Backstreet Boys - Lyrics

ABOUT

They are recognised as the biggest pop group in the world of music today having dominated the charts throughout the world since 1996. In just four years BACKSTREET BOYS (Nick Carter, Howie Dorough, Brian Littrell, A.J. McLean and Kevin Richardson) have accomplished this global domination by achieving Gold and Platinum awards in 45 countries, including 11-times platinum in the USA for their debut album "Backstreet Back" and have sold over 51 million albums world-wide. The group have recently been hailed as one of the fastest selling acts in South East Asia where the album "Millennium" sold in excess of three million copies.

BACKSTREET BOYS have been honoured with numerous awards and in the last twelve months alone this has included four Billboard Music Awards, five Grammy nominations, three World Music Awards, an MTV Europe Award as well as two American MTV Award nominations.

BACKSTREET BOYS' success is set to continue with the release of their fourth album "Black & Blue" in November of this year. The group members have taken a lead role in the writing and producing of the 14-track album which covers a broad spectrum of musical styles. Brian Littrell explains: "It's probably the most diverse album we have ever made and we hope everyone really likes it. This album is a little more real, it talks about life and loss, love and cheating, all aspects of life. It's a very diverse album".

So how did five boys from America rise to the top so fast? BACKSTREET BOYS' story began in Orlando, Florida. It was there that high school students A.J. McLean, Howie Dorough and junior high student Nick Carter began to run into each other at local acting auditions. The three became friends and formed a singing group. The trio then decided to expand. Kevin Richardson was the next to join the group, and soon Kevin箂 cousin Brian Littrell completed the fivesome. They quickly became one of Florida箂 hottest live acts and were signed immediately.

In 1995, BACKSTREET BOYS released their first single, "We箆e Got It Goin' On", an urban pop song by writer/producer Denniz PoP. The song took off in Europe, UK and across the world - BSB's brand of R&B/pop was gaining a foothold. In Europe, BACKSTREET BOYS entered a market which was familiar with 'boy bands', but unlike a lot of those other groups, BACKSTREET BOYSwere more than just a bunch of pretty guys - they could sing. Their live shows proved it with sweet acapella harmonies driving audiences wild. Meanwhile, their second single, "I'll Never Break Your Heart" climbed the charts.

BACKSTREET BOYS kicked off 1996 by being voted No.1 International Group by TV viewers in Germany - "I'll Never Break Your Heart" went gold there and hit No.1 in Austria. By February, they had hit similar heights in Canada and BSB sold out show after show - some within 20 minutes of tickets going on sale. Hordes of screaming fans soon became the stuff of legend across Europe and Canada. If BSB could accomplish that with only two singles, imagine the reaction when the debut album saw the light of day!

That summer, BSB embarked on a sold-out 57 date headlining European Tour. By autumn, BSB fever had swept Asia and Australia. Still on the road, the band wrapped up a second European Tour before the end of the year - including 13 dates in Britain.

If 1996 was the year of International success, then 1997 was homecoming year as BSB turned their attention to the one place which had eluded them - America. They released "Quit Playin' Games" in America in the summer and it rocketed to the Top 2 of the Billboard Hot 100. Their first album release in America was "Backstreet's Back" in August and BSB have now shown America what the rest of the world already knows - BACKSTREET BOYS is a success story in motion. Summer 1998 saw the group undertake their first major U.S. Tour - sold out venues across the country from July through September.

BSB filmed three big-budget videos for their new album, all of which show the band at the height of its powers and having fun. The video for "Everybody (Backstreet箂 Back)", a UK No.3 hit single, was an epic drama, a special-effects laden classic horror spoof featuring BSB made up as monsters from the silver screen's vintage best. The video for second single "As Long As You Love Me" was a fun, personality piece with the Boys as you've never seen them before. "All I Have To Give" was the third single from the album. All the video's where huge hits on MTV and music video channels throughout the world.

