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Pat Benatar


A little something about Pat Benatar
Pat Benatar was born Pat Andrzejewski, and was raised in a middle-class New York 'burb. Turning to music after becoming fed-up with her no-future middle-class job, Benatar's impressive vocal ability landed her with a major label in 1978. The following year her debut album, "In The Heat of the Night," appeared on record store shelves. Benatar's appeal stemmed not simply from the fact that she was a woman in the man's world of '70s/'80s rock. In the '70s Blondie's Debbie Harry had already shown that a woman could be hugely successful in the rock world, and less mainstream singers such as Siouxsie Sioux and Patti Smith had helped paved the way for women on the more 'alternative' side of rock. In contrast, Benatar succeeded not because she looked strangely compelling or did anything original, but because she incorporated those traits that had succeeded for men. She looked not like a rock star in her own right but more like some nameless women in an early '80s heavy metal video - tight leather clothes, low-cut tops, heels, long hair, etc. And since she didn't do anything new or particularly creative, it took no time for people to figure her out and decide that they could like her music.

Her 1980 album "Crimes Of Passion" yielded her first big hit, "Hit Me With Your Best Shot," and also resulted in a Best Female Vocalist Grammy - as clear a sign as any that she had been embraced by the pop world. By the mid '80s she had conquered MTV's very male landscape of rock video with her eye-catching, very "80's" videos for such tracks as "Love Is A Battlefield" and "Shadows of the Night." Benatar continued to record into the late '80s before taking a break to be with her family. She's back in action now though, touring and performing regularly across north america.
Lyrics featured below: "Hit me with your best shot", "Love is a battlefield",
"We Belong", "Invincible", "Heartbreaker" , "Shadows of the Night", "Hell is for Children" , "We Live For Love"

Hit me with your best shot

You're a real tough cookie with a long history
Of breaking little hearts like the one in me
That's okay, let's see how you do it
Put up you dukes, let's get down to it

Hit me with your best shot
Why don't you hit me with your best shot
Hit me with your best shot
Fire away

You come on with it, come on
You don't fight fair
That's okay, see if I care
Knock me down, it's all in vain
I get right back on my feet again

Hit me with your best shot
Why don't you hit me with your best shot
Hit me with your best shot
Fire away

(solo)

You're a real tough cookie with a long history
Of breaking little hearts like the one in me
Before I put another notch in my lipstick case
You better make sure you put me in my place

Hit me with your best shot
C'mon!
Hit me with your best shot
Hit me with your best shot
Fire away

Hit me with your best shot
Why don't you hit me with your best shot
Hit me with your best shot
Fire away!


Love is a battlefield

We are young 
Heartache to heartache we stand
No promises, no demands
Love is a battlefield

We are strong, no on can tell us we're wrong
Searchin' our hearts for so long
Both of us knowing
Love is a battlefield

You're beggin' me to go, you're makin' me stay
Why do you hurt me so bad
It would help me to know
Do I stand in your way, or am I the best thing you've had
Believe me, believe me, I can't tell you why
But I'm trapped by your love and I'm chained to your side

We are young
Heartache to heartache we stand
No promises, no demads
Love is a battlefield

We are strong, no once can tell us we're wrong
Searchin' our hearts for so long
Both of us knowing
Love is a battlefiled

We're losing control
Will you turn me away or touch me deep inside
And before this gets old, will it still feel the same
There's no way this will die
But if we get much closer, I could lose control
And if your heart surrenders, you'll need me to hold

We are young
Heartache to heartache we stand
No promises, no demands
Love is a battlefield

We are strong, no one can tell us we're wrong
Searchin' our hearts for so long
Both of us knowing
Love is a battlefield

We are young
Heartache to heartache we stand
No promises, no demands
Love is a battlefield

We are strong, no one can tell us we're wrong
Searchin' our hearts for so long
Both of us knowing
Love is a battlefiled


We Belong


We belong, we belong to the light
Many times I've tried to tell you
Many times I've cried alone
Always I'm surprised how well you
Cut my feelings to the bone

Don't want to leave you really
I've invested too much time
To give you up that easy
To the doubts that complicate your mind

Chorus:
We belong to the light
We belong to the thunder
We belong to the sound of the words
We've both fallen under
Whatever we deny or embrace
For worse or for better
We belong, we belong
We belong together

