You want me to leave
You want me to stay
You ask me to come back
You turn and walk away
You wanna be lovers
And you wanna be friends
I'm losing my patience
You're nearing the end
One of these days
You're gonna reach out and find
The one that you count on
Has left you behind
Don't want to be no martyr
With no one, no say
Oh my, my baby
Before it's too late
Treat me right
Treat me right
Open your eyes
Maybe you'll see the light
Do you think I'm a fool
Well you better think twice
I've had enough, baby
It's time you realized
That you can't have it both ways
It's no way to live
You've done all the takin'
It's your turn to give
One of these days
You're gonna reach out and find
The one that you count on
Has left you behind
Don't want to be no martyr
With no one, no say
Oh my, my baby
Before it's too late
Treat me right
Treat me right
Open your eye's
Maybe you'll see the light
Ooh-ooh
Treat me right
[Instrumental Interlude]
You want me to leave
You want me to stay
You ask me to come back
You're turnin' love away
You wanna be lovers
And you wanna be friends
I'm losing my patience
You're nearing the end
Treat me right
Treat me right
Open your eyes
Maybe you'll see the light
Ooh-ooh
Treat me right
Treat me right, treat me right
Treat me right, treat me right
Treat me right, treat me right
Treat me right, treat me right
Treat me right
Pat Benatar - Crimes of Passion Album Lyrics
Pat Benatar - Crimes of Passion Lyrics
Writer: DOUGLAS HARDEN LUBAHN
Copyright: Lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
Copyright: Lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
You Better Run
Whatcha tryin' a do to my heart?
Whatcha tryin' a do to my heart?
You go around tellin' lies
And now you want to compromise
Whatcha tryin' a do to my heart?
And you better run, you better hide
You better leave from my sight, yeah
Whatcha tryin' a do to my soul?
Whatcha tryin' a do to my soul?
Well, everything I had was yours
And now I'm closin' all the doors
Whatcha tryin' a do to my soul?
And you better run, you better hide
You better leave from my sight, yeah
I love you oh, I love you so
Can't you see it? Don't you know?
I can't stand your alibis
Your tellin' lies, you drive me wild, yeah
I said, what are ya tryin' a do to my head?
Whatcha tryin' a do to my head?
Well, now I've gotta draw the line
'Cause you ain't gonna take my mind
What are ya tryin' a do to my head?
You better run, you better hide
You better leave from my sight
You better run, you better hide
You better leave from my sight
Let me go, yeah
I said go away, and leave me alone
I can't stand you no more
Whatcha tryin' a do to my heart?
You go around tellin' lies
And now you want to compromise
Whatcha tryin' a do to my heart?
And you better run, you better hide
You better leave from my sight, yeah
Whatcha tryin' a do to my soul?
Whatcha tryin' a do to my soul?
Well, everything I had was yours
And now I'm closin' all the doors
Whatcha tryin' a do to my soul?
And you better run, you better hide
You better leave from my sight, yeah
I love you oh, I love you so
Can't you see it? Don't you know?
I can't stand your alibis
Your tellin' lies, you drive me wild, yeah
I said, what are ya tryin' a do to my head?
Whatcha tryin' a do to my head?
Well, now I've gotta draw the line
'Cause you ain't gonna take my mind
What are ya tryin' a do to my head?