In August 1997, BSB performed a new stadium tour of Germany and Austria. The sold-out shows, which took the BSB live experience to around 350,000 people in two weeks, featured pyrotechnics, new routines and a few surprises.

BACKSTREET BOYS mania meanwhile took off in the U.S. - their first album "Backstreet's Back" went gold soon after release and the group spent some time in September consolidating their home fanbase with a series of concerts across the USA, culminating in a memorable New York show on 30 September. In the meantime, the new album "Backstreet's Back" sold well over 1 million copies worldwide in the first week of release!

BSB spent the summer of 1998 on their first mammoth tour of their native USA which kicked off on 8th July in Charlotte, North Carolina and took the group back and forth across America for two months. After the end of the tour in September, they went into the studio to complete their third album, "Millennium". On 10 September, BSB won Best-Group Video Award at the annual MTV Music Awards ceremony in Los Angeles.

"Millennium" was released in May 1999 and included the hit single "I Want It That Way". This album confirmed the group箂 status as one of the worlds biggest pop acts ever. This album alone has sold over 20 million copies in 43 countries across the world and achieved multi-platinum status in 28 different countries.

To coincide with the eagerly awaited release of their fourth album, "Black & Blue", BSB will undertake a gruelling four day tour, taking in six continents from Stockholm to Tokyo, Sydney, Rio, Cape Town and New York where they will experience six simultaneous release days. On each continent they will perform an acappella of the first single from the album "Shape of My Heart" for their fans.

The new single "Shape Of My Heart" has charted so far top 5 in the following countries: #1 Sweden and Norway, #1 Thailand, #1 Hong Kong, #1 Indonesia, #2 Germany, Denmark, Italy and Spain, #3 Canada, #4 Switzerland, #5 Holland, Australia and Austria

BACKSTREET BOYS' fourth album "Black & Blue" will be released on Zomba Records in November 2000.

ALL I HAVE TO GIVE

I don't know what he does to make you cry
But I'll be there to make you smile
I don't have a fancy car
To get to you I'd walk a thousand miles
I don't care if he buys you nice things
Does his gifts come from the heart?
I don't know...
But if you were my girl
I'd make it so we'd never be apart

Chorus:
But my love is all I have to give
Without you I don't think I can live
I wish I could give the world to you...
But love is all I have to give (give..)

When you talk (when you talk),
Does it seem like he's not even listening to a word you say?
That's ok babe, just tell me your problems
I'll try my best to kiss them all AWAY...
Does he leave (does he leave) when you need him the most?
Does his friends get all your time?
Baby please, I'm on my knees
Praying for the day that you'll be mine!

Chorus:
But my love is all I have to give
Without you I don't think I can live
I wish I could give the world to you...
But love is all I have to give to you...

(Hey girl)
Hey girl, I don't want you to cry no more inside
All the money in the world could never add up to all the love
I have inside...
(I have inside)
I love you babe
And I would give my it to you
All I can give, All I can give, All I can give, babe-e
All, all, all,all, all, all
Every thing I have is for you
All I can give

Chorus:
My love is all I have to give (ohhh)
Without you I don't think I can live (oh)(I love you, I love you)
I wish I could give the world to you... (give the world to you)
But love is all I have to give (its all that I have)

But my love is all I have to give
Without you I don't think I can live
I wish I could give the world to you...
But love is all I have to give (give)
To you...

Ohhh all I have to give
Without you I don't think I can live
Give the world to you
But love is all I have to give to you (that's all I got to give)

Repeat chorus to fade

AS LONG AS YOU LOVE ME

Although loneliness has always been a friend of mine
I'm leavin' my life in your hands
People say I'm crazy and that I am blind
Risking it all in a glance
And how you got me blind is still a mystery
I can't get you out of my head
Don't care what is written in your history
As long as you're here with me

Chorus:
I don't care who you are
Where you're from
What you did
As long as you love me
Who you are
Where you're from
Don't care what you did
As long as you love me

