No kidding! I come to check-in, hear a desperate cry for help from Savvi, race off to my computer to save the day with my trusty headphones and come back to find 183 versions of lyrics posted!!! WTH?? It takes time to Google foreign words, ppl!!

I haven't checked them against the others word for word but I think they're close.

Burning Bridges (From the previous sample and this new one):



… friends in hell (I assume is the end of the chorus…)

Someone shut the lights off, turn the page.
The stories I could write.
I’ve seen a million faces and I’ve lived a couple lives
Here’s our history for all to see
The smiles and all the scars
First the rising and the falling
Call this chapter "Shooting Stars".
(Must sound good from where you are!)

Sayonara, adios, auf wiedersehen, farewell,
Adieu, goodnight, guten abend
Here’s one last one you can sell.
Let’s call it “Burning Bridges”
It’s a singalong as well
Ciao, adieu, goodnight, guten abend
Play it for your friends in hell.

Ah, check the box, yeah, mark this day.
There’s nothing more to say.
After 30 years of loyalty, they let you dig a grave.
Now, maybe you could learn to sing or even strum along
I’ll give you half the publishing
You’re why I wrote this song
(Everybody, sing along!)

Sayonara, adios, auf wiedersehen, farewell,
Adieu, goodnight, guten abend
Here’s one last one you can sell.
Let’s call it “Burning Bridges”
It’s a singalong as well
Hope my money and my (mad… or mat…)



I really like Burning Bridges. That right there should tell anyone who's paying attention that I don't think it's a dig at He Who Shall Remain Nameless.

While both the 30 years and half the publishing could obviously be directed at either Richie or the label, the tongue-in-cheek FU vibe reminds me a lot of The More Things Change which was clearly a snipe at the industry, if not specifically the label. And someone asked if the sing and strum along is a dig at Richie and all I can say if it is, it's a really bad one because even on his worst day Richie out-"strums" Jon and, as far as I'm concerned, he can out-sing him any day of the week as well. (Repeat, in case someone missed it, that's MY very subjective and highly biased opinion!) Also, IIRC, Richie didn't have anything to do with this one so he wouldn't get any of the publishing nor would it be "one more [he] could sell."

So my vote goes to the record label as the target for BB.