WANTED DEAD OR ALIVE

Original Bon Jovi version

It's all the same, only the names will change
Every day, it seems we're wasting away
Another place where the faces are so cold
I drive all night just to get back home

I'm a cowboy
On a steel horse I ride
I'm wanted dead or alive
Wanted dead or alive

Sometimes I sleep, sometimes it's not for days
And the people I meet always go their separate ways
Sometimes you tell the day by the bottle that you drink
And times when you're alone, all you do is think

I'm a cowboy
On a steel horse I ride
I'm wanted (wanted) dead or alive
Wanted (wanted) dead or alive

Oh, and I'll ride

Oh

Ooh, I'm a cowboy
On a steel horse I ride
I'm wanted (wanted) dead or alive

And I'll walk these streets, a loaded six string on my back
I play for keeps, 'cause I might not make it back
I've been everywhere (yeah), still I'm standing tall
I've seen a million faces, and I've rocked them all

Because I'm a cowboy
On a steel horse I ride
I'm wanted (wanted) dead or alive

Because I'm a cowboy
I got the night on my side
And I'm wanted (wanted) dead or alive
(And I'll ride) (and I'll ride) dead or alive
(I still try) (I still try) dead or alive
Dead or alive
Dead or alive
Dead or alive
Dead or alive

Info

WANTED DEAD OR ALIVE is a song written by Jon Bon Jovi and Richie Sambora and released on Bon Jovi's 1986 album Slippery When Wet. The above lyrics are for the original Bon Jovi version of WANTED DEAD OR ALIVE as released in 1986.

Bon Jovi -- Slippery When Wet

LP - Mercury (422-830 264-1 M-1) - USA, 1986
CD - Mercury (830 264-2 M-1) - USA, 1986
MC - Mercury (830 264-4 M-1) - USA, 1986

Bruce Springsteen's Version

Bruce Springsteen performed Bon Jovi's WANTED DEAD OR ALIVE live once in 1998 with Jon Bon Jovi. See the live 31 Jan 1998 version for more details.

Credits

Thanks Jake (ol'catfishinthelake at BTX and Greasy Lake) for the lyrics help.

Available Versions

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