Joan Jett & The Blackhearts

Released: June 14, 1994

Songwriter: Kathleen Hanna Joan Jett

Producer: Thom Panunzio Ed Stasium Kenny Laguna

[Intro]
One, two, three, four

[Verse 1]
Walkin' on the streets tonight-ight
I am so aware of you
Give me a reason to fi-i-ight
When there's nowhere to run to

[Chorus]
(Go home)
Oww
Watch out

[Verse 2]
Wake up, wake up, wake up right now-ow
There's no one to protect you
Hide myself behind a' my words
Hide myself inside a' my clothes
Hide myself inside my mind

[Chorus]
(Go home)
Look out
Whoa
(Go home)
Oww

[Verse 3]
Now take that voice outside a' my head
I hear that voice inside a' my head
Get that voice outta my head
I hear that (voice inside a' my head)
I will choke it (dead, dead)
I will stab it (dead, dead)
I will kill it (dead, dea-eaddddddd)

[Chorus]
(Go home)
Look out, oww
(Go home)

[Outro]
(No)
(No)
(No)
(No)
(No)
(No)
(No)
(No)

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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