Steve Price

I take what I want, I take what I need, ooh yeah
I do what I like, I like what's right for me, ooh yeah
You might think that you're gonna change me, ooh girl, don't even try
So many others tried so hard to tame me, so many others cried
I'm tellin' you baby

Chorus:
I'm a bad bad man, that's what I am, I'm bad for you
I'm a bad bad man, oh yes I am, so whatcha gonna do?
I say what I mean, I mean what I say, ooh yeah
You should know me by now, I like my own way, ooh yeah
You might think I can't live without you, ooh but girl you'd be wrong
'cos I know whatever we've got here, it won't last too long
I'm tellin' you baby



(chorus)
You think it's just a game I'm playin', ooh wait 'til I begin
Just listen hard to these three words I'm sayin', you can't win, you can't win

(solo)
Ooh yeah, you might think that you're gonna change me, oh girl, don't even try
So many others tried too hard to tame me, so many others cried
I'm tellin' you baby

(chorus)
I'm a bad bad man, oh yes I am, so whatcha gonna do about it?
I'm a bad bad man, that's what I am, too bad for you
I'm a bad bad man...

She's gettin' ready to dance tonight
Black high heels, a dress that clings on tight
Skin so smooth, a young man's dream
Lips so red, she's only just sixteen, yes she is
She knows where to go, she knows all the wildest parts of town
She walks in real slow, baby, ooh and every man's head turns around
Young girl has found her stage, watch out, she's a dangerous age
Headline news, front page, ooh girl, you're a dangerous age, yeah
She don't care what her parents say
She's out all night, holdin' 'til break of day, yeah
So outrageous, she's dressed to kill
And everybody, the girl just loves to thrill, ooh you know she does


She knows all the tricks, she got all the moves and words to say
She's livin' with kicks, livin' to dance the night away
Young girl has found her stage, watch out, you're a dangerous age
Headline news, front page, ooh girl, you're a dangerous age

(solo)
She'll play your fire, yeah she'll play you things you won't understand
She wants to get high, yeah, she's a star, she's got it all planned, oh yeah
Young girl has found her stage, watch out, she's a dangerous age
Headline news, front page, ooh girl, you're a dangerous age
You're a dangerous age, ooh yeah, you're a dangerous age
Ooh, watch out, ooh girl, you're a dangerous age

Whoa yeah!
She came walking in like a vision, everybody's school boy dream
Ooh yeah, she could be my teacher, ooh yeah, she could be my queen
Me and the boys, we stopped talking, she came walking through
And one by one the subject got around, yeah, got around to you, thank god
I've got no secrets, I've got no clue
And all I really wanna do, is get next to you
You know what the world's about, and I'll be your dirty boy
Well your clothes are made by designers, you only wear the best perfume
You're so cold and chique, yeah, you're so unique
But when it comes to me, don't think that you're immune, no
I've got no answers, I've got no doubt
I know you wanna show me baby, what the world's about


Don't treat me like I broke your toy, and I'll be your dirty boy

(solo)
I've got no secrets, I've got no clue
And all I really wanna do, is get next to you
You know what the world's about, and I'll be your dirty boy
I've got no answers, I've got no doubt
I know you wanna show me babe, what the world's about
Don't treat me like I broke your toy, and I'll be
Be your dirty boy, be your dirty boy, I wanna be your dirty boy, ooh yeah
I wanna be, I wanna be, I wanna be your dirty boy, be your dirty boy, yeah
I wanna be your dirty boy, be your dirty boy...

I've had enough of watching everything you do
It's just too much, I feel I'm going crazy over you
When you smile, I'm burning with a hundred flames
You're my dream, and you don't even know my name, yeah
There's something about you, you've been on my mind
Oh I can't live without you, so now is the time to get
Excited, tonight's the night, you know that i'm
Excited, tonight's the night
Don't you know, ooh I'm looking over your shoulder
Tell me now, exactly what you feel for me
Set me free, can't you see I'm starting to smoulder
I'm on fire, tell me that you feel the same, yeah
I'm feeling a hunger, it's starting to show
Oh I know you're the one, girl, so baby let's go and get


Excited, tonight's the night, we're gonna get
Excited, tonight's the night, you got me
Excited, burning with desire, you know that i'm
Excited, yeah I'm on fire, see me burn, yeah

