Lights 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 
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 
Talk about a dream 
Try to make it real 
You wake up in the night 
With a fear so real 
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 
We'll keep pushin' till it's understood 
And these badlands start treating us good 

Workin' in the fields 
Til you get your back burned 
Workin' 'neath the wheel 
Till you get your facts learned 
Baby got my facts 
Learned real good right now 
Poor man wanna be rich 
Rich man wanna be king 
And a king ain't satisfied 
Till he rules everything 
I wanna go out tonight 
I wanna find out what I got 

I believe in the love that you gave me 
I believe in the hope that can save me 
I believe in the faith 
And I pray that some day it may raise me 
Above these badlands 

Badlands, you gotta live...

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 

Badlands, you gotta live...