Forever Bon Jovi - Lost Highway Lyrics

Lost Highway - Summertime - (You Want To) Make A Memory
Whole Lot Of Leavin' - We Got It Going On - Any Other Day
Seat Next To You - Everybody's Broken - Till We Ain't Strangers Anymore
The Last Night - One Step Closer - I Love This Town
Put The Boy Back In Cowboy - Lonely - Walk Like A Man

01 - Lost Highway (JBJ/RS/JS)

In my rearview mirror
My life is getting clearer
The sunset sighs and slowly disappears
These trinkets once were treasure
Life changes like the weather







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You grow up grow old or you hit the road round here
So I drive
Watching white lines passing by
My plastic dashboard Jesus
Waiting there to greet us

Hey Hey
I finally found my way
Say goodbye to yesterday
Hit the gas there ain't no brakes
On this lost highway
I busted loose I'm letting go
Out on this open road
It's independence day
On this lost highway

Hey hey
Hey hey

Don't know where I'm going
But I know where I've been
And I'm afraid of going back again
So I drive
Years and miles are flying by
And waiting there to greet us
Is my plastic dashboard Jesus

Hey Hey
I finally found my way
Say goodbye to yesterday
Hit the gas there ain't no brakes
On this lost highway
I busted loose I'm letting go
Out on this open road
It's independence day
On this lost highway

Hey hey
Hey hey

Oh patron saint of lonely souls
Tell this boy which way to go
Guide the car you got the keys
Farewell to mediocrity
Kicking off the cruise control
And turning up the radio
Got just enough religion
And a half a tank of gas
Come on, let's go

I finally found my way
Say goodbye to yesterday
Hit the gas there ain't no brakes
On this lost highway
I busted loose I'm letting go
Well I'm out on this open road
It's independence day
On this lost highway

Hey hey
Hey hey
Hey hey

On this lost highway

02 - Summertime (JBJ/RS/JS)

Feels something like summertime
Top down and nothing but time
Radio's on and you're by my side
Feels something like summertime

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These days life goes like this
Wake up, check that off of some list
Got to be a little something more than this
At the bottom of my coffee cup
I keep a postcard in the back of my mind
White sand, sunshine
And you shining like a brand new dime
That's keeping me for giving up
Thinking like I had enough

You make me
Feel something like summertime
Top down and nothing but time
Radio's on and you're by my side
Feels something like summertime
Like that first slow dance and that first long kiss
There ain't nothing baby better then this
It's like a beach blanket and a bottle of wine
It feels something like summertime

I was a warm breeze with a cool tan
Life mapped out on the back of my hand
When God was laughing I was making plans
But He didn't laugh when I found you
If there is a heaven you're the proof

You make me
Feel something like summertime
Top down and nothing but time
Radio's on and you're by my side
Feels something like summertime
Like that first slow dance and that first long kiss
There ain't nothing baby better then this
It's like a beach blanket and a bottle of wine
It feels something like summertime

Feel something like summertime
Top down and nothing but time
Radio's on for me and my valentine
It's like that first slow dance and that first long kiss
There ain't nothing baby better then this
It's like a beach blanket and a bottle of wine

Feel something like summertime
Top down and nothing but time
Radio's on and you're by my side
Feels something like summertime
Just like summertime

03 - (You Want To) Make A Memory (JBJ/RS/DC)

Hello again, it's you and me
Kinda always like it used to be

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Sippin' wine, killin' time
Trying to solve life's mysteries
How's your life? It's been a while
God it's good to see you smile
I see you reaching for your keys
Looking for a reason not to leave

If you don't know if you should stay
If you don't say what's on your mind
Baby just breathe
There's nowhere else tonight we should be
You want to make a memory

I dug up this old photograph
Look at all that hair we had
It's bittersweet to hear you laugh
Your phone is ringing I don't want to ask
If you go now I'll understand
If you stay, hey I got a plan