You better run, you better hide
You better leave from my sight
You better run, you better hide
You better leave from my sight
Let me go, yeah
I said go away, and leave me alone
I can't stand you no more
Writer: EDWARD BRIGATI, FELIX CAVALIERE
Copyright: Lyrics © EMI Music Publishing, Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
Copyright: Lyrics © EMI Music Publishing, Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
Never Wanna Leave You
Never could say what I wanna say
Never could do what I wanna do
Never could believe you, if it's true
Never could, never would, you make it so hard
I never wanna leave you
I'm always right, you're never wrong
We change the tune but not the song
Over and over
'Til it's done, it's never done, never done
You make it so hard
Never wanna leave you
I never wanna leave you
Movin' together, comin' apart
You're what I need, I'm what you want
Never could refuse you from the start
Never could, never would, never could
You make it so hard
Never could say what I wanna say
Never could do what I wanna do
Never could believe you, if it's true
Never could, never would, you make it so hard
I never wanna leave you
I never wanna leave you
I never wanna leave you
Never wanna leave you
I never wanna leave you
I never wanna leave you
I never wanna leave you
I never wanna leave you
I never wanna leave you
I never wanna leave you
I never wanna leave you
I never wanna leave you
I never wanna
Never could do what I wanna do
Never could believe you, if it's true
Never could, never would, you make it so hard
I never wanna leave you
I'm always right, you're never wrong
We change the tune but not the song
Over and over
'Til it's done, it's never done, never done
You make it so hard
Never wanna leave you
I never wanna leave you
Movin' together, comin' apart
You're what I need, I'm what you want
Never could refuse you from the start
Never could, never would, never could
You make it so hard
Never could say what I wanna say
Never could do what I wanna do
Never could believe you, if it's true
Never could, never would, you make it so hard
I never wanna leave you
I never wanna leave you
I never wanna leave you
Never wanna leave you
I never wanna leave you
I never wanna leave you
I never wanna leave you
I never wanna leave you
I never wanna leave you
I never wanna leave you
I never wanna leave you
I never wanna leave you
I never wanna
Writer: NEIL GERALDO, PAT BENATAR
Copyright: Lyrics © BMG RIGHTS MANAGEMENT US, LLC
Copyright: Lyrics © BMG RIGHTS MANAGEMENT US, LLC
Hit Me With Your Best Shot
Well you're the real tough cookie with a long history
Of breaking little hearts like the one in me
That's okay, let's see how you do it
Put up you dukes, let's get down to it
Hit me with your best shot
Why don't you hit me with your best shot
Hit me with your best shot
Fire away
You come on with it, come on
You don't fight fair
But that's okay, see if I care
Knock me down, it's all in vain
I get right back on my feet again
Hit me with your best shot
Why don't you hit me with your best shot
Hit me with your best shot
Fire away
Well you're the real tough cookie with a long history
Of breaking little hearts like the one in me
Before I put another notch in my lipstick case
You better make sure you put me in my place
Hit me with your best shot
C'mon, hit me with your best shot
Hit me with your best shot
Fire away
Hit me with your best shot
Why don't you hit me with your best shot
Hit me with your best shot
Fire away
Of breaking little hearts like the one in me
That's okay, let's see how you do it
Put up you dukes, let's get down to it
Hit me with your best shot
Why don't you hit me with your best shot
Hit me with your best shot
Fire away
You come on with it, come on
You don't fight fair
But that's okay, see if I care
Knock me down, it's all in vain
I get right back on my feet again
Hit me with your best shot
Why don't you hit me with your best shot
Hit me with your best shot
Fire away
Well you're the real tough cookie with a long history
Of breaking little hearts like the one in me
Before I put another notch in my lipstick case
You better make sure you put me in my place
Hit me with your best shot
C'mon, hit me with your best shot
Hit me with your best shot
Fire away
Hit me with your best shot
Why don't you hit me with your best shot
Hit me with your best shot
Fire away
Writer: Edward Schwartz
Copyright: Lyrics © Round Hill Music Big Loud Songs
Copyright: Lyrics © Round Hill Music Big Loud Songs
Hell Is For Children
They cry in the dark, so you can't see their tears
They hide in the light, so you can't see their fears
Forgive and forget, all the while
Love and pain become one and the same
In the eyes of a wounded child
Because Hell, Hell is for children
And you know that their little lives can become such a mess
Hell, hell is for children
And you shouldn't have to pay for your love
With your bones and your flesh
It's all so confusing, this brutal abusing
They blacken your eyes, and then apologize
Be daddy's good girl, and don't tell mommy a thing
Be a good little boy, and you'll get a new toy
Tell grandma you fell off the swing
Because Hell, Hell is for children
And you know that their little lives can become such a mess
Hell, hell is for children
And you shouldn't have to pay for your love
With your bones and your flesh
No, Hell is for children
Hell, Hell is for Hell
Hell is for Hell, Hell is for children
Hell, Hell is for Hell
Hell is for Hell, Hell is for children
Hell, Hell is for Hell
Hell is for Hell, Hell is for children
Hell is for children
Hell is for children
They hide in the light, so you can't see their fears
Forgive and forget, all the while
Love and pain become one and the same
In the eyes of a wounded child
Because Hell, Hell is for children
And you know that their little lives can become such a mess
Hell, hell is for children
And you shouldn't have to pay for your love
With your bones and your flesh
It's all so confusing, this brutal abusing
They blacken your eyes, and then apologize
Be daddy's good girl, and don't tell mommy a thing
Be a good little boy, and you'll get a new toy
Tell grandma you fell off the swing
Because Hell, Hell is for children
And you know that their little lives can become such a mess
Hell, hell is for children
And you shouldn't have to pay for your love
With your bones and your flesh
No, Hell is for children
Hell, Hell is for Hell
Hell is for Hell, Hell is for children
Hell, Hell is for Hell
Hell is for Hell, Hell is for children
Hell, Hell is for Hell
Hell is for Hell, Hell is for children
Hell is for children
Hell is for children
Writer: NEIL GIRALDO, PATRICIA BENATAR, ROGER CAPPS
Copyright: Lyrics © BMG Rights Management
Copyright: Lyrics © BMG Rights Management
Little Paradise
Can you see the view? Can you feel the heat?
