Don McLean - Chain Lightning Lyrics
Sometimes when I'm thinkin that love's not aroundMy heart begins sinkin, I don't hear a soundAnd the world is in blackness, no light shines on meI suffer no blindness, no one can I seeThen a flash from the heavens, like loud jagged wireAnd the silence is broken, and the night is on fire.(Chorus)It's like chain lightning, this love that I feelWho knows where it strikesOr when it will hitHow long it will last, or when it will quitIn the forest I'm burnin, struck down by the blastThe fever is churnin, and the heat rises fastAnd those standing nearest can show their concernBut swear if they touch me, that they too will burnThey fear for their lives, for death will soon dwellIn the warmth of your love is the fire of hell.(Chorus)It's like chain lightning, this love that I feelWho knows where it strikesOr when it will hitHow long it will last, or when it will quitAnd soon the sparks scatter and the wind whips the flameAnd love will soon shatter what it cannot tameAnd the cycle continues from life into dustFor I am now in you, with the fire of lustI hear the explosion, and the thunder and rainThe water is falling, and the ashes remain.(Chorus)It's like chain lightning, this love that I feelWho knows where it strikesOr when it will hitHow long it will last, or when it will quitThe Indians tell us that the phoenix can riseFrom teh smoldering ashes that once were my eyesAnd watch beautiful colors from black and from greyBe formed into wings and then take me awayWhere evil is darkness and goodness is lightAnd love is the lightning that cust through the nightAnd strikes only once in a dark place in timeAnd forms a fold stairway that all of us climb.Submitted by C. Cox
