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Def Leppard
Def Leppard


Background information
Origin Sheffield, England
Genre(s) Hard Rock
Heavy Metal
Years active 1977—present
Label(s) Universal
Island Records
Vertigo Records
Mercury Records
PolyGram Records
Phonogram Records
Associated acts Atomic Mass
Cybernauts
Website Website
Members
Vivian Campbell
Rick Savage
Joe Elliott
Rick Allen
Phil Collen
Former members
Steve Clark
Pete Willis
Tony Kenning



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Def Leppard Album


Retro Active (10/05/1993)
10/05/1993
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Two Steps Behind (acoustic version)
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Miss You In A Heartbeat (electric version)
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Two Steps Behind (electric version)
. . .


(Clark/Elliott/Savage)

Dark and dirty 
like you have never seen 
a mind so twisted 
with thoughts so unclean. 
My heart is racing 
all tattered and torn 
I stand here naked 
as the day I was born. 

Over and over I stand 
I'm holding the world in my hand 
I got to believe 

The sky is falling 
on this setting son 
Echoes of silence 
ringing loud and long 
This isolation 
is the king of pain 
A lost horizon 
in an ocean of flames 

Only the lonely will stand 
I'm holding the world in my hand 
I got to believe 

I've been here before, 
but not as I stand here today 
I wait for the dawn 
ready to walk 
into the light 

. . .


(Clark/Elliott/Savage)

I'm caught in a dream 
Sometimes it ain't what it seems 
I'm all in a daze 
Can't find my way out of this maze 
I'm looking for clues 
And wanting a change in the rules 
I'm locked in a cage 
Acting out on the wrong stage 

Don't want your sympathy 
Don't need the third degree 
Just got to break away and scream 
I'm caught in a dream 

I'm stood at the edge and I'm looking down 
Caught in the danger zone 
I feel like a king that has lost his crown 
And now I stand here alone 

Don't want your sympathy 
Don't need the third degree 
Just got to break away and scream 
I'M CAUGHT IN A DREAM!!! 

Fractured love, Fractured love 
Iron fist in a velvet glove 
Fractured Love, fractured love 
Cracks in the mirror of this fractured love 

I don't care if you pull down the sky 
Angry passion is a friend of mine 
Reach out for the sky above 
It's just a fractured love 

Repeat Chorus 

I'm caught in a dream 
Why don't you set me free!! 

Solo 

Don't want your sympathy 
Don't want your third degree 
Just got to break... 
BREAK AWAY AND SCREAM!!! 

I'm caught in a dream 
Why don't you set me free 

Repeat Chorus 

Don't give me your fractured love!

. . .


(Scott/Connolly/Priest/Tucker)

So you think you'll take another piece of me 
To satisfy your intellectual need 
Do you want, do you want...Action? 

Gonna bring you down cause you're pushin' me 
You gotta recognize my superiority 

Liar, liar 
You know you believed it 
Liar, liar 
Cause I'm the main man 
And that's why... 

Everybody wants a piece of the action 
Everybody needs a main attraction 
I got what everybody needs 
Satisfaction guaranteed 
Everybody wants a piece of the action 

I was suicidal cause she was my idol 
Baby baby baby bring it to your knees 
Well there was a time I would have walked the line 
Don't you bring me down with your insatiable greed 

Repeat Bridge 

Repeat Chorus 

Do you want... Action!! Action!! 
Everybody wants, everybody needs 
Everybody wants, everybody needs 

Repeat Bridge and Chorus 

. . .


(Elliott)

Walk away if you want to 
it's ok, if you need to 
you can run, but you can never hide 
From the shadow that's creeping up beside you 
There's a magic running through your soul 
But you can't have it all 

(Whatever you do) 
I'll be two steps behind you 
(Wherever you go) 
and I'll be there to remind you 
that it only takes a minute of your precious time 
to turn around and I'll be two steps behind. 

Take the time 
to think about it 
Walk the line, you know you just can't fight it 
Take a look around and see what you can find 
Like the fire that's burning up inside me, 
There's a magic running through your soul 
But you can't have it all 

(Whatever you do) 
I'll be two steps behind you 
(Wherever you go) 
and I'll be there to remind you 
that it only takes a minute of your precious time 
to turn around and I'll be two steps behind. 

There's a magic running through your soul 
but you, you can't have it all 
(Whatever you do) 
I'll be two steps behind you 
(wherever you go) 
and I'll be there to remind you 
that it only takes a minute of your precious time 
To turn around and I'll be two steps behind. 

Two steps behind 
yeah, baby 
two steps behind 
ohh, sugar 
two steps behind 

. . .