I'm savin' no time for you, no time for me
You're up on the news, I'm wild in the streets
I'm under the lights, tonight I won't have to hide the need
But you got love in its place
In its own time and space
You got love in its place in your
Little Paradise
You got fashion secure in your own little world
Diamonds are forever for Hollywood girls
No need to cover, no reason to lie
Life without your Maserati is grounds for suicide
But you got love in its place
In its own time and space
You got love in its place in your
Little Paradise
Little Paradise
You got love in its place
In its own time and space
You got love in its place in your
You got love in its place
In its own time and space
You got love in its place in your
Little Paradise
Little Paradise
Little Paradise
Little Paradise
Little Paradise
Little Paradise
Little Paradise
Little Paradise [Fading Out]
I'm savin' no time for you, no time for me
You're up on the news, I'm wild in the streets
I'm under the lights, tonight I won't have to hide the need
But you got love in its place
In its own time and space
You got love in its place in your
Little Paradise
You got fashion secure in your own little world
Diamonds are forever for Hollywood girls
No need to cover, no reason to lie
Life without your Maserati is grounds for suicide
But you got love in its place
In its own time and space
You got love in its place in your
Little Paradise
Little Paradise
You got love in its place
In its own time and space
You got love in its place in your
You got love in its place
In its own time and space
You got love in its place in your
Little Paradise
Little Paradise
Little Paradise
Little Paradise
Little Paradise
Little Paradise
Little Paradise
Little Paradise [Fading Out]
Writer: NEIL GERALDO
Copyright: Lyrics © BMG RIGHTS MANAGEMENT US, LLC
Copyright: Lyrics © BMG RIGHTS MANAGEMENT US, LLC
Im Gonna Follow You
I'm gonna follow you, 'til I wear you down
I'm gonna follow you, 'cause this here's my town
You don't know these streets the way that I do (I do, I do)
You can't turn it on and off the way that I do (I do, I do)
Ooo, ooo...
I'm gonna follow you, 'til I know your timing
You'll turn some corner soon, and find you can't get by me
You don't know these streets the way that I do (I do, I do)
You can't turn it on and off the way that I do (I do, I do)
You see yourself as some kind of lily of the valley
You come around here in your ballet slippers padding on my alley
And you know that you can't dance
'Cause you know you never had the chance
I'm gonna dance for you!
Ooo, ooo...
I'm gonna follow you, 'til I wear you down
I'm gonna follow you, 'cause this here's my town
You don't know these streets the way that I do (I do, I do)
You can't turn it on and off the way that I do (I do, I do)
You see yourself as some kind of lily of the valley
You come around here in your ballet slippers padding on my alley
And you know that you can't dance
'Cause you know you never had the chance
I'm gonna dance for you!
Ooo, ooo...
I'm gonna follow you, 'cause this here's my town
You don't know these streets the way that I do (I do, I do)
You can't turn it on and off the way that I do (I do, I do)
Ooo, ooo...
I'm gonna follow you, 'til I know your timing
You'll turn some corner soon, and find you can't get by me
You don't know these streets the way that I do (I do, I do)
You can't turn it on and off the way that I do (I do, I do)
You see yourself as some kind of lily of the valley
You come around here in your ballet slippers padding on my alley
And you know that you can't dance
'Cause you know you never had the chance
I'm gonna dance for you!
Ooo, ooo...
I'm gonna follow you, 'til I wear you down
I'm gonna follow you, 'cause this here's my town
You don't know these streets the way that I do (I do, I do)
You can't turn it on and off the way that I do (I do, I do)
You see yourself as some kind of lily of the valley
You come around here in your ballet slippers padding on my alley
And you know that you can't dance
'Cause you know you never had the chance
I'm gonna dance for you!
Ooo, ooo...
Writer: MCCARTHY, STEINBERG
Copyright: Lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
Copyright: Lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
Wuthering Heights
[ Originally by Kate Bush ]
Out on the wiley, windy moors
We'd roll and fall in green.
You had a temper like my jealousy:
Too hot, too greedy.
How could you leave me,
When I needed to possess you?
I hated you. I loved you, too.
Bad dreams in the night.
