Lights out tonight, trouble in the heartland.

Got a head-on collision, smashin in my guts man.

Im caught in a crossfire that I don't 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 don't come.

Well don't waste your time waiting



Badlands you gotta live it every day

Let the broken hearts stand

As the price youve gotta pay

Well keep pushin till it's understood

And these badlands start treating us good



Workin in the field till you get your back burned

Workin `neath the wheels till 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 aint 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...



For the ones who had a notion, a notion deep inside

That it aint no sin to be glad you're alive.

I wanna find one face that aint looking through me

I wanna find one place, I wanna spit in the face of these



Badlands...



Songwriters: MCNEAL, LUTRICIA MICHELLE / BACKSTROM, DANIEL BENN / PAPALEXIS, DANIEL / SVEDLUND, JOSEF / YACOUB, RAMI / SILVA, RICHARD