(Elliott)

Black stockings and a high-heeled dress 
Good-looking but her face is a mess 
She's no angel, oh no 
Love loaded she's got plenty to spare 
She'll pull your trigger if only you dare 
She's no angel, oh no 

She's too tough 
Can't help it, She just can't help it 
She's too tough 
Can't help it, She just can't help it 

Hands off, well it's Catch-22 
Y' can't touch if she can't have you 
She's no angel, oh no... 
Whiplash give you six of the best 
Lay back let her mind do the rest 
She's no angel, oh no. 

She's too tough 
Can't help it, She just can't help it 
She's too tough 
Can't help it, She just can't help it 
She's too tough 
Can't help it, She just can't help it 
She's too tough 
Can't help it, She just can't help it

. . .


(Collen)

I believe, that there's something deep inside 
That shouldn't be from time to time. 
I sure found out, thought love was such a crime 
The more you care, the more you fall 
No need to worry, no need to turn away 
'Cause it don't matter, anyway 

(oohh oohh oohh) 
I miss you in a heartbeat 
(oohh oohh oohh) 
I miss you right away 
(oohh oohh oohh) 
I miss you in a heartbeat 
'cause it ain't love, if it don't feel that way 
oh no 

When we touch, I just lose my self control 
A sad sensation I can't hide 
To love is easy, it ain't easy to walk away 
I keep the faith and there's a reason why, yeah 
No need to worry, no need to turn away 
'Cause it don't matter, anyway 
baby 

(oohh oohh oohh) 
I miss you in a heartbeat 
(oohh oohh oohh) 
Yeah I miss you right away 
(oohh oohh oohh) 
I miss you in a heartbeat 
'cause it ain't love, if it don't feel that way 

Now, I ain't big on promises, I'll be true to you 
'Cause I'd do 'bout anything, yeah 
for some one like, baby for you 

(oohh oohh oohh) 
I miss you in a heartbeat 
(oohh oohh oohh) 
yeah I miss you right away 
(oohh oohh oohh) 
oh, I'm gonna miss you in a heartbeat 
'cause it ain't love, if it don't feel that way 

. . .


(Ronson)

Ahh, 
I feel my spirit fly, only after dark 
Ahh, Ahhh 
I, I kiss the world good-bye, only after dark 
Ahh, Ahhh 
Night, with the city lights, only after dark 
Ahh, Ahhh 
Run like a runaway, only after dark 
Ahh, Ahhh 

Won't you disappear 
Into midnight again 

Why don't you come 
Why won't you come 
Why don't you fly fly fly with me 
Sweet innocent fate will be our company 

Ahh, Ahhh, Ahh, Ahhh 
We at the plant remain, only after dark 
Ahh, Ahhh 
Moon, simple as can be, only after dark 
Ahh, Ahhh, 
It's wrong to feel so free, only after dark 
Ahh, Ahhh 
Only you do it to me, only after dark 

Repeat Bridge 

[guitar solo outro] 

. . .


(Clark/Collen/Elliott/Savage)

Revvin' up, hundred 'n' four 
Hammer down, foot to the floor 
Such a hard ride 
Ride into the sun 
Shootin' in 
Got a ticket to ride 
Movin' out 
This is no place to hide 
When you're ridin' 
Ride into the sun 

We gonna make it baby 
So step inside 
And if we make it baby 
We're gonna ride into the sun 
Just ride into the sun 

Burn it up 
We're gonna cruise 
Kick down 
Nothin' to lose 
When you're ridin' 
Ride into the sun 

A hot shot 
Hooked on the street 
I'm in love 
Got the fire in me 
When I'm ridin' 
Ride into the sun 

We gonna make it baby 
So step inside 
And if we make it baby 
We're gonna ride 
Ride on! 

We gonna make it baby 
So step inside 
And if we make it baby 
Ya know we're gonna 
Ride 
Ride into the sun 
Yeah 
Ride into the sun 
Just ride into the sun 
Yeah 
Hey! 

. . .


(Elliott)

I am bad, I am evil 
I am winter, I am pain 
I'll mess up your life 
I'll beat up your wife 
I'll lose all your friends 
And I'll win in the end 

So you play the Joker 
And I'll play the Clown 
And I'll laugh while you're up there 
And I'll laugh when you're down 
Though your screams break the silence 
Oh, they won't make a sound 
Na na na na na na naaa 

I will rise, I will take you 
I will break you, never let you go 
I'll shoot through your veins 
I'll drive you insane 
I'll poison your breath 
And I'll love you to death 

So you be the Joker 
And I'll be the Clown 
And you'll laugh when you're up there 
But you'll cry when you're down 
Though your screams break the silence 
Oh, they won't make a sound 
Na na na na na na naaa 

Repeat Chorus 

Na na na na na na naaa (x2) 

. . .


