The Best Of Me

Bryan Adams The Best Of Me Lyrics
1.The Best Of Me

Lyrics:Bryan Adams/R.J.Lange
Music:Bryan Adams/R.J.Lange

Sometimes words are hard to find
I'm looking for that perfect line
To let you know you're always on my mind
Yeah this is love
And I've learned enough to know
I'm never lettin' go
No no no - won't let go

When you want it
When you need it
You'll always have the best of me
I can't help it
Believe it
You'll always get the best of me

I may not always know what's right
But I know I want you here tonight
Gonna make this moment last for all your life
Oh this is love
And it really means so much
I can tel from every touch
No no no - can't get enough

When you want it
When you need it
You'll always have the best of me
I can't help it
Believe it
You'll always have the best of me


2.Can't Stop This Thing We Started

Lyrics:Bryan Adams/R.J.Lange
Music:Bryan Adams/R.J.Lange

You might stop a hurricane
Might even stop the drivin' rain
You might have a dozen other guys
But if you wanna stop me baby - don't even try
I'm goin' one way - your way
It's such a strong way - let's make it our way

Chorus

Can't stop this thing we started
You gotta know it's right
Can't stop this course we've plotted
This thing called love we got it
No place for the brokenhearted
Can't stop this thing we started - no way
I'm goin' your way!

You might stop the world spinnin' round
Might even walk on holy ground
I ain't Superman and I can't fly
But if you wanna stop me baby - don't even try
I'm goin' one way - your way
It's such a strong way - let's make it our way

Chorus

Oh - why take it slow
I gotta know
Nothing can stop this thing that we got


3.I'm Ready

Lyrics:Bryan Adams/Jim Vallance
Music:Bryan Adams/Jim Vallance

I'd like to see you,
Thought I'd let you know.
I wanna be with you every day
'Cause I've got a feelin'
That's beginnin' to grow
And there's only one thing I can say.
I'm ready - to love you.
I'm ready - to hold you
I'm ready - to love you
I'm ready - to hold you
As ready as I'm gonna be.
You left me a long note
When you left me here.
Told me that love was hard to find.
But baby, it's easy and I'll make it clear
That there's only one thing on my mind.


4.Summer Of '69

Lyrics:Bryan Adams/Jim Vallance
Music:Bryan Adams/Jim Vallance

I got my first real six-string,
Bought it at the five-and-dime,
Played it till my fingers bled,
It was the summer of '69.
Me and some guys from school
Had a band and we tried real hard.
Jimmy quit and Jodie got married,
I shoulda known we'd never get far.

Oh, when I look back now, And if I had the choice,
Yeah, I'd always wanna be there,
Those were the best days of my life.

Ain't no use in complainin'
When you've got a job to do,
Spent my evening's down at the drive-in,
And that's where I met you.

Standin' at your mama's porch,
You told me that you'd wait forever,
And when you held my hand
I knew that it was now or never,
Those were the best days of my life.
Back in the summer of '69.
Man, we were killin' time,
We were young and restless,
We needed to unwind.
I guess nothin' can last forever,
Forever, no.

And now the times are a-chanign',
Look at everything that's come and gone.
Every time I play that old six-string,
Think about you, wonder what went wrong.

Standin' by your mama's porch,
You told me it would last forever.
Oh, the way you held my hand,
I knew that it was now or never.
Those were the best days of my life.

Back in the summer of '69.


5.Let's Make A Night To Remember

Lyrics:Bryan Adams/R.J.Lange
Music:Bryan Adams/R.J.Lange

I love the way you look tonight
With your hair hangin' down on your shoulders,
'N'I love the way you dance your slow sweet tango,
The way you wanna do everything but talk
And how you stare at me with those undress me eyes,
Your breath on my body makes me warm inside.
Let's make out, let's do something amazing,
Let's do something that's all the way
'Cause I never touched somebody like the way I touch your body,
Now I never want to let your body go ...

Let's make a night to remember
From January to December,
Let's make love to excite us,
A memory to ignite us,
Let's make honey, baby, soft and tender,
Let's make sugar, darlin', sweet surrender.
Let's make a night ro remember
All life long.

I love the way you move tonight,
Beads of sweat drippin' down your skin,
Me lying here'n'you lyin' there,
Our shadows on the wall and our hands everywhere.

Let's make out, let's do something amazing,
Let's do something that's all the way
'Cause I never touched somebody like the way I touch your body,
Now I never want to let your body go ...
Let's make a night to remember
From January to December,
Let's make love to excite us,
A memory to ignite us,
Let's make honey, baby, soft and tender,
Let's make sugar, darlin', sweet surrender.
Let's make a night ro remember
All life long.
Oh, I think about you all the time,
Can't you see you drive me outta my mind,
Well, I'm never hodin' back again.
Ya, I never want this night to end.