Every little thing that you have said and done
Feels like it's deep within me (Ohh, mmm)
Doesn't really matter if you're on the run
It seems like were meant to be

I don't care who you are (who you are)
Where you're from (where you're from)
What you did
As long as you love me (I don't know)
Who you are (who you are)
Where you're from (where you're from)
Don't care what you did
As long as you love me (yeah)

As long as you love me (2x)

I've tried to hide it so that no one knows
But I guess it shows
When you look into my eyes
What you did and where you're comin' from
I don't care, as long as you love me, baby

Ohhhh, Ohhhh

I don't care who you are (who you are)
Where you're from (where you're from)
What you did
As long as you love me (as long as you love me)

Who you are (who you are)
Where you're from (where you're from)
Don't care what you did (yeah)
As long as you love me (as long as you love me)
Who you are (who you are)
Where you're from
What you did
As long as you love me
Who you are (who you are)
Where you're from (where you're from)
As long as you love me
Who you are
As long as you love me
What you did (I don't care)
As long as you love me

DON`T WANT YOU BACK

You hit me faster than a shark attack
You saw my picture on the Backstreet's Back (Alright!)
And you were more than just a pretty face
But how you fooled me, I'm still amazed babe
But I should have known, that I would be
Another victim of your sexuality
But now we're done and over with (uh, uh)
(don't, don't want you back)

Chrous:
Don't want you back
Cause you're no good for me, I know
That's all I can say
Don't want you back
Forgive my honesty but you gotta go
I don't want you back

You started going out with so-called friends
But I was blind and so I lost all common sense
But there were things that made me realize (realize)
Like all the hundred no, thousand lies

Chrous:
Don't want you back
Cause you're no good for me, I know
That's all I can say
Don't want you back
Forgive my honesty but you gotta go
I, I don't want you back

I, I don't want you back (uh, uh)
That's right

Bridge:
Baby, don't bother telling me your reasons why
Just let us end this story, 'bout you and I

Don't want you back, that's all I know
Don't want you back, don't want you back
All I can say, don't want you back
You know you gotta go

Chrous:
Don't want you back
Cause you're no good for me, I know
That's all I can say
Don't want you back
Forgive my honesty but you gotta go
I, I don't want you back

Don't want you back
That's all I know
All I can say
Don't want you back
You know you gotta go
I, I don't want you back

DROWNING

Don't pretend you're sorry
I know you're not
You know you've got the power
To make me weak inside
And girl you leave me breathless
But it's okay
Cuz you are my survival
Now hear me saying

I can't imagine
Life without your love
And even forever
Don't seem like long enough

Every time I breathe I take you in
And my heart beats again
Baby I can't help it
You keep drowning me in your love
Every time I try to rise above
I'm swept away by love
Baby I can't help it
You keep drowning me in your love

Maybe I'm a drifter
Maybe not
Cause I have known the safety
Of floating freely in your arms
I don't need another life line
It's not for me
Cuz only you can save me
Oh, can't you see

I can't imagine
Life without your love
And even forever
Don't seem like long enough
(Don't seem like long enough yeah)

Every time I breathe I take you in
And my heart beats again
Baby I can't help it
You keep drowining me in your love
Every time I try to rise above
I'm swept away by love
Baby I can't help it
You keep drowning me in your love

Go on and pull me under
Cover me with dreams, yeah
Love me mouth to mouth now
You know I can't resist
Cuz you're the air that I breathe

Every time I breathe I take you in
(Cause every time I breathe yeah)
And my heart beats again
Baby I can't help it (baby I can't help it)
You keep drowning me in your love
And every time I try to rise above
I'm swept away by love
Baby I can't help it
You keep drowning me in your love (hoo, hoo)
Baby I can't help it
You keep drowning me in your love (got me drowning)

You've got me drowning
Keep me drowning in your love

Baby I can't help it
Can't help it (got me drowning)
No, no

Cause ever time I breathe I take you in (yes I do)
Then my heart beats again (Oh)
Baby I can't help it (baby I can't help it)
Keep me drowning in your love
And every time I try to rise above (got me drowning)
I'm swept away by love
Baby I can't help it
Keep me drowning in your love