You want to make a memory
You want to steal a piece of time
You can sing the melody to me
And I could write a couple lines
You want to make a memory

If you don't know if you should say
And you don't say what's on your mind
Baby just breathe
There's nowhere else tonight we should be
We should be

You want to make a memory
You want to steal a piece of time
You can sing the melody to me
And I could write a couple lines

You want to make a memory
You want to make a memory

04 - Whole Lot Of Leavin' (JBJ/JS)

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It's pretty cold for late September
The autumn wind is creeping in
The summer sun packed up It's long gone
There's a whole lot of leavin' going on

I bet It's warm in California
I think it's time to hit the road
I just might call that band of gypsys
Go searching for our pot of gold
Seems like lately there's a whole lot
Of leavin' going on

I close my eyes and picture your hand in mine
I still hear your voice
It takes me back to that time
Where I could find a reason to be strong
Seems like lately there's a whole lot
Of leavin' going on

Close the window draw the curtains
You ain't the only one here hurtin'
No one's right, no one's wrong
Lately there's a whole lot of leavin' goin on

I close my eyes and picture your hand in mine
I still hear your voice
It takes me back to that time
Where I could find a reason to be strong
Seems like lately there's a whole lot
Of leavin' going on

You used to live to say you love me
Now you got one foot out the door
It's then you you turn around and ask me
Do we got it anymore

I close my eyes and picture your hand in mine
I still hear your voice
It takes me back to that time
When I need a reason to be strong

I close my eyes and picture your hand in mine
I walk the line you'll never hear me sayin' goodbye
So pretty baby please be strong
Seems like lately there's a whole lot of leavin' going on

05 - We Got It Going On (JBJ/RS/KA/JR)

Is there anybody out there looking for a party

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Shake your moneymaker baby smoke it if you got it
We just want to have some fun
If you don't want to kiss this
Everybody raise your hands
Come on I need a witness

We got it going on
We'll be bangin' and sangin' just like the Rolling Stones
We're gonna shake up your souls
We've come to rattle your bones
'Cause we got it going on

You got a ticket to kick it
I want to hear you scream now
Because tonight you got the right
To let your hair down
When everybody's getting down
We're getting down to business
Insane, freak train
You don't want to miss this

We got it going on
We'll be bangin' and sangin' just like the Rolling Stones
We're gonna shake up your souls
We've come to rattle your bones
'Cause we got it going on

We got it going on
We got it going on
We got it going on

We'll be bangin' and sangin' just like the Rolling Stones
We're gonna shake up your souls
We've come to rattle your bones
'Cause we got it going on

Getting down with Big and Rich and Richie and Jon
Just a bangin' and sangin'
Why don't you all come along
We got it going on

We got it
We got it
We got it going on

We got it
We got it
We got it going on

06 - Any Other Day (JBJ/RS/GS)

Alarm clock rings It's 6:45
Must have hit that snooze button least three times
I'm wishing this morning

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Was still last night
On any other day
I just might want to die

Traffic's backed up 20 miles to the east
Must have hit every damn red light on the street
The weatherman says it's gonna rain for a week
Hey what can you do

On any other day I'd be blue eyes crying
I could tell the world at least I'm trying
The clouds are breaking the sun is shining new
For me and you
On any other day
I might just go crazy
The grace is knowing that your gonna save me
Maybe luck and love will pull us through

On any other day
I might just stay in bed
Sink down in a sea of blankets
Pull them up over my head
Catch a beer buzz in the morning
Just to get a little edge
Then maybe just get up in time
To do it all again
Hey, I like where this is going
Yeah, 'cause I know where It's been

On any other day I'd be blue eyes crying
I could tell the world at least I'm trying
The clouds are breaking the sun is shining new
For me and you
On any other day
I might just go crazy
The grace is knowing that your gonna save me
Maybe luck and love will pull us through

Alarm clock rings It's 6:45
I like waking up with you on my mind
Knowing that you're saving me one more time

