Hotintheshade

Hot In The Shade

Rise To It

( Stanley, Halligan )

All that style, all going to waste
All that beauty, but you never show your face
I'm gonna make my way to you, knock down your door and walk on through
I'm impatient, times a wastin', girl, if you give me an occasion

I'm gonna rise to it, you know I really can do it
I'm gonna rise, I'm gonna rise, I'm gonna rise to it
When you're lying next to me, baby, I can guarantee, I'm gonna rise to it

Ooh, yeah, yeah

Listen, I'll give you fever (ooh, I give you fever)
I'll give you chills (ah, I give you chills)
Make you a believer, ooh, make you baby
I'm gonna break your will, yeah, yeah
A little danger, a little fun, we're gonna take 'em one by one
Walk the wire of desire, and if you dare to take it higher

Ooh, ohh, whoa, yeah, yeah

Hey, get up, lights, camera, action, it's getting time for the show
Tonight you're the main attraction
And if you want a lover who can play the other role
I'm gonna, I'm gonna, I'm gonna

I'm gonna rise to it, you know I really can do it
I'm gonna rise, I'm gonna rise, I'm gonna rise to it
When you're lying next to me, baby, I can guarantee

I'm gonna rise to it, you know I really can do it
(I'm gonna) Rise to it (rise, I'm gonna rise, I'm gonna rise to it)
You know I really can do it
I'm gonna rise to it, I'm gonna rise to it (ooh, ooh, ooh)

Betrayed

( Simmons, Thayer )

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 make 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, betrayed

Stone cold and all alone, 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), so just hold on

Betrayed, yeah, you ain't satisfied, I know you feel
Betrayed, well, you ain't crucified, so just get real
Betrayed, betrayed, betrayed, yeah

"Now that you got your back against the wall
Only thing you can do is just hold on, that's right"

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

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

Betrayed, betrayed, betrayed

Hide Your Heart

( Stanley, Child, Knight )

Johnny saw her ridin' on a street car named Desire, his fate was sealed
She could see him comin' like a hundred other liars, it was no big deal
Rosa had a lover on the shady side of town, Tito, he was king of the streets
And she was his possession like a jewel on his crown
Johnny better run, better run

Better hide your heart, better hold on tight
Say your prayers, 'cause there's trouble tonight
When pride and love battle with desire
Better hide your heart, 'cause you're playing with fire

The ride was over but the story doesn't end, he took her heart
She looked him in the eye and said they couldn't meet again
You could see the trouble start
The word went out that Rosa's messin' with someone, it was on the street
Tito looked for Johnny with a vengeance and a gun
Johnny better run, better run

Better hide your heart, better hold on tight
Say your prayers, 'cause there's trouble tonight
When pride and love battle with desire
Hide your heart, 'cause you're playing with fire, come on
Listen, Johnny's holdin' Rosa on a rooftop in the night, as time stood still
They couldn't hear him coming, till he had them both in sight
You could feel a chill
A shot ran out like thunder and the blood was on her hands, with nothing won
When someone lies dying, lovers finally understand, well

Ah, ah, ah, ah ('cause when pride and love)
Hey, hey, hey (battle with desire),
(Hide your heart, 'cause you're playing with fire)

now, hide your heart yeah, hold on tight
say your prayers
Hey, hey, hey 'cause there's trouble tonight

Awhen pride and love battle with desire
hide your heart, 'cause you're playing with fire

hide your heart hold on tight

Prisoner Of Love

( Simmons, Bruce Kulick )

Yeah, no I can't break these chains
Watch it, oh, oh, ooh, yeah, yeah

If I can survive, and if you can't deny it
Don't give me love, no, don't even try
Just give me your trust, and I'll tell you no lies
This is the truth, and I don't know why

Can't you hear your heart is beatin' (don't you hear it beatin')
Don't you feel that sweet, sweet feelin' (don't you feel that feelin')
Anytime you need some lovin'

Yeah, I know, yeah, I'm a prisoner of love, and I can't break these chains
Yeah, yes I know, well, here comes that feelin' again

And if I can't believe all your alibis
I can tell by that look in your eyes
When we make love, you play hard to bet
What you give is what you get

Anytime I see you goin' (anytime your goin')
Everytime the feelin's growin' (this feelin's growin')
Anytime I need your lovin'

Yeah, I know, I'm a prisoner of love, and I can't break these chains
Yeah, yes I know, well, here comes that feelin' again, that feelin' again

Well, I know that it's much too late
But I can't help this feelin', no I can't look away, yeah, yeah, yeah
Yeah, well, I can't break these chains, no, no, no

Yeah, I know, I'm a prisoner of love
Yeah, yes I know, well, I can't break these chains
Yeah, I know, no I can't break these chains

