You probably didn't know my favorite band is Bon Jovi, but well...it is.
And they just announced the other day that their second Greatest Hits collection will be out in November (read: cause for Bon Jovi fans everywhere to dance and celebrate), along with FOUR new tracks written and produced exclusively for the compilation!
It's an exciting time for we Jovi nuts.
Well this morning, the first of those four new tracks was released online and on radio airwaves - called "What Do You Got?"
It premiered at 7am EST, so I was still zonked in my bed. But before 9am PST, I had devoured the song 5 times, downloaded it to my hard drive, added it to my iPod, and practically memorized the lyrics.
It's all the talk on Twitter, Facebook, Bon Jovi boards, blogs...you name it. But I thought I'd post it here for the sake of sharing the lyrics - because Jon Bon Jovi and Richie Sambora are renowned for their lyrical talent, and this song is no exception.
Critics call it vanilla, boring, uncreative -- I call it classic Bon Jovi, traditional and true to what their music ALWAYS been and ALWAYS will be: feel-good, adrenaline-rushing love-and-life anthems. They get it. The average Joe and Mary can smile and nod because the song speaks to real life and gives them a sense of belonging, comfort, joy. And isn't that what music is all about?
What Do You Got
Everybody wants something, just a little more
We're makin' a living and what we're living for
Rich man or a poor man, a pawn or a king
You can live on the street, you can rule the whole world
But it don't mean one damn thing
What do you got if you ain't got love?
Whatever you got, it just ain't enough
You're walkin' a road but you're goin' nowhere
Tryin' to find your way home but there's no one there
Who do you hold in the dark of night?
You wanna give up but it's worth the fight
You can have all the things that you've been dreaming of
If you ain't got someone you're afraid to lose
Everybody needs just one someone to tell them the truth
Maybe I'm a dreamer but I still believe
I believe in hope, I believe that change can get us up off our knees
What do you got if you ain't got love?
Whatever you got just ain't enough
You're walkin' a road but you're goin' nowhere
Tryin' to find your way home but there's no one there
Who do you hold in the dark of night?
You wanna give up but it's worth the fight
You can have all the things that you've been dreaming of
If you ain't got love, it's all just keepin' score
If you ain't got love, what the hell we doin' it for?
I don't wanna have to talk about it
How many songs I gotta sing about it?
How long you gonna live without it?
Why does someone somewhere have to doubt it?
Someday you'll figure it out
What do you got if you ain't got love?
Whatever you got, it just ain't enough
You walk on that road but you're goin' nowhere
Tryin' to find your way home but there's no one there
Who do you hold in the dark of night?
You wanna give up but it's worth the fight
You can have all the things that you've been dreaming of
If you ain't got love, it's all just keepin' score
If you ain't got love, what the hell we doin' it for?
(Whoa oh oh oh) Ohh, what do you got if you ain't got love?
(Whoa oh oh oh) Ohh, what do you got if you ain't got love?
(Whoa oh oh oh) Ohh, what do you got if you ain't got love?
(Whoa oh oh oh)
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