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		ESCAPE Read the Album Analysis Here: Escape DON'T STOP BELIEVIN' (Perry, Schon, Cain) Release Date: October 1981 Top 40: Entered on November 11 and Peaked at #9 Just a small town girl, livin' in a lonely world She took the midnight train goin' anywhere Just a city boy, born and raised in south Detroit He took the midnight train goin' anywhere A singer in a smokey room A smell of wine and cheap perfume For a smile they can share the night It goes on and on and on and on Strangers waiting, up and down the boulevard Their shadows searching in the night Streetlight people, living just to find emotion Hiding, somewhere in the night Working hard to get my fill, everybody wants a thrill Payin' anything to roll the dice, just one more time Some will win, some will lose Some were born to sing the blues Oh, the movie never ends It goes on and on and on and on (chorus) Don't stop believin' Hold on to the feelin' Streetlight people STONE IN LOVE (Perry, Schon, Cain) Those crazy nights, I do remember in my youth I do recall, those were the best times, most of all In the heat with a blue jean girl Burnin' love comes once in a lifetime She found me singing by the rail road track Took me home, we danced by moonlight Those summer nights are callin', stone in love Can't help myself I'm fallin' stone in love Old dusty roads, led to the river Runnin' slow She pulled me down, and in clover We'd go 'round In the heat with a blue jean girl Burnin' love comes once in a lifetime Oo the memories never fade away Golden girl, I'll keep you forever. (chorus) WHO'S CRYIN' NOW (Perry, Cain) Release Date: July 1981 Top 40: Entered on August 1 and Peaked at #4 It's been a mystery and still they try to see Why somethin' good can hurt so bad Caught on a one-way street, the taste of bittersweet Love will survive somehow, some way One love feeds the fire One heart burns desire I wonder, who's cryin' now Two hearts born to run Who'll be the lonely one I wonder, who's cryin' now So many stormy nights, so many wrongs or rights Neither could change their headstrong ways And in a lover's rage, they tore another page The fightin' is worth the love they save... (chorus) Only so many tears you can cry 'Til the heartache is over And now you can say your love Will never die (chorus) KEEP ON RUNNIN' (Perry, Schon, Cain) Workin' in the city This town's got no pity Bossman owns a heart of stone I'm on the line, it's overtime I'll tell you it's a crime They get me by the hour By my blue collar You're squeezin' me too tight It's Friday night Let's run tonight Till the morning light. Keep on runnin', keep on hidin' Keep on runnin' away It's okay, it's alright It's okay, it's alright And if it makes you want to jump and shout, go ahead! Keep on runnin' keep on hidin' Keep on runnin' away, it's okay. Crusin' with my baby Think we just might maybe Find some back seat rhythm and blues Radio, down we go, down we go. (chorus) STILL THEY RIDE (Perry, Schon, Cain) Release Date: May 1982 Top 40: Entered on June 12 and Peaked at #19 Jesse rides through the night Under the Main Street light Ridin' slow This ol' town, ain't the same Now nobody knows his name Times have changed, still he rides. Traffic lights, keepin' time Leading the wild and restless through the night Still they ride, on wheels of fire They rule the night Still they ride, the strong will survive Chasing thunder Spinning 'round, in a spell It's hard to leave this carrousel 'Round and 'round And 'round and 'round (chorus) ESCAPE (Perry, Schon, Cain) He's just a young boy out of school Livin' his world like he wants to They're makin' laws, but they don't understand Turns a boy in to a fightin' man They won't take me They won't break me No one could tell him what to do Had to learn everything the hard way He's on the street, breakin' all the rules I'm tellin' you that he's nobody's fool They won't take me They won't break me Now he's leavin', gettin' out from this masquerade Oh gotta go I'm finally out in the clear and I'm free I've got dreams I'm livin' for I'm movin' on where they'll never find me Rollin' on to anywhere I'll break away, yes I'm on my way Leavin' today, yes I'm on my way Just when you think you had it all figured out Runnin' scared can change your mind I never knew I had so much to give How hard times can fool ya Oh I'm okay, I'm alright Feelin' good out on your own I'll break away, I'll break away tonight I've got dreams I'm livin' for I'll break away Yes, I'm on my way I'm leaving', leavin' today Yes, I'm on my way This is my escape Yes, I'm on my way I'll break away Yes, I'm on my way LAY IT DOWN (Perry, Schon, Cain) Lookin' 'round for a feelin' I love the rhythm and blues The place was rockin' and reelin' I thought I'd shake me loose The band was pumpin' Motown Lord how they could play The girls a-started singing Rock the night away By the midnight hour They could've raised the dead They were takin' it higher Higher, higher, higher, ringin' in my head Lay it down, lay it down Lay it down, lay it down Whisky, wine and women They get me though the night I ain't lookin' for trouble I ain't lookin' to fight A little vertical persuasion Would do me right What I'm really needin' Ah, double shot tonight. By the midnight hour We were on our way She was takin' it higher Higher, higher, higher, then I heard say (chorus) DEAD OR ALIVE (Perry, Schon, Cain) A double secret agent And he was paid to kill With cold steel magnum force is how the man possessed the skill He shot a man in Paris He did a job in L.A. And if the price was right, he'd surely Take your life away Wanted, dead or alive, blood for money, money Assault, homicide, blood for money, money, money, money Wanted He drove a Maserati, lived up in the hills A cat with nine lives that's gone Too far to feel the chill He never though it'd happen It was his last mistake 'Cause he was gunned down by a heartless woman's 38. (chorus) MOTHER, FATHER (N. Schon, Perry, Cain, M. Schon) She sits alone, an empty stare A mother's face she wears Where did she go wrong, the fight is gone Lord help this broken home Hey, mother, father, sister Hey, come back, tryin', believin' Hey, mother, father, dreamer Don't you know that I'm alive for you I'm your sevenths son And when lightin' strikes the family Have faith, believe. With dreams he tried, lost his pride He drinks his life away One photograph, in broken glass It should not end this way. Through bitter tears And wounded years, those ties of blood were strong So much to say, those yesterdays So now don't you turn away. (chorus) OPEN ARMS (Perry, Cain) Release Date: January 1982 Top 40: Entered on January 23 and Peaked at #2 (for six consecutive weeks) Lying beside you, here in the dark Feeling your heart beat with mind Softly you whisper, you're so sincere How could our live be so blind We sailed on together We drifted apart And here you are by my side So now I come to you, with open arms Nothing to hide, believe what I say So here I am with open arms Hoping you'll see what your love means to me Open arms Living without you, living alone This empty house seems so cold Wanting to hold you, wanting you near How much I wanted you home But now that you've come back Turned night into day I need you to stay. (chorus) Copyright © 1994-2006 Dan Stacy, Journey Digest, JourneyDigest.com