On any other day I'd be blue eyes crying
I could tell the world at least I'm trying
The clouds are breaking the sun is shining new
For me and you
On any other day
I might just go crazy
The grace is knowing that your gonna save me
Maybe luck and love will pull us through

07 - Seat Next To You (JBJ/RS/HL)

A long slow drive down an old dirt road
You got your hand out the window listening to the radio
That’s where I want to be
On an old park bench in the middle of December
Cold hard rain falling can’t find no cover

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That would be alright with me

Hard days, good times
Blue skies, dark nights
Baby, I want you to take me
Wherever you’re going to
Maybe, say that you’ll save me
A seat next to you

In the corner booth of a downtown bar
With your head on my shoulder
Smoking on a cheap cigar
That would be all right with me

In the back row of a movie
Or a cross-town train
I want to hear your voice
Whispering my name
That’s where I want to be

Hard days, good times
Blue skies, dark nights
Baby, say that you’ll take me
Wherever you’re going to
Maybe, say that you’ll save me
A seat next to you

Life is like a Ferris wheel spinning around
When you get to the top it’s hard to look down
Just hang on
We’ll make it through
Save me
A seat next to you

When you get to the gates
And all the angels sing
Go to that place
Where the church bells ring and know I’ll come running
Running to find you

Baby, say that you’ll take me
Wherever you’re going to
And baby, I want you to save me

A seat next to you
A seat next to you
A seat next to you

08 - Everybody's Broken (JBJ/BF)

Welcome to the party
Come on in and disappear
You’re feeling like a stranger
But all your friends are here
Little lines and cracks

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Around your eyes and mouth
Something’s trying to get in
Something’s trying to get out

It’s okay to be a little broken

Everybody’s broken in this life

It’s okay to feel a little broken

Everybody’s broken

You’re alright, it’s alright

It’s just life

Step into the deep end

Make yourself at home

When you wonder why you’re breathing

Know you’re not alone

It’s so hard to believe

What’s easier to doubt

You’re trying to hold in

What you’re dying to scream out

It’s okay to be a little broken

Everybody’s broken in this life

It’s okay to feel a little broken

Everybody’s broken

You’re alright, it’s alright

It’s just life

Take a look around

Tell me what you see

Is who you think you are

Who you want to be

It’s okay to be a little broken

Everybody’s broken in this life

It’s okay to feel a little broken

Everybody’s broken

You’re alright

Keep on going

Eyes wide open

Everybody’s broken

Everybody's broken
Everybody’s broken

09 - Till We Ain't Strangers Anymore (JBJ/RS/BJ)

It might be hard to be lovers

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But it’s harder to be friends

Baby pull down the covers

It’s time you let me in

Maybe light a couple candles

I’ll just go ahead and lock the door

If you’ll just talk to me baby

Till we ain’t strangers anymore

Lay your head on my pillow

I’ll sit beside you on the bed

Don’t you think it’s time to say

Some things we haven’t say

It ain’t too late to get back to that place

Back to the way we thought it was before

Why don’t you look at me

Till we ain’t strangers anymore

Sometimes it’s hard to love me

Sometimes it’s hard to love you too

I know it’s hard believing

That love can pull us through

It would be so easy to live your life
With one foot out the door

Just hold me baby

Till we ain’t strangers anymore

It’s hard to find forgiveness

When we just turn out the lights

It’s hard to say you’re sorry

When we can’t tell wrong from right

It would be so easy to spend your whole damn life
Just keeping the score

So let’s get down to it baby

There ain’t no need to lie

Tell me who you think you see

When you look into my eyes

Let’s put our two hearts back together

And we’ll leave the broken pieces on the floor

Make love with me baby

Till we ain’t strangers anymore
Till we ain't strangers anymore

10 - The Last Night (JBJ/RS/JS)

