Joan Jett & The Blackhearts

(J. Jett/J. Shear)

I'm on a dirt highway
The sky was streamin' red
I told you my rules
I guess you didn't hear a single word I said

You tried to change me
What a surprise
'cause now I see the tears they're falling
And they're from you eyes

Right til the end
I want my way
Right til the end
Don't care what ya say
You knew the first day

I'm in my empty room
I had to turn you loose
Don't be like me
I don't want compassion like I want the truth

Don't want to hurt you that's not me
The only choice I got is hurt you or to set you free

Right til the end
I want my way
Right til the end
Don't care what ya say

It's so easy to fall out of love
You do not feel the same
It's so easy to fall out of love
When one will never change and I know

Right til the end
I want my way
Right til the end
Don't care what ya say
You knew the first day

After splitting with The Runaways, and releasing her first solo album, Joan Jett placed an ad in LA Weekly looking for bandmates. Gary Ryan, Eric Ambel, and Danny “Furious” O'Brien joined her, creating the orginial Blackhearts lineup.

After their initial tour though, O'Brien was replaced with Lee Crystal.

Early on, keeping the band afloat was not easy. Joan and producer Kenny Laguna struggled, sometimes selling copies of albums from the trunk of his car. Eventually unable to keep up with the demand for Joan Jett’s album, they signed with Boardwalk Records.

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