Got a head-on collision smashin in my guts, man
I'm caught in a crossfire that I dont 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 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 dont come
Well dont waste your time waiting
Badlands you gotta live it every day
Let the broken hearts stand
As the price you've gotta pay
Well, keep pushin' 'til it's understood
And these badlands start treating us good
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 men wanna be rich, rich men wanna be kings
And a king ain't satisfied till he rules everything
I wanna go out tonight, I wanna find out what I got
Now 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
will raise me above these
Badlands you gotta live it every day
Let the broken hearts stand
As the price you've gotta pay
Well, keep pushin' 'til it's understood
And these badlands start treating us good
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 lookin' through me
I wanna find one place, I wanna spit in the face of these badlands