(solo)
I'm feeling a hunger, it's starting to show
Yeah, I know you're the one, girl, so baby let's go and get
Excited, tonight's the night, you'd better get
Excited, ooh tonight, you get me
Excited, and now's the night, and i'm
Excited, you know I'm right, let's get
Excited, let's get
Excited, and I'm gonna set you in flight

You hit me with a body blow, you hit me fast, then you hit me slow
You knock me out with the way you look
You have me hanging, baby, on your hook
I think about you all day and all night, my friends all swear I'm going insane
Now I don't care who is wrong or who's right, 'cos you're the cure for my pain

Chorus:
I'm coming down with a love attack, I surrender, I can't turn back
Coming down with a love attack, stay with me the rest of my life
Lay a little love on me
You don't know what you've done to me
You hit me hard, but you still can't see
I need your love every single night, I don't know why it feels so right
I got the fever, I sure got it bad, you touch me and my heart catches fire
I can't find it, you're driving me mad, you send my temperature higher



(chorus) - and make a little love

(solo)
Every thought seems to lead to you, I can't decide what I'm gonna do
There's only one thing that can put this right
I'm gonna tell you how I feel tonight
I got the fever, I sure got it bad, you touch me and my heart catches fire
I can't find it, it's driving me mad, you send my temperature higher

(chorus)
I'm coming down with a love attack, coming down
I'm coming down, there's no turning back, coming down

(chorus to fade)

Ooh, you're like a book with a page torn out
You can turn from a whisper to a shout, ooh yeah
You come running just as fast as you can, into the arms of another man, yeah

But you can do what you wanna do now, tell me what you wanna say
You can take what you wanna take, babe, take it all away

Oh oh, there's no smoke without a fire, and there's no heat without a flame
Oh oh, there's no love without desire, but I won't play your games

Ooh, you've got the looks that can turn a head
You've got a turn that can leave a man dead, ooh yeah
You keep tellin' me our love is alright
You disappear, you don't come home all night

Just tell me what you wanna do now, tell me where you wanna go
It's your life, you can do what you want, baby let me know

Oh oh, there's no smoke without a fire, and there's no heat without a flame
Oh oh, there's no love without desire, but I won't play your games

Please don't ask me why
'Cos I can't quite explain, I'm like a moth to your flame

Yeah, just tell me what you wanna do now, tell me where you wanna go
It's your life, you can do what you want, baby let me know, yeah

Oh oh, there's no smoke without a fire, and there's no heat without a flame
Oh oh, there's no love without desire, but I won't play your games
- let's talk about it

Oh oh, there's no smoke without a fire, and there's no heat without a flame
Oh oh, there's no love without desire, but I won't play your games

I ain't got no money, but I sure got style
And if you got the time, girl, I'll show you how to smile
Come on make your mind up, ooh baby take a chance
Before this night is over, I'll show you how to dance, yeah
You like the danger, it's in your eyes, I can see it there
Throw your dance with a stranger, kiss him goodbye, yeah, bye bye baby

Chorus:
One night ain't no love affair, but I won't ask no more from you
One night with you anywhere, heaven knows what we can do
So sophisticated, I like the way you dress
The way you move your body, ooh, baby I'm obsessed


I don't want no lifetime, I just want tonight
Come on, take a chance, girl, I know you know it's right, yeah
I've got this feeling, it's feelin' so strong, when I first saw you
You've got me reelin', don't prove me wrong, oh come on, baby

(chorus)

(solo)
Yeah, you like the danger, it's in your eyes, I can see it, baby
You took a chance with a stranger, kiss him goodbye, bye bye baby

(chorus)

She knocked down my money, she knocked down my fame
Just wanna feel I'm a part of the game
On the radio, on tv, it's like a heartbeat deep inside of me
Know what I want, know how to get, it's like the sound of a hot corvette
Start it up, let it roll, come on baby, let's lose control
Ooh yeah, I wanna live it up, ooh yeah, don't wanna give it up, oh no
I wanna rock the rock of america, yeah baby rock the rock of america, ooh yeah
I hear the beat everywhere, smalltown streets, union squares
Every city's got that sound, it's in the open, not underground
Turn it up all the way, you can't escape it, it's here to stay


Sounds like thunder in my soul, come on babe, let's lose control
Ooh yeah, I wanna live it up, ooh yeah, don't wanna give it up now, no no
I wanna rock the rock of america, yeah baby rock the rock of america, ooh yeah

(solo)
Ooh yeah, I wanna live it up, ooh yeah, don't wanna give it up now, no
I wanna rock the rock of america, yeah rock the rock of america
An' I've gotta rock the rock of america, you know what I want
Rock the rock of america, yeah

