Joan Jett & The Blackhearts

(Joan Jett/Thommy Price)

Things don't matter so much today
I really can't think too straight
Don't wanna make these tears go away
Cuz I believe that you could be my fate

Ya got me singin' a love song, I'm so consumed, so consumed
Thinking that you can do no wrong, I'm so consumed, so consumed

These tears are tears of happiness
I just need a little control
To hold it inside and hide my bliss
An' hope it will be enough to feed my hungry little soul, yeah

Ya got me singin' a love song, I'm so consumed, so consumed
Thinking that you can do no wrong, I'm so consumed, so consumed

Never off the phone, even when you're not home
I gotta hear your voice, I got no choice
I'm hooked in tight but I feel no fright
As we walk on slowly into the night, into the light, into ya

Ya got me singin' a love song, I'm so consumed, so consumed
Thinking that you can do no wrong, I'm so consumed, so consumed

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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