| Lights out tonight |
| trouble in the heartland |
| Got a head-on collision |
| smashin' in my guts, man |
| I’m caught in a cross fire |
| that 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 |
| Baby I don’t give a damn |
| For just the in-betweens |
| Honey, I want the heart, I want the soul |
| I want control right now |
| you better listen to me baby |
| 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 |
| Well, don’t waste your time waiting |
| (Chorus) |
| Badlands, you gotta live it everyday |
| Let the broken hearts stand |
| As the price you’ve gotta pay |
| Keep pushin' till it’s understood |
| and these badlands start treating us good |
| Workin' in the fields |
| till you get your back burned |
| Workin' 'neath the wheels |
| till 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 |
| till he rules everything |
| I wanna go out tonight, |
| I wanna find out what I got |
| Well 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 some day |
| It may raise me above these |
| (Chorus) |
| mmmmmmmm, mmmmm, mmmmmm |
| 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 badlands |