Read My Body

( Stanley, Halligan )

Yeah, ah, here we go

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, whoa, insane

Baby you're just wastin' precious time
And if you wanna know what's on my mind

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, read my body, yeah, yeah

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

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

Ooh, baby you're just wastin' precious time
And if you want to know what's on my mind
Read my, read my, ooh

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, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
Read my body, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
Read my body, my body, my body, yeah
Read my body, extra, extra, read all the letters

Love's A Slap In The Face

( Simmons, Poncia )

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', yeah, yeah

I never thought I could hurt so good, no, no
I never thought I could lose myself, but I just can't hide it, can't hide it
They never let you down easy, now listen

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, yeah
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, can't hide it, guess I'm feelin' no pain, now listen

Singin', na na na na, na na na na na, singin' one more time, yeah
Na na na na, na na na na na, is like a slap in the face

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

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

Forever

( Stanley, Bolton )

I gotta tell you what I'm feelin' inside
I could lie to myself, but it's true
There's no denyin' when I look in your eyes
Girl I'm out of my head over you

And I lived so long believin' all love is blind
But everything about you is tellin' me this time

It's forever, this time I know and there's no doubt in my mind
Forever, until my life is through, girl I'll be lovin' you forever

I hear the echo of a promise I made
When you're strong you can stand on your own
But those words grow distant as I look at your face
No, I don't wanna go it alone

I never thought I'd lay my heart on the line
But everything about you is tellin' me this time

Yeah, yeah

Ooh, I see my future when I look in your eyes
It took your love to make my heart come alive

'Cause I lived my life believin' all love is blind
But everything about you is tellin' me this time

It's forever, this time I know and there's no doubt in my mind
Forever, until my life is through, girl I'll be lovin' you forever

Ohh
It's forever, this time I know and there's no doubt in my mind
Forever, until my life is through, girl I'll be lovin' you forever

Silver Spoon

( Stanley, Poncia )

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 through
I never needed anybody, and like my daddy said

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

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

"Don't try to tell me where you're going or what you're doing
Where I'm from, everybody is somebody, hey"

You've got everything much too soon, I wasn't born with a silver spoon
Everything you wanted incomprehensible, I wasn't born with a silver spoon
You've got everything much too soon, I wasn't born with a silver spoon
Everything you wanted incomprehensible, I wasn't born with a silver spoon

Cadillac Dreams

( Simmons, Poncia )

When I was seventeen, found out just what it means
If you can get it free, it just ain't worth a damn
When I heard the preacher say, don't throw your life away
I got that message, and I wrote it on the wall

I don't want anybody tellin' me lies
No, I don't want your diamond ring, 'cause you ain't got my size

I want money, money, that's what I need
I got Cadillac dreams, please mister don'tcha take it from me
Give me money, money, more than I need
I got Cadillac dreams waitin' on me, Cadillac dreams, Cadillac dreams

Yeah, when I had the young boy blues, I paid some young boy dues
I learned the hard way, there's a heartbreak every day
Stone cold reality came crashing down on me
Well life was hard on me, but I still don't give a damn

When I was seventeen I was an angry young man
But I won't let just anybody tell me who I am

Just want money, money, that's all I need
I got Cadillac dreams, hey mister don'tcha take it from me
Give me money, money, more than I need
These Cadillac dreams, waitin' on me

Didn't have the time of day, till this dream was born
Can't take that away, you can't take that away from me, no, no

(Yeah, now take this)

When I was seventeen, there was this beauty queen
Checked in a one room suite, the back seat of my car, ah
When you want all the best things money can buy
You gotta reach down inside of you, to reach up to the sky

Yeah, I want money, money, that's all I need
I got Cadillac dreams, hey mister you can't take that from me
I want money, money, more than I need
I got Cadillac dreams waitin' on me

Money, money, that's what I need (yeah, just what I need)
We're drivin' in my Chevy with my Cadillac dreams
Someday, one day, just you and me
We'll ride inside these Cadillac dreams, Cadillac dreams, hey, hey, hey
That's right, hey, hey
These Cadillac dreams waitin' on me, hey, hey, hey

King Of Hearts

( Stanley, Poncia )

Do it

She was just nineteen, but in her 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, ah

When she tells me, I want it, I go crazy, I need it
When she touches, I feel it, right there in her eyes

Oh, I'm the King of Hearts, livin' out a fantasy
King of Hearts, I'm livin' out a fantasy, yeah
I'm the King of Hearts, when she's layin' next to me
I'm the King of Hearts, 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, bang, bang
When we walk on by with our heads up high, all the faces turn our way
Yeah, it's in their eyes, they realize, we can make our getaway

Yeah, when she tells me, I want it, I go crazy, I need it
When she touches, I feel it, when she looks at me

