Wanted Dead or Alive Lyrics

Lyric discussion by maramermaid 

Cover art for Wanted Dead or Alive lyrics by Bon Jovi

FYI - Jon Bon Jovi hosted Saturday Night Live this weekend (Oct. 13th), and he specifically said the steel horse is his tour bus!

Well this song is a pretty clear cut. Its a parallel between Bon Jovi's live on the road and that of an out law cowboy.

Point 1: The first line says "Its all the same, only the names have changed." Thats about how they used to be called outlaw cowboys and now they're rock stars.

Point 2: "Im a cowboy, on a steel horse I ride. Wanted dead or alive." This is just restating the parallel he is about to illustrate. Outlaws used to ride horses. Now the bad boy image is a guy on a bike. Plus a...