And so you want to be a rock 'n' roll star?
Oh listen now do what I say
And just get an electric guitar
Then take some time and learn how to play
And with your hair swung right
And your pants get tight, it's gonna be alright
Well then it's time to go down town
To the agent man, won't let you down
And so you sell to some company
Who are waiting there to sell plastic ware
And in a week or two if you make the charts
The girls will tear you apart
It's the price you paid for your riches and fame
Was it all a strange game? You're a little insane
The money, they gave and the public acclaim
Don't forget what you are, you're a rock 'n' roll star
I saw her today, I saw her face
It was the face I loved and I knew
I had to run away
And get down on my knees and pray
That there'd come a day
And still it begins
Needles and pins
Because of all my pride
The tears I gotta hide
Oh, I thought I was smart, I wanted her
Didn't think I'd do, but now I see
She's worse to him than me
Let her go ahead, take his love instead
And one day she will see
Just how to say please
And get down on her knees
Yeah, that's how it begins
She'll feel those needles and pins
A-hurtin her, a-hurtin her
Why can't I stop and tell myself I'm wrong, I'm wrong, so wrong
Why can't I stand up and tell myself I'm strong
Because I saw her today, I saw her face
It was the face I loved and I knew
I had to run away
And get down on my knees and pray
That there'd come a day
But still they begin
Needles and pins
Because of all my pride
The tears I gotta hide
Oh, needles and pins
Needles and pins
Needles and pins
[Verse 1]
Oh baby, don't it feel like heaven right now?
Don't it feel like something from a dream?
Yeah, I've never known nothing quite like this
Don't it feel like tonight might never be again?
Baby, we know better than to try and pretend
Honey no one coulda ever told me 'bout this
[Refrain]
I said yeah, yeah (Yeah, yeah)
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
[Chorus]
The waiting is the hardest part
Every day you see one more card
You take it on faith, you take it to the heart
The waiting is the hardest part
[Verse 2]
Well yeah, I might have chased a couple women around
All it ever got me was down
Then there were those that made me feel good
But never as good as I feel right now
Baby, you're the only one that's ever known how
To make me wanna live like I wanna live now
[Refrain]
I said yeah, yeah (Yeah, yeah)
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
[Chorus]
The waiting is the hardest part
Every day you get one more yard
You take it on faith, you take it to the heart
The waiting is the hardest part
[Bridge]
Oh, don't let it kill you baby, don't let it get to you
Don't let it kill you baby, don't let it get to you
I'll be your bleedin' heart, I'll be your cryin' fool
Don't let this go too far, don't let it get to you
[Refrain]
Yeah, yeah (Yeah, yeah)
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
[Chorus]
The waiting is the hardest part
Every day you get one more yard
You take it on faith, you take it to the heart
The waiting is the hardest part
Yeah, the waiting is the hardest part
[Outro]
Ooh
Is the hardest part
Ooh
Is the hardest part
Ooh
[Verse 1]
Well, she was an American girl
Raised on promises
She couldn't help thinkin' that there
Was a little more to life somewhere else
After all, it was a great big world
With lots of places to run to
And if she had to die tryin', she
Had one little promise she was gonna keep
[Chorus]
Oh yeah, all right
Take it easy, baby
Make it last all night (Make it last all night)
She was an American girl
[Verse 2]
Well, it was kinda cold that night
She stood alone on her balcony (Ooh)
Yeah, she could hear the cars roll by
Out on 441 like waves crashin' on the beach
And for one desperate moment there
He crept back in her memory
God, it's so painful when something that is so close
Is still so far out of reach
[Chorus]
Oh yeah, all right
Take it easy, baby
Make it last all night (Make it last all night)
She was an American girl (Ooh)
We got a man on the moon (it ain't nothin' to me)
We got more comin' soon (it ain't nothin' to me)
Got natives in New Guinea with gold in their teeth
Might mean somethin' to you (it ain't nothin' to me)
But when you dance, I can go right with you
Yeah when you dance, I can go right with you
We got smilin' politicians (it ain't nothin' to me)
Got songs from rich musicians (it ain't nothin' to me)
Called Tokyo long distance and the queen came for tea
Might mean somethin' to you (it ain't nothin' to me)
But when you dance, I can go right with you
Yeah when you dance, I can go right with you
I got a dog on my leg (it ain't nothin' to me)
I'm walkin' on eggs (it ain't nothin' to me)
Missionaries walkin' backwards, touch 'em and they bleed
Might mean somethin' to you (it ain't nothin' to me)
'Cause when you dance, I can go right with you
When you dance, I can go right with you
Yeah when you dance, I can go right with you
Yeah when you dance, I just go
Everyone has a message (it ain't nothin' to me)
For avoiding the wreckage (it ain't nothin' to me)
Got gypsies at home watchin' Jerry Falwell on TV
