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rockfenris2005 04:56 am UTC 05/01/21 |
| In reply to: | re: What's your favourite Jim Steinman lyrics? - steven_stuart 09:41 pm UTC 04/30/21 |
Yes, I love those ones too. I've still got them all memorized. > I think my favourite Jim lyrics are the lyrics for BOOH > the song. Maybe because they were the first Jim lyrics I > ever heard. I was watching The Old Grey Whistle Test one > night and nobody in the UK knew who Meat Loaf was but > because the host of the show (it was a serious rock show) > was a good friend of Todd, he agreed to play the nine > minute film of BOOH. I was completely blown away. The next > day a huge number of people in the UK were going to record > shops to try and buy it but almost all of them had to > order it. There were so many requests for Whistle Test to > show it again that they repeated the film the next week. > Nothing like that had ever happened before.Then they all > flew in to perform Paradise live on Whistle Test. But I > love the lyrics for BOOH and the way that Meat sings and > interprets them. > > The sirens are screaming, and the fires are howling > Way down in the valley tonight > There's a man in the shadows with a gun in his eye > And a blade shining oh so bright > There's evil in the air and there's thunder in the sky, > And a killer's on the bloodshot streets > And down in the tunnels where the deadly are rising > Oh, I swear I saw a young boy down in the gutter > He was starting to foam in the heat > Oh, baby you're the only thing in this whole world > That's pure and good and right > And wherever you are and wherever you go > There's always gonna be some light, > But I gotta get out, I gotta break out now > Before the final crack of dawn > So we gotta make the most of our one night together > When it's over, you know, > We'll both be so alone > Like a bat out of hell I'll be gone when the morning > comes > When the night is over, like a bat out of hell, I'll be > gone, gone, gone > Like a bat out of hell I'll be gone when the morning > comes > But when the day is done > And the sun goes down > And the moonlight's shining through > Then like a sinner before the gates of Heaven > I'll come crawling on back to you > I'm gonna hit the highway like a battering ram > On a silver-black phantom bike > When the metal is hot, and the engine is hungry > And we're all about to see the light > Nothing ever grows in this rotting old hole, > And everything is stunted and lost > And nothing really rocks, and nothing really rolls, > And nothing's ever worth the cost > Well I know that I'm damned if I never get out, > And maybe I'm damned if I do, > But with every other beat I've got left in my heart, > You know I want to be damned with you > If I gotta be damned, you know I want to be damned > Dancing through the night with you/ > Well if I gotta be damned, you know I want to be damned, > Gotta be damned, you know I want to be damned > Gotta be damned, you know I want to be damned > Dancing through the night, > Dancing through the night, > Dancing through the night with you > Oh, baby you're the only thing in this whole world > That's pure and good and right > And wherever you are and wherever you go > There's always gonna be some light, > But I gotta get out, I gotta break out now > Before the final crack of dawn > So we gotta make the most of our one night together > When it's over, you know, > We'll both be so alone > Like a bat out of hell I'll be gone when the morning > comes > When the night is over, like a bat out of hell, I'll be > gone, gone, gone > Like a bat out of hell I'll be gone when the morning > comes > But when the day is done > And the sun goes down > And the moonlight's shining through > Then like a sinner before the gates of Heaven > I'll come crawling on back to you > Then like a sinner before the gates of Heaven > I'll come crawling on back to you > Well I can see myself tearing up the road, faster > Than any other boy has ever gone > And my skin is raw, but my soul is ripe, > And no one's gonna stop me now, I'm gonna make my escape > But I can't stop thinking of you, > And I never see the sudden curve until it's way too late > And I never see the sudden curve until it's way too late > Then I'm down in the bottom of a pit in the blazing sun, > Torn and twisted at the foot of a burning bike, > And I think somebody somewhere must be tolling a bell > And the last thing I see is my heart, still beating, > Breaking out of my body and flying away > Like a bat out of hell > Then I'm down in the bottom of a pit in the blazing sun, > Torn and twisted at the foot of a burning bike, > And I think somebody somewhere must be tolling a bell > And the last thing I see is my heart, > Still beating still beating > Still beating still beating > Breaking out of my body, and flying away > Like a bat out of hell > Oh, like a bat out of hell > Oh, like a bat out of hell > Oh, like a bat out of hell (I'll be gone when the morning > comes) > Oh, like a bat out of hell (I'll be gone when the morning > comes) > Oh, like a bat out of hell > > > Mine all of them :) > > I like the lyrics to life is a lemon and I want my money > > back > > Rock 'n rol Dreams I like the part when Patti or whoever > > would do that It's defective spoken part of the song and > > meat answers them with those great answers! > > > > I like the part in rock n roll dreams where he wrote 'Your > > never alone cause you can put on the phones and let the > > drummer heart tel you what to do'' ''Keep on believing' > > and you'll discover baby' > > great great lyrics what's your favourite lyric? > > :) > > | |
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