'Cause I never touched somebody like the way I touch your body,
Now I never want to let your body go ...

Let's make a night to remember
From January to December,
Let's make love to excite us,
A memory to ignite us,
And let's make honey, baby, soft and tender,
Let's make sugar, darlin', sweet surrender.
Let's make a night ro remember
All, all life long.

Yeah,
Oh, Let's make out, let's do something amazing,
Let's do something that's all the way
Let's make honey.
Let's make sugar.
Let's make a night to remember.
Let's make love soft and tender.
Let's make a night to remember.


6.All For Love

Written:Bryan Adams/R.J.Lange/Michael Kamen

When it's love you give
I'll be your man of good faith
In love you'll live
I'll make a stand I won't break
I'll be the rock you can build on - yeah
Be there when you're old
To have and to hold
When there's love inside
I swear I'll always be strong
Then there's a reason why
I'll prove to you we belong
I'll be the wall that protects you - yeah
From the wind and the rain
From the hurt and the pain
Yeah!

Let's make it

CHORUS:
All for one and all for love
Let the one you hold be the one you want
The one you need
Cause when it's all for one
There's one for all
When there's someone that should know
Then just let your feelin's show
Make it all for one
And all for love
When it's love you make
I'll be the fire in your night
Then it's love you take
I will defend I will fight
I'll be there when you need me - yeah
When honour's at stake
This vow I will make
Yeah!
That is

CHORUS

Don't lay our love to rest
Cause we could stand up to the test
We got everything - and more
Than we had planned
More than the rivers that run the land
We got it all - in our hands

Now it's
All for one and all for love
Let the one you hold be the one you want
The one you need
Cause when it's all for one
There's one for all
When there's someone that should know
Then just let your feelin's show
When there's someone that you want
When there's someone that you need
Let's Make it all

All for one - and all for love


7.Have You Ever Really Loved A Woman?

Written:Bryan Adams/R.J.Lange/Michael Kamen

To really love a woman,
To understand her, you gotta know her deep inside,
Hear every thought, see every dream
'N'give her wings when she wants to fly.
Then when you find yourself lyin' helpless in her arms,
You know you really love a woman.
When you love a woman you tell her that she's really wanted,
When you love a woman you tell her that she's the one
'Cause she needs somebody to tell her it's gonna last forever,
So tell me have you ever really, really, really ever loved a
woman?

To really love a woman,
Let her hold you til you know how she needs to be touched,
You've got to breathe her, really taste her
Til you can feel her in your blood,
'n'when you see your unborn children in her eyes,
You know you really love a woman.

When you love a woman you tell her that she's really wanted,
When you love a woman you tell her that she's the one
She needs somebody to tell her that you'll always be together,
So tell me have you ever really, really, really ever loved a
woman?
Oh, you got to give her some faith, hold her tight,
A little tenderness, gotta treat her right,
She will be there for you, takin' good care of you.
You really gotta love your woman, yeah.
Then when you find yourself lyin' helpless in her arms,
You know you really love a woman.

When you love a woman you tell her that she's really wanted,
When you love a woman you tell her that she's the one
She needs somebody to tell her it's gonna last forever,
So tell me have you ever really, really, really ever loved a
woman?
Just tell me have you ever really, really, really ever loved a
woman?
Oh, just tell me have you ever really, really, really ever loved
a woman?


8.Run To You

Lyrics:Bryan Adams/Jim Vallance
Music:Bryan Adams/Jim Vallance

She says her love for me
Could never die,
But that'd change
If she ever found out about you and I.
Oh, but her love is cold,
It wouldn't hurt her if she didn't know
'Cause when it gets too much
I need to feel your touch.
I'm gonna run to you.
I'm gonna run to you.
'Cause when the feeling's right
I'm gonna run all night,
I'm gonna run to you.

She's got a heart of gold,
She'd let me down,
But you're the one that always turns me on,
You keep me comin' round.
I know her love is true,
But it's so damn easy makin' love to you
And I got my mind made up,
I need to feel your touch.
I'm gonna run to you.
I'm gonna run to you.
'Cause when the feeling's right
I'm gonna stay all night,
I'm gonna run to you.
I'm gonna run to you.
Yeah, I'm gonna run to you.
'Cause when the feeling's right
I'm gonna run all night,
I'm gonna run to you.