They told me I was going to lose the fight,
Leave behind my wuthering, wuthering
Wuthering Heights.
Heathcliff, it's me--Cathy.
Come home. I'm so cold!
Let me in-a-your window.
Heathcliff, it's me--Cathy.
Come home. I'm so cold!
Let me in-a-your window.
Ooh, it gets dark! It gets lonely,
On the other side from you.
I pine a lot. I find the lot
Falls through without you.
I'm coming back, love.
Cruel Heathcliff, my one dream,
My only master.
Too long I roam in the night.
I'm coming back to his side, to put it right.
I'm coming home to wuthering, wuthering,
Wuthering Heights,
Heathcliff, it's me--Cathy.
Come home. I'm so cold!
Let me in-a-your window.
Heathcliff, it's me--Cathy.
Come home. I'm so cold!
Let me in-a-your window.
Ooh! Let me have it.
Let me grab your soul away.
Ooh! Let me have it.
Let me grab your soul away.
You know it's me--Cathy!
Heathcliff, it's me--Cathy.
Come home. I'm so cold!
Let me in-a-your window.
Heathcliff, it's me--Cathy.
Come home. I'm so cold!
Let me in-a-your window.
Heathcliff, it's me--Cathy.
Come home. I'm so cold!
Writer: Kate Bush
Copyright: Lyrics © EMI Music Publishing, Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
Copyright: Lyrics © EMI Music Publishing, Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
Prisoner Of Love
Cold hard labor, it's a labor of love
Convicted of crimes, the crimes of passion
Caught in a chain gang, the chain of fools
Solitary confinement, confined by the rules
I'm just a prisioner
An inmate of love
Oh I'm a prisioner
Captured by love
With no escape
No where to go
No place to hide
Hey, I'm a prisioner!
I'm just a prisioner
Mending the wounds, the wounds of lament
The knife cut deep, deep into my heart
The romance is over, my passions remain
Still bound to love by this ball and chain
I'm just a prisioner
An inmate of love
Oh I'm a prisioner
Captured by love
With no escape
No where to go
No place to hide
Hey, I'm a prisioner!
I'm just a prisioner
Oh I'm a prisioner
Hey, I'm a prisioner!
Find an escape, a key to the door
I gotta get out, can't take anymore
Make a clean break, to bury the past
I'll shed these chains and be free at last
I'm just a prisioner
A Prisioner Of Love
I'm just a prisioner
A Prisioner Of Love
Hey, I'm a prisioner
I'm just a prisioner
Convicted of crimes, the crimes of passion
Caught in a chain gang, the chain of fools
Solitary confinement, confined by the rules
I'm just a prisioner
An inmate of love
Oh I'm a prisioner
Captured by love
With no escape
No where to go
No place to hide
Hey, I'm a prisioner!
I'm just a prisioner
Mending the wounds, the wounds of lament
The knife cut deep, deep into my heart
The romance is over, my passions remain
Still bound to love by this ball and chain
I'm just a prisioner
An inmate of love
Oh I'm a prisioner
Captured by love
With no escape
No where to go
No place to hide
Hey, I'm a prisioner!
I'm just a prisioner
Oh I'm a prisioner
Hey, I'm a prisioner!
