When your chips are down When your highs are low Reaching for the light Knowing we can't win It's getting close to sundown over the Sierra Stranded on the freeway burning with desire She was on the sidewalk looking for a night light

Why can't you be happy for me? (Hey, hey, hey) why do you always wanna put me down (Hey, hey, hey) when I was cheering for you from the crowd Whatever it is, whatever I've got You want it all for yourself Why can't you be happy for anyone else? Anyone

Nobody, nobody Nobody can drag me down All my life You stood by me When no one else was ever behind me All these lights They can't blind me With your love, nobody can drag me down I'm not scared of the dark

When was the last time you did something for the first time? Maybe something new is what you're needing Like a real life, let your hair down, feel alive You say you never danced to a dashboard singin' R.E.M. under summer stars Never leaned back on a jet

Good loving is my occupation I wanna give you good demonstration Let me hear your good demonstration I was born to be a lover Cutest thing in this town I got some love I want to demonstrate you When you get this down I want to suite you in inspiration

I swallow the truth to keep from lying I was diving, I was diving Yeah, I surfaced when all of my being was enlightened I shut and locked the front door No way in or out I turned and walked the hallways And pulled the curtains down yeah I knelt and

What goes around, comes around What goes up, must come down Don't play with me, don't play with me, 'cause Now who's cryin', desirin' to come back to me I remember when I was sittin' home alone Waiting for you 'til three o'clock in the morn Weren't you

Born in the U.S.A., I was born in the U.S.A. Born in the U.S.A., born in the U.S.A. Born down in a dead man's town The first kick I took was when I hit the ground End up like a dog that's been beat too much Till you spend half your life just covering up

I remember something Down along the creek Her, the heron hurried away When first I breeched that last Sunday Low moon don the yellow road That leaving wasn't easing all that heaving in my vines And as certain it is evening at is now is not the time, ooh

Thunder only happens when it's raining Players only love you when they're playing When the rain washes you clean, you'll know Now here you go again, you say You want your freedom Well who am I to keep you down It's only right that you should Play the way