Cobra - First Strike (1983) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Jimi Jamison - Lead Vocals Mandy Meyer - Guitars, Backing Vocals Jack Holder - Guitars, Keyboards, Backing Vocals Tommy Keiser - Bass, Backing Vocals Jeff Klaven - Drums, Percussion, Backing Vocals Produced by Tom Allom. Engineered by Tom Allom, Jack Holder and Kevin Ryan. Recorded at D.B. Studios, Miami, Florida in February - March 1983. Mixed at Bay Shore One Point Five, Miami, Florida on April 1983. Mastered by George Marino at Sterling Sound, New York, NY. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Track Listing 1) Blood On Your Money (Meyer, Keiser) 3:50 2) Only You Can Rock Me (Meyer, Jamison) 4:18 3) Travelin' Man (Meyer, Jamison, Tommy Andris) 5:10 4) I've Been A Fool Before (Holder, Jamison) 4:09 5) First Strike (Holder, Jamison) 2:55 6) Danger Zone (Meyer, Jamison) 5:01 7) Looking At You (Meyer, Keiser) 3:49 8) Fallen Angel (Meyer, Klaven) 3:47 9) What Love Is (Brock Walsh, Greg Prestopino) 4:07 10) Thorn In Your Flesh (Meyer, Keiser) 3:53 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1) Blood On Your Money (Meyer, Keiser) 3:50 You take your cards from the table And you always have an ace in your hand But that's just the way you wanna play It's so easy to understand I don't know where you came from And your life is a mystery You were shot from the gun And you're still on the run So just keep away from me Blood on your money (blood on your money) Blood on your money (blood on your money) Blood on your money You do your deals with a switchblade You got eyes in the back of your head There's death on the street That you don't want to meet It's enough for you to keep ahead, yeah I don't know where you came from And your life is a mystery She wedges in to the backstreets of sin But no one will follow you in Blood on your money (blood on your money) Blood on your money (blood on your money) Blood on your money, yeah I don't know where you came from And you're livin' in a mystery You were shot from the gun And you're still on the run But just keep away from me Blood on your money (blood on your money) Blood on your money (blood on your money) Blood on your money (blood on your money) Blood on your money (blood on your money) Blood on your money (blood on your money) Blood on your money (blood on your money) Blood on your money, yeah, yeah ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 2) Only You Can Rock Me (Meyer, Jamison) 4:18 Lonely days and lonely nights Got down on my knees Feel the power of love, comin' over me Can you hear the music play Can you hear what I say I see a new light shining When I look in your eyes Are you feeling the same or telling lies Only you can rock me, rock me Only you can rock me, yeah yeah yeah Your heart holds the power Your love leads the way It's more than a touch, oh no More than words can say I feel the future coming, take it day by day You made a bond between us Broke my heart of stone Taking the world that kept me strong Leavin' a way of living, leave it all behind So my love goes on and on Only you can rock me, rock me Only you can rock me, yeah yeah yeah Only you, only you can rock me, rock me Only you, only you can rock me, rock me Only you, only you can rock me, rock me Only you, only you can rock me, rock me Only you, only you can rock me, rock me Only you, only you can rock me, rock me Only you, only you can rock me, rock me Only you, only you can rock me, rock me ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 3) Travelin' Man (Meyer, Jamison, Tommy Andris) 5:10 In a shabby bar of a nowhere town She was lookin' like a star, and she was really feelin' down I sat beside her and she needed a light I wanted to give her more to make her feel right At first she hesitated, then she wanted to be paid Last I told her I ain't gonna to stay In a lonely park, both knowing what she needs To heal a broken heart (heart, heart) She needs a reason, a reason to be free Come on baby, shove your troubles away I'll give you a chance to be happy Why don't you take it today I'm your travelin' man And I take what I need when I can I'm your travelin' man Gonna take what I need I need you, I need you I need you Oooh, you know I do yeah In other bars, in other shabby towns The kids are looking up, the kids are feelin' down They got the will, they're out to get their share And each are doing what others don't dare In a lonely park, both knowing what she needs To heal a broken heart (heart, heart) She needs a reason, a reason to be free Come on baby, shove your troubles away I'll give you a chance to be happy Why don't you take it today I'm your travelin' man And I take what I need when I can I'm your travelin' man Gonna take what I need I need you, I need you I need you, oh yes I'm your travelin' man, oh I'm your travelin' man, god I need you, I need you, I do I'm your travelin' man, oh I'm your travelin' man I'm your travelin' man I'm your travelin' man I'm your travelin' man, oh I'm your travelin' man, god I need you I need you ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 4) I've Been A Fool Before (Holder, Jamison) 4:09 This time I see,we can never get together, you and me Oh no it wasn't meant to be It hurts to say, we can never see each other the same way Oh no, what do you want of me I've been a fool before And I don't wanna be hurt by love anymore I've been a fool, such a fool for your love It's so insane, I go crazy everytime that I hear you say Don't go, stay with me I know it's true, that I could never find another girl like you Oh no, your love is hurting me I've been a fool before And I don't wanna be hurt by love anymore I've been a fool, such a fool, for your love I've been a fool before Then I gave you my heart and you walked out the door I've been a fool, such a fool, but no more I've been a fool I've been afraid of love before I won't be hurt by you anymore I've been a fool, but no more I've been a fool before When I gave you my heart and you walked out the door I've been a fool, such a fool, but no more, no more I've been a fool When I gave you my heart and you walked out the door I've been a fool When I gave you my heart, gave you my heart I've been a fool And I don't wanna be hurt by love anymore I've been a fool And I don't wanna be hurt, wanna be hurt I've been a fool ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 5) First Strike (Holder, Jamison) 2:55 Woman, you