EVERYBODY (BACKSTREET BACK)

Woo, woo, woo, woo
(3x)
Wooooo

Chorus:
Everybody
Rock your body
Everybody
Rock your body right
Backstreet's back alright

Oh my God we're back again
Brothers, sisters, everybody sing
Gonna bring the flavor show you how
Gotta question for ya
Better answer now yeah

Pre chorus:
Am I original? (yeah)
Am I the only one? (yeah)
Am I sexual? (yeah)
Am I everything you need?
You better rock your body now

Chorus:
Everybody (yeah)
Rock your body (yeah)
Everybody
Rock your body right
Backstreet's back alright (alright)

Now throw your hands up in the air
And wave 'em around like you just don't care (woo, woo, woo, woo)
If you wanna party let me hear you yell(woooo)
'Cause we've got it goin'on again (yeeaahh, yeah)

Pre-chorus:
Am I original? (yeah)
Am I the only one? (yeah)
Am I sexual? (yeah)
Am I everything you need?
You better rock your body now

Chorus:
Everybody (yeah)
Rock your body (yeah)
Everybody
Rock your body right
Backstreet's back alright (alright)
(yeah, oh, yeah, oh, rock your body)

So everybody, everywhere
Don't be afraid, don't have no fear
I'm gonna kill the world, make it understand
As long as there'll be music we'll be coming back again

Chorus:
Everybody (yeah) (c'mon get it)
Rock your body (get it)
Everybody
Rock your body right (rock your body right)
Backstreet's back

Everybody (rock your body) (yeah)
Rock your body (rock your body) (yeah)
(everbody rock your body)
Everybody (rock your body)
Rock your body right (rock your body)(everybody)
Backstreet's back alright

GET DOWN (YOUR THE ONE FOR ME)

You're the one for me
You're my ecstasy
You're the one I need

Heeey, yeah
Ohhhh

Chorus:
Get down
Get down
And move it all around
(2x)

Hey baby love I need a girl like you
But tell me if you feel it too
I'm in delusion every minute every hour
My heart is crying out for you

Bridge:
I feel in heaven when I look in your eyes
I know that you are the one for me (one for me)
You drive me crazy 'cause
You're one of a kind
I want your lovin'
And I want it right now

Chorus:
Get down
Get down
And move it all around
(4x)

Oh baby, you're so fine
I'm gonna make you mine
Your lips they taste so sweet
You're the one for me
You're my ecstasy
You're the one I need

Rap: Smooth T.
Bang, bang, bang
Here we come
Here we slam
It's the Fun Factory
With the BSB's
All the girls get on your knees
Tryin' to scream
Or touch me please
Backstreet Boys
Are you with it (yeah)
A.J hit it!

Come on girl and get down
Spike it up
Flip it
And move it all around
Here it is if you wanna get with this
Put you at the top of my list uh

Bridge:
I feel in heaven when I look in your eyes
I know that you are the one for me (one for me)(yes)
You drive me crazy cause
You're one of a kind
I want your lovin'
And I want it right now

Chorus:
Get down
Get down
And move it all around (you better get down)(hey, yeah)
(4x)

Oh baby you're so fine
I'm gonna make you mine
Your lips they taste so sweet
You're the one for me
You're my ecstasy
You're the one I need

Bridge:
I feel in heaven when I look in your eyes
I know that you are the one for me (one for me)(yeah)
You drive me crazy cause
You're one of a kind
I want your lovin' baby
And I want it right now

You're the one for me
You're my ecstasy
You're the one I need

Chorus:
Get down (get down)
Get down (get down)
And move it all around
(5x)

Get down (get down)
Get down (get down)
Get down
Get down get down yeah

GIVE ME YOUR HEART

Can I have a talk with you Let me walk you home from school I've got something that's on my mind And I don't know just what to do See girl I've been watching you And I think I'm a little sprung Can't seem to get my mind off you Keep thinking about I think that you're the one

