@ALBUM: LAUGHING ON JUDGEMENT DAY By THUNDER Produced 1992 * transcribed by Frantic Freddy * @SONG: DOES IT FEEL LIKE LOVE? 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? ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ @SONG: EVERYBODY WANTS HER 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... ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ @SONG: LOW LIFE IN HIGH PLACES 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 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 the poor man, he's cast as the villain and the 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 you 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ @SONG: LAUGHING ON JUDGEMENT DAY 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ @SONG: EMPTY CITY 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ @SONG: TODAY THE WORLD STOPPED TURNING 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 Chorus: '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? chorus 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? chorus The world stopped turning You lit the fire and I'm still burning, yes I'm burning ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ @SONG: LONG WAY FROM HOME 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? Chorus: 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? chorus I'm a long way from home, I guess I'm a long way from home ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ @SONG: FIRE TO ICE 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ @SONG: FEEDING THE FLAME 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ @SONG: A BETTER MAN 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 that tried When your loving washed right over me like the tide Chorus: And now 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 it's 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 (Solo) And now I believe in love, yes 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ @SONG: THE MOMENT OF TRUTH 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 Chorus: 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 chorus 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) chorus It's the moment of truth The time has come to face it, the moment of truth, baby ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ @SONG: FLAWED TO PERFECTION 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... ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ @SONG: LIKE A SATELLITE 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 Chorus: 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 - chorus (Solo) If I could be I'd be with you, even if for just one day Those miles between us, they just start fading away Whenever - chorus Like a satellite, like a satellite ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ @SONG: BABY I'LL BE GONE 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------