Country Music...."Thunder and Lightning"

If I had a penny
For each "Goodnight Irene,
"If I had me a dollar
For every hero I might've been,
If I had a million
For the one who got away,
I'd spend it all on Thunder and Lightning
That's all I've got to say...

Thunder she'll roll you and roll you and
Shake you to the bone.
There ain't no sky too dark
For Ol' Man Lightning
To point you the way back home.
It's in the heart of every man
Who lives on the railroad line.
And it's in the heart of a young girl cryin'
For her man to be on time.

If I'd hitch-hiked to the north woods,
She might've still been waitin'
There on her Daddy's farm.
But I hopped me a riverboat
And took in "The Game"
And the night blew a terrible storm.
The Game was as fast as a hurricane.
Lightning cut and Thunder rolled
And the band on board kept a playin' right on
Like they'd heard it all before.
The band on board kept a playin' right on
Like they'd seen it all before.

The dealer was the Devil,
‘Else how could he hold me so?
I tried to draw me the Red Queen
But I think he dealt me low.
If I'd raised him one more time,
Well, he might have let it go.
But his cards fell down with
A roll of Thunder
And Lightning lit up the hold.
And I left that boat at the dock at
TahekaNot knowing where to go.

Thunder she'll roll you and roll you and
Shake you to the bone.
There ain't no sky too dark
For Ol' Man Lightning
To point a man the way back home.
It's in the heart of every man
Who lives on the railroad tracks.
And it's in the heart of a young girl crying'
For her man to be comin' back.
It's in the heart of a young girl crying'
For her man to be comin' back.

If I had me a penny
For each "Goodnight Irene,
"If I had me a shiny round dollar
For every lover I might've been,
If I had a million
For the one who got away,
I'd spend it all on Thunder and Lightning
-That's all I've got to say.
Well, I'd spend it all on Thunder and Lightning
And I'd give it all, give it all, give it all away.
I spent it all on Thunder and Lightning
And I gave it all away... hey!


Norm Hacking, words & music (SOCAN)NEW - listen to mp3