Light’s out tonight, trouble in the heartland
Got a head-on collision, smashin’ in my guts man
I’m 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 you’ve gotta pay
Keep pushin’ till it’s understood
And these badlands start treating us good

Workin’ in the field until 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 ain’t 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, you gotta live it every day
Let the broken hearts stand
As the price you’ve gotta pay
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, you gotta live it every day
Let the broken hearts stand
As the price you’ve gotta pay
Keep pushin’ till it’s understood
And these badlands start treating us good

Badlands, uh…