Maybe it's a sign of weakness
When I don't know what to say
Maybe I just wouldn't know
What to do with my strength anyway
Have we become a habit
Do we distort the facts
Now there's no looking forward
Now there's no turning back
When you say

(Chorus)

Close your eyes and try to sleep now
Close your eyes and try to dream
Clear your mind and do your best
To try and wash the palette clean
We can't begin to know it
How much we really care
I hear your voice inside me
I see your face everywhere
Still you say

(Chorus)


Invincible
This bloody road remains a mystery
This sudden darkness fills the air
What are we waiting for?
Won't anybody help us?
What are we waiting for?
We can't afford to be innocent
Stand up and face the enemy
It's a do or die situation
We will be invincible

This shattered dream you cannot justify
We're gonna scream until we're satisified
What are we running for?
We've got the right to be angry
What are we running for?
When there's no where we can run to anymore

We can't afford to be innocent
Stand up and face the enemy
It's a do or die situation
We will be invincible
And with the power of conviction
There is no sacrifice
It's a do or die situation
We will be invincible

Won't anybody help us?
What are we running for?
When there's no where, no where we can run to anymore

We can't afford to be innocent
Stand up and face the enemy
It's a do or die situation
We will be invincible
And with the power of conviction
There is no sacrifice
It's a do or die situation
We will be invincible

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Heartbreaker

Your love is like a tidal wave
Spinnin' over my head
Drownin' me in your promises
Better left unsaid

CHORUS:
You're the right kind of sinner to release my inner fantasies
The invincible winner, and you know that you were born to be
You're a heartbreaker, dreammaker,
Love-taker, don't you mess around with me
You're a heartbreaker, dreammaker,
Love-taker, don't you mess around, no no no

Your love has set my soul on fire
Burnin' outta control
You taught me the ways of desire
Now it's takin' its toll

CHORUS

CHORUS

You're a heartbreaker, dreammaker,
love-taker, don't you mess around with me
You're a heartbreaker, dreammaker,
love-taker, heartbreaker!


Shadows of the Night Chorus: We're runnin' with the shadows of the night So baby, take my hand, it'll be alright Surrender all your dreams to me tonight, they'll come true in the end You said it won't work, it's a cold world when you keep it all to yourself I said you can't hide on the inside, all the pain you've ever felt Run from my heart, but baby don't look back, 'cos we got nobody else chorus You know sometimes it feels like it's all movin' way too fast Use every alibi, in words you deny, that love ain't meant to last You can cry tough baby, it's alright You can let me down easy, but not tonight chorus (Instrumental break) chorus And now the hands of time are standin' still Midnight angel won't you say you will chorus repeats 3x
Hell is for Children They cry in the dark, so you can't see their tears They hide in the light, so you can't see their fears Forgive and forget, all the while Love and pain become one and the same In the eyes of a wounded child Because Hell Hell Is For Children And you know that their little lives can become such a mess Hell Hell Is For Children And you shouldn't have to pay for your love with your bones and your flesh It's all so confusing, this brutal abusing They blacken your eyes, and then apologize You're daddy's good girl, and don't tell mommy a thing Be a good little boy, and you'll get a new toy Tell grandma you fell off the swing Because Hell Hell Is For Children And you know that their little lives can become such a mess Hell Hell Is For Children And you shouldn't have to pay for your love with your bones and your flesh No, Hell Is For Children Hell Hell is for Hell Hell is for Hell Hell Is For Children Hell Hell is for Hell Hell is for Hell Hell Is For Children Hell Hell is for Hell Hell is for Hell Hell Is For Children Hell Is For Children Hell Is For Children
We Live for Love Your love's contagious, one kiss is dangerous But I have more to risk, than you to lose I feel passion growing I know that love is only just one inch away, from striking us We Live For Love We Live For Love When we get tired, and watch the summer fade away Will you think of romance, what will we do? Is there a place where we can go? Where time stands still for those who know? Till eternity we'll fulfill our desires We Live For Love We Live For Love We Live For Love We Live For Love I never planned to win the race But you convinced me face to face There was never a chance of losing at all We Live For Love We Live For Love We Live For Love We Live For Love We Live For Love We Live For Love We Live For Love (Fading)