Bon Jovi

Released: August 18, 1986

Songwriter: Richie Sambora Jon Bon Jovi

Producer: Bruce Fairbairn

[Verse 1]
It's all the same, only the names will change
Everyday it seems we're wasting away
Another place where the faces are so cold
I'd drive all night just to get back home

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

[Verse 2]
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

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

[Break]
Oh, and I ride

[Guitar Solo]

[Chorus - variation]
I'm a cowboy
On a steel horse I ride
I'm wanted (wanted) dead or alive

[Verse 3]
I walk these streets, a loaded six string on my back
I play for keeps, 'cause I might not make it back
I been everywhere, still I'm standing tall
I've seen a million faces and I've rocked them all!

[Chorus]
'Cause I'm a cowboy
On a steel horse, I ride
I'm wanted (wanted) dead or alive

[Chorus]
And I'm a cowboy
I got the night on my side
And I'm wanted (wanted) dead or alive

[Outro]
And I ride (and I ride), dead or alive
I still drive (still drive), dead or alive
Dead or alive
Dead or alive
Dead or alive
Dead or alive

Bon Jovi is an American rock band from Sayreville, New Jersey. Formed in 1983, Bon Jovi consists of lead singer and namesake Jon Bon Jovi, pianist and keyboard player David Bryan, lead guitarist Phil X, and drummer Tico Torres.

They are one of the world’s best-selling bands of all time, having sold more than 130 million records worldwide and performed more than 2700 concerts in over 50 countries for more than 34 million fans.

Bon Jovi was inducted into the UK Music Hall of Fame in 2006. The band was also honored with the Award of Merit at the American Music Awards in 2004, and as songwriters and collaborators, Jon Bon Jovi and Richie Sambora were inducted into Songwriters Hall of Fame in 2009.

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