' through the motions
And hidin' in the shadow of love

I'm somewhere between heaven and hell
Sometimes i think you want me, but i can never tell
Somewhere between pleasure and pain
I'm about to go insane, i'm so hungry
Somewhere between love and hate
Don't know just what i'm feelin', babe i think it's gettin' late
Somewhere between the truth and a lie
Sometimes i wonder why, i can't hurt you...

Would you want to know what i'm thinking about
Do you wonder do i wanna make you scream and shout - shout it out
Would you like to see what's in my brain
Does your curiosity make you insane - insane
Baby you're just wastin' precious time, if you want to know what's on my mind

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Read my body, are the letters big enough
Read my body, do you like the book of my love
Read my body, turn the page, get to the good stuff, read my body

Would you like to go on a moonlight ride
Do you think you wanna show me what you're like inside
Would you like to touch, do you wanna know
How good it can get, how far it can go - ooh, let's go, let's go

Baby if you're lost between the lines, open up your eyes and see the signs

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Baby you're just wastin' precious time, if you want to know what's on my mind

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