Joan Jett & The Blackhearts

(Joan Jett/Kenny Laguna)

It's nice of you to say
We can still be friends
But what I need the most
Is never gonna be again
Sure I always knew we were worlds apart
But that don't help the sadness in my heart

It's gonna take a long time
To get you off my mind
Love like yours is hard to find
You'll never be mine
It's gonna take a long time

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Oh when we were together
Life was so complete
An' then you met that girl
An' I could not compete
Oh you are like a magnet with your ways
An' that's what I remember everyday

It's gonna take a long time
To get you off of my mind
Love like yours is hard to find
You'll never be mine
It's gonna take a long time

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Love is so complex
That's why I'm upset
Cause I'm no good for you
But still I can't forget
You can always wake the beast in me
That's the thing that never lets me be

It's gonna take a long time
To get you off of my mind
Love like yours is hard to find
You'll never be mine
It's gonna take a long time
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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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