DESCRIPTION:
Wanted Dead or Alive is a song from
Bon Jovi's 1986 album Slippery When Wet
The song was written by Jon Bon Jovi and Richie Sambora
and was released in 1986 as the album's third single
The song's title pays homage to Jon's admiration for Old West heroes
and how he identifies with them as being hated
wanted dead or alive
During an interview on Inside the Actors Studio
Jon said he got the inspiration for the song early
one morning when he could not sleep while riding in a tour bus
The lifestyle of every rock band was similar to that of outlaws in that each was
a young band of thieves riding into town stealing the money
the girls and the booze before the sun came up

Jon Bon Jovi said during a concert in Detroit Michigan
on February 20 2008 that the song absolutely positively was influenced
by Bob Seger's Turn the Page
Bon Jovi performed Turn the Page during a concert in Toronto Ontario Canada
on July 21 2010 Afterward Jon told the audience
he remembered listening to this song in 1985
while traveling on a tour bus in the midwest and telling
Richie Sambora We got to write a song like this
The following year the duo composed Wanted Dead or Alive


Lyrics


It's all the same
Only the names will change
Everyday
It seems we're wastin' away

Another place
Where the faces are so cold
I drive all night
Just to get back home

I'm a cowboy
On a steel horse I ride
I'm wanted
Dead or alive
Wanted
Dead or alive

Sometimes I sleep
Sometimes it's not for days
The people I meet
Always go their separate ways

Sometimes you tell the day
By the bottle that you drink
And times when you're alone
All you do is think

I'm a cowboy
On a steel horse I ride
I'm wanted
Wanted
Dead or alive
Wanted
Wanted
Dead or alive

Ohh alright
Ohh

Oh I'm a cowboy
On a steel horse I ride
I'm wanted
Wanted
Dead or alive

When I walk these streets
A loaded six string on my back
I play for keeps
'Cause I might not make it back

I've been everywhere
Ohh, yea
Still I'm standin' tall
I've seen a million faces
And I've rocked them all

'Cause I'm a cowboy
On a steel horse I ride
I'm wanted
Wanted
Dead or alive

I'm a cowboy
I got the night on my side
And I'm wanted
Wanted
Dead or alive
And I'm right
And I'm right
Dead or alive
I still drive
I still drive
Dead or alive

Dead or alive
Dead or alive
Mm dead or alive
Dead or alive



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