Yeah, I'm the King of Hearts, livin' out a fantasy
King of Hearts, I'm livin' out a fantasy, yeah
Ooh, I'm the King of Hearts, when she's layin' next to me
I'm the King of Hearts, 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, ooh, yeah

Yeah, yeah, yeah, when she tells me, I want it, I go crazy, I need it
When she touches, I feel it, right there in her eyes

Ooh, I'm the King of Hearts, yeah, hey, ooh, I'm the King of Hearts
King of Hearts, I'm livin' out a fantasy, yeah
When she's layin' next to me, the King of Hearts
I'm the King of Hearts, when she's layin' next to me

The Street Giveth And The Street Taketh Away

( Simmons, Thayer )

Look out, look out

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

'Cause the street giveth, yeah, and the street taketh away
Where there's no blind justice, whoa, no way, no way, that's right, ah

Now listen, 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, now, I ain't no blessing in disguise
Feel the agony, and the ecstacy, it's gonna burn right through ya

'Cause the street giveth, oh yeah, and the street taketh away
Where there's no blind justice, no, no, no way, no way, no way, ow

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

'Cause the street giveth, yeah, and the street taketh away
Well the street giveth and the street taketh away
(No blind justice, there's no blind justice, no)

You Love Me To Hate You

( Stanley, Child )

You tell lies when you look at me, smile when you look away
Spin a web any fool can see, put your candy on display
It's a game of who needs who, who's on top, me or you
Pleasure and pain, feel the same when the night is through

Girl you want me to cry, feel like I'm gonna die
Girl you want me to bleed, feel the thrill of my need
Girl you want me to beg, wish to hell I was dead
'Cause you love me to hate you, yeah, you love me to hate you
Girl you love me to hate you, and the more that I hate you I love you

You're like a cat on my hot tin roof, I love it when you scratch and bite
You got my heart in a hangman's noose, pull the rope and make it tight
Love's like a chain holdin' you to me, you're the lock, baby I'm the key
Don't wanna walk, 'cause we're caught in a fantasy

It's a game of who needs who, who's on top, me or you
Pleasure and pain feel the same when the night is through

Girl you want me to cry, feel like I'm gonna die
Girl you want me to bleed, feel the thrill of my need
Yeah, you want me to cry, feel like I'm gonna die
Yeah, you want me to beg, wish to hell I was dead
'Cause you love me to hate you, yeah, you love me to hate you
Girl you love me to hate you, and the more that I hate you I love you

Somewhere Between Heaven And Hell

( Simmons, Poncia )

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

I'm 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, oh, I'm so hungry

You don't have to see no fortune teller, to see I just can't take no more, oh, ooh, oh
You been such a heartbreaker, baby, you keep a lock on heaven's door
Oh, ain't you gettin' 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, oh, 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 want 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, I'm, 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

I'm 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

Little Caesar

( Carr, Simmons, Mitchell )

Ohh, yeah
Ten million stories in the city, ten million backs against the wall
Desperation's out tonight, you can cut it with a knife
Everybody wants to have it all
Well they tell you that the world is rough
But they never rocked it hard enough

Hey, little Caesar, nobody’s messing with you
Hey, little Caesar, (hey, little Caesar), oh yeah
Let 'em show 'em what you can do

Now listen, yeah

Nobody said that it was pretty, no, no, you haven't got a penny or a prayer
You know it's gonna be a fight, if you wanna see your name in lights
Ain't nobody gives a damn out there
Well you got your guts and you got your pride
But you'll never let them see inside

Hey, little Caesar, nobody’s messing with you
Hey, little Caesar (hey, little Caesar), go show 'em what you can do
Yeah, yeah, let 'em show them what you can do,

"Well you don't believe in the books and rules,
'Cause you just believe in what you know is cool,
Well they try to tell you that the world is rough
But they never rocked it hard enough,
I can't hear you, oh, oh, oh, oh, yeah, whoa, rocked hard enough, oh yeah"

Well they just don't understand, you gotta fight to be a man, yeah

Hey, little Caesar, nobody’s messing with you
Hey, little Caesar, go show ‘em what you can do
Hey, little Caesar, oh yeah, that’s what it is
Hey, little Caesar, yeah, ohh, come on
whoa, yeah
Hey, little Caesar
Oh right, now show 'em, yeah

Boomerang

( Simmons, Bruce Kulick )

Gonna throw down the dice on a roll
It's a showdown, gonna walk on hot coals
Cut the deck, yeah, 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, a boomerang, yeah

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, a boomerang, a boomerang, yeah, yeah, yeah

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, yeah

"Come on, juice, Bruce"

A boomerang, a boomerang, yeah
Ooh, you’re love is high
Ooh, you're love is high, yeah

"Have Mercy"