These days
It’s hard to have a heart

It doesn’t matter where you come from

Or who you think you are

These days

It’s hard just fitting in

Why does someone have to lose

For someone else to win

We’re all looking for forgiveness

And someone we can trust

You can’t wrap your arms around the world

It all comes down to us

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This is the last night

You’ll have to be alone

I’ll be standing right beside you

If you can’t make it on your own

So walk with me please

Help me to be strong

I’ll be the shoulder

You can lean on

When everybody’s gone

This is the last night

You’ll have to be alone

I know you’ll heard it all before

There’s nothing worse than living less

When you yearn for something more

Makes no sense

It’s hard to understand when the something

That should fill you up

Keeps slipping through your hands

This is the last night

You’ll have to be alone

I’ll be standing right beside you

If you can’t make it on your own

So walk with me please

Help me to be strong

I’ll be the shoulder

You can lean on

When everybody’s gone

This is the last night

You’ll have to be alone

We’re all looking for answers

We’re all down here on our knees

All anybody really wants

Is something to believe

Enough is enough

I can’t take anymore

I’m standing on your front porch

And kickin down your door

This is the last night

You’ll have to be alone

I’ll be standing right beside you

If you can’t make it on your own

So walk with me please

Help me to be strong

I’ll be the shoulder

You can lean on

When everybody’s gone

This is the last night

You’ll have to be alone

This is the last time

This is the last night

This is the last night you’ll have to be alone

11 - One Step Closer (JBJ/RS/JS)

I’ve seen the heart of darkness

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Let’s just say I crossed over that line

Held hands with the hopeless

In too deep on that ride

Went around one more time

When you’re standing on the edge

You don’t look down

Till you’re ready and willing to fly

Now I’m one step closer

With my arms open wide

I’m one step closer

And I’m willing to try this time

I hitched a ride with forgiveness

In that river of emotion

I went down a third time

I spent the night with the living

Took a chance looked inside

Didn’t know who I’d find

Standing on the corner of hello and goodbye

All alone it’s there I made up my mind

I’m one step closer

With my arms open wide

I’m one step closer
And I’m willing to try

I’m sick of giving up

With a little luck

I’m gonna get out of here

When you’re standing on the edge

You don’t look down

Till you’re ready and your willing to fly

Now I’m one step closer

With my arms open wide

I’m one step closer

And I’m willing to try

I’m one step closer
I'm one step closer

12 - I Love This Town (JBJ/RS/JS)

I always knew that I liked this place
You don’t have to look too far to find a friendly face
I feel alive when I’m walking on this street
I feel the heart of the city

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Pounding underneath my feet

This is where it all goes down, down, down
That’s why I love this town
That’s why I keep coming round
Say hey, say yeah
You make me feel at home somehow right now
That’s why I love this town

I got some good friends here
Might have broke a heart or two
It’s getting loud over there
The boys must have had a few
There’s a cop on the corner
He knows everybody’s name
And a kid with a dream
Singing for some spare loose change

Let the world keep spinning round and round
This is where it all goes down, down, down
That’s why I love this town
That’s why I keep coming round
Say hey, say yeah
You make me feel at home somehow right now
That’s why I love this town

They’re shouting from the rooftops
Dancing on the bars
Hanging out the window driving in their baby’s car
You want it, you got it
You ready I’m on it
Come on now here we go again

That’s why I love this town
That’s why I love this town

No matter where you’re from
Tonight you’re from right here
This is where it all goes down, down, down
That’s why I love this town

Say hey, say yeah
I love this town
Say hey, say yeah
I love this town
Say hey, say yeah
I love this town
Say hey, say yeah
I love this tow

13 - Lonely (JBJ/DS/DB)

There’s a whole lotta lonely

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Waiting out there
There’s a whole lotta people
That’ll lead you nowhere
So be safe my lover
Let me offer my prayer
There’s a whole lotta lonely
Waiting out there

