Joan Jett And The Blackhearts Album

(J. Jett/K. Hanna)

Walkin' on the streets tonight
I am so aware of you
Give me a reason to fight
When there's nowhere to run to

Go home

Wake up, wake up, wake up right now
There's no one to protect you
Hide myself behind my words
Hide myself inside a' my clothes
Hide myself inside my mind

Go home
Go home

Now take that voice outside a' my head
I hear that voice inside a' my head
Get that voice outta my head
I hear that voice inside a' my head
I will choke it dead, dead
I will stab it dead, dead
I will kill it dead, dead

Go home
Go home

(Joan Jett/Jim Vallance/Kenny Laguna)

I got a word or two cuz I don't understand
What's with me and you it's getting outta hand
Somethin's on your mind, you don't have to shout
Why can't we just talk and figure this thing out

I used to think that you and me would stay together
Why oh why can't we see eye to eye?
Why oh why can't we see eye to eye?

You make me come with you and then you give me grief
When I try to go you never let me leave
If I shut my mouth you think that I don't care
When I try to help you say it's your affair

It's not the way that you and me should treat each other
Why oh why can't we see eye to eye?
Why oh why can't we see eye to eye?

It's breakin' my heart we're grown' apart
An' we never seem to agree
I'm walkin' away we got nothin' to say
But that ain't the way it should be be
(We're history!)

It's such a drag we have this bad misunderstanding
Why oh why can't we see eye to eye?
Why oh why can't we see eye to eye?

(J. Jett/K. Hanna)

Maybe I don't wanna maybe I don't wanna, wanna
Maybe I don't wanna fuck you!

I'm a spinster, I don't need no rules
I don't got no one tellin' me what to do
Tellin' me what's cool? I'm no stupid fool

Hey teen ageist I'm not over yet
Y-O-U-T-H only, baby, that's your math
I'm a spinster, I don't need your rules
I'm resisting, I don't need no one to
Tell me what's cool or how I need a tool
To get thru to you

I'm no one's wife and' I'm not your little girl
Don't tell me I'm useless cuz I want
More from this world

Maybe I don't wanna maybe I don't wanna, wanna
Maybe I don't wanna maybe I don't wanna
Maybe I don't wanna maybe I don't wanna, wanna
Maybe she don't wanna fuck you!
Hey ever think of that?

(Joan Jett/Jim Vallance/Kenny Laguna)

Maybe I was lonely or a little bit crazy
Weird interaction excited me so
I could see the danger made it more intriguing
I was bound for touble when I let myself go, yeah

What kind of fool would keep hangin' around
While you treat me this way

Torture - me n' you it's
Torture - what we do is
Torture - yeah it's true an'
It hurts so bad but I love it, yeah

I was just a tumble went a little too far
The fun an' games were getting outta control
Took it to the limit now there's no escapin'
This deviation has taken its toll, ow

Torture - we can't hide this
Torture - my hads are tied it's
Torture - I'll survive but
It hurts so bad an' I love it yeah

I been up against the wall so long
And the bonds that hold me here are strong
Yeah it hurts but this is where I belong

Torture - me n' you it's
Torture - what we do is
Torture - yeah it's true an'
It hurts so bad but I love it, yeah

Words, letters and numbered grooves
Caught in a photograph and I can't move
Is that your camera or is that your gun
Stuck in a funhouse that ain't no fun

I'm rubber you're glue
An' whatever you say
Bounces off of me yeah, yeah
An' sticks to you

Power hungry poser scene
Embalm your words deep inside of me
What'd you put in my head
You define everything to death

I'm rubber you're glue
An' whatever you say
Bounces off of me yeah, yeah
An' sticks to you

Who defines your identity?
Re-define your identity
Get your words outta me
Who decides your identity? Not me

I'm rubber you're glue
An' whatever you say
Bounces off of me yeah, yeah
An' sticks to you

I'm rubber you're glue
An' whaterver you say
Bounces off of me yeah, yeah
An' sticks to you

