Bon Jovi / Dan Fogelberg / Richie Sambora

Feeling a bit better than this morning, thank goodness! I hope I'd never have to carry around that mood for too long, although certain thoughts I am having make me doubt that. Ah well, it's only personal stuff.. hopefully, there will be a resolution. :)


Been thinking of Jay lately.. pity I don't get to talk to him more often, since MSN isn't working on this computer. (has been since September) He always liked Bon Jovi, and I've been meaning to buy some CDs for how long now?! (hahaha)

I remember liking Always when it came out.. the video will be a memory for a long time. Jay was the one who introduced the River of Love lyrics to me, and I've never heard the song yet! I think I wanted something to shock Darren once... this is what good ol' Jay came up with, heh. Three guesses what the song's about. ;)

The Dan Fogelberg one isn't something he introduced to me, but something else that speaks to me right now for some reason! One of my friends posted the lyrics somewhere, and I thought I'd reproduce then here.


Song Title: Always
Artist: Bon Jovi
Album: Crossroads (1994, a greatest-hits album) (whoa.. THAT long ago?!)

This Romeo is bleeding
But you can't see his blood
It's nothing but some feelings
That this old dog kicked up

It's been raining since you left me
Now I'm drowning in the flood
You see, I've always been a fighter
But without you, I give up

Now I can't sing a love song
Like the way it's meant to be
Well, I guess I'm not that good anymore
But baby, that's just me

And I will love you, baby - always
And I'll be there forever and a day - always
I'll be there till the stars don't shine
Till the heavens burst and
The words don't rhyme
And I know when I die, you'll be on my mind
And I'll love you - always

Now your pictures that you left behind
Are just memories of a different life
Some that made us laugh, some that made us cry
One that made you have to say goodbye
What I'd give to run my fingers through your hair
To touch your lips, to hold you near
When you say your prayers, try to understand
I've made mistakes, I'm just a man

When he holds you close, when he pulls you near

When he says the words you've been needing to hear
I'll wish I was him.. 'cause those words are mine
To say to you till the end of time

Yeah, I will love you, baby - always
And I'll be there forever and a day - always

If you told me to cry for you
I could
If you told me to die for you
I would
Take a look at my face
There's no price I won't pay
To say these words to you

Well, there ain't no luck
In these loaded dice
But baby, if you give me just one more try
We can pack up our old dreams
And our old lives
We'll find a place where the sun still shines

And I will love you, baby - always
And I'll be there forever and a day - always
I'll be there till the stars don't shine
Till the heavens burst and
The words don't rhyme
And I know when I die, you'll be on my mind
And I'll love you - always


Song Title: Shallow Rivers
Artist: Dan Fogelberg
Album: High Country Snows

Shallow rivers run between us
Where a stone may never sink.
Though we taste, we are left thirsty
For a deep and soulful drink.

Narrow channels, barely open
Fraught with dangers out of view;
In the current, we are helpless
Still I cling to you.

(Chorus)
Grab me woman, take me under,
Till I can't tell up from down.
We have barely got our feet wet
and I want, I want to drown.

Shallow rivers run between us
Never mind the nevermore,
Up ahead the water quickens;
I can hear those rapids roar.

Narrow channels, barely open
Flood the waves with treachery,
How I long to see the sunrise
On a peaceful sea.

(Chorus)

My friend's impression: If I read the lyrics on their own, they seem to be about a relationship that isn't going well. They also seem to be about his wish that they could find their way to a deeper, more meaningful place... but when the music is added, it seems too happy and chipper to mean that. Maybe he wants to drown, in what appears to be love.


Song Title: River of Love
Artist: Richie Sambora
Album: Stranger In This Town (1991)

Let me tell you a story
About body and blood
There's a fire below
Deep in the river of love
Hey pretty mama, I'm just trying to be polite
I wanna make you feel the rhythm of the river tonight
And when the story is over
You'll be satisfied

Honey, honey, honey
Don't you understand
To make you feel like a woman
Makes me feel like a man

Let me take you down to the river of love
Baby, pull me under
Make me drown in your flood
Baptize my body in your river of love
Wontcha take me down
I wanna drown
In your river of love

If you're a little lovesick
Woman I got the cure
Let me be your preacher
And you can be my whore
I feel your heart pumpin'
Honey, don't say no
I wanna dive in your river

Take you down real slow
And then your body will quiver
And the river will flow

Honey, honey, honey
Don't you understand
To make you feel like a woman
Makes me feel like a man

Let me take you down to the river of love
Baby, pull me under
Make me drown in your flood
Baptize my body in your river of love
Wontcha take me down
I wanna drown In your river of love

Down, down, down let me take ya
Down, down, down I wanna take ya
Let me take you down to the river of love
Baby, pull me under
Make me drown in your flood
Baptize my body in your river of love
Wontcha take me down
I wanna drown
In our river of love