Bob Seger

Released: October 24, 1995

Songwriter: Bob Seger Craig Frost Tim Mitchell

Producer: Bob Seger

[Verse 1]
Well I wish I had a nickel for every time I fell
And blamed somebody else
I'd give a ton of money to the ones I've hurt
And I'd still be sittin' pretty well
I've spent years losin' touch of what's right and what's real
Caught up in these missions of my own
And you're tellin' me you think I've done so damn well
While we're sittin' here a thousand miles from home

[Pre-Chorus]
There's a hole in your wisdom, a hole in your sky
Two holes in your head where the light's supposed to get by

[Chorus]
Time to lock and load
Time to get control
Time to search the soul
And start again

[Verse 2]
So many times I've seen chances disappear
I hesitate and watch 'em slip away
Like the time I fail to spend with the ones I love
And it's gone as sure as yesterday
All these users and fakers, big time takers
Manipulating everyone they see
I get caught up in their schemes and their useless dreams
And the only one I have to blame is me

[Pre-Chorus]
I get turned \`round and twisted, pulled left and right
I can see where I'm goin' but I can't see the light

[Chorus]
Time to lock and load
Come in from the cold
Take a different road
And start again

[Bridge]
I can sit here in the back half of my life
And wonder when the other shoe will fall
Or I can stand up, point myself home
And see if I've learned anything at all
Ah, anything at all (Ooh, ooh)

[Pre-Chorus]
Mediocrity is easy, the good things take time
The great need commitment right down the line

[Chorus]
Time to lock and load
Come in from the cold
Pay these debts I owe
And start again
Ah, I've been down this road
I've seen things get old
Time to get control
And start it all again
Time to lock and load
Time to get control
Time to search the soul
And start again
I've been down this road
I've seen things get old
Stand up, get bold
And start again (Ah yeah)
Time to lock and load

Robert Clark “Bob” Seger (born May 6, 1945) is an American singer-songwriter, guitarist and pianist. As a locally successful Detroit-area artist, he performed and recorded as Bob Seger and the Last Heard and Bob Seger System throughout the 1960s. By the early 1970s, he had dropped the “System” from his recordings and continued to strive for broader success with various other bands. In 1973, he put together the Silver Bullet Band, with a group of Detroit-area musicians, with whom he became most successful on the national level with the album Live Bullet, recorded live with the Silver Bullet Band in 1975 at Cobo Hall in Detroit, Michigan. On his studio albums, he also worked extensively with the Alabama-based Muscle Shoals Rhythm Section, which appeared on several of Seger’s best-selling singles and albums.

In 1976, he achieved a national breakout with the studio album Night Moves. The Night Moves title track became his first Billboard Top 5 single and the album started a string six consecutive albums landing in the Billbaord Top 10. The 1980 album, Against the Wind, topped the charts.

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