Joan Jett & The Blackhearts

Released: May 23, 1988

Songwriter: Frank Castillo Ricky Byrd Joan Jett

Producer: Ric Browde Thom Panunzio Kenny Laguna Desmond Child

Twenty one and lost out on the street
You won't take nobody's sympathy
Back at home you reached for love
But you was turned away
Black and blue you cry most every night
You tell your friends that everything's all right
Hoping when you closed your eyes
It all will go away

(But with the music loud)
(Your life gets better somehow)
All right play that song again
All night and never let it end
You'll find something there for you
All right it can get you through

It's though there's someone trying to break you down
There's a million takers in this town
It's too hard when no one even wants to understand
Guitar coming from a radio
Always takes you where you wanna go
Somehow all your troubles always seem to fade away

(But with the music loud)
(Your life gets better somehow)
All right play that song again
All night and never let it end
You'll find something there for you
All right it can get you through

Guitar coming from a radio
Always takes you where you wanna go

(But with the music loud)
(Your life gets better somehow)
All right play that song again
All night and never let it end
You'll find something there for you
All right it can get you through

All right all night
All right all night

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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