Might mean somethin' to you (it ain't nothin' to me)
Oh, nothin' to me (it ain't nothin' to me)
It ain't nothin' to me (it ain't nothin' to me)
Yeah (it ain't nothin' to me)
Absolutely (it ain't nothin' to me)
Infinitum
(It ain't nothin' to me)
Oh yes, that's really somethin'
(It ain't nothin' to me)
(It ain't nothin' to me)
(It ain't nothin' to me)
Oh yes, that's really somethin'
(It ain't nothin' to me)
(It ain't nothin' to me)
[Verse 1]
You've got a dangerous background
And everything you've dreamed of
Yeah, you're the dark angel
It don't show when you break up
[Pre-Chorus 1]
And I'm the one who oughta know
I'm the one left in the dust
Yeah, I'm the broken-hearted fool
Who was never quite enough
[Chorus]
I'm an insider, I've been burned by the fire
And I've had to live with some hard promises
I've crawled through the briars
I'm an insider
[Verse 2]
It's a circle of deception
It's a hall of strangers
It's a cage without a key
You can feel the danger
[Pre-Chorus 2]
And I'm the one who oughta know
I'm the one you couldn't trust
I'm the lonely, silent one
I'm the one left in the dust
[Chorus]
I'm an insider, I've been burned by the fire
And I've had to live with some hard promises
I've crawled through the briars
I'm an insider
[Verse 3]
I'll bet you're his masterpiece
I'll bet you're his self-control
Yeah you'll become his legacy
His quiet world of white and gold
[Pre-Chorus 3]
And I'm the one who oughta know
I'm the one you left to rust
Not one of your twisted friends
I'm the one you couldn't love
[Chorus]
I'm an insider, I've been burned by the fire
And I've had to live with some hard promises
I've crawled through the briars
I'm an insider
[Verse 1]
We got somethin', we both know it
We don't talk too much about it
Ain't no real big secret all the same
Somehow we get around it
[Pre-Chorus]
Listen, it don't really matter to me, baby
You believe what you want to believe
[Chorus]
You see, you don't have to live like a refugee
(Don't have to live like a refugee)
[Verse 2]
Somewhere, somehow, somebody
Must have kicked you around some
Tell me why you wanna lay there
And revel in your abandon
[Pre-Chorus]
Honey, it don't make no difference to me, baby
Everybody's had to fight to be free
[Chorus]
You see, you don't have to live like a refugee
(Don't have to live like a refugee)
No baby, you don't have to live like a refugee
(Don't have to live like a refugee)
[Bridge]
Baby, we ain't the first
I'm sure a lot of other lovers been burned
Right now this seems real to you
But it's one of those things
You got to feel to be true
[Verse 3]
Somewhere, somehow, somebody
Must have kicked you around some
Who knows, maybe you were kidnapped
Tied up, taken away, and held for ransom
[Pre-Chorus]
Honey, it don't really matter to me, baby
Everybody's had to fight to be free
[Chorus]
You see, you don't have to live like a refugee
(Don't have to live like a refugee)
No, you don't have to live like a refugee
(Don't have to live like a refugee)
You don't have to live like a refugee
(Don't have to live like a refugee)
[Verse 1]
Well, the talk on the street says you might go solo
Good friend of mine saw you leavin' by your back door
[Chorus]
I need to know (I need to know)
I need to know (I need to know)
If you think you're gonna leave, then you better say so
I need to know (I need to know)
I need to know (I need to know)
Because I don't know how long I can hold on
If you're making me wait, if you're leadin' me on
I need to know (I need to know)
I need to know (I need to know)
[Verse 2]
Who would've thought that you'd fall for his line
All of a sudden, it's me on the outside
[Chorus]
I need to know (I need to know)
I need to know (I need to know)
If you think you're gonna leave, then you better say so
I need to know (I need to know)
I need to know (I need to know)
Because I don't know how long I can hold on
If you're making me wait, if you're leadin' me on
I need to know (I need to know)
I need to know (I need to know)
[Chorus]
Baby, I need to know (I need to know)
I need to know (I need to know)
If you think you're gonna leave, then you better say so
I need to know (I need to know)
I need to know (I need to know)
Because I don't know how long I can hold on
If you're making me wait, if you're leadin' me on
I need to know (I need to know)
I need to know (I need to know)
Baby, I need to know
[Verse 1]
There's a southern accent, where I come from
The young 'uns call it country
The Yankees call it dumb
[Chorus]
I got my own way of talkin'
But everything is done, with a southern accent
Where I come from
[Verse 2]
Now that drunk tank in Atlanta's
Just a motel room to me
Think I might go work Orlando
If them orange groves don't freeze
[Chorus]
I got my own way of workin'
But everything is run , with a southern accent
Where I come from
[Bridge]
For just a minute there I was dreaming
For just a minute it was all so real
For just a minute she was standing there, with me
Honey, don't walk out, I'm too drunk to follow
You know you won't feel this way tomorrow
Well, maybe a little rough around the edges
Or inside a little hollow
I get faced with some things sometimes
That are so hard to swallow, hey!
I was born a rebel, down in Dixie
On a Sunday mornin'
Yeah with one foot in the grave
And one foot on the pedal
I was born a rebel, born a rebel
She picked me up in the mornin'
And she paid all my tickets
Then she screamed in the car
Left me out in the thicket
Well I never would've dreamed
That her heart was so wicked
Yeah but I keep coming back
'Cause it's so hard to kick it, hey, hey, hey
I was born a rebel, down in Dixie
On a Sunday mornin'
Yeah with one foot in the grave
And one foot on the pedal
I was born a rebel, born a rebel
Even before my father's father
They called us all rebels
As they burned our cornfields
And left our cities leveled
I can still feel the eyes of those blue-bellied devils
Yeah, when I'm walking round at night
Through the concrete and metal, hey, hey, hey
I was born a rebel, down in Dixie
On a Sunday mornin'
Yeah with one foot in the grave
And one foot on the pedal
I was born a rebel, born a rebel
I was born a rebel, down in Dixie
On a Sunday mornin'
Yeah with one foot in the grave
And one foot on the pedal
I was born a rebel, born a rebel
Hey hey hey
When you complain and criticize
I feel like nothing in your eyes
It makes me feel like givin' up
Because my best just ain't good enough
Girl I want to provide for you
And do the things you want me to
But oh, oh no
Don't bring me down
Said darlin', darlin', darlin', darlin'
Oh, oh, no
Don't bring me down
The sacrifices I will make
I'm ready to give as well as take
Something I need is your respect
Something I can't take is your neglect
And more than anything I need your love
Until it's easy to rise above
And oh, oh, no
Don't bring me down
Said darlin', darlin', darlin', don't hurt me
Oh, oh, no
Don't bring me down
When you complain and criticize
I feel like nothing in your eyes
It makes me feel like givin' up
Because my best just ain't good enough
Girl I want to provide for you
Do the things that you want me to
But oh, oh, no
Don't bring me down
Said darlin', darlin', darlin', I'm beggin' you
Oh, oh, no
Don't bring me down
Said darlin', darlin', darlin', darlin'
Oh, please, oh, no
Don't bring me down
Darlin', darlin', stop it, darlin'
Oh, oh, no
Don't bring me down
[Intro]
One, two
[Verse 1]
You better watch what you say
You better watch what you do to me
Don't get carried away
Girl, if you can do better than me
[Pre-Chorus]
Go
Yeah, go
But remember
[Chorus]
Good love is hard to find
Good love is hard to find
You got lucky, babe
You got lucky, babe
When I found you
[Verse 2]
You put a hand on my cheek
And then you turned your eyes away
If you don't feel complete
If I don't take you all of the way
[Pre-Chorus]
Then go
Yeah, go
But remember
[Chorus]
Good love is hard to find
Good love is hard to find
You got lucky, babe
You got lucky, babe
When I found you
[Instrumental Break]
[Pre-Chorus]
Yeah, go
Just go
But remember
[Chorus]
Good love is hard to find
Good love is hard to find
You got lucky, babe
You got lucky, babe
When I found you