hit me with a shot too hot to take You know how to keep a man right in his place Oooh woman, you make it hard to face the day And I know, I know exactly what you're sayin' You got the first strike back, ooh strike fast You got the first strike back Sometimes, sometimes you take me valley low Pick me up, then you tell me where to go Oooh woman, you tell me dirty lies Then I know, just when you look me in the eyes You got the first strike back, ooh strike fast You got the first strike back, with your love You got the first strike back, ooh strike fast You got the first strike back, with your love You got the, you got the first strike back, yeah strike back You got the first strike back, you got the first strike back Ooh, strike fast You got the first strike back ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 6) Danger Zone (Meyer, Jamison) 5:01 You can rock me baby, blue-sky high One step closer and you're over the line You're ready for love in the first degree Hold on baby, gotta wait for me All you need is love No need to put a stranger on All you need is love That's why you keep me in the danger zone Give me lovin' like I've never known Danger zone, danger zone (danger danger danger danger) Why do you lead me on You take me higher than I've ever been Still you say you wanna be just friends You keep moving like you wanna rock on Steady, got me in the danger zone All you need is love No need to put this stranger on All you need is love That's how you keep me in the danger zone Give me lovin' like I've never known Danger zone, danger zone (danger danger danger danger) Don't you lead me on Danger zone, you give me lovin' like I've never known Danger zone, danger zone, danger zone Why do you lead me on, oooh Danger zone, give me lovin' like I've never known Danger zone, danger zone (danger danger danger danger) Why do you lead me on Danger zone, give me lovin' like I've never known Danger zone, danger zone, danger zone Why do you lead me on, oh yeah ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 7) Looking At You (Meyer, Keiser) 3:49 In all the games I've played It seems the dice were always loaded Never stood a chance, and I never knew But I found a love so good, that I wanna hold it It's somethin' that I'll have have to see through Looking at you, looking at me What a solid gold love this could be Something that I've never known Looking at you, looking at me I see a burning love to set me free We can make it on our own I came up the hard way Just alot of one night stands I was never looking for another kind But I met you one night, oooh when we were holding hands I knew that I found my peace of mind Looking at you, looking at me What a solid gold love this could be Something that I've never known Looking at you, looking at me What a burning love to set me free We can make it on our own Looking at you, looking at me What a solid gold love this could be Something that I've never known Looking at you, looking at me I see a burning love to set me free We can make it on our own Looking at you, looking at me ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 8) Fallen Angel (Meyer, Klaven) 3:47 See the girl that sits on the throne Her daddy bought her everything she owns She's the top of the heap, queen of the hill Spends your money and you pay the bill She gets her way now, it's hard for her to lose But baby, someday you'll be down below paying your dues Fallen angel, fallen angel The rule of love is give and take Now you'll see whose heart you're gonna break So used to having everything But someday babe, you're gonna lose your precious wings You're flying high, but soon you're coming down Who's gonna be there when you hit the ground Fallen angel, fallen angel We all know heaven holds a place for you But that was a long long time ago But now it seems that all your broken dreams Holds a place for you, saves a place down below Yeah, yeah, yeah Fallen angel, fallen angel Fallen angel, fall, fallen angel Fallen angel, fall, fallen angel ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 9) What Love Is (Brock Walsh, Greg Prestopino) 4:07 Love is like the thrill of the first connection Love is like the thrill of the first embrace Love is never lost at the first rejection And if you're thinkin' love comes easy It'll disappear without a trace, all because What love is, is the spark that survives Is the keeper of life, that's what love is Now I know you were captured by a false suspicion Oh, I know you heard it from a jealous liar (heard it from a jealous liar) Can we start, and prove it all to lost conditions Oooh, baby can we stop wasting all this precious love What love is, is the spark that survives Is the keeper of life, of the fire When rain is pouring in from every side What love is, is the spark that survives Is the power that drives, that's what love is Love is like the thrill of the first connection Love is like the thrill of the first embrace Love is never lost at the first rejection And if you're thinkin' love comes easy It'll disappear without a trace, all because What love is, is the spark that survives Is the keeper of life, of the fire When rain is pouring, pouring, pouring in from every side What love is, is the spark that survives Is the power that drives, that's what love is What love is, is the spark that survives Is the keeper of life (what love is) The power that drives, the spark that survives ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 10) Thorn In Your Flesh (Meyer, Keiser) 3:53 I look away, and you bring me down Twistin' my mind everytime I turn around Some people say it's crazy, it's wild But I wanna stay baby, just you and me child Forget what you're doing, pass on all the rest I want it all or nothing, yeah, can't take no less I'll be the thorn in your flesh, ooh baby Bad habits call, I see the roots of your heart And I guess you wanna stop now baby, but I've got to start To get control of my future and fate Take back my soul before it's too late Forget what you're doing, pass on all the rest I want it all or nothing, yeah, can't take no less I'll be the thorn in your flesh Forget what you're doing, pass on all the rest I want it all or nothing, yeah, can't take no less Forget what you're doing, baby pass on all the rest I want it all or nothing, yeah, can't take no less I'll be the thorn in your flesh ------------------------------------------------------------------------