Bad Medicine
Bon Jovi Lyrics

Your love is like bad medicine
The love I receive from you is like bad medicine that I am addicted to.

Bad medicine is what I need, whoa
Your love is like bad medicine, but it is the only thing that can cure the permanent disease I have.

Shake it up just like bad medicine
The love you give me is like taking a shot of bad medicine that shakes me up and makes me feel alive.

There ain't no doctor that can cure my disease
This disease I have is not a physical ailment, and no doctor can prescribe a remedy for it.

I ain't got a fever, got a permanent disease
I am not physically ill, but I have a permanent mental illness that your love is the only cure for.

And it'll take more than a doctor to prescribe a remedy
Even though I am not physically ill, my addiction to your love requires more than a doctor's prescription to cure.

I got lots of money but it isn't what I need
I have an abundance of financial resources, but money cannot cure my addiction to your love.

Gonna take more than a shot to get this poison out of me
Although your love is like bad medicine, it is the only cure for the poison of my addiction to it.

And I got all the symptoms count 'em one, two, three
I have all the classic symptoms of addiction to your love, counting them as one, two, and three.

First you need (that's what you get for falling in love)
When you fall in love, you become addicted to the person you love, and I need your love which is like bad medicine.

Then you bleed (you get a little but it's never enough)
Even though I receive a little bit of your love, it is never enough to cure my addiction.

And when you're on your knees (that's what you get for falling in love)
When you fall in love, you become addicted to your partner, and when you are on your knees, you realize you need their love to survive.

Now, this boy's addicted 'cause your kiss is the drug, whoa
Your kiss is so potent that I have become addicted to it and need it like a drug to survive.

I don't need no needle to be givin' me a thrill
I do not need any drugs to give me a thrill because your love is like a drug.

And I don't need no anesthesia or a nurse to bring a pill
I do not require any medical intervention to cure my addiction because your love is the only medicine I need.

I got a dirty down addiction that doesn't leave a track
My addiction to your love is a hidden secret that does not leave any evidence for others to see.

I got a jones for your affection like a monkey on my back
My desire for your love is like an addiction to a drug that feels like a monkey on my back that I cannot shake.

I need a respirator 'cause I'm running out of breath
I require a respirator because my addiction to your love is getting stronger, and I am running out of breath trying to keep up with it.

But you're an all night generator wrapped in stockings and a dress
You are a source of endless energy that is wrapped in stockings and a dress, which adds to your allure and power over me.

When you find your medicine you take what you can get
When you find the cure for your illness, you will take whatever you can get, even if it is like bad medicine.

'Cause if there's something better, baby, well they haven't found it yet
There may be something better than your love, but nobody has discovered it yet.

You got the potion that can cure my disease
Your love is the potion I need to cure my addiction to you.

Ooh baby, ooh baby
I crave your love and need it like bad medicine to survive.

Bad, bad medicine (I gotta, I gotta, I gotta, I gotta)
Even though your love and the addiction to it is like bad medicine, it is still the only cure that I need.

I gotta, I gotta
I must have your love to survive.