I was born on the wrong of the city

Desperation in my mother's eyes

Factory whistle would wake me in the morning

At night the sirens sang my lullaby



Fought my way out of the blue collar jungle

Heart of leather and hands of steel

Thought I was too much of a sole survivor

To ever feel the way I feel



CHORUS

But I don't want to live without your love

I don't want to live without your love

I can't take another night

And I've lost the will to fight

I don't want to live without your love



Dance with the Devil in a bottle of whiskey

I paid the fiddler for every song

You'd think with all the lessons learned the hard way

I'd know enough to be strong

(repeat chorus