(Joan Jett/Desmond Child)

OOOh, in another place and time OOOh, I will be the vision in your mind

I wanted to be everything you wanted
I wanted to be everything you needed
I wanted what I said
To bring to you laughter
I wanted what I did to make you smile

But in a perfect world
There's no perfection
Cause in a world of dreams
You're only dreaming
I want it to be real
I just can't take it

As I am
Take me as I am
Now I'm only flesh and blood
Oh I wish that you could
Love me as I am

You thought you had me
Tucked inside your pocket
You thought you had it under your control
You can put my smiling picture in a locket
But you can't put a chain around my soul

But in a perfect world
There's no perfection
Cause in a world of dreams
You're only dreamin'
Don't make me feel like I can't make it

As I am
Take me as I am
Now I'm only flesh and blood
Oh I wish that you could
Love me as I am
As I am
Now I'm doing the best I can
Try to understand
And love me as I am

Oooo, in another place and time
Oooo, I will be the vision in your mind

As I am
Take me as I am
Now I'm only flesh and blood
Oh I wish that you could
Love me as I am
As I am
Now I'm doing the best I can
Try to understand
Now I know God has a plan
And I guess that's why she made me
As I am

(Joan Jett)

She works real hard to try to make things right
To see if she can find a reason for what's wrong
In life she puts her thoughts into magazine form
And passes them all around her dorm
Showing me another way another way to fight

Activity Grrrl trying to change the world
She's gonna knock on your door
Activity Grrl in an uptight world
She's impossible to ignore

She spends her days involved in community things
And at night she'll go out to a club where she likes to sing
She teaches so the others will know
There's more beneath the skin that doesn't show
And she's looking at the challenge that tomorrow's bringing

Activity Grrrl trying to change the world
She's gonna knock on your door
Activity Grrl in an uptight world
She's impossible to ignore

Hopes to fix the problems that come within her space
And takes hurting people real serious you can see it on her face
She can't accept that life is unfair
She wants to think the others care
And won't go away she's gonna stay right in your face

Activity Grrrl trying to change the world
She's gonna knock on your door
Activity Grrl in an uptight world
She's impossible to ignore

Activity Grrrl trying to change the world
She's gonna knock on your door
Activity Grrl in an uptight world
She's impossible to ignore

(Joan Jett/Jim Vallance/Kenny Laguna)

It starts when I get close to you
I never know just what to do
So much I wanna say
But my nerves get in the way
An' I pray my fears ain't showin' thru

Insecure - it's strange when I feel it
Insecure - if I could feel I really had you for sure
I wouldn't be so insecure

I sit an' wonder what to do
Waitin' for my big time interview
As my palms start to sweat
'Bout this job I'm tryin' to get
Someone says "Hey, Jett, it's time for you"
(I bet they're right now)

Insecure - everybody feels a little
Insecure - tell ya one thing I know for sure
We're all a little insecure

You shouldn't care what people think of you
All you can do is be yourself
No matter how they see you
You really can't be somethin' else

You're not the only one that feels this way
Inside they look the same as you
When it seems never ending
Remember they're pretendin' too

Insecure - natural to feel a little
Insecure - everybody gets it an' there ain't no cure
We're all a little insecure

Insecure - natural to feel a little
Insecure - everybody gets it an' there ain't no cure
We're all a little insecure

I read the headlines an' it makes me so mad
I change the channel cause the news looks bad
A great society is breakin' down in front of me

An' our leaders seem so unaware
It's plain to see that they just don't care
We could do so much we gotta get in touch with reality - yeah

It's not so hard to see what's goin' on
But no one answers when I say

I'm wonderin' - is anyone out there?
Wonderin' - does anyone care?
I'm wonderin' - does anyone see what I see?
Or is it just me? Is it just me?

You can see it from coast to coast
An' it's the children who are sufferin' most
Some with no shoes on their feet, no good food they can eat
Where's the dignity for them?

