Joan Jett & The Blackhearts

(Joan Jett/Kenny Laguna)

You call it charm but I'm not
What you're supposin' I am
I am all girl a lady I'm not
I like to fool around a lot

I never think a lot, when I drink a lot
Of sparkling wine
Hey, it's a ragged race can ya stand the pace
Of a love like mine

I'm warnin' you now so don't complain
About my constant insanity
An' for my tasteless profanity
I'm shunned by high society

I get talked about I been carried out
A thousand times
You made a big mistake there ain't no break
With a love like mine

There's a scene goin' down
When there's trouble who's always around
If you could see what your future would be
You go far out of town away from me

I never get dressed up when I'm all messed up
I'm feelin' fine
Think what life would be with a girl like me
And a love like mine

I'm not the girl next door oh no
I wake up mean an' ornery
Don't try to make me straight
You'll see what hell there's gonna be, oow

Won't you love a love like mine
Won't you love a love like mine
Won't you love a love like mine

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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