So won't you just listen to me There's so much I wanna say Girl I've got this love for you You can have it your way everyday I will treat you right I will never lie Girl I promise to you that I won't make you cry Do the same for me And tell me you're feeling the way that I do

CHORUS: Girl give me your love I'll give you my heart Let's put them together See what we can start I wanna be with you Do you wanna be with me I wanna be with you (2x)

All those people they talk about It's only a puppy love They say our feelings cannot be real But we know the deal I just don't know what to do Cause girl I'm so crazy about you And I know it's not wrong Because I wanna be everything that you need

BRIDGE: I'm gonna walk you home from school I wanna help with your homework, homework And when you need a kiss or two I'll be the one Girl if you say yes to me I promise that I will not I will never leave I'll be right by you side Girl my love for you I cannot hide

CHORUS (4x)

Girl I wanna be everything that you need Cause I aim to please And it's like that and that's the way it is My heart don't deny Just don't say goodbye You'll still be

CHORUS (4x)

HOW DID I FALL IN LOVE WITH YOU?

Remember when, we never needed each other
The best of friends like
Sister and Brother
We understood, we'd never be,
Alone

Those days are gone, and I want you so much
The night is long and I need your touch
Don't know what to say
I never meant to feel this way
Don't want to be
Alone tonight

Chorus:
What can I do, to make you mine?
Falling so hard so fast this time
What did I say, what did you do?
How did I fall in love with you?

Ohhh, yeah, uh

I hear your voice
And I start to tremble
Brings back the child that, I resemble

I cannot pretend, that we can still be friends
Don't want to be,
Alone tonight

Chorus:
What can I do, to make you mine?
Falling so hard so fast this time
What did I say, what did you do?
How did I fall in love with you?

Bridge:
Oh I want to say this right
And it has to be tonight
Just need you to know, oh yeah

I don't want to live this life
I don't want to say goodbye
With you I wanna spend
The rest of my life

Chorus:
What can I do, to make you mine?
Falling so hard so fast this time
What did I say, what did you do?
How did I fall in love with you?

What can I do, to make you mine?
Falling so hard so fast this time
Everything's changed, we never knew

How did I fall, in love, with you?

I`LL BE THERE FOR YOU

Don't say a word
I understand
You wanna know
If I'm still your man
Girl can't you tell
By the touch of my hand
I'm gonna please you
Every way that I can

I'll hold you
(Hold you)
Love you
(Love you)
I'll never let your love go
(Let you go, let you go)
For always
(For always)
I'll stay
(I'll stay)
Just look in my eyes and you'll know

Baby I'll be there for you
Wherever you go
Whatever you do
Girl I've got forever insight
For all of my life
I'll be there for you

Don't ever doubt
Your trust in me
I'll give you my heart
So honestly
Deep in my soul
Baby you'll find the truth
I'll never change
Girl I promise you

I'll hold you
(Hold you baby)
Love you
(Love you lady)
I'll never let your love go
(Let you go, let you go)
For always
(For always)
I'll stay
(I'll stay)
Just look in my eyes and you'll know
I'll be there for you
Wherever you go
Whatever you do
Hey girl I've got forever insight
For all of my life
I'll be there for you

Nothing and no one can tear us apart
(Tear us apart)
You'll always be here inside of my heart
(Inside of my heart)
And just as sure as the stars shine above
No matter what happens
You can count on my love

I'll be there for you
Wherever you go
Whatever you do
Hey girl I've got forever insight
For all of my life
I'll be there for you

I'll be there for you
(When the morning comes)
Wherever you go
(When the evening falls)
Whatever you do
(I'll be there baby girl)
Girl I've got forever insight
For all of my life
I'll be there for you

I'll be there for you
(I'll be there
Never going away)
Wherever you go
(I'll be there beside you
Whatever you do
I'll never leave you girl)
Girl