Keep The Faith

Sitting here wasted and wounded
At this old piano
Trying hard to capture
The moment this morning i don't know
'cause a bottle of vodka
Is still lodged in my head
And some blond gave me nightmares
I think she's still in my bed
As i dream about movies
They won't make of me when i'm dead

With an ironclad fist i wake up and
French kiss the morning
While some marching band keeps
Its own beat in my head
While we're talking
About all of the things that i long to believe
About love and the truth and
What you mean to me
And the truth is baby you're all that i need

I want to lay you on a bed of roses
For tonite i sleep on a bed on nails
I want to be just as close as the holy ghost is
And lay you down on bed of roses

Well i'm so far away
That each step that i take is on my way home
A king's ransom in dimes i'd given each night
Just to see through this payphone
Still i run out of time
Or it's hard to get through
Till the bird on the wire flies me back to you
I'll just close my eyes and whisper,
Baby blind love is true

I want to lay you down on a bed of roses
For tonite i sleep on a bed on nails
I want to be just as close as the holy ghost is
And lay you down on bed of roses

The hotel bar hangover whiskey's gone dry
The barkeeper's wig's crooked
And she's giving me the eye
I might have said yeah
But i laughed so hard i think i died

When you close your eyes
Know i'll be thinking about you
While my mistress she calls me
To stand in her spotlight again
Tonite i won't be alone
But you know that don't
Mean i'm not lonely i've got nothing to prove
For it's you that i'd die to defend

I want to lay you down on a bed of roses
For tonite i sleep on a bed on nails
I want to be just as close as the holy ghost is
And lay you down on bed of roses

First time i heard the music
I thought it was my own
I could feel it in my heartbeat
I could feel it in my bones
My momma thinks i'm crazy
My dad says i'm insane
I got this boogie woogie fever
That's burning in my veins

They tried to take me to a doctor
But it's too late for me
Then they took me to a preacher
That they saw on their tv
Who said that for a small donation
My lost soul would be saved
I said i don't think so preacher
I'll come back another day

All i want, is to be a rolling stone
They don't understand what we all know

It feels so good that it ought to be illegal
I got my vaccination from a pornograf needle
I'll never grow up and i'll never grow old
Blame it on the love of rock & roll

My teachers didn't like me they always
Tried to put me down
'cause i wore my hair too long
I played my music way too loud

Every little boy wants to learn to play guitar
So he can pick up all the chicks
And be a rock-n-roll star

They said it won't last, but they misunderstood
If people think it's bad then i'll be bad for good

It feels so good that it ought to be illegal
I got my vaccination from a pornograf needle
I'll never grow up and i'll never grow old
Blame it on the love of rock & roll

Blame it on the love, blame it on the love
Dad don't understand what the little girls know
Blame it on the love of rock-n-roll

All i wanted, all i ever needed
My guitar gave to me
Every song i've sung blame it on love

Every war i've won blame it on love
Everything i've done blame it on love
Blame it on the love of rock-n-roll

It feels so good that it ought to be illegal
I got my vaccination from a pornograf needle
I'll never grow up and i'll never grow old
Blame it on the love of rock & roll

Blame it on the love, blame it on the love
Dad don't understand
What the little girls know
Blame it on the love of rock-n-roll