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,

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

Talk about a dream,

try to make it real

You wake up in the night,

with a fear so real,

Spend your life waiting,

for a moment that just don't come,

Well, don't waste your time waiting,



Badlands, you gotta live it everyday,

Let the broken hearts stand

As the price you've gotta pay,

We'll 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 wheel

till you get your facts learned,

Baby, I got my facts

learned real good right now,

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



I believe in the love that you gave me,

I believe in the hope that can save me,

I believe in the faith

and I pray, that someday it may raise me,

Above these badlands



Badlands, you gotta live it everyday,

Let the broken hearts stand

As the price you've gotta pay,

We'll keep pushin' till 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 looking through me

I wanna find one place,

I wanna spit in the face of these badlands



Badlands, you gotta live it everyday,

Let the broken hearts stand

As the price you've gotta pay,

We'll keep pushin' till it's understood,

and these badlands start treating us good.