Open Up & Say Ahh

She stepped off the bus out into the city streets
Just a small town girl with her whole life
Packed in a suitcase by her feet

But somehow the lights didn't
Shine as bright as they did
On her mama's tv screen

And the work seemed harder
And the days seemed longer
Than she ever thought they'd be

But you know you got to stick to your guns
When it all comes down
Cause sometimes you can't choose
It's like heads they win
Tails you're gonna lose

Chorus:
Win big--mama's fallen angel
Lose big--livin' out her lies
Wants it all--mama's fallen angel
Lose it all, rollin' the dice of her life

Now she found herself in the fast lane livin' day to day
Turned her back on her best friends, yeah
And let her family slip away

Just like a lost soul
Caught up in the hollywood scene
All the parties and the limousines

Such a good actress hiding all her pain
Trading her memories for fortune and fame

Just a step away from the edge of a fall
Caught between heaven and hell
Where's the girl i knew a year ago

Chorus

Too much too soon
Or just a little too late
Cause when her ship came in
She wasn't there and it just wouldn't wait

Solo, chorus out

There's an alley cat slowly walkin' down a dirty street
Watching a cop on the take marching to his city beat
You got five fingers johnny stealing everything in sight
You gotta be bad to be good in the dead of the night
Wowowow, kick it

You're dancing in fire, baby
When you're takin' it to the streets
Yeah to the streets
Baby better be better watch your back
Fast on your feet

Cause they're wheelin' dealin'
Cheatin' stealin'
Child you're gonna learn

Chorus:
You gotta be bad to be good
If you know what i'm talkin' about
What's that
So i say it again
You gotta be bad to be good
In the dead of the night

When you got nothin' baby
You got nothin' to lose, nothin' to lose
It's an eye for an eye baby
And a tooth for a tooth, ain't it the truth

If you got nine lives you might survive
Cause nothing's free on the other side

Chorus

Wheelin' dealin' cheatin' stealin'
Just to stay alive
They got love for sale, yes for sale
On the new york subway line
Watch the working girls hanging out
Turning tricks underneath the lights,
Oh the lights

One step from hell
The poor men sell their soul
For a taste of wine

Chorus

When it's said and done
And you're on the run
And the only law comes under the gun

we both lie silently still
In the dead of the night
Although we both lie close together
We feel miles apart inside

Was it something i said or something i did
Did my words not come out right
Though i tried not to hurt you
Though i tried
But i guess that's why they say

Chorus:
Every rose has its thorn
Just like every night has its dawn
Just like every cowboy sings his sad, sad song
Every rose has its thorn

Yeah it does

I listen to our favorite song
Playing on the radio
Hear the dj say loves a game of easy come and
Easy go
But i wonder does he know
Has he ever felt like this
And i know that you'd be here right now
If i could have let you know somehow
I guess

Chorus

Though it's been a while now
I can still feel so much pain
Like a knife that cuts you the wound heals
But the scar, that scar remains

Solo

I know i could have saved a love that night
If i'd known what to say
Instead of makin' love
We both made our separate ways

But now i hear you found somebody new
And that i never meant that much to you
To hear that tears me up inside
And to see you cuts me like a knife
I guess

Chorus

She goes down slow like a shot of gin
She's got an angel's face and a devil's grin
She kinda stared me down as i looked her up
She said "i'm your poison, now you drink a cup."

In the heat of the night is when she comes alive
She's gonna push you push you til she's satisfied
I watch the ice melt fast on her red hot lips
She whispers "if you wanna taste my love
Why don't you swallow this."

Chorus:
Love on the rocks
Love on the rocks
She's my shot
Love on the rocks
Ooooh lick it up

She gets so close you can feel her breathe
Just the way she moves, so soft and slippery
She lives just around the corner, right down the street
All night we play the horizontal bop right between her sheets

Chorus out

Good girls go to heaven
Bad girls go to hell
The rest of them get rich
And do just what they feel

Well rich boys live in houses
And poor boys live in sin
The rest of them get married
And are never seen again

Well let me tell a story explain the shape i'm in
The girl i had last night had never tasted sin
So i took her to my hotel where i tried to get my way
She said "wait a minute, bret, there's something i must say..."

She said if you wanna talk that's fine with me
But if you want more you'd better let me be

Chorus:
Cause you can look but you can't touch
Cause the best things in life ain't cheap
You can look but you can't touch
Cause baby i ain't for keeps

Well maybe i'm a bad boy
Ok, so i've been around the block
But i am good at one thing
And believe me it ain't talk

She says you must be kidding
I've heard this all before
Other girls might buy it
But i don't, that's for sure

Now wait a minute baby
I don't want you to go
She said "don't get no closer
The answer still is no"

So i wined her, dined her, fancy talked
Acted cool and smooth
Got my hands around her shoulder
Two inches from the move

Well i guess i'm about as close as i could be
So i finally made my move, she just said to me

Chorus

Let me show you something
Mmm, let me set the pace
Slid my hand up her leg
As she slapped me across my face

Can't blame a man for tryin'
Wantin' action ain't a crime
I didn't plan on spending money
Just to get a piece of mind

Solo