Shadowlands

Lyrics

[Verse 1] Young girl in the city She was a small town girl in the middle of the city of light "What am I doing here?" she cried "What am I doing here? I want to be dangerous Like a fire in the sky There's burning barricades in the streets And fire in my eyes" [Chorus] La la la la la, la la la La la la la la, la la la La la la Ooh [Verse 2] So there she sat with a diamond bullet in the center of her heart Not a mile from there are people livin' ten to a room Not a mile from here and a few streets further on They're sleepin' in doorways, boxes, some of them children And the sound of gunfire, cracks the night in the shadowlands And the saxophone in the shadowland sings [Chorus] La la la la la, la la la La la la la la, la la la La la la la la, la la la La la la la la, la la la (La la la, la la la) (Oh, oh) [Verse 3] She had nothin' on but the radio Her hair was nighttime black and her eyes compellin' Compellin' me to dreams "Go out and change the world" Compellin' me to action [Verse 4] In the night striped with lightning (La la la la la, la la la) She will come and feed on dreams Hair streaming forth, burnin' with desire (La la la la la, la la la) And the storm deepens, screams with thunder (La la la la la, la la la) And lust enters into it (La la la la la, la la la) Sex, mouth, sweet, blood red! [Chorus] (La la la la la, la la la) And as the sky explodes (La la la la la, la la la) And I'm drawn to action (La la la la la, la la la) (La la la la la, la la la) It's like the first time that you really fell in love (La la la la la, la la la) And you're both on the battle lines (La la la la la, la la la) It's the first time that you're really rockin' too Alive in the bed with the woman you're rockin' (La la la la la, la la la) Who's rockin' you (La la la la la, la la la) And the world opens up (La la la la la, la la la) She is essential, monumental, better than Jesus, yeah (La la la la la, la la la) [Post-Chorus] She's a guide through the chaos, a road to the passion Between the earth and sky, where love is like a drug And everything is different (La la la la la, la la la) And we two will love each other (La la la la la, la la la) And we will still remember our first kiss (La la la la la, la la la) As the action takes over No thought of circumstance, or consequence (La la la la la, la la la) As all the rules change And she's a specialist in darkness, in the shadowlands (La la la la la, la la la)