I'm so blind, ooh I just can't see, what kind of love you expect from me
Let me know, you gotta sort this out
Come on babe, I've had enough of this doubt
I thought I knew what you wanted, just goes to show I was wrong
I'm twice the man that ya, you think I am, this time I'm gonna be strong, yeah

Chorus:
Shake it up - ooh yeah, put the world to right
Shake it up - this gotta be, babe, that's alright
Shake it up - yeah baby, you ran out of luck
Shake it up - yeah yeah yeah
Whoo, you don't know, ooh what you've done for me
You built me up, baby, can't you see
Don't seem right that after all this time


I found out you're no friend of mine
You knew that sooner or later, you knew it deep in your heart
All the troubles that ya, you gave to me, babe
Were gonna tear us, tear us apart

(chorus)
You had me searchin' for answers, you had me livin' from day to day
I guess you ran out of chances, whoo babe, there was no other way
(solo)
I thought I knew what you wanted, just goes to show I was wrong
I'm twice the man that ya, you think I am, this time I'm gonna be strong, yeah

(chorus repeats out)

I've only known what it is to be lonely
When into my life, you came walking through
Can this be real, I don't know what I'm feeling
Ooh, there's something 'bout you
And I can't believe the way that you know me
You sense every mood, ooh you know when I'm blue
But here in my heart, ooh there's mixed up emotions
Ooh, there's something 'bout you
I never wanted anybody, and I won't start now
I never planned it, I don't understand it, so tell me what can I do
Don't turn away, ooh I think I'm still learning


Yeah, there's something 'bout you

(solo)
Ooh, here in my heart, ooh there's mixed up emotions
But there's something 'bout you
You know there's something 'bout you
There's something 'bout you, you came shining through, babe
Now there's something 'bout you, I don't know, I don't know what I'm feeling
There's something 'bout you, I don't know, I don't know
Yeah there's something 'bout you

That's the way it goes
I've been waiting for the perfect woman, to come and rescue me
Well there she is and I can almost touch her, oh, but I just can't speak
Whoo yeah

Chorus:
Sometimes that's just the way that it goes, some you win, some you lose
Sometimes that's just the way that it goes, there ain't much you can do
I've been dreamin' 'bout a '50 shevy, dry and red of gleaming chrome
Saved up my money and bought some beat up wagon, ooh but now I'm walking home
Don't you know -


(chorus)
They say that life's the luck to the draw, well I ain't had no cards
I only know that nothing's for sure, and the only luck's hard

(solo)
Cars and girls on an endless highway, the all american dream
Girl I'd better try, yeah try and find it, and it ain't what it seems
Don't you know -

(chorus) (repeats 2x)
Sometimes...

I'm burnin' up, I'm burnin' up, I'm burnin' up for your love
I'm burnin' up, I'm burnin' up, I'm burnin' up for your love
You let me down, turned me 'round, you messed around with my heart
What kind of woman with a smile on her face
Can tear your whole world apart, hey
I'm on fire, I feel it burnin' up, I'm on fire
I'm burnin' up, burnin' up, I'm burnin' up every night
I'm burnin' up, burnin' up, and burnin' up can feel so right
I see the smoke, I feel the heat, my life is going up in flames
How could you be so indiscrete, and still be so unashamed, hey
I'm on fire, I feel it burnin' up, I'm on fire
Hey you said you'd never leave me, you said we'd never be apart


You turned out to be a liar, and left me with a broken heart
Why did you do it babe, yeah

(solo)
I'm on fire, I'm burnin' inside, I'm on fire, why did you do it baby
Ooh I'm burnin' up, I'm burnin' up, I'm burnin' up for your love
Ooh I'm burnin' up, see I'm burnin' up, I'm burnin' up for your love
Watch me burn, see me burnin', 'cause my heart's on fire
Watch me burn, see me burnin' up for your love
Watch me burn, see me burnin' up for your love
Watch me burn...

