Lights out tonight,
trouble in the heartland
Got a head -on collision,
smashing in my guts, man
I'm caught in a crossfire
that I don't understand
But there's one thing I know for sure girl,
I don't give a damn
For the same old played -out scenes
And I don't give a damn
For just the in -betweens
Honey, I want the heart, I want the soul
I want control right now
You better listen to me, baby
And talk about a dream
You try to make it real
You wake up in the night
With a fear so real
You spend your life waiting for a moment
That just don't come
Well, don't waste your time
Waiting bad plans
You gotta live it every day
Let the broken hearts stand
It's the price you gotta pay
Keep pushin' till it's understood
And these badlands start
treatin' us good
Workin' in the fields
Till you get your back burned
Workin' neat the wheels
Till you get your facts learned
Hey baby I got my facts
Lean real good right now
Better get it straight darlin'
The poor man want to be rich,
the rich man want to be kings
And the king ain't satisfied,
so he rules everything
I want to go out tonight,
want to find out what I've got
Now I believe in the love that you gave
I believe in the faith that can save me
I believe in the hope and I pray that someday
It will raise me above these badlands
You gotta live it every day
Let the broken hearts stand
It's a price you gotta pay
Keep personal, it's understood
When these badlands start treating us good
Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh,
oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, I wanna wander out an ocean
An ocean deep inside
There ain't no sin
To be glad you're alive
I wanna find one face
That ain't looking through me
I want to find one place,
I want to spit in the face of these badlands
You gotta live it every day,
the broken hearts stand
It's the price you gotta pay,
we keep pushing till it's understood
And these badlands start treating us good
Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh,
oh, oh, oh,
oh, oh,
oh, oh,