A ROCK AND ROLL FABLE
Songs by Jim Steinman

If light were dark and dark were light
The moon a black hole in the blaze of night
A raven's wing as bright as tin
Then you, my love, would be darker than sin
"The Invocation"

So many things in your life that you're bound to regret
"Why didn't I do that, why didn't I do this?"
So many chances you've lost that you'll never forget
"Why didn't I make it, why didn't I take it right there?"
"A Kiss is a Terrible Thing to Waste"

'Cause I've been sweating gasoline,
My dreams are highly flammable,
And there are parts of my body
That just won't stop giving off sparks!
Stop me before I dream again!
"Teenager in Love"

You don't have a lot but it's all that you got
And you can turn it into more than it seems
Give it a shot
Fantasize every movement and
Imagine every inch of your dream

No one said it had to be real
But it's gotta be something you can reach out and feel now
It ain't right, it ain't fair
Castles fall in the sand and we fade in the air
And the good girls go to heaven
But the bad girls go everywhere
"Good Girls Go to Heaven"

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
Everything is stunted and lost
And nothing really rocks
And nothing really rolls And nothing's ever worth the cost
And 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 got left in my heart
You know I'd rather be damned with you
"Bat Out of Hell"

Somebody bless all the girls that I never have met
But damn you and curse you after all that you've done
You're the one girl I'll never forget!!
You're the one girl I'll never forget!!

Somebody bless all the girls and everything that they do
But damn me and curse me for still needing you
And I'll kill you if you don't come back
"I'll Kill You if you Don't Come Back"

You'll never find your gold on a sandy beach
You'll never drill for oil on a city street
I know you're looking for a ruby in a mountain of rocks
But there ain't no Coupe de Ville
Hiding at the bottom of a Cracker Jack box
"Two Out of Three Ain't Bad"

If I could find the words then I would write it all down
If I could only find a voice I would speak
Oh it's there in my eyes so can't you see me tonight
C'mon and look at me and read 'em and weep
It's there in my eyes and coming straight from my heart
It's running silent and angry and deep
It's here in my eyes and it s all I can say
C'mon and read 'em and weep
"Read'em and Weep"


I know that you love me, there's no need to talk
I see the look in your eyes and I got the proof
And there are no lies on your body, so take off your dress
I just want to get at the truth
There are so many things that I just got to know

You tell me who! you tell me where! you tell me when!
But don't tell me now, I don't need any answers tonight
I just need some love so turn out the lights
And I'll be left in the dark again
"Left in the Dark"