(Clark/Collen/Elliott/Lange/Savage)

Thunder, you're tempting me, a feast of spice 
In the night is what I need 
Oooh, I'm ready to roar and I'm ready for more 
And I'm ready to burn like a light into the dawn 

Oh I gotta see the fire in me, turning into ecstasy 
So stick around and settle down enjoy the mystery 
A voice in the wilderness, there's something in the air 
A hidden love, forbidden pleasure, suffer secret pain 

Thunder 
(Are you ready, ready for burning) 
Feels like fire 
(Are you ready, ready for burning) 
Ring of fire 

Heartless, so indiscreet, you're stealing up 
From behind a raging heat 

I'm staring into the sun, I'm staring into a gun 
I'm stirring up a storm, turn it on and let it burn 

Repeat Bridge 

Repeat Chorus 

Thunder, you tempted me, you cut me up 
Like a knife so tenderly 
Oh I gotta see the fire in me, burning up my ecstasy 
A hidden love, forbidden pleasure, suffer secretly 
Oh no 

Repeat Chorus

. . .


(Clark/Collen/Elliott/Lange/Savage)

I wanna be your hero 
I'll be a trick of the light 
I wanna be your hero 
I'll be your heat in the nite 
Hold tight 
'Cos I like what I see 
Ya excite 
You put your finger on me 
You're not too shy 
You put a sting in my tail 
A magic ride 
And I'm-a hot on your trail 

You know 
Ya got something I want 
Ya got something I need 
Yeah! 
I got something to say 
I'm on my way 
Hot licks on the tip of my tongue 
Electric you turn your headlight on 

Ya know 
Ya got something I want 
Ya got something I need 
Yeah! 
I got something to say 
I'm on my way 

Ooh yeah 
Get up and go 

I wanna be your hero 
(I wanna be your hero) 
I'll be a trick of the light 
I wanna be your hero 
(I wanna be your hero) 
In the heat of the nite 
A-hold tight 
I like what I see 
Oh 

Just one night 
That's all I'm asking from you too 

Ya got something I want 
Ya got something I need 
I got something to say 
I'm on my way 

Ooh yeah 
Get up and go 

I wanna be your hero 
(I wanna be your hero) 
I'll be a trick of the light 
I wanna be your hero 
(I wanna be your hero) 
I wanna be your hero 
I wanna be your hero 
I wanna be your hero 
I wanna be your hero

. . .


(Collen)

I believe, that there's something deep inside 
That shouldn't be from time to time. 
I sure found out, thought love was such a crime 
The more you care, the more you fall 
No need to worry, no need to turn away 
'Cause it don't matter, anyway 

(oohh oohh oohh) 
I miss you in a heartbeat 
(oohh oohh oohh) 
I miss you right away 
(oohh oohh oohh) 
I miss you in a heartbeat 
'cause it ain't love, if it don't feel that way 
oh no 

When we touch, I just lose my self control 
A sad sensation I can't hide 
To love is easy, it ain't easy to walk away 
I keep the faith and there's a reason why, yeah 
No need to worry, no need to turn away 
'Cause it don't matter, anyway 
baby 

(oohh oohh oohh) 
I miss you in a heartbeat 
(oohh oohh oohh) 
Yeah I miss you right away 
(oohh oohh oohh) 
I miss you in a heartbeat 
'cause it ain't love, if it don't feel that way 

Now, I ain't big on promises, I'll be true to you 
'Cause I'd do 'bout anything, yeah 
for some one like, baby for you 

(oohh oohh oohh) 
I miss you in a heartbeat 
(oohh oohh oohh) 
yeah I miss you right away 
(oohh oohh oohh) 
oh, I'm gonna miss you in a heartbeat 
'cause it ain't love, if it don't feel that way 

. . .


(Elliott)

Walk away if you want to 
it's ok, if you need to 
you can run, but you can never hide 
From the shadow that's creeping up beside you 
There's a magic running through your soul 
But you can't have it all 

(Whatever you do) 
I'll be two steps behind you 
(Wherever you go) 
and I'll be there to remind you 
that it only takes a minute of your precious time 
to turn around and I'll be two steps behind. 

Take the time 
to think about it 
Walk the line, you know you just can't fight it 
Take a look around and see what you can find 
Like the fire that's burning up inside me, 
There's a magic running through your soul 
But you can't have it all 

(Whatever you do) 
I'll be two steps behind you 
(Wherever you go) 
and I'll be there to remind you 
that it only takes a minute of your precious time 
to turn around and I'll be two steps behind. 

There's a magic running through your soul 
but you, you can't have it all 
(Whatever you do) 
I'll be two steps behind you 
(wherever you go) 
and I'll be there to remind you 
that it only takes a minute of your precious time 
To turn around and I'll be two steps behind. 

Two steps behind 
yeah, baby 
two steps behind 
ohh, sugar 
two steps behind 

. . .


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