9.Cloud Number Nine

Lyrics:Adams/Martin/Peters
Music:Adams/Martin/Peters

Clue number one was when you knocked on my door
Clue number two was the look that you wore
N' that's when I knw, it was a pretty good sign
That something was wrong up on cloud number nine
Well it's a long way up and we won't come down tonight
Well it may be wrong but baby it sure feels right

CHORUS:
And the moon is out and the stars are bright
And whatever comes 's gonna be alright
Cause tonight you will be mine
Up on cloud number nine
And there ain't no place that I'd rather be
And we can't go back but you're here with me
Ya the weather is really fine
Up on cloud number nine

Now he hurt you and you hurt me
And that wasn't the way it was supposed to be
So baby tonight let's leave the world behind
And spend some time up on cloud number nine
Well it's a long way up and we won't come down tonight
Well it may be wrong but baby it sure feels right

CHORUS

Well we won't come down tonight
Ya we won't come down tonight
No we won't come down tonight

CHORUS

We can watch the world go by
Up on cloud number nine


10.I Do It For You

Written:Bryan Adams/R.J.Lange/Michael Kamen

Look into my eyes, you will see
What you mean to me.
Search your heart, search your soul
And when you find me there, you'll search no more.
Don't tell me it's not worth tryin' for.
You can't tell me it's not worth dyin' for.
You know it's true
Everything I do I do it for you.

Look into your heart, you will find
There's nothin' there to hide.
So take me as I am, take my life.
I would give it all, I would sacrifice.

Don't tell me it's not worth fightin' for.
I can't help it, there's nothin' I want more.
You know it's true
Everything I do I do it for you.
There's no love like your love
And no other could give more love.
There's nowhere unless you're there
All the time, all the way.
Don't tell me it's not worth tryin' for.
I can't help it, there's nothin' I want more.
I would fight for you, I'd lie for you,
Walk the wire for you, yeah, I'd die for you.

You know it's true
Everything I do I do it for you.


11.Back To You

Written:Bryan Adams/Elliot Kennedy

I've been down - I've been beat
I've been so tired that I could not speak
I've been so lost that I could not see
I wanted things that were out of reach
Then I found you and you helped me through
And you showed me what to do
That's why I'm coming back to you...
CHORUS:
Like a star that guides a ship across the ocean
That's how your love can take me home back to you
And if I wish upon that star
Someday I'll be where you are
And I know that day is coming soon
Yeah I'm coming back to you
You've been alone but ya did not show it
You've been in pain when I did not know it
You let me do what I needed to - you were ther when I needed you
Mighta let you down - mighta messed you round
But you never changed your point of view
That's why I'm coming back to you...
CHORUS

...


12.When You're Gone

Written:Bryan Adams/Elliot Kennedy
Vocal:Bryan Adams/Melanie C.

I've been wandering around the house all night
Wondering what the hell to do
Ya I'm trying to concentrate but all I can think of is you
Well the phone don't ring cause my friends ain't home
I'm tired of being all alone
Got the TV on cause the radio's playing
Songs that remind me of you
Baby when you're gone I realize I'm in love
The days go on and on
And the nights just seem so long
Even food don't taste that good
Drink ain't doing what it should
Things just seem so wrong
Baby when you're gone

I've been driving up and down these streets
Trying to find somewhere to go
Ya I'm lookin' for a familiar face but there's no one I know
Ah this is torture - this is pain
It feels I'm gonna go insane
I hope you're coming back real soon
Cause I don't know what to do

Baby when you're gone I realize I'm in love
The days go on and on
And the nights just seem so long
Even food don't taste that good
Drink ain't doing what it should
Things just seem so wrong
Baby when you're gone
Baby when you're gone I realize I'm in love
The days go on and on
And the nights just seem so long
Even food don't taste that good
Drink ain't doing what it should
Things just seem so wrong
Baby when you're gone

Baby when you're gone
Ya baby when you're gone


13.Please Forgive Me

Lyrics:Bryan Adams/R.J.Lange
Music:Bryan Adams/R.J.Lange

It still feels like our first night together
Feels like the first kiss and it's gettin' better baby
No one can better this
I'm still holdin' on and you're still the one
The first time our eyes met - it's the same feelin' I get
Only feels much stronger - I wanna love ya longer
You still turn the fire on...

So if you're feelin' lonely ... don't
You're the only one I'd ever want
I only wanna make it good
So if I love ya a little more than I should...

