Damned

i'm lying here beside you
in someone else's bed
knowing what were doing's wrong
but better left unsaid

your breathing sounds like screaming, it's all that i can stand
his ring is on your finger, but my heart is in your hands

damned if you love me - damned if you don't
it's getting harder holding on, but i can't let you go
damned if you don't need me, damned if you do
god , i wish it wasn't me standing in these shoes
damned, damned

a door slams like a shotgun, you jump up to your feet
but it's just the wind blowing through the secrets that we keep
made me want to want you, god knows i need to need you
by the time the love is over, i'll be sleeping on the streets

damned if you love me - damned if you don't
it's getting harder holding on, but i can't let you go
damned if you don't need me, damned if you do
god , i wish it wasn't me standing in these shoes

why won't you talk to me ? because i'm too blind to see
why won't you look at me ? because i'm afraid to breathe
what do you want from me ? all that i can stand
the lies are on my tongue and i can't turn back i know
the soul is damned

don't worry
i ain't gonna call you or hear you say my name
and if you see me on the street, don't wave just walk away
our lives are getting twisted, let's keep our stories straight
the more that i resist it, my temptation turns to fate

damned if you love me - damned if you don't
it's getting harder holding on, but i can't let you go
damned if you don't need me, damned if you do
god , i wish it wasn't me standing in these shoes
damned , damned

damned if you love me - damned if you don't
it's getting harder holding on, but i can't let you go
damned if you don't need me, damned if you do
god , i wish it wasn't me standing in these shoes
damned , damned

Bitter Wine

we met some time ago, when we were almost young
it never crossed my mind to ask, where did you come from ?
i didn't have much money, so i stole you a rose
you were dressed like an orphan, in salvation army clothes

once you were my inspiration, but, that river's run dry
what was once holy water, tastes like bitter wine

i know i wasn't funny, but you laughed at all my jokes
when i was choking on the words to say,
you showed me your finger down my throat
the first night i said i loved you, you told me to go to hell
you were giving me head, on that cheeky,
old bed at the ol'duvol motel

once you were my inspiration, but, that river's run dry
what was once holy water, tastes like bitter wine

once you were my inspiration, but, that river's run dry
what was once holy water, tastes like bitter wine

i would drink of your river, it would always get me high
what was once my salvation, now tastes like bitter wine

i never thought i'd lose ya, no, i'd rather go blind
i thought i saw the future, but the fortune teller lied
i guess she lied

just like everything, even good love has to die
ain't no sympathy when it waves goodbye, no one even cried
we were one of a kind

i would drink of your river, it would always get me high
what was once my salvation, now tastes like bitter wine

i never thought i'd lose ya, no, i'd rather go blind
i thought i saw the future, but the fortune teller lied
i guess she lied

bitter wine (actual)
j. bon jovi, r. sambora,

we met some time ago, when we were almost young
it never crossed my mind to ask, where did you come from
i didn't have much money, so i stole you a rose
you were dressed like an orphan, in salvation army clothes

i never thought id loose you, no id rather go blind
i thought i saw the future but the fortune teller lied
your love was my salvation, it could always get me high
what was once holy water, tastes like bitter wine

i know i wasn't funny, but you laughed at all of my jokes
when i was choking on the words to say,
you stuck your finger down my throat
the first night i said i loved you, you told me to go to hell
you were giving me head on that creeky old bed at the ol'duvol motel

just like everything, even good love has to die
aint no sympathy when it says goodbye
your love was my salvation, it could always get me high
what was once holy water, tastes like bitter wine

just like everything, good love has to die (good love has to die)
ain't no sympathy when it says goodbye, no one even cried
we were one of a kind, one of a kind

love left me stranded at the station and the last trains gone by
what was once holy water, tastes like bitter wine
your love was my salvation, it could always get me high
you take the bag of holy water and all thats left is bitter wine

All I Want Is Everything

some 15 year old kid sits on his porch, just half-past noon
trying to figure out just what he's doing
why he had to grow up so soon
with all the gangs, all the guns - whatcha gonna learn in school
there's got to be some way out of here
he says: man, this life is cruel

i knew this puerto rican girl who lied to change her life
she changed her name, her face because the grass looked greener
on the other side
she turned her back, she ran away straight into the night
her friends, her family feel the pain, but she's the one who cries

tell me what you want (tell me what you want)
tell me what you need (tell me what you need)
i want everything (i want it all)

i've had enough of havin' nothing, i won't take just anything
i got my mind set on something, all i want is everything
it's my life mr. - i ain't running, i'm no puppet on a string
i want more than i see coming
all i want is everything
all i want is everything

say a prayer for donnie, he died in his room just the other day
his brother came home, found him dead on the floor with a needle in his vein
cops came down with a body bag, they said donnie's a casulaty
i said, all it's about is the boy checked out, he couldn't handle reality

tell me what you want (tell me what you want)
tell me what you need (tell me what you need)
i want everything (i want it all)

i've had enough of havin' nothing, i won't take just anything
i got my mind set on something, all i want is everything
it's my life mr. - i ain't running, i'm no puppet on a string
i want more than i see coming
all i want is everything
all i want is everything
i want it all

tell me what you want (tell me what you want)
tell me what you need (wont you call me, tell me just what you need)
tell me what you want (tell me what you want)
i want everything (everything)

i've had enough of havin' nothing, i won't take just anything
i got my mind set on something, all i want is everything
it's my life mr. - i ain't running, i'm no puppet on a string
i want more than i see coming
all i want is everything
all i want is everything
all i want is everything
all i want, well i want it all
i want it, i want it, i want it

