[Intro]
Hey
New Jersey, can you believe it?
Let's go
Are you ready?
One, two

[Verse 1]
Lights out tonight, trouble in the heartland
Got a head-on collision smashin' in my guts, man
I'm caught in a crossfire I don't understand
But there's one thing I know for sure, girl
I don't give a damn for the same old played-out scenes
I don't give a damn for just the in-betweens
Honey, I want your heart, I want your soul, I want control right now

[Pre-Chorus]
You talk about a dream, try to make it real
You wake up in the night with a fear so real
You spend your life waiting for a moment that just don't come
Don't waste your time waiting

[Chorus]
Badlands, you gotta live it every day
Let the broken hearts stand as the price you've gotta pay
We'll keep pushin' 'til it's understood
And these badlands start treating us good
[Verse 2]
Workin' in the field 'til you get your back burned
Workin' 'neath the wheels 'til you get your facts learned
Baby, I got my facts learned real good right now
You better get it straight, darling
Poor man wanna be rich, rich man wanna be king
And a king ain't satisfied 'til he rules everything
I wanna go out tonight, I wanna find out what I got

[Pre-Chorus]
I believe in the love that you gave me
I believe in the faith that could save me
I believe in the hope and I pray that someday
It may raise me above these

[Chorus]
Badlands, you gotta live it every day
Let the broken hearts stand as the price you've gotta pay
Keep pushin' 'til it's understood
And these badlands start treating us good
Woah, woah, woah, woah

[Guitar Solo]

[Saxophone Solo]
[Bridge]
Mm, mm-mm-mm
Mm, mm-mm-mm-mm
Mm, mm-mm-mm
Mm, mm-mm-mm-mm

[Verse 3]
For the ones who had a notion, a notion deep inside
That it ain't no sin to be glad you're alive
I wanna find one face that ain't looking through me
I wanna find one place, I wanna spit in the face of these

[Chorus]
Badlands, you gotta live it every day
Let the broken hearts stand as the price you've gotta pay
Keep pushin' 'til it's understood
And these badlands start treating us good

[Post-Chorus]
Woah, woah, woah, woah
Badlands, woah, woah, woah, woah
Badlands, woah, woah, woah, woah
Badlands, woah, woah, woah, woah
Badlands, woah, woah, woah, woah

[Outro]
Badlands