The Runaways Album

(B. Bizeau)

With a pinch of rock and a dose of roll
I can warm you up if you get too cold
I can bring you up when you're going down
I can smash your head all over this town

You gave me the answer
Now I got the answer, oh yeah

'Cause we're the queens of noise
Come and get it boys
Queens of noise
Not just one of your toys
Queens of noise

I remember you at our second show
You were holding on and you wouldn't let go
And I bet you'll always be that way
Whenever you see us start to play

You gave me the answer
Now I got the answer, oh yeah

'Cause we're the queens of noise
Come and get it boys
Queens of noise
Not just one of your toys
Queens of noise

(Joan Jett)

You know that I'm not an angel
I told you when you walked in the door
You know that you make me happy
Better than the time before

Take it or leave it
Do whatever you want
Take it or leave it
Do whatever you want to me

You know that you're just a playmate
What are you trying to gain
Lead me into the darkness
To Play our little nightime games

Take it or leave it
Do whatever you want
Take it or leave it
Do whatever you want to me

You say you wanna be with me
I see it in you
It's only a one night stand
And then we're through

You know that it makes me sad
To see how you feel for me
I gotta start movin' on
Someone else is waitin' for me

Take it or leave it
Do whatever you want
Take it or leave it
Do whatever you want to me

(C. Currie/K. Fowley/Steven T.)

Out here in the smokey places
Looking into those empty faces
Short wave says we made the dial
I'm wired for ten million miles

Making midnight music
Singing rock and roll songs
Living midnight music
Just to get along

Back here in this cold hotel
I'm bored but you can tell
Your smile said we did OK
I'm glad we had a chance to play

Making midnight music
Singing rock and roll songs
Living midnight music
Just to get along

From the plane I see the back roads
Your twilight cities your super towns
From the stage I see the drifters
Lost souls who ain't been found

Out there in the five buck seats
We live inside your own heartbeats
We share the falls you take
Everything feels like it's just bout to break

Making midnight music
Singing rock and roll songs
Living midnight music
Just to get along

(K. Fowley/S. West/M. Steele)

Bodies without minds
I hear you're the one with the bleeding heart
Blue and bittersweet
You tear my dreams apart

Cause I was born to be bad
I'm not sad
But I'm glad I did it
Born to be bad
I'm not sad why don't you all get with it

The damned don't cry
Cry out when they're betrayed
Bodies slam they scream
As the keynotes fade

Cause I was born to be bad
I'm not sad
But I'm glad I did it
Born to be bad
I'm not sad why don't you all get with it

I called my mother from Hollywood the other day
And I said "Mom, I just called to tell ya I joined a rock and roll band
And I won't be coming home no more"
You know what she did?
She started crying and weeping and wimpering like all mothers do
She woke up my father and told him about it and he said
"There ain't a damn thing we can do, thats the way she is
She was just born to be bad"

I want you to bring me his ears
To satisfy my mad desires
And if he bites the dust
We'll just have to miss my fire

Cause I was born to be bad
I'm not sad
But I'm glad I did it
Born to be bad
I'm not sad why don't you all get with it

(Lita Ford/Kim Fowley/Jackie Fox)

No one here gets out alive
Pushing power in overdrive
Cobra kings wet and wild
Love the devil thats in your smile

Let me tell yuo what we been doing
Neon angels on the road to ruin
Let me tell you what we been doing
Neon angels on the road to ruin

Everybody who's ever on fire
Now's the time for our desire

Let me tell yuo what we been doing
Neon angels on the road to ruin
Let me tell you what we been doing
Neon angels on the road to ruin

Highways hard in this modern world
Battered boys and shattered girls
Leather bombers that rule the streets
Setting fires and living heat

Let me tell yuo what we been doing
Neon angels on the road to ruin
Let me tell you what we been doing
Neon angels on the road to ruin

(Joan Jett)

My one and only shining star said
Stick with me and I'll take you far
Your eyes are sparkling with teenage fire
I'll satisfy your mad desires cause

I love playing with fire
And I don't wanna get burned
I love playing with fire
And I don't think I'll ever learn

My heart is aching to see you play
And I can't wait till another day
The way you shake me is really hot
You know how to use what you got

I love playing with fire
And I don't wanna get burned
I love playing with fire
And I don't think I'll ever learn

Acting tough with looks that kill
You got me going and I can't stand still
My arms are dying to hold ya tight
You're my little dark dynamite you know

I love playing with fire
And I don't wanna get burned
I love playing with fire
And I don't think I'll ever learn

(K. Fowley/J. Jett/K. Krome/S. West)

Turn up that radio
Hear the rock and roll
Malibu shines like summer gold
Wild beaches
In the salty wind
California summers never end

California - you're so nice
California - your paradise

The kids are ripping up the streets
In their super cars
All night parties and loud guitars
Hot hot neighbourhoods
Its the silver sound
Wicked Hollywood goes round and round

California - you're so nice
California - your paradise

(K. Fowley/J. Fox/J. Jett)

Each night alone I dream
That I'm a rebel roller queen
I'll be a star that shines
I can make the whole world mine

Hollywood it feels so good
Hollywood it feels so good

Each day at home I scheme
For the fame and fortune dream
Gonna be a superstar
With my fancy clothes and cars

Hollywood it feels so good
Hollywood it feels so good

I can make it, make it, make it, make it
Cause I can take it, take it, take it,take it

Each time the radio plays
It tells of the golden days
Living fast on the go
Lets get on with the show yeah

Hollywood it feels so good
Hollywood it feels so good

(C. Currie/L. Ford/K. Fowley/J. Fox/E. Mankey)

Thousands cheered as you appeared
The band was playing
We drove away that Saturday
I wanted you knew where you were staying
Backstage lied about my age
Didn't care that you were older

Stop look listen to my heartbeat
Stop look listen to my heartbeat

Here you are a superstar
But I sing and play in my own way
You got your fans and I got mine
But I need your love that's the bottom line
I sing lead and so do you
Get together what will we do?

Stop look listen to my heartbeat
Stop look listen to my heartbeat

Danced all night till the room was light
You said goodbye I wondered why
Radio played you couldn't stay
You'd miss your plane in the morning rain
Here I am in the limousine
Once again the lonely queen

Stop look listen to my heartbeat
Stop look listen to my heartbeat

(Kim Fowley/Lita Ford)

I got myself a bad lover
His name is Johnny Guitar lookout

Go for it Johnny
All night long
Go for it Johnny
That's where I'm coming from

My fingers roll his body
Making him scream
And I'm lost in a metal dream

Go for it Johnny
All night long
Go for it Johnny
That's where I'm coming from

Hot hands on his wet neck
I'm a hunter he's my gun

Go for it Johnny
All night long
Go for it Johnny
That's where I'm coming from