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Jon Bon Jovi – Blood Money

Posted on 17. Aug, 2007 by Gallivanter in Bon Jovi

This song is taken from the BLAZE OF GLORY soundtrack, and it’s one of my favorites on the album. BLAZE OF GLORY primarily focuses on redemption and an individual’s past wrongs actually catching up on them. It does not only reflects on Billy the Kid and Patrick Garrett but also the burnout Bon Jovi went through in the late 80s.

Jon Bon Jovi – Blood Money

Hey Patty Garrett that’s what I used to call you
They tell me you want me but I hear they’ve got you
They made you a lawman with a badge made of silver
They paid you some money to sell them my blood

But you say, this ain’t about me and this ain’t about you
Or the good and the bad times we’ve both been through
When the lines between brothers and justice have changed
You do what you’ve gotta cause you can’t walk away

Wonder what would of have happened if you were the killer
And I was the hero would things be the same ?
Or would I have traded your life for my own life ?
Would I have paid your debts in your place ?
I don’t know

But this ain’t about me and this ain’t about you
Or the good and the bad times we’ve both been through
When the lines between brothers and justice have changed
You do what you’ve gotta cause you can’t walk away

Blood money, that’s what I call it
‘Cause money for blood ain’t no fair exchange
Blood money
Bought and then sold you
But your conscience is all you can take to your grave