Sittin' in the back of a limousine, feelin' just like a king
All the girls come runnin' to you, you're the latest thing
Sittin' up there at the top of the charts, lookin' like mr. cool
You take all the money, steal their hearts, they'll come runnin' to you
Your fame and your fortune, look what it brought you
All your fame and your fortune, you better take a look around
With your fame and your fortune, careful who you talk to
Or the fame and your fortune, watch it all tumble down, yeah, oh listen now
Now you're lookin' for inspiration, somethin' to say
When you find that it don't come easy, you find them running away
You had it all in the palm of your hand, and let it slip away
You made it big, ooh so big, and then you threw it all away

All your fame and your fortune, look what it brought you
Fame and your fortune, hey you better take another look
At your fame and your fortune, it set you up, then it caught you
Fame and your fortune, surely gonna let you down, hey tell me now

All your fame and your fortune, look what it brought you
Take your fame and your fortune, wait and take a look around
For your fame and your fortune, who do you talk to
'bout your fame and your fortune, as it all comes tumbling down
Fame and your fortune, fame and your fortune, yes all come tumbling down
Fame and your fortune, fame and your fortune, all comes tumbling down...

I recall in '82, there was only me to talk to
I was in my lonely world, and then I found someone to walk to

I remember every second of every day, but there was something not right
And as day leads to night, over and over again

Well it seems so long ago, that there were two of us together
But it seems that love don't last, and now it's true of us forever

If only life would go the way that you want it to
Oh but the feeling inside, that I know I can't hide
Is starting all over again, and baby, you know

Chorus:
You got a hold on my heart, you got a hold on my heart
You know it gets stronger, the longer you keep us apart
You got a hold on my heart, a serious hold on my heart
I try to deny it, but baby, that's the hardest part

When I look back on those days, it's just a memory forever
If only life would go the way that you want it to
But when I get this feelin' inside, I know I can't hide
It's starting all over again

[Chorus until fade]

I saw you 'cross the crowded room, you were lookin' my way
I don't believe in lady luck, or what the cards portray
But I could see your shining light, and I'm in disarray

Chorus:
If I'm sleeping, don't wake me up, if I'm sleeping
If I'm sleeping, don't wake me up, if I'm sleeping
I thought I'd better break the ice, and started moving your way
I lost direction, the room got crowded, so I must have gone astray
I still don't know how it happened, there's only me to blame


Chorus
I don't understand it, what is happening, what is happening
It's not the way we planned it, what is happening, take it away

(solo)
I don't understand it, what is happening, what is happening
It's not the way we planned it, what is happening, so take it away

Chorus
If I'm sleeping, don't wake me up, if I'm sleeping, leave me alone
If I'm sleeping, if I'm sleeping, why don't you leave me alone...

I need a long walk, with someone who knows what to do
I need a long talk, I need a helping hand to pull me through
I need a tall drink, with somebody who cares, I need someone here for company
It's time to rethink and somehow find a way to put an end to this mystery
See I don't know, the pain won't go
And the hurt inside is getting so damn hard to hide
So now I pay the price, I wonder how much it's gonna take
I've gotta roll the dice, and try to take all this heartache
But I still don't know, the pain won't go
And the hurt inside is getting so damn hard to hide
I gotta work it out, 'cause my heart is still racing, racing away
Work it out, 'cause my heart is still breaking, hey


So now I'll take this long walk, I don't want anybody listenin'
'cause I really wanna pour it out, and all went out without ever giving in
But I still don't know, the pain won't go
I'm still hurting inside and it's so damn hard to hide
You gotta help me work it out, 'cause my heart is still racing, racing away
Work it out, 'cause my heart, my heart is breaking away
I've gotta work this out, 'cause my heart is still racing away
Yeah, work it out, 'cause my heart, it's so much a part of me
Work it out - gotta work it out
My heart is still racing - and I'm wasting away
Work it out - I've gotta work it out...

Ooh yeah, ooh yeah
You got me cornered, there's no getting out alive
So wait a minute, woman, I need to switch out that light
We're a bad match, babe, you never know what's good for you
There's somethin' not right, I'm gonna tell you what to do
For 24 hours, you been comin' on so strong
Baby, I'm gettin' nervous, and pretty soon I'm gonna prove you wrong
I've gotta tell it like it is - I know it's down to me
Can't go on like this - our love is history
I'm gonna burn this bridge - you just wait and see
Tell it like it is - uh huh, hey
Face to face, a day I will never forget
Well I was beggin' for your love, you said you're not ready yet
Hey we've come a long way, babe, there's nothin', nothin' I won't do
And well I warn you tonight, my love is hot, I'm comin' for you
For 24 hours, you've been puttin' me on
Maybe I'm gettin' nervous, and pretty soon I'm gonna prove you wrong
I've gotta tell it like it is - I know it's down to me
Can't go on like this - our love is history