Letting You Go (it’s hard)

it ain’t no fun lying down to sleep
and there ain’t no secrets left for me to keep
i wish the stars up in the sky would all just call in sick
and the clouds would take the moon out on some one-way trip

i drove all night down streets that wouldn’t bend
but somehow they drove me back here once again
to the place i lost at love, and the place i lost my soul
i wish i’d just burn down this place that we called home
it would all have been so easy
if you’d only made me cry
and told me how you’re leaving me
to some organ grinder’s lullaby

it’s hard, so hard - it’s tearing out my heart
it’s hard letting you go

now the sky, it shines a different kind of blue
and the neighbor’s dog don’t bark like he used to
well, me, these days
i just miss you - it’s the nights that i go insane
unless you’re coming back
for me, that’s one thing i know that won’t change

it’s hard, so hard - it’s tearing out my heart
it’s hard letting you go

now sone tarot card shark said i’ll draw you a heart
and we’ll find you somebody else new
but i’ve made my last trip to those carnival lips
when i bet all that i had on you

it’s hard, it’s hard, it’s hard, so hard
it’s hard letting you go
it’s hard, so hard - it’s tearing out my heart
but it’s hard letting you go

These Days

THESE DAYS

1995 Mercury Records
Produkcja: Peter Collins, Jon Bon Jovi, Richie Sambora
Data wydania: 1995
Czas trwania - 73:43
1.Hey God
2.Something For The Pain
3.This Ain`t A Love Song
4.These Days
5.Lie To Me
6.Damned
7.My Guitar Lies Bleeding In My Arms
8.It`s Hard) Letting You Go
9.Heatrs Breaking Even
10.Something To Believe In
11.If That`s What It Takes
12.Diamond Ring
13.All I Want Is Everything
14.Bitter Wine

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THESE DAYS

Special Edition 2CD Set
1996 Mercury Records
Produkcja: Peter Collins, Jon Bon Jovi, Richie Sambora
Data wydania: 1996
Czas trwania - CD2-35:29
1.Fields Of Fire (demo)
2.I Thank You
3.Mrs Robinson
4.Let’s Make It Baby (demo)
5.I’ Don’t Like Mondays (live)(feat.Bob Geldof)
6.Crazy (live)
7.Tumblin’ Dice (live)
8.Heaven Help Us (live)

Dyskografia Bon Jovi

These Days

Rok 1995 przyniósł wiele zmian. Przede wszystkim odszedł Alec John Such. Został szybko zastąpiony przez basistę sesyjnego Hugh McDonalda, który okazał się starym dobrym znajomym Jona jeszcze z czasów ‘Runaway’. Zespół spędził mnóstwo czasu w studiu dopracowując album. Ostatecznie płyta ukazała się w maju ‘95 a singlempromującym była piosenka ‘This ain’t a love song’. PeterCollins , Jon Bon Jovi i Richie Sambora zajęli się produkcją, Desmond Child jak zwykle służył swoim geniuszem. Powstała płyta niezwykła, zupełnie niekomercyjna i praktycznie pozbawiona przebojów, ale za to szczera i dojrzała jak żadna inna. Prawdziwy profesjonalizm i doświadczenie, świetne kompozycje i najlepsze teksty jakie kiedykolwiek Jon i Richie napisali. To nie jest płyta dla mas i nastolatków. Jej ogólny pesymistyczny wydzwięk i bunt był skierowany do ludzimyślących, a nawet do Boga (’Something for the pain’, ‘HeyGod’). No i oczywiście znajomość angielskiego to klucz do’These Days’. Krytycy na całym świecie (poza Polską) piali z zachwytu. Album był chwalony praktycznie wszędzie i to pomogło mu się sprzedać( 10 milionów). Piosenki ‘Hey God’ i ‘My Guitar Lies Bleeding’ zostały pochwalone przez samego Micka Jaggera. THESE DAYS TOUR trwała przez półtora roku. Zespół odwiedził nawet Indie i RPA, a także Czechy (tradycyjnie omijając Polskę). Album otwiera buntowniczy ‘otwartylist’ do samego Boga. Swietny ostry kawałek, który zespół specjalnie (na złość) wykonał podczas rozdania nagród MTV. Potem jest wspomniany ‘Something for the pain’ gdzie trzecią zwrotkę śpiewa Richie. Także na tej płycie znajduje się hymn: ‘These Days’. Piosenka o naszych czasach gdzie wszyscy gdzieś gonią i o coś walczą. O samotnosci i zagubieniu - chociaż czasy się zmieniły to Rzym wciąż płonie, a Ziemia wciąż się kręci. I tylko refren daje iskierkę nadziei kiedy Jon śpiewa że teraz zostaliśmy tylko MY ( a więc zespół i jego wierni fani). Tradycyjnie mamy ballady ale tym razem bardziej szczere i gorzkie : ‘This aint a love song’, ‘Lie to me’, ‘It’s hard’, ‘ Diamond Ring’ i ‘Bitter Wine’. Pozostałe piosenki podejmują problemy dzisiejszego świata np. narkotyki (’Something to believe in ‘, ‘All I want is everything’) czy problemy uczuciowe (’Damned’ , ‘Hearts breaking even’). Ale i tak arcydziełem tego albumu jest przepiękna kompozycja ‘My Guitar lies bleeding in my arms’. Strasznie depresyjna a nawet destrukcyjna pokazuje nagą prawdę o dzisiejszej szarej rzeczywistosci. Muzycznie dopracowana w vnajmniejszych szczegółach. Richie zagrał tu najwspanialsze solo w swojej karierze (są jeszcze dwa które mogłyby z nimkonkurować: Dry County i These Days). Ta płyta to prawdziwa rozkosz słuchania. Prawdziwy klimat i atmosfera dla ludzi trochę bardziej wymagajacych. Za parę lat klasyka.

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