Please forgive me - I know not what I do
Please forgive me - I can't stop lovin' you
don't deny me - this pain I'm going through
Please forgive me - if I need ya like I do
Please believe me - every word I say is true
Please forgive me - I can't stop lovin' you

Still feels like our best times are together
Feels like the first touch
We're still gettin' closer baby
Can't get close enough
I'm still holdin' on - you're still number one
I remember the smell of your skin
I remember everything
I remember all your moves - I remember you
I remember the nights - ya know I still do

So if you're feeling lonely... don't
You're the only one I'd ever want
I only wanna make it good
So if I love ya a little more than I should

Please forgive me - I know not what I do
Please forgive me - I can't stop lovin' you
Don't deny me - this pain I'm going through
Please forgive me - if I need ya like I do
Please believe me - every word I say is true
Please forgive me - I can't stop lovin' you

One thing I'm sure of - is the way we make love
And the one thing I depend on
Is for us to stay strong
With every word and every breath I'm prayin'
That's why I'm sayin'...

Please forgive me - I know not what I do
Please forgive me - I can't stop lovin' you
Don't deny me - this pain I'm going through
Please forgive me - if I need ya like I do
Please believe me - every word I say is true
Please forgive me - I can't stop lovin' you
Never leave me - I don't know what I'd do
Please forgive me - I can't stop lovin' you


14.The Only Thing That Looks Good On Me Is You

Lyrics:Bryan Adams/R.J.Lange
Music:Bryan Adams/R.J.Lange

Try it on, baby.
Well, I don't look good in no Armani suits,
No Gucci shoes or designer boots.
I've tried the latest lines from a to z,
But there's just one thing that looks good on me.

The only thing I want,
The only thing I need,
The only thing I choose, yeah,
The only thing that looks good on me ... is you.

I'm not satisfied with versace style,
Put those patent leather pants in the circular file.
Sometimes I think I might be lookin' good,
But there's only one thing that fits like it should.

The only thing I want, yeah,
The only thing I need,
The only thing I choose, yeah,
The only thing that looks good on me ... is you.
Ya, it's you, it could only be you,
Nobody else will ever do.
Ya, baby, it's you that I stick to,
Ya, we stick like glue.
The only thing I want,
The only thing I need,
The only thing I choose, yeah,
The only thing that looks good on me ... is you.

Only thing I want, yeah,
The only thing I need,
The only thing I choose, yeah,
The only thing that looks good on me ... is you.

The only thing I want,
The only thing I need,
The only thing I choose,
The only thing that looks good on me ... is you.

Oh, you, yeah.
Yeah, yeah, you.
Only thing that looks good on me is you.
The only thing I want, the only thing I need.


15.Inside Out

Written:Bryan Adams/Gretchen Peters

The biggest lie you ever told
Your deepest fear 'bout growin' old
The longest night you ever spend
The angriest letter you never sent
The boy you swore you'd never leave
The one you kissed on new year's eve
The sweetest dream you had last night
Your darkest hour, your hardest fight
CHORUS:
I wanna know you like I know myself
I'm waitin' for you
There ain't no one else
Talk to me baby
Scream and shout
I want to know you inside out
I wanna dig down deep
I wanna lose some sleep
I wanna scream and shout
I wanna know you inside out
I wanna take my time
I wanna know your mind
Ya know there ain't no doubt
I wanna know you inside out

The saddest song you ever heard
The most you said with just one word
The loneliest prayer you ever prayed
The truest vow you ever made
What makes you laugh, what makes you cry
What makes you mad, what gets you by
Your highest high, your lowest low
These are the things I wanna know
CHORUS

I wanna know your soul
I wanna lose control
C'mon 'n' let it out
I wanna know you inside out
Ya gotta dig down deep
I wanna lose some sleep
I wanna scream and shout
I wanna know you inside out

Ya - I wanna know you inside out
I wanna know you inside out
Tell me everything baby...
I wanna know you inside out...


16.Summer Of '69(Live)

Lyrics:Bryan Adams/Jim Vallance
Music:Bryan Adams/Jim Vallance

I got my first real six-string,
Bought it at the five-and-dime,
Played it till my fingers bled,
It was the summer of '69.
Me and some guys from school
Had a band and we tried real hard.
Jimmy quit and Jodie got married,
I shoulda known we'd never get far.

Oh, when I look back now, And if I had the choice,
Yeah, I'd always wanna be there,
Those were the best days of my life.

Ain't no use in complainin'
When you've got a job to do,
Spent my evening's down at the drive-in,
And that's where I met you.

Standin' at your mama's porch,
You told me that you'd wait forever,
And when you held my hand
I knew that it was now or never,
Those were the best days of my life.
Back in the summer of '69.
Man, we were killin' time,
We were young and restless,
We needed to unwind.
I guess nothin' can last forever,
Forever, no.

And now the times are a-chanign',
Look at everything that's come and gone.
Every time I play that old six-string,
Think about you, wonder what went wrong.