There’s a whole lotta kisses
Waiting out there
And the world you been missing
That don’t play fair
Let me offer you comfort
And show you how much I care
There’s a whole lotta lonely
Waiting out there

When love is blind sometimes the lies
Can get you through the night
I’m holding on to what I need
Till you’re too tired to fight

Now there’s a lot of lone riders
So baby beware
After the warmth of his whisper
In the cool night air
It’ll be hard to wake up to
That handsome cold blank stare
Cause there’s a hell of a lot of lonely
Waiting out there

When love is blind sometimes the lies
Can get you through the night
I’m holding on to what I need
Till you’re too tired to fight

Now there’s a whole lotta lonely
Waiting out there
There’s a whole lotta people
That’ll lead you nowhere
There’s only so much sorrow
That a heart can bear
There’s a hell of a lot of lonely
Waiting out there
There’s a hell of a lot of lonely
Baby I’m scared
Waiting out there

13 - Put The Boy Back In Cowboy (JBJ)

They should have put her in the movies
My little country cutie
She's the reason I believe
God made blue jeans
I was a slicker from the city
When I met that little philly
I was six feet tall
Till she brought me to my knees
I sold my foreign car
For a pick up truck
I never drink champagne

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Now it's Jack straight up
And you better like Hank here
Or you're out of luck
What's up

She put the boy
Back in cowboy
Hell I was just a red neck want to be
She put the boy
Back in cowboy
That southern woman
Made a new man out of me

The transformation was amazin’
Even Jesus couldn't save me
From day to night I was such a sight to see
At the rodeo she kissed me
Then said boy don't get too frisky
But if you're lucky
You might two step home with me
Yeah I got the boots
I bought the stetson hat
I got a big belt buckle
Tried to rope a calf
I'm in a ring of fire
And as cool as Johnny Cash
You asked

She put the boy
Back in cowboy
Hell I was just a red neck want to be
She put the boy
Back in cowboy
That southern woman
Made a new man out of me
That country woman
Made a new man out of me

She put the boy
Back in cowboy
She put the boy
Back in cowboy
She's a live wire
On a bon fire
Desire
Takin’ me higher

She put the boy
Back in cowboy
Hell I was just a red neck want to be
She put the boy
Back in cowboy
That country woman

She put the boy
Back in cowboy
Hell I was just a red neck want to be
She put the boy
Back in cowboy
Sure been nice to make you company
That southern woman made a new men out of me

15 - Walk Like A Man (JBJ/RS)

He said sit down son, we gotta talk
I said its my life, I'm gonna do what I want
I'm gonna crawl, and I'm gonna walk
Walk right out of that door
He said I used to be alot like you
Theres nothing you done that I didn't do
I laughed and said, dad i'm bullet proof

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We've been through this before
I couldn't believe it
There was a tear in my old's man eye
When I was leaving
He tried to say goodbye

He says stand tall when you stumble
Stay proud when your humble
The lessons you learned, wont be the ones you plan
Every step up that mountain
Will be more than whats counting
But when you walk through the valley
May you walk like a man

I've seen a couple of miles on a gravel road
Taught a couple of things I didnt know
Now, I even got a kid of my own
Starting to sound alot like me
I learned a little thing called sacrifice
Givin up on dreams
Lost a couple fights
All anybody wants is a better life
Something to believe

He says stand tall when you stumble
Stay proud when your humble
The lessons you learned, wont be the ones you plan
Every step up that mountain
Will be more than whats counting
But when you walk through the valley
May you walk like a man

I couldnt believe it
And the tears came to my eyes
It isn't easy
Standing on the other side
I said sit down son, we gotta talk
Hey it's your life, your gonna do what you want
I wont say crawl before you walk
Cause I heard my old man in my mind
He say

He says stand tall when you stumble
Stay proud when your humble
The lessons you learned, wont be the ones you plan
Every step up that mountain
Will be more than whats counting
But when you walk through the valley
May you walk like a man

And when you go on without me
Walk
Like a man

Walk on