Find an escape, a key to the door
I gotta get out, can't take anymore
Make a clean break, to bury the past
I'll shed these chains and be free at last
I'm just a prisioner
A Prisioner Of Love
I'm just a prisioner
A Prisioner Of Love
Hey, I'm a prisioner
I'm just a prisioner
Copyright: Lyrics © Original Writer and Publisher
Out-A-Touch
I've seen your picture in the paper
On the front page of magazines
I've pulled the trigger right at you
On billboards and movie screens
When I talk, it's to myself
Cause I know your kind, you're like everyone else
Maybe it'll work itself out in time, before I lose my mind
You, you're out-a-touch
All alone in a danger zone, and I think too much
Your out-a-touch
I keep your letters by the mirror
You're the subject of every dream
You're not so invincible, and I'm not what I might seem
When I look, it's in your eyes
And I know your look, you can hypnotize
How long does it have to last like this, a kodachrome kiss
You, you're out-a-touch
All alone in a danger zone, and I think too much
You, you're out-a-touch
You're in my sight all through the night
And I see too much
Your out-a-touch
Can't you see I'm obsessed
I'd do anything, I'm possessed
I'm in a constant rage with your luminary stage
I need you, I need you
I've seen your picture in the paper
On the front page of magazines
I've pulled the trigger right at you
On billboards and movie screens
When I look, it's in your eyes
And I know your look, you can hypnotize
How long does it have to last like this, a kodachrome kiss
You, you're out-a-touch
All alone in a danger zone, and I think too much
Your out-a-touch
I need you [x7]
On the front page of magazines
I've pulled the trigger right at you
On billboards and movie screens
When I talk, it's to myself
Cause I know your kind, you're like everyone else
Maybe it'll work itself out in time, before I lose my mind
You, you're out-a-touch
All alone in a danger zone, and I think too much
Your out-a-touch
I keep your letters by the mirror
You're the subject of every dream
You're not so invincible, and I'm not what I might seem
When I look, it's in your eyes
And I know your look, you can hypnotize
How long does it have to last like this, a kodachrome kiss
You, you're out-a-touch
All alone in a danger zone, and I think too much
You, you're out-a-touch
You're in my sight all through the night
And I see too much
Your out-a-touch
Can't you see I'm obsessed
I'd do anything, I'm possessed
I'm in a constant rage with your luminary stage
I need you, I need you
I've seen your picture in the paper
On the front page of magazines
I've pulled the trigger right at you
On billboards and movie screens
When I look, it's in your eyes
And I know your look, you can hypnotize
How long does it have to last like this, a kodachrome kiss
You, you're out-a-touch
All alone in a danger zone, and I think too much
Your out-a-touch
I need you [x7]
Writer: PAT BENATAR
Copyright: Lyrics © BMG Rights Management
Copyright: Lyrics © BMG Rights Management
Crimes of Passion is the second studio album by American singer Pat Benatar, released on August 5, 1980, by Chrysalis Records. It is Benatar's first album to feature Myron Grombacher on drums, beginning a long tenure in her band that would last into the late 1990s.
The album debuted on the US Billboard 200 for the week ending August 23, 1980, and held at number two for five weeks in January 1981, behind John Lennon and Yoko Ono's Double Fantasy.
Crimes of Passion contains the singles "Hit Me with Your Best Shot", which became Benatar's first top-10 entry in the US, and is considered to be her best-known song, and "Treat Me Right", a top-20 entry in the US. Neither song was very successful in other countries, aside from "Hit Me with Your Best Shot" reaching the top 40 in Australia.
"You Better Run," the first single, was the second music video ever aired on MTV in 1981. It peaked at number 42 in the US, and New Zealand, and did not chart in Canada, although it rose to number 33 in Australia. Crimes of Passion also contains a cover of Kate Bush's "Wuthering Heights".
Crimes of Passion is Benatar's best-selling album, having been certified four-times Platinum (for shipments in excess of over four million copies) in the United States and five-times Platinum (for shipments of 500,000 copies) in Canada. It placed at number five on Billboard magazine's 1981 year-end album chart.
It peaked at number two in Canada and number six in New Zealand. It was also Benatar's highest-peaking album to that point in Australia (number 16) and her first album to chart in Sweden (number 27).
In 1981, Crimes of Passion earned Benatar her first Grammy Award for Best Female Rock Vocal Performance. The album was reissued and remastered on Capitol Records in 2006.
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Pat BenatarThe album debuted on the US Billboard 200 for the week ending August 23, 1980, and held at number two for five weeks in January 1981, behind John Lennon and Yoko Ono's Double Fantasy.
Crimes of Passion contains the singles "Hit Me with Your Best Shot", which became Benatar's first top-10 entry in the US, and is considered to be her best-known song, and "Treat Me Right", a top-20 entry in the US. Neither song was very successful in other countries, aside from "Hit Me with Your Best Shot" reaching the top 40 in Australia.
"You Better Run," the first single, was the second music video ever aired on MTV in 1981. It peaked at number 42 in the US, and New Zealand, and did not chart in Canada, although it rose to number 33 in Australia. Crimes of Passion also contains a cover of Kate Bush's "Wuthering Heights".
Crimes of Passion is Benatar's best-selling album, having been certified four-times Platinum (for shipments in excess of over four million copies) in the United States and five-times Platinum (for shipments of 500,000 copies) in Canada. It placed at number five on Billboard magazine's 1981 year-end album chart.
It peaked at number two in Canada and number six in New Zealand. It was also Benatar's highest-peaking album to that point in Australia (number 16) and her first album to chart in Sweden (number 27).
In 1981, Crimes of Passion earned Benatar her first Grammy Award for Best Female Rock Vocal Performance. The album was reissued and remastered on Capitol Records in 2006.
Genre(s): Hard rock, pop rock
Producer(s): Keith Olsen
Length: 37:35
Released: August 5th, 1980
Year: 1980