Standin' by your mama's porch,
You told me it would last forever.
Oh, the way you held my hand,
I knew that it was now or never.
Those were the best days of my life.

Back in the summer of '69.


17.Back To You(Live)

Written:Bryan Adams/Elliot Kennedy

I've been down - I've been beat
I've been so tired that I could not speak
I've been so lost that I could not see
I wanted things that were out of reach
Then I found you and you helped me through
And you showed me what to do
That's why I'm coming back to you...
CHORUS:
Like a star that guides a ship across the ocean
That's how your love can take me home back to you
And if I wish upon that star
Someday I'll be where you are
And I know that day is coming soon
Yeah I'm coming back to you
You've been alone but ya did not show it
You've been in pain when I did not know it
You let me do what I needed to - you were ther when I needed you
Mighta let you down - mighta messed you round
But you never changed your point of view
That's why I'm coming back to you...
CHORUS

...


18.Can't Stop This Thing We Started(Live)

Lyrics:Bryan Adams/R.J.Lange
Music:Bryan Adams/R.J.Lange

You might stop a hurricane,
Might even stop the drivin' rain.
You might have a dozen other guys,
But if you wanna stop me, baby, don't even try.
I'm goin' one way, your way.
It's such a strong way.
Let's make it our way.
CHORUS:
Can't stop this thing we started,
You gotta know it's right.
Can't stop this course we've plotted.
This thing called love, we got it,
No place for the broken hearted.
Can't stop this thing we started,
No way, I'm goin' your way!
You might stop the world spinnin' round,
Might even walk on holy ground.
I ain't superman and I can't fly,
But if you want to stop me, baby, don't even try.
I'm goin' one way, your way.
It's such a strong way.
Let's make it our way.
CHORUS

Ooh, why take it slow.
I gotta know
'Cause nothin' can stop
This thing that we got.


19.Have You Ever Really Loved A Woman?(Live)

Written:Bryan Adams/R.J.Lange/Michael Kamen

To really love a woman,
To understand her, you gotta know her deep inside,
Hear every thought, see every dream
'N'give her wings when she wants to fly.
Then when you find yourself lyin' helpless in her arms,
You know you really love a woman.
When you love a woman you tell her that she's really wanted,
When you love a woman you tell her that she's the one
'Cause she needs somebody to tell her it's gonna last forever,
So tell me have you ever really, really, really ever loved a
woman?

To really love a woman,
Let her hold you til you know how she needs to be touched,
You've got to breathe her, really taste her
Til you can feel her in your blood,
'n'when you see your unborn children in her eyes,
You know you really love a woman.

When you love a woman you tell her that she's really wanted,
When you love a woman you tell her that she's the one
She needs somebody to tell her that you'll always be together,
So tell me have you ever really, really, really ever loved a
woman?
Oh, you got to give her some faith, hold her tight,
A little tenderness, gotta treat her right,
She will be there for you, takin' good care of you.
You really gotta love your woman, yeah.
Then when you find yourself lyin' helpless in her arms,
You know you really love a woman.

When you love a woman you tell her that she's really wanted,
When you love a woman you tell her that she's the one
She needs somebody to tell her it's gonna last forever,
So tell me have you ever really, really, really ever loved a
woman?
Just tell me have you ever really, really, really ever loved a
woman?
Oh, just tell me have you ever really, really, really ever loved
a woman?


20.Rock Steady(Live)

Written:Bryan Adams/Gretchen Peters

You need a man that'll treat you like the woman you are
Those little boys are just playin' around with your heart
Whatcha gonna do when you're all alone
You need a rock not a rollin' stone
So when a boy just ain't enough
And you wanna man made of stronger stuff
Get ready...
CHORUS:
Rock steady all night long
Rock steady til the light of dawn
Slow and easy - tried and true
Rock steady just me and you

You need somebody that can help you with your heavy load
I've bin there baby and love can be a rocky road
Well I can bend but I won't break
Cause you ain't got what I can't take
So when you're tired of them little girls
And you wanna woman to rock your world
Get ready... Ooh
CHORUS

Amateurs and dilettantes
They can't give you what you really want
When all the others have been untrue
I'll give ya somethin' you can hold on to...


21.Don't Give It Up(Ghost Track)

Don't give it up
Don't give it up

Don't worry if the sun don't shine
You've seen it before, you don't need to worry
Every day's an uphill climb, nothing has changed
Believe me when I tell ya

Don't give it up
Don't give it up

Don't give up--you know it's true
Gotta do what you wanna do
Oh yeah

Don't give it up--you don't have to
Gotta do what you wanna do
Oh yeah