I'm gonna burn this bridge - just you wait and see
I'm gonna tell it like it is - uh huh, hey
(solo)
For 24 hours, you been comin' on so strong
Maybe I'm nervous, pretty soon I'm gonna prove you wrong
I'm gonna tell it like it is - I know it's down to me
I can't go on like this - watch your step, it's history
Gonna burn this bridge - you just wait and see
Tell it like it is - yeah uh huh
Tell it like it is - wait and see
Can't go on like this - our love is history
I'm gonna burn this bridge - I'm gonna burn you down
I'm gonna tell it like it is - I'm waitin', I'm waitin'
Tell it - tell it - tell it - tell it - tell it - tell it - tell it like it is
No, you know it's still down to me
I said tell it - tell it - tell it - tell it - tell it - tell it like it is
You're history
You've gotta tell it, tell it, tell it!

I've heard the rumours, I hear one every night
They say that you've been cheatin' on me, I know they're not right
They don't really know you, they just don't understand
I know you wouldn't do that, wouldn't be so underhand

Chorus:
And still they say, that girl, yeah the girl is playin' 'round again
That girl, yeah they say I oughta know
They say I haven't noticed, that you wanna be alone
And sometimes no one's there when I answer the phone
They say you tell me stories about the places you go
If there's somethin' you're not tellin' me, I've got the right to know
Yeah -

Chorus


I hear it every night, that girl, they say if I know what is good for me
Hey that girl, they say that I should let her go
My friends are tellin' stories, about your goings on
I just wanna talk to you, babe, I've got to know what's goin' on
They don't really know you, they just don't understand
I know you wouldn't do it, you wouldn't be so underhand
Yeah -

Chorus
Hear it every night
That girl, then they say it's for the company
That girl, I hear it everywhere I go
That girl, they say that I'm too blind to see
That girl, it seems she can't say no
That girl...

I know you're not just a pretty face, you've got style, you've got grace
But I do need to know you a little more
I've seen your picture as a little girl, before the woman in you uncurled
But I do need to show you a little more
This love will last us forever, this love is gonna stay true
I know you've got what it's gonna take
And you've got a heart and it won't break
But I do need to show you a little more
And I've got this feelin', it's so much like pain
You've got me reelin', but I still can't explain
I wanna show you, baby, just a little more


Chorus:
This love will last us forever, this love is gonna stay true
This love will keep us together, this love, it's long overdue
Yeah!

(solo)
This child, this girl, this woman that I dream about
She knows that I know, this love I couldn't live without

Chorus
This love

Valerie, ooh yeah
We were laughing, and hangin' 'round some hotel bar
And we were so young, and now I wonder where you are
'cause that was years ago, but how was I to know we'd part
Don't wanna hear you say, you don't know me, valerie
There is somethin', somethin' that you gotta know
And valerie you were the first, though I never told you so
You were the main event, you didn't need to steal the show
I'm telling you, you don't know me
Valerie - do you remember me, when we were wild and free
Valerie - do you remember me - do you remember
I'm recalling all the crazy things we've done


Hey but when your folks found out, they said that we were way too young
That was way back when, maybe it will be again
Don't wanna hear you say, you don't know me
Valerie - do you remember me, when we were wild and free
Valerie - do you remember me - do you remember, yeah
(solo)
Do you remember me - ooh yeah - when we were wild and free
Valerie - do you remember me - just tell me how you feel
Valerie - do you remember me, when we were wild and free
Yeah, valerie - do you remember me - just tell me how you feel
Do you remember me - oh valerie - when we were wild and free
Valerie - do you remember me, just tell me how you feel...

Standin' there, a shadow in the hall
I'm hopin' that it might be you, but it wasn't anyone at all
I can still remember the way things were
If I could only bring you back, then I wouldn't need to say a word
When we made love, it felt so strong, I remember
We were so much in love, where did our love go wrong
Remembering the things we used to say
The memories are drifting by, but the pain is here to stay
And it's no illusion, I'm a lock without a key
I'm only livin' half a life, without you here with me
When we made love, a love that felt so strong, I still remember
We were so deep in love, where did our love go wrong



(solo)
I can feel every touch again, as real as it is crazy
And I kiss every kiss again, so tender they amaze me
I live through the end again, feeling like I'm dying
And then I touch my cheek, realize I'm crying
When we made love, a love so strong, and I remember
We were so deep in love, so tell me, where did our love go wrong
When we made love, we belong together
It's those nights I'm dreaming of, they'll stay with me, they'll last forever
When we made love