Here in this land of opportunity
They should deserve a better break

I'm wonderin' - is anyone out there?
Wonderin' - does anyone care?
I'm wonderin' - does anyone see what I see?
Or is it just me? Is it just me?

An' now I pray for you America
Don't let the dream go and slip away

I'm wonderin' - is anyone out there?
Wonderin' - does anyone care?
I'm wonderin' - does anyone see what I see?

(Joan Jett/Thommy Price)

Things don't matter so much today
I really can't think too straight
Don't wanna make these tears go away
Cuz I believe that you could be my fate

Ya got me singin' a love song, I'm so consumed, so consumed
Thinking that you can do no wrong, I'm so consumed, so consumed

These tears are tears of happiness
I just need a little control
To hold it inside and hide my bliss
An' hope it will be enough to feed my hungry little soul, yeah

Ya got me singin' a love song, I'm so consumed, so consumed
Thinking that you can do no wrong, I'm so consumed, so consumed

Never off the phone, even when you're not home
I gotta hear your voice, I got no choice
I'm hooked in tight but I feel no fright
As we walk on slowly into the night, into the light, into ya

Ya got me singin' a love song, I'm so consumed, so consumed
Thinking that you can do no wrong, I'm so consumed, so consumed

(J. Jett/D. Child/K. Hanna)

Stay out of my sight
Spit your words right out of my mouth
Since you picked this fight
Know my life is just that it's just that mine

Oh no, not me
You think you can
You think you can
But there's no cage can fit me

You gotta problem
You gotta problem
You gotta problem
Whatcha gonna do
You gotta problem
You gotta problem
I gotta problem
And it's name is you

Ain't gonna wear your shame
Who will win this silent war
When I don't even want to play
Or know the rules to your game

Oh no not me
You think you can
You think you can
But there's no cage can fit me

You gotta problem
You gotta problem
You gotta problem
Whatcha gonna do
You gotta problem
You gotta problem
I gotta problem
And it's name is you

You gotta problem
You gotta problem
You gotta problem
Whatcha gonna do
You gotta problem
You gotta problem
I gotta problem
And it's name is you

Oh no not me
You think you can
You think you can
But there's no cage can fit me

You gotta problem
You gotta problem
You gotta problem
Whatcha gonna do
You gotta problem
You gotta problem
I gotta problem
And it's name is you

You gotta problem
You gotta problem
You gotta problem
Whatcha gonna do
You gotta problem
You gotta problem
I gotta problem
And it's name is you

You gotta problem
You gotta problem
You gotta problem
Whatcha gonna do
You gotta problem
You gotta problem
I gotta problem
And it's name is you

You gotta problem
You gotta problem
You gotta problem
Whatcha gonna do
You gotta problem
You gotta problem
I gotta problem
And it's name is you

I watch my generation die
I watch the heads of nations lie
I watch the homeless on the streets
I stand here helpless just
Lookin' at my feet
I watch the children run away
The bullets fly where they should play
I watch a junkie fade away
I ain't got an answer
But I sure got things to say
Hey, I gotta find a way
Cause the road is dark
Gotta light my way
Gotta fight the fear
In my heart
Oh, I pray
I live to see
A brighter day, hey hey

I watch the old folks sit alone
They talk to ghosts they used to know
Where are the wise men of the tribe
Where are the midwives and the newborn's cry, yeah

Now if I could I'd turn back time
Way back before there was corporate crime
We'd fight the wind to plant our seed
When the earth was stronger than human greed
Hey, hey, I gotta find a way
Cause night is dark
Gotta light my way
Gotta fight the fear
In my heart
Oh I pray
I live to see
A brighter day...hey, hey

I'm not tryin' to tell ya
What's right or wrong
I'm not trying to be clever
You gotta hope things get better
Even when they never...hey, hey, hey

Hey hey, I gotta find a way
Cause road is dark
Gotta light my way
Gotta fight the fear
In my heart
Oh, I pray
I live to see
A brighter day...hey, hey