Hot In The Shade

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 makes 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

Stone cold and all alone, and 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)

Betrayed, you ain't satisfied, i know you feel betrayed
You ain't crucified, so get real, betrayed, betrayed

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

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

Betrayed, betrayed (repeats out)

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 thru

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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 bed, wish to hell i was dead
Cos 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 a 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

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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 thru

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Cos 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

And the more that i hate you i love you
Yeah the more that i hate you i love you
(repeats out)

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

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 boomerang, boomerang

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

A boomerang, a boomerang

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 thru
I never needed anybody, and like my daddy said
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I wasn't born with a silver spoon, nowhere to hide in a crowded room
I see the attitude that's in your eyes, i got no reason to apologize
'cos 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, nowhere to hide in a crowded room
I see the attitude that's in your eyes, i got no reason to apologize
'cos i've got something for a girl like you, with a silver spoon

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

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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

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

I 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 are waitin' on me

Didn't have the time of day, till this dream was born
You can't take that away, you can't take that away from me

(solo)

When i was seventeen, there was this beauty queen
Checked in a one room suite, the back seat of my car

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
We're drivin' in my chevy with my cadillac dreams
Someday, one day, just you and me
We'll ride inside these cadillac dreams

If i can survive, and if you can't deny it
Don't give me love, no, don't even try it
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' (can't you feel that feelin')
Anytime you need some lovin'

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

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

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

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I know it's much too late, but i can't help this feelin', no i can't look away

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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

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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, i'm so hungry

You don't have to see no furtune teller, to see i just can't take no more
You been such a heartbreaker, baby, you keep a lock on heaven's door

Ain't you 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, 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 need 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 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
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...

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 - insane
Baby you're just wastin' precious time, if you want to know what's on my mind

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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

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

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

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Baby you're just wastin' precious time, if you want to know what's on my mind

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