Thunder Album

When you walked in dressed to kill, with a smile upon your face
I thought my luck was about to change, the way you walked into my place
But it seems like I was wrong, still you wanna make me wait
Make your move or get out that door, 'cos baby it's getting late

I move a little to the left
You move a little to the right
And it's been that way all night
I'm gonna call your bluff
Baby do you want me?
Does it feel like love?

Blowing hot like a desert wind, then you're cold like a winter day
What you want I don't know, but you keep coming 'round to play
If there's something on your mind, then I don't know what it is
Still you keep saying "take your time", but girl we haven't even kissed

I'm only flesh and blood
You know the way I'm feeling,
Lord I feel so good
Why d'you make it so tough?
Baby do you want me?
Does it feel like love?

Does it feel like love when I hold your hand?
'Cos I just don't understand
Why you've been holding back so long
Won't you tell me for pity's sake
How long are you gonna take?
You don't know how you turn me on

(Solo)

I move a little to the left
You move a little to the right
And it's been that way all night
I'm gonna call your bluff
Baby do you want me?
Baby do you want me?
Tell me
Does it feel like love?

Does it, does it, does it, yeah

Does it feel like love?

Let me tell you 'bout this girl I know
She ain't nothing like any girl you've
known before
'Cos everybody wants her
In her dress or her old blue jeans
When you see her you'll be coming
apart at the seams
'Cos everybody wants her

She's got everything a man could ask
for, she's animal and innocence
She could wrap you 'round her little
finger
She's sharp as a knife, you ought to
see her dance

Chorus:
(Everybody wants her) Everybody
wants her, they make it plain to see
(Everybody needs her) Everybody
needs her, she don't know it, but
she wants me

The first time that she passed my
way
I got so nervous that I couldn't find
a thing to say
'Cos everybody wants her
She's told so many guys to sling their
hook
But I've been watching her eyes and
I've seen her look
She knows everybody wants her

I'm never wrong with my intuition,
I'm gonna say what I have to say
I got it worked out to the letter, I
know I can make her see it my way

chorus - she wants me

(Solo)

She's got everything a man could ask
for, she's animal and innocence
She could wrap you 'round her little
finger
She's sharp as a knife, boy you
ought to see her dance
You ought to see her dance

chorus

(Everybody wants her) Everybody
wants her
I got to tell you that the woman
makes it plain to see
(Everybody needs her) Everybody
wants her, she don't know
(Everybody wants her) Everybody
wants to be her man
(Everybody needs her) Everybody
needs her, but she wants me
That's the way it's gotta be, just her
and me, together baby
We're together, you and me...

Mama, tell your children not to go
Down to the city, where the
desperate people go
And mama, don't let them stray
They won't find, peace of mind, in
such a lonely place
Wannabes and losers, all trying to get
a break
They don't give a damn, they'll do
whatever it takes
If they climb the ladder, they get to
play for higher stakes
That's why there's low life in high
places

Mama, things have changed since
you were young
When you scream, in the dead of
night
Now no one ever comes
And a poor man, he's cast as the
villan and a thief
See him down on the street, begging
for enough to eat

Waiting on the corner, I saw her
waiting for the man
When the limo pulled up I saw what
was changing hands
I should've tried to warn her, and
make her understand
There is low life in high places

There is low life, like you never even
knew
There is low life, and it lives in me and
you
But we don't all let it through

Don't let 'em go, you've got to have
some pity
Don't you let 'em go
You've got to keep 'em away, from
the big bad city

(SOLO)

Waiting on the corner, I saw her
waiting for the man
When the limo pulled up I saw what
was changing hands
I should've tried to warn her, and
make her understand

Mama, tell your children not to go
Down to the city, where the
desperate people go
And mama, don't you let them stray
They won't find, peace of mind in
such a lonely place

There's a man with a flash car living
right next to me
He's got so much, he keeps it under
lock and key
And he don't give a damn about the
people he turns away
He's too busy making money to give
them the time of day

Gonna get a heart attack 'cos he
works late all the time
I swear he doesn't know his kids, his
wife thinks it's a crime
It's not the way for me, taking life so
seriously
When the end comes I wanna be
laughing on judgement day

I was thinking 'bout the time when I
couldn't afford a beer
And wondering why there's so many
women 'round here
Then the truth stepped up and hit
me like a ton of lead
Now the children of the night want
to know me, there's a price upon my
head

Well you know it makes me laugh 'cos
I've been around a while
I ought to make her happy before
I'm out of style
'Cos now I've got a dream to sell,
she got her feet in the wishing well
Bite the apple and you get to hell,
laughing on judgement day
I'm gonna laugh that day away

(Solo)

You know he's gonna get a heart
attack 'cos he works late all the time
I swear he doesn't know his kids, his
wife thinks it's a crime
It's not the way for me, taking life so
seriously
When the end comes I wanna be
laughing on judgement day

'Cos now I've got a dream to sell,
she got her feet in the wishing well
Bite the apple and you get to hell,
laughing on judgement day
I'm gonna laugh that day away

Empty city, it's calling your name
Wheel of fortune, sucking you into
the game
It's a fatal attraction, that pulls you
like a moth to the flame

Empty city, sitting waiting in the hills
Babylonian, promising all kinds of
thrills
Here they all know what they want
And they chase it with a passion that
kills

Empty city, what's easy come don't
let it go
Count your money, every day it
seems to grow
Build a wall around your dream, get
a gun, don't let nobody close
Are you happy with the life that you
chose?

She came in from the desert and the
dust
And now she's trying to stay afloat
on a crazy sea of lust
It's hard to love a city when that city
has no heart
It'll rape your mind and sell your
body
It'll tear your soul apart, tear it apart

'Cos when you scratch through the
surface
You won't find a damn thing
underneath
And everybody's moving on, that's
why I believe
It's an empty city, it's an empty city

(Solo)

Empty city, it's calling your name
Wheel of fortune, sucking you into
the game
It's a fatal attraction that pulls you
like a moth to the flame
'Til you've forgotten your name,
where the streets are lined with pain
But I can't stay away

It's an empty city, empty city

I can't believe the conversation we just had, came like a bolt out of the blue
You said you couldn't see a future anymore for me and you

It feels like someone's dropped a bomb upon my life
And I can't help wondering who's to blame
You thrust a dagger oh so deep into my heart
And I'm slain, all you left me is the pain

'Cos you stole my soul, then you broke my heart
And I don't know why, but I'm still yearning
Darling in my mind you've frozen the hands of time
Because today the world stopped turning

I was numb at first but now it's sinking in
Don't think I've felt this way before
It wasn't easy but I let my feelings show, and you slammed the door

I gave you all the space you needed in your life
How could I give you anymore?
You told me that you really didn't understand
So what's the score, what did I take the trouble for?

'Cos you stole my soul, then you broke my heart
And I don't know why, but I'm still yearning
Darling in my mind you've frozen the hands of time
Because today the world stopped turning

The world stopped turning

(Solo)

I gave you all the space you needed in your life
How could I give you anymore?
You told me that you really didn't understand
So what's the score, what did I take the trouble for?

'Cos you stole my soul, then you broke my heart
And I don't know why, but I'm still yearning
Darling in my mind you've frozen the hands of time
Because today the world stopped turning

The world stopped turning

You lit the fire and I'm still burning, yes I'm burning

Standing in this place I used to know so well
I came here looking for my past
Doesn't seem like long ago since I was here
Looking for my future in a glass

The water must have flowed so fast under the bridge
I never thought I'd ever change
But I don't feel like I belong here anymore
Like coming back to read a book when someone's turned the page

I guess I was wrong when I thought that everything would be the same
And I wonder who's to blame?

Oh it's like someone changed the lock upon my door
And I don't think that I'll be back no more
From the moment I stepped out alone
On the street I was born in, I'm a long way from home
I guess I'm a long way from home

And as the days grow by I feel the distance grow
I know it's no good looking back
But this isolation's like the cold wind in my face
I'm not complaining but I know that it's a fact
I've done a lot of things in my life that people never get to do
But I'm feeling so removed

Oh it's like someone changed the lock upon my door
And I don't think I'm welcome here no more
From the moment I stepped out alone
On the street I was born in, I'm a long way from home
I guess I'm a long way from home

(Solo)

I guess I was wrong when I thought that everything would be the same
So can you tell me who's to blame?

Oh it's like someone changed the lock upon my door
And I don't think that I'll be back no more
From the moment I stepped out alone
On the street I was born in, I'm a long way from home
I guess I'm a long way from home

I'm a long way from home, I guess I'm a long way from home

Waking up I tried to stumble out of
bed
My body ached, I wasn't sure if I
was dead
I had a hammer in my brain, nearly
driving me insane
Guess I'm a fool trying to drink you
out of my head

'Cos in times gone before I knew you
would call, but this time I don't know
When that look in your eyes turned
from fire to ice
I knew then I'd done enough to
make you go

Chorus:
Gotta leave that bottle alone, 'cos
love turned from fire to ice
Now I'm a lonely man, whose life just
slipped right through his hands
So baby please come home

Not a word passed your lips when
you walked out
I knew you'd taken enough, it wasn't
hard to work it out
I'd never put the blame on you, 'cos
you've done all that you could do
I'm trying to fight it myself, but I
don't know how

Somewhere deep in my mind, I know
I can find the strength that it's
gonna take
If it's do it or die, I know I can try
If not for you then at least for my
own sake

chorus

(Solo)

Somewhere deep in my mind, I know
I can find the strength that it's
gonna take
If it's do it or die, I know I can try
If not for you then at least for my
own sake

I gotta leave that bottle alone, 'cos
love turned from fire to ice
Now I'm a lonely man, whose life just
slipped right through his hands
My life just slipped right through my
hands, so baby please come home

If I could travel back to yesterday,
there are some things I'd like to
change
I might've hurt some people along
the way
But I've been hurt myself just the
same
But now if I hear talk behind my back
It's fuel to the fire, keeps me on the
track I know
They won't cause me no pain,
they're just feeding the flame, oh
baby

I hear people cry and people moan,
about the hand that they've been
dealt
And I know luck can be so hard
sometimes
But you got to make it happen for
yourself
Some are bitter, some will criticize
And when they're right in your face,
they can be so nice, oh no
Don't let them drive you insane,
they're just feeding the flame

Chorus:
They're just feeding the flame,
gimme fuel to burn, oh baby
They're only feeding the flame, they
ain't never gonna learn
'Till their bridges start to burn

(Solo)

Watch 'em burn

But now if I hear talk behind my back
It's fuel to the fire, keeps me on the
track
They won't cause me no pain,
they're just feeding the flame

chorus

They're just feeding the flame, oh
baby

Once in a while, I drift in time
To a place in my memory, that it still
hurts to find
I was taking on the world with a see-
through smile
But dying on the inside all the while
I was, dying on the inside all the
while

Like a martyr that don't want
sympathy
I locked away my feelings, and
threw away the key
It was gonna take a miracle to pierce
my pride
And you were the tower of strength
to try
When your loving washed right over
me like the tide

And now I believe in love (I believe
in love)
I believe in love (I believe in love)
You're the reason why I can
Cos when I look, at myself, in the
mirror
I see a better man
A better man
Yes its hard finding words that can
say how I feel about you
I don't care if it sounds like another
old cliche
But I can't stand the thought of
living my life without you
For even a day

Oh baby

And now I believe in love (I believe
in love)
Yes I believe in love (I believe in
love)
You're the reason why I can
Cos when I look, at myself, in the
mirror
Oh baby
When I look at myself in the mirror
When I'm looking at myself in the
mirror
I see a better man

I spent a long time thinking 'bout what you meant to me
And I've decided I was wrong
I fooled myself, thinking it was how it's supposed to be
I should've known it all along
Now I don't want to fight about it no more
It was all so clear to me, when I walked out the door

Loving you's like fire, but I'm tired of getting burned
It's been a long time coming baby, but the tables just got turned
'Cos you swallowed up my soul, and you wasted all my youth
The time has come to face it, it's the moment of truth

I'm amazed I let you do the things you did to me
But they say that love is blind
Now my ball & chain has melted away, and I feel 10 feet tall today
'Cos I've stolen back my mind, oh baby
I should've realised it years before
But now my satisfaction's guaranteed, without you that's for sure

Loving you's like fire, but I'm tired of getting burned
It's been a long time coming baby, but the tables just got turned
'Cos you swallowed up my soul, and you wasted all my youth
The time has come to face it, it's the moment of truth

I've waited a lifetime, but I'm finally on the track
Out of the dark into the sunshine, and I ain't going back

(Solo)

Loving you's like fire, but I'm tired of getting burned
It's been a long time coming baby, but the tables just got turned
'Cos you swallowed up my soul, and you wasted all my youth
The time has come to face it, it's the moment of truth

It's the moment of truth
The time has come to face it, the moment of truth, baby

Flawed to perfection, baby, flawed
to perfection, yeah
Flawed to perfection, baby

You know it sends me half crazy
driving down the strip
It's one place in the world I could
lose my grip
I fall in love so easy, got to bit my lip
every time
I see a silicone sister in a black sedan
She stopped the other traffic just by
raising her hand
I feel so happy I was born a man,
she's so fine

Did I see her in a magazine?
Right off the top shelf, you know
just what I mean
She's like a loving machine

Chorus:
She's flawed to perfection
Flawed to perfection, baby, flawed
to perfection, yeah
So fine - flawed to perfection, baby -
all mine - flawed to perfection, yeah

There's a ladder in her stocking that
I'd love to climb
I'm hot under the collar for the
hundredth time
If the girls in California gonna make
me blind, that's all right
'Cos when she put that red dress on,
she knew what it would do
To every single guy including me and
you
She wears it just the way she's
s'posed to do, it's so tight

And if my thoughts are gonna send
me to hell
She ain't no angel, 'cos I know she
knows darn well
The way she's ringing my bell

chorus

(Solo)

She makes me feel so good, she
makes me feel so good
She really gets me high, I got to
make her mine

And if my thoughts are gonna send
me to hell
She ain't no angel, 'cos I know she
knows darn well
The way she's ringing my bell, ooh
she rings it so well

chorus

Flawed to perfection, baby, flawed
to perfection, yeah (repeats 2x)

I want ya, and I need ya...

In the quiet of evening I start to drift away,
Imagining a place where you'll be starting off your day,
I fight the distance with a picture in my head,
But I don't know when I'll see you,
I guess I'll have to dream instead,
You're so far away,

If I could be I'd be with you,
Even if for just one day.

Cos if I close my eyes and dream on,
I can fool myself in sound and vision,
Like a satellite reaching out through the night,
I could almost be touching you.

And when we're talking long distance on the phone,
You know it makes me feel like I'm not so alone,
The situation never causes me pain,
The communication that we have is on another plane,

All the waiting makes me stronger,
And the time between us flies

Whenever I close my eyes and dream on,
I can fool myself in sound and vision,
Like a satellite reaching out through the night,
I could almost be touching you.

If I could be I'd be with you,
Even if for just one day,
Those miles between us,
They'd just start fading away.

Whenever I close my eyes and dream on,
I can fool myself in sound and vision,
Like a satellite reaching out through the night,
I could almost be touching you.

You know I'm not the kind to ever make a fuss
And you know that it's unfair, calling me jealous
But when I called you up and then I heard his voice
I guess you could say you left me no choice

So baby this time your race is run
Next time you need me, I will be gone
The song is over, that day is done
'cos baby I'll be gone

You say you don't remember all the times before
When my friends were just opportunities knocking at your door
So I took it all, believing it would end
Now you've taken all the time I can lend

So baby this time I'm not the one
'cos when you come back, I will be gone
The game is up now, you've had your fun
'cos baby I'll be gone
Baby I'll be gone

I'll be gone now baby

(Solo)

So baby this time your race is run
Next time you need me, I will be gone
The song is over, that day is done
So I'll be gone, baby I'll be gone
The song is over, that day is done
So I'll be gone, baby I'll be gone