Bon Jovi
Album : Bon Jovi
Artist : Bon Jovi
Release Date : 1984
Label : Mercury
Bon Jovi is the self-titled debut studio album by American rock band Bon Jovi, released on January 21, 1984. Produced by Tony Bongiovi and Lance Quinn, it is significant for being the only Bon Jovi album in which a song ("She Don't Know Me") appears that was not written or co-written by a member of the band. The album charted at No. 43 on the U.S. Billboard 200.
Aside from the hit song "Runaway", songs from the album were rarely performed live after Bon Jovi released Slippery When Wet in 1986. However, on the band's 2010 Circle Tour, songs including "Roulette", "Shot Through The Heart" and "Get Ready" were performed. The album was ranked the 11th best rock album of 1984 by Kerrang! magazine. The song "Shot Through the Heart" should not be confused with the much better-known "You Give Love a Bad Name" from Slippery When Wet.
Track List :
1. "Runaway"
2. "Roulette"
3. "She Don't Know Me"
4. "Shot Through the Heart"
5. "Love Lies"
6. "Breakout"
7. "Burning for Love"
8. "Come Back"
9. "Get Ready"
Track Name
Track Artist
LYRIC
"Runaway"
On the street where you live girls talk about their social lives
They're made of lipstick, plastic and paint, a touch of sable in their eyes
All your life, all your life all you've asked when's your daddy gonna talk to you
But you were living in another world tryin' to get your message through.
No one heard a single word you said.
They should have seen it in your eyes
What was going around your head.
Ooh, she's a little runaway.
Daddy's girl learned fast
All those things he couldn't say.
Ooh, she's a little runaway.
A different line every night guaranteed to blow your mind
I see you out on the streets, calling for a wild time
So you sit home alone 'cause there's nothing left that you can do
There's only pictures hung in the shadows left there to look at you
You know she likes the lights at night on the neon Broadway signs
She don't really mind, it's only love she hoped to find
Ooh, she's a little runaway.
Daddy's girl learned fast
All those things he couldn't say.
Ooh, she's a little runaway.
No one heard a single word you said
They should have seen it in your eyes
What was going around your head.
Ooh, she's a little runaway
Daddy's girl learned fast
All those things he couldn't say
Ooh, she's a little runaway
Daddy's girl learned fast
Now she works the night away
Ooh, she's a little runaway
Daddy's girl learned fast
All those things he couldn't say
Ooh, she's a little runaway
Daddy's girl learned fast
Now she works the night away
"Roulette"
Bet the black comes in red, crimes of passion rule my head
I need you, you want him, dressed to kill we live in sin
I know the game you play, I know it well
You just keep on playin' when all the bets are down
Roulette you're goin' round in a spin
Caught up in a game you can't win
Roulette, you're just a fantasy
It's everything that you want it to be
Play the numbers one by one, fire the shot and the damage is done
Restless lovers pay the price, cheating hearts don't think twice
When you make the rules no one can slow you down
You just keep 'em waiting when you're on the prowl
Roulette you're goin' round in a spin
Caught up in a game you can't win
Roulette, you're just a fantasy
It's everything that you want it to be
Roulette you're goin' round in a spin
Caught up in a game you can't win
Roulette, you're just a fantasy
It's everything that you want it to be
Backdoor runner got away this time
Leaves her mark at the scene of the crime
Nothing matters, no faces, no names
You're just a number, it's all the same
You just love to play the game
I know the game you play, I know it well
You just keep on playin' when all the bets are down
Roulette you're goin' round in a spin
Caught up in a game you can't win
Roulette, you're just a fantasy
It's everything that you want it to be
Roulette you're goin' round in a spin
Caught up in a game you can't win
Roulette, you're just a fantasy
It's everything that you want it to be
"She Don't Know Me"
What more can I do, there's nothing I haven't tried
Still it's so hard for her to notice
I've tried hard to be straight
There's nothing left I can say
If only she would look my way
[Chorus:]
She don't know me, she don't know
She don't see me, she don't care
She can't hear me, can't hear
Can not help me, she don't want
She don't want me like I want her
Like I wan't her got to tell her
Got to tell her that I love her
That I love her
She doesn't even know my name
I dream of when she'll be mine
I dream of crossing that line
And holding her so tender
Dreaming it could come true
So many things I would do
If only you'd give me a chance
[Repeat chorus]
"Shot Through The Heart"
Shot through the heart.
It's all part of the game that we call love.
Would you be content to see me crying
After all those little games you put me through?
After all I've done for you, you're lying.
Wouldn't it be nice to tell the truth?
Didn't somebody somewhere say
You're gonna take a fall?
I gave you everything.
Now here's the curtain call.
And I'm shot through the heart
As I lay there alone
In the dark.
Through the heart.
It's all part of the game that we call love.
Now you've come back here to say you're sorry.
I just don't know who you're talking to.
It could be the man I used to be, girl.
I've grown up, and now I'm over you.
Standing there, just a live wire
With nowhere left to turn.
You were gonna set the world on fire,
But you'll never learn
That you're shot through the heart
As I lay there alone in the dark.
Through the heart.
It's all part of the game that we call love.
Standing there just a live wire
With nowhere left to turn.
You were gonna set the world on fire,
But you'll never learn.
Now, you're shot.
Baby does what baby please.
Baby must have what she sees.
But not this time: the tables turned,
And baby just got burned.
Shot through the heart
As I lay there alone in the dark.
Through the heart.
It's all part of the game that we call—
Shot through the heart
As I lay there alone in the dark.
Through the heart.
It's all part of the game that we call—
Shot through the heart (shot)
As I lay there alone in the dark (shot).
Through the heart (shot).
Shot. [7x]
"Love Lies"
I was lost, then I found you
Never thought it would be this way
I showed you my heart, left it unguarded
Like a thief in the night you stole it away
Now you're gone, the pain goes on and on
I still hear you whispering to me through the shadows of the night
[Chorus:]
Love lies, you're just a victim of the headlines
You're running on into a cold night
You're just a number of the love lies
All alone you call it survival
He lost at love to a stranger's lines
Walking the streets, searching with vengeance
For a face that he dreams of night after night
Time goes on, all signs of life stolen, simple dreams were all broken
Best of times become desperation but how many tears must you cry to survive
[Chorus]
They met late one night in the city
Both men knew only one would stay
Scratched a picture of a heart on a bullet
And took his life away
[Chorus]
"Breakout"
This time girl I've had enough
You're too hot to handle with kid gloves
It's too late I hear a knock on the door
The game's over baby I can't take it no more
[Chorus:]
Breakout, Breakout
Take these chains from me
You held my heart for ransom
Baby, set it free
Breakout, Breakout
Your lies can't hide what I see
I'm better off on my own
Promises made me in the heat of the night (Whoa-oh-oh)
Those words were broken under bedroom lights (Whoa-oh)
Your lips they burn your body calls my name (Whoa-oh)
I can feel the fire but it's all in vain (Whoa-oh)
[Chorus]
You say we'll meet around midnight
You're gonna make me feel oh so right
I'm saying oh no not tonight
You gotta let me go
[Chorus]
You say we'll meet around midnight
You're gonna make me feel oh so right
I'm saying oh no not tonight
You gotta let me go
"Burning For Love"
I've been lied to, you been cheated
I've been cried to, you been mistreated
I've been watching you, you want action
You need love and I need satisfaction
[Chorus:]
I'm burning for love
Filled with desire
I can't stand the heat
And my heart's on fire
I can't get enough
It's down to the wire
I'm making my move, I'm looking for you
I'm burning for love
You're the victim it's in your eyes
I'm the suspect and love's the crime
Tensions mounting bodies shaking
I can't take the anticipation
[Chorus]
Now that I got you in my sight
Can't take another sleepless night
Oh, no, no
You can run but you can't hide
You're the only one I need
To feel the fire inside
[Chorus]
"Come Back"
Now that you're gone, I can see what
Was going on and how you lied
When you'd said you'd never love again
Friends telephone and they say
You weren't out alone last night
Can't you see that this broken heart
Is killing me
Another night is falling
And now my heart is calling you back to me
[Chorus:]
Come back cause I need your love
Come back got to have your love
Come back bring your loving back to me
Come back cause it's been so long
Come back, and my love's still strong
Come back bring your loving back to me
You play with words play with love
It's just your silly way
I'm a fool cause I need you by my side again
Now it's too late you walk by
With another man
And I stand alone
Cause I know that you're not coming home
Another night is falling
And now my heart is calling you back to me
[Chorus]
Another night is falling
And now my heart is calling you back to me
[Chorus]
"Get Ready"
You need someone to make it last
No Romeos who'll love and leave you fast
They fade away
Tonight you're not gonna be alone
Making love on the telephone
Baby, baby if you can hold on
I'm gonna take you all the way tonight
I like 'em down and dirty, so hold on tight
[Chorus:]
Come on get ready
Come on get ready
You're looking sharp in your dancing shoes
You got the style and you got the moves
Oh you're so hot, girl and on the loose
You're caught up in a danger zone
Just seventeen but you act full grown
The night life, baby, is turning you on
You want to take me all the way tonight
Take my hand, you can feel the heat
Make